Insect
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Scout School – Dr. Phillip Roberts: “Insect scouting schools will be conducted on June 7, 2021 in Tifton and June 15, 2021 in Midville. Crops to be covered include cotton, peanuts, and soybean. These programs offer basic information on insect pest identification and damage, natural enemies, and scouting procedures. The training will serve as an…
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Have been seeing white-lined burrower bugs crawling around, in large numbers, a few peanut fields but mostly cotton fields with volunteer peanuts. These are not considered pests in these crops. Their populations will decrease as we enter the summer. Lots of mortality in this insect can already be seen – most likely due to lack…
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Been seeing multiple fields with thrips (blurry pic to left-above), upwards of 3-4 per plant. Heavy feeding on the first true leaves will cause crinkling (right pic above) and heavy infestations can lead to to stunted plants/delayed maturity. Threshold for systemic foliar insecticides is 2-3 thrips per plant with immatures present. Dr. Bob K commenting:…
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Articles in this month’s issue include: Temperature and early-season crop growth (John Snider, Gurpreet Virk, and Camp Hand) Protecting cotton from early-season diseases and nematodes – not quite the same as in your peanut crop (Bob Kemerait) Benghal dayflower aka Tropical spiderwort is already up! (Stanley Culpepper) Early season irrigation requirements for cotton production (Wes…
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Georgia Peanut Commission – Bryan Tucker Peanut Agronomic Update – Scott Monfort Trouble Shooting Soil Fertility Problems – Glen Harris Precision Application Technologies for Peanut Production – Simer Virk Disease and Nematode Management Update – Bob Kemerait 2021 Peanut Outlook – Amanda Smith 2021 Peanut weed Control – Eric Prostko Peanut Irrigation and Engineering Update – Wesley Porter Peanut Insect Management – Mark Abney
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*Book synopses above provided by UGA Extension Publications Store and University of Georgia Press.
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UGA’s suite of Pecan Production meetings still have two scheduled virtual meetings, Feb 9th @ 9am and Mar 9 @ 6pm. Please pre-register at this website 24hours before the meeting you want to attend (CEU’s available): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-pecan-production-meetings-tickets-136960690111 The Specialists have released their 2021 slide sets which you can access via links below. Also, here’s the…
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When: Monday, January 25, 2021 from 1-4pm (EST). Where: This will be an Online workshop via ZOOM. The zoom link will be sent to registrants via email one day before the meeting. Registration: Registration will be Free, and can be done on the Eventbrite website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/management-of-plant-parasitic-nematodes-in-vegetables-tickets-134437077919 Plant parasitic nematode Webinar on Vegetables
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Most meetings are virtual these days but there’s still many that are offering CEU’s for private, commercial, and/or CCA license holders. There’s the suite of UGA Agronomic Production Meetings: Corn/soybeans: https://site.extension.uga.edu/crispcoag/2021/01/corn-soybean-production-meetings-2021/ Peanut: https://site.extension.uga.edu/crispcoag/2021/01/peanut-production-meetings-2021/ Additionally, here are other meetings y’all can sign-up for to obtain CEU’s and learn about various topics: UGA Center for Urban Ag…
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Fall Gardening & Lawn Care Web Series Thursdays, 6:30-7:30p, starting Oct 8th Registration here: https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3kjXhtsPgDvebQh Flyer here: Fall Gardening Series 2020 Cotton & Peanut Research Virtual Field Day Press Release from GA Peanut Commission: PERRY/TIFTON, Ga. (Aug. 27, 2020) – The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will…