Plant Pathology
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Due to wintry weather, our Worth County Extension Cotton Production meeting was postponed this week. We have rescheduled the cotton meeting for February 7, 2025. Please see the updated flyer with our production meeting dates. If we can be of assistance at Worth County Extension, please let us know. University of Georgia is an Equal…
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The webinar from the Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture will be on Thursday, January 16, 2025, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. This and future webinars cover interesting topics and also provide an opportunity to earn pesticide license recertification credits. See the details below. DATE: Thursday, January 16, 2025TIME: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. U.S. East Coast…
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Please see the flyer below with the meeting schedule for the 2025 grower production meetings and mark your calendar. We look forward to this time of year when growers and Extension personnel can share the latest, research-based information. Contact the Worth County Extension Office at 229-776-8216 to RSVP. If we can be of assistance at…
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Southern Corn Rust and Soybean Rust confirmed This week has brought us the confirmation of plant diseases in corn and soybeans. Southern Corn Rust (SCR) was confirmed in Decatur County on June 4th and in Mitchell County on June 6th. Soybean rust was confirmed on June 5th in Telfair County and in Tift County on…
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It’s go time! Many of our growers are busy planting to finish getting the cotton and peanut crops in the ground. With all of the recent rains, field activities have been delayed. Below is a map from NOAA, which shows the last 30 days of rainfall for Worth County. We have had from 5 to…
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The 2024 Georgia Conservation Tillage Alliance’s Annual Meeting and Cover Crop Field Day will be held in Americus, Georgia, at the USDA Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The meeting will start at 10 am with registration and conclude at 2 pm. UGA Extension Specialists, Dr. Stanley Culpepper and Dr. Taylor…
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We are looking forward to more Extension grower meetings coming up soon. Mark your calendars for these upcoming production meetings! Pesticide recertification credits and certified crop advisor (CCA) CEU’s will be available at these meetings. *Please contact the Worth County Extension Office at 229-776-8216 if you plan to attend.
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Many situations are occurring in crops over the last week or two. Corn harvest has begun and is progressing well between some rain events. Cotton Update: A few more fields have reached the silverleaf whitefly (SLWF) threshold this week. This pest is starting to spread out further in the county, so keep an eye out…
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Dr. Bob Kemerait, UGA Peanut Pathologist If the growing season was like a football game, many of our growers would now be early in the 3rd quarter. Our home team is the “Peanut Crop” and today we would be playing the “Pests”, a team primarily composed of weeds, insects, diseases, and nematodes. The “Pests” tend…
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Southern corn rust and corn tar spot is present in southwest Georgia, but a majority of corn in the county is nearing full maturity, so the diseases should not affect potential yield. But, late planted corn should be scouted and treated if necessary. Conditions have been near perfect for diseases in peanuts and cotton to…