by Blake Thaxton | Aug 24, 2012
Downy Mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis) has been identified in Santa Rosa County on pumpkins, Cucurbita pepo. Downy Mildew (DM) can be devastating on cucurbits in fall plantings. The disease occurs in temperate and tropic areas with adequate leaf wetness, usually...
by John Doyle Atkins | Aug 23, 2012
Back in the early spring, University of Georgia Extension Plant Pathologist Bob Kemerait predicted that conditions were going to be right for white mold development in peanuts during the 2012 season. He based this on the very warm temperatures common throughout the...
by John Doyle Atkins | Jul 26, 2012
Calcium is essential for high quality peanuts, and that makes calcium management one of the more critical aspects of peanut production. Soil moisture plays a critical role in absorption of calcium. Calcium is “passively” absorbed by the developing peanut...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 22, 2012
Over the last several months, reports of stand losses and decline for both Bermuda and Bahia grass pastures and hay fields have been coming in to Extension Offices across the Southeast. Some ranchers have lost 25%-40% of their stand in certain fields, while a few...
by Shep Eubanks | Jun 1, 2012
I have observed bermudagrass leafspot/rust in several commercial hayfields of Russell Bermudagrass in Holmes County over the last few weeks. Typically this is something that is observed later in the growing season during hot, humid weather. Even though Russell is...