by external | Aug 12, 2022
Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist An NGO group is currently petitioning the US EPA to revoke all food use tolerances for the organophosphate class of chemistry. In peanut this means phorate (Thimet) and acephate (Orthene). This is not a good situation....
by Doug Mayo | Aug 5, 2022
This week’s featured video highlights a relatively new technology being studied for weed control in late season crop weed escapes. The Weed Zapper Annihilator uses a front mounted 3-point hitch bar to pass electricity through weeds above the crop canopy, with a...
by btillman | Jul 1, 2022
So far in June 2022, I’m noticing more spotted wilt in the Suwannee Valley and Gainesville areas than usual. I’ve found it in early planted peanuts in the Panhandle of Florida too, but that’s more typical. What’s rare is finding spotted wilt at similar levels...
by external | Jun 17, 2022
Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist. If interested in signing up to receive updates from his blog, subscribe here. Regardless of whatever else has to be done on the farm in South Georgia over the next fourteen days, one thing that needs to happen is scouting...
by external | Apr 29, 2022
Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist Thrips populations are currently high on volunteer peanuts in Panhandle fields that are being burned down for planting; the plant injury is obvious. I will make this post as straight forward as I can. UGA research shows...
by Nicholas Dufault | Apr 1, 2022
Nicholas Dufault UF/IFAS Department of Plant Pathology, Gainesville, FL, and Zane Grabau and Chang (Diana) Liu, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL As we head into the 2022 peanut season, many farmers are thinking about how to cut...
