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  • Published on 09/13/19 UGA CAES part of extensive research study aimed at whitefly management By Clint Thompson for CAES News Researchers from three research institutions are using a $3.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fight whiteflies on vegetable crops. Scientists from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Fort Valley…

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  • Sep 26, 2018 | Written by asparks                                                                              Silverleaf whitefly populations have increased in many areas in the last few weeks…

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  • Sep 26, 2018 | Written by asparks                                                                                          We are currently detecting a variety of whitefly-vectored…

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  • Chemical Control Many of us county agents are working with Dr. Lisa Baxter who is helping look for new products with BSM efficacy. Still today the use of a pyrethroid labeled for forage use around 10 days after the previous cutting appears to be the best strategy for control. Sometimes a second application 10 days later…

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  • News Release (7/16/2018) For Immediate Dissemination Contact: Dr. Michael Toews, UGA Extension Specialist on Grain Storage (mtoews@uga.edu) Update on Stored Grain Protectants: Empty Bin Treatments Centynal EC. This is a good product for treating empty bins and elevator boots.  Note that the active ingredient in Centynal EC, Defense SC and Suspend SC are identical. Defense…

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  • Kissing bugs in Georgia not cause for Chagas’ disease worry By Nancy Hinkle, UGA Professor of Entomologist, Jule-Lynne Macie, UGA ANR Program Development Coordinator, & Heather N. Kolich, UGA Cooperative Extension Agent November 25, 2015   Between media coverage of Texas kissing bugs transmitting Chagas’ disease to people and a recent news article reporting that…

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  • UGA  peanut  entomologist  Dr. Mark Abney shares some information on thrip  monitoring,  he has seen across the state and offers recommendations for treating. Peanuts are being planted, and tobacco thrips are moving in Georgia. Trap captures increased significantly at four of our six monitoring locations last week. This means that peanuts emerging over the next…

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  • Lorsban 24C Label for 60 Day PHI in Sweet Potato   While it has taken several years, Georgia does now have a 24C registration to allow for the use of Lorsban in Sweet Potato with a 60 day pre-harvest interval (PHI). Lorsban is still labeled for pre-plant incorporated application only.

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  • We will be having our Cotton Production meeting tomorrow night at 6 with Dr. Whitaker, cotton agronomist and Dr. Roberts, cotton entomologist. We will also be offering a Pesticide One on One Training. This will benefit applicators who will be spraying the new technology. The presentation will be short and anyone attending can earn an…

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  • If you are a brassica grower, retailer or have brassica in a greenhouse, I highly encourage you to go to a diamondback moth update that is being held in Moultrie on February 23rd. Below is the schedule. Please RSVP to either of the numbers given so they can have a head count. Colquitt County Extension…

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