Category Archives: Agriculture

Agriculture

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 Agriculture January 17, 2020

Research and Education Centers get new sites

Plant biology professor Bochra Bahri

 Agriculture December 19, 2019

Plant pathologist Bochra Bahri joins UGA turfgrass research team

Cotton seed and cotton cake

 Agriculture December 09, 2019

UGA researcher uses ‘cotton cake’ as protein supplement in dairy cattle diets

A bunch of muscadine grapes

 Agriculture December 04, 2019

Once thought immune, researchers find that muscadines can suffer nematode damage

Sugarcane fields

 Agriculture December 02, 2019

UGA entomologist Michael Toews using grant to study sugarcane aphids

UGA Columns

 Agriculture November 26, 2019

CAES researchers fight fungi, unlock genetic mysteries and study insect societies

The three-year National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant, valued at $498,793, supports a collaborative project to study organic management methods for center rot disease. The study is headed by UGA Extension plant pathologist Bhabesh Dutta and researchers from Michigan State University.

 Agriculture November 14, 2019

UGA CAES scientists study alternative control methods for center rot disease in organic onion production

Bred by University of Georgia researchers, "Orange Bulldog" is a standard Jack-o’-lantern-sized pumpkin, but it features colors ranging from salmon to burnt orange.

 Agriculture October 24, 2019

‘Orange Bulldog’ makes for great Halloween pumpkin

Since Xylella is a leading cause of plant death in southern highbush blueberries in Georgia, it is important for Oliver to study the pathogen to help prevent crop loss.

 Agriculture October 21, 2019

Georgia Farm Bureau supplies grant for UGA plant pathologist to study blueberry disease

Georgia Farm Bureau President Gerald Long (center) announced the recipients of the GFB Harvest 20 Research Grants at the GFB Commodity Conference on Aug. 8. University of Georgia faculty who were awarded grants are (l-r) Lawton Stewart, Govindaraj Dev Kumar, Angelita Acebes, Sudeep Bag, Jonathan Oliver and (not pictured) Bhabesh Dutta and Mark Freeman.

 Agriculture October 14, 2019

Georgia Farm Bureau awards $94,000 in grants to UGA scientists