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  • Greetings! Please read below for several updates from Dr. Bob Kemerait, UGA’s Extension Plant Pathologist, regarding the status of row crop diseases in our area:

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  • Please see below for a row crop weed update from our Extension Weed Specialist, Dr. Eric Prostko:

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  • Please read below for the April row crop disease updates from Dr. Glen Harris and Dr. Bob Kemerait:

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  • Please see the below update from UGA’s weed specialist, Dr. Prostko: Using Pesticides Wisely 2021 and Paraquat Training Update (Stanley Culpepper – UGA and Jesse Kelly and Jennifer Wren – GDA). Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) 2021 virtual trainings are nearly completed with only three more opportunities available (table below). This training must be completed to…

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  • Using in furrow fertilizer causes reduced stand in peanuts.

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  • In the last few weeks, I have received several calls about mid to late season soybean pests. The main questions I have been getting are, “There is a lot of defoliation damage, have I reached threshold? What do you recommend I spray?” First, we need identify what pests are present.

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  • Peanut rust (Puccinia arachidis) is being found in fields across our state and area. This is different from early or late leafspot. Many growers have 2 or more fungicide applications to go until harvest.  They must remain vigilant.  Where rust is an imminent threat, shortening spray intervals, example from 14 down to 10 days, can…

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  • Good morning, please read below for a current update on row crop diseases from our disease specialist, Dr. Robert Kemerait: Southern corn rust was found yesterday in Terrell, Houston, and Bleckley Counties – it looked like it had been there a little while.  The picture below is of an infected stalk from Terrell County.  The…

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  • I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. It was nice to finally get some rain to our crops over the past week and a half. With rain and the time of season comes the increased risk of development and spread of diseases in our row crops. I encourage our growers to be vigilant and…

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  • Greetings! I hope everyone is doing well and things are starting to get back to normal.

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