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  2. Jeff Cook

Jeff Cook


County Extension Coordinator

Southwest District

Mack Cook
Mack Cook
Areas of expertiseEducationScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Horticultural ProductionMicrobiologyPlant BiologyCrop and Pasture Production

Education

Master of Plant Protection and Pest Management, Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management.

University of Georgia, GA, United States (1999)

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

University of Georgia, GA, United States (1997)

Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other

Reinhardt College, GA, United States (1993)

Scholarly Works

  • First report of Vidalia onion (Allium cepa) naturally infected with Tomato spotted wilt virus and Iris yellow spot virus (Family Bunyaviridae, genus Tospovirus) in Georgia, PLANT DISEASE, (2004).
    Mullis SW, Langston DB, Gitaitis RD, Sherwood JL, Csinos AC … 4 more
  • Sowing Date, Transplanting Date, and Variety Effect on Transplanted Short-day Onion Production, HORTTECHNOLOGY, (2009).
    Boyhan GE, Torrance RL, Cook J, Riner C, Hill CR
  • Harvest and postharvest quality of short-day onions in variety trials in Georgia, 2000-03, HORTTECHNOLOGY, (2005).
    Boyhan GE, Purvis AC, Randle WM, Torrance RL, Cook MJ … 5 more
  • Plant Population, Transplant Size, and Variety Effect on Transplanted Short-day Onion Production, HORTTECHNOLOGY, (2009).
    Boyhan GE, Torrance RL, Cook J, Riner C, Hill CR
  • Effect of Bloom and Fruit Thinning on Quality Characteristics of ‘Harvester’ and ‘Redglobe’ Peach Fruit Varieties in Georgia, (2015).
    Chavez DJ, Cook J

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Contact

mackiv@uga.edu 478-862-5496

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PO Box 397
7 Ivy Street
Butler, GA 31006-0397

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196 East Main Street
Butler, GA 31006

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  • Climate
    April 10, 2024

    Growers hopeful 2024 peach season will rebound from disastrous 2023

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    Jan. 11, 2023

    Cold protection options for growing fruit and vegetables throughout the winter

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    Georgia’s peach crop in good shape after two down years

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    Georgia peach farmers hope to avoid March freeze

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    Georgia farmers enjoying improved peach crop

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    Peach farmers optimistic about 2018 after a disastrous 2017 crop

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