Research Resources
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Vegetables comprise an economically important segment of Georgia’s agricultural production, so there is a need for vegetable breeders to have comprehensive, crop-specific data on grower priorities, varietal performance, and production constraints.
UGA’s vegetable breeding program performed a needs assessment survey to assess growers’ preferences, the results of which are presented in this resource. This data will be used to inform the development of regionally adapted high-performing vegetable varieties.
Amol Nankar, Ty Torrance, Justin Shealey, Will Brown, Cale Cloud, Joshua Dawson, Chelsea Lopez, Stephanie Hollifield, Ted McAvoy, and Bhabesh Dutta
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This resource describes whiteflies and the damages they cause in cucurbit crops, and offers recommendations for cucurbit crop varieties for fall season production in southern Georgia that are resistant or tolerant to silverleaf disorder and whitefly-transmitted viruses.
Nirmala Acharya, Ted McAvoy, Sudeep Bag, and David G Riley
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This is an annual report (PDF) highlighting research conducted on Vidalia onions in recent years. Research topics include: variety trials, irrigation and fertilizer strategies, sulfur content in soils, effect of fertilizers on yield, thrips, factors affecting postharvest incidence of bacterial bulb rot, and Botrytis leaf blight. To read or download individual articles, refer to the report series.
Ted McAvoy, Christopher Todd Tyson, Luan Oliveira, and Daniel L. Jackson
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This publication summarizes the Vidalia onion flavor analysis results from the 2024–2025 growing season and compares the performance of each variety over the past three growing seasons.
Jason Lessl, Daniel L. Jackson, Christopher Todd Tyson, Jason D. Edenfield, Derrick Bowen, Aubrey Shirley, Chase Watts, Nick Ray, Steven Powell, Savannah Tanner, Ross Greene, and Eric Melby
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UGA evaluates short-day onion varieties to determine their performance characteristics in standardized growing practices. Variety entries for the trial are submitted by participating seed companies. These trials are conducted at the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center located in Lyons, GA. There were 49 varieties entered into the 2024–2025 UGA onion variety trial.
Christopher Todd Tyson, Jason D. Edenfield, Aubrey Shirley, Derrick Bowen, Denny R. Thigpen, Chase Watts, Nick Ray, Steven Powell, Savannah Tanner, Ross Greene, Lauren Stanley, Daniel L. Jackson, Ted McAvoy, Manisha Kumari, and Jason Lessl
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This publication summarizes the flavor analysis results of Vidalia onion trials from the 2021–2022 growing season, as well as compares the performance of each variety over the past three growing seasons.
Jason Lessl, Daniel L. Jackson, Christopher Todd Tyson, Jason D. Edenfield, Ross Greene, Aubrey Shirley, Derrick Bowen, Denny R. Thigpen, Steven Powell, Savannah Tanner, and Daniel Clark
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This publication summarizes the Vidalia onion flavor analysis results from the 2023–2024 growing season, and compares the performance of each variety over the past three growing seasons. There were 53 varieties entered into the 2023–2024 UGA onion variety trial.
Jason Lessl, Daniel L. Jackson, Christopher Todd Tyson, Jason D. Edenfield, Derrick Bowen, Aubrey Shirley, Anthony G. Bateman, Denny R. Thigpen, Steven Powell, Savannah Tanner, Shane Curry, Lauren Stanley, and Ross Greene
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UGA evaluates short-day onion varieties to determine their performance characteristics in standardized growing practices. Variety entries for the trial are submitted by participating seed companies. These trials are conducted at the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center located in Lyons, GA. There were 53 varieties entered into the 2023–2024 UGA onion variety trial.
Christopher Todd Tyson, Jason D. Edenfield, Aubrey Shirley, Derrick Bowen, Denny R. Thigpen, Chase Watts, Nick Ray, Steven Powell, Savannah Tanner, Ross Greene, Lauren Stanley, Daniel L. Jackson, Ted McAvoy, Manisha Kumari, and Jason Lessl
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This publication summarizes the flavor analysis results from the 2022–2023 growing season and compares the performance of each variety over the past three growing seasons.
Jason Lessl, Daniel L. Jackson, Christopher Todd Tyson, Jason D. Edenfield, Derrick Bowen, Aubrey Shirley, Anthony G. Bateman, Denny R. Thigpen, Steven Powell, Savannah Tanner, Shane Curry, Lauren Stanley, and Ross Greene
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