Plant Pathology Resources
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This publication is a comprehensive guide to identifying and controlling turfgrass diseases in Georgia.
Alfredo Martinez and Leon Lee Burpee
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This publication describes some of the most troublesome diseases of Georgia’s landscape plants to help readers identify and treat these diseases. This resource is useful for professional and amateur growers alike to better fight plant diseases and produce healthy plants.
Alfredo Martinez and Jean Williams-Woodward
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The 2025 edition of this publication covers integrated pest management information for blueberry producers in the Southeastern U.S. Recommendations are based on information from the manufacturer’s label and performance data from research and Extension field tests. This publication is intended for use only as a guide. Specific rates and application methods are on the pesticide label, and these are subject to change at any time. This publication is a product of the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium.
Ashfaq A. Sial and Phillip M. Brannen
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C 1316
Dogwood Borer
The dogwood borer can be a destructive pest of many ornamental trees in nurseries and landscapes. The dogwood borer also attacks fruit and nut trees in landscapes and commercial orchards. It is native to North America and is common in eastern Canada and the United States. It is present throughout Georgia.
William G. Hudson and Shimat V. Joseph
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This 2025 update to the regional integrated pest management guide provides recommendations for muscadine grape production in the Southeastern U.S. Recommendations are based on information from the manufacturer’s label and performance data from research and Extension field tests. This publication is intended for use only as a guide. Specific rates and application methods are on the pesticide label, and these are subject to change at any time. This publication is a product of the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium.
Phillip M. Brannen, Ashfaq A. Sial, Brett R Blaauw, and Sarah Lowder
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This report provides research and extension results for trials conducted by the University of Georgia Vegetable Team and its collaborators in 2024. Contributing authors include county and regional faculty as well as specialists from UGA’s horticulture, plant pathology, crop and soil sciences, and entomology departments. All research has been supported by the Georgia Commodity Commission for Vegetables.
Timothy Coolong and Ted McAvoy
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AP 132-01
2024 Georgia Corn Production Guide
This is the Extension Corn Team’s full production guide for recommended practices to plant and maintain a corn crop in Georgia. Topics include agronomic practices, growth and development, fertilization, irrigation, weed, insect and disease management, harvesting and drying, protecting stored corn, soil health, and economics/budgets.
G. David Buntin, Eric P. Prostko, Robert C Kemerait Jr, Amanda R Smith, Ronald Scott Tubbs, Wesley Porter, Guy Hancock, Henry Y. Sintim, Glendon H. Harris, and Michael D Toews
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2022 plant disease losses, including control costs, amounted to an estimated $933 million. The value of the crops used in this estimate was approximately $8200 million, resulting in a 11.4% relative disease loss across all crops included in this summary. The estimated values for most crops used to compute these disease losses are summarized in the UGA Center for Agribusiness & Economic Development 2022 Georgia Farm Gate Value Report (AR-24-01). Some estimates for fruits, ornamentals, and turf rely on Extension specialists’ knowledge of the industry and industry sources for information.
Timothy Branner Brenneman, Phillip M. Brannen, Ganpati Jagdale, Bhabesh Dutta, and Ansuya Jogi
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Pierce’s disease (PD) may be the greatest threat to the growth and sustainability of wine grape industries in the Southeastern U.S. The first step to managing grapevine PD is understanding the threat of PD as dictated by the region in which vines will be planted. It is highly advised that PD-tolerant cultivars be planted if a vineyard will be established in a region of high PD-threat. Growers should understand that there is a risk of planting Vitis vinifera and other PD-intolerant cultivars in several Southeastern U.S. regions, including the mountain regions of northern Georgia and piedmont regions in North Carolina. If PD-intolerant cultivars are planted, leafhopper vectors should be intensively scouted for and managed, and PD-infected vines should be immediately rogued out of the vineyard.
Phillip M. Brannen, Brett R Blaauw, and Sarah Lowder
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