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  • As what Dr. Wells posted last month, there have been reports on Phylloxera galls this season and I have seen them myself in a couple of orchards. Phylloxera outbreaks have been known to correlate with increased first generation shuckworm populations. Hickory shuckworm females favor to lay eggs in the Phylloxera galls and the dead leaf…

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  • Managing Scab Pressure/Leaf Roll Mites

    With 10 successive days of rain behind us and no relief in site and a potential tropical storm bearing down on us, pecan growers are under the gun for scab pressure right now. Most days have provided some breaks in the rain showers that have allowed growers to get out and spray at least a…

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  • Phylloxera and Casebearer Update

    Phylloxera damage has become very noticeable this week. If you see galls on the leaves like the image below, that is phylloxera damage. Stem phylloxera (a separate species) shows up as galls in the stems or nuts and is much more damaging.  Once you see damage from either stem or leaf phylloxera, it is too…

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  • Herbicide Injury Season is Here

    Row crop planting has started in south Georgia and this means herbicide drift season has arrived. I have been on the road all week looking at drift-damaged trees. Since I cannot make it to every orchard in which this occurs, here are the steps that should be taken when a drift incident happens: Glyphosate injury…

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  • Hi everyone, this is Angel Acebes-Doria, the pecan entomologist. Dr. Wells has given me the permission to post on the Pecan Blog regarding topics on pecan insect pest management. On my first post, I will talk about pecan nut casebearers (PNC) as it is that time of the year that we would expect to see…

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  • Nickel Deficiency Prominent in Cold Soils

    With the cool temperatures we are experiencing this spring pecan trees are exhibiting some odd foliage characteristics. Normally at this time we have seen foliage reach nearly full expansion and female flowers are in the middle of pollination. But, with temps averaging about 4 degrees below normal, foliage development is behind. The cool soils associated…

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  • Many people have asked when we will have another Beginners Pecan Course. We will hold the class every other year, which means we will have it again in April 2019. We will announce the class on the pecan blog as the time approaches.  

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