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Stop veggie pests before they stop garden Posted on 05/01/08 by Bob Westerfield

Warm weather is a welcome sight for gardeners. But the problems it brings with insects and disease are not. Fortunately, there are several things we can do to help prevent and control them.

Termite control not for novices Posted on 05/01/08 by Sharon Omahen

You can try and control the insects inside and around your house yourself. But leave the termites to the professionals, says a University of Georgia expert.

Peach field day May 22 in Attapulgus Posted on 04/30/08 by Brad Haire

Peaches come in many varieties. Anyone who wants to see the latest and best to grow in the Southeast should go to the Florida-Georgia Twilight Peach Field Day May 22 at 5 p.m.at the University of Georgia Research and Education Center in Attapulgus, Ga.

UGA students learn to protect U.S. food supply Posted on 04/29/08 by Stephanie Schupska

Dead pigeons don’t usually attract much attention. But a few hundred of them infected with avian influenza and mysteriously found in several U.S. cities would cause, at the least, a media storm.

UGA center helps build Georgia co-ops Posted on 04/28/08 by Kristen Plank

Jerry Adams knows growing chestnuts has its ups and downs. Pilar Quintero says owning and managing a horse farm is no easy venture alone. That’s why they turned to the University of Georgia to help them form cooperatives with others in their respective industries.

UGA researchers help papaya take genetic spotlight Posted on 04/28/08 by Stephanie Schupska

University of Georgia researchers are not looking to pull sweet fruit from the papaya tree branches. They’re peering deeper to study its genes and see how they compare to other plants.

Drought lingers across north Georgia Posted on 04/24/08 by David E. Stooksbury

If Georgia has normal weather this summer, we can expect the soils to continue to dry out and groundwater levels, stream flows and reservoir levels to drop across the entire state.

Well owners responsible for their water safety Posted on 04/24/08 by April Reese Sorrow

When Frank Hancock was called to the house of a mother with two children sickened by E. coli bacteria, he discovered that the water from their well was the source. He found other wells in the county with problems, too.

Reproducing black flies helps research effort Posted on 04/24/08 by Sharon Omahen

When it comes to black flies, most people would prefer them destroyed. In the U.S., their bites cause pain and welts. In Africa, they can cause blindness. But to help find ways to control the tiny pests, University of Georgia scientists maintain the world’s only research colony.

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