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UGA, Gold Kist set poultry science professorship Posted on 10/05/06 by J. Faith Peppers

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Gold Kist Inc. announced the establishment of the Gold Kist Professorship in Poultry Science and Health Oct. 4 in Athens, Ga.

Nature creates a colorful fall leaf display Posted on 10/04/06 by Sharon Omahen

If leaf-watching is a traditional part of your fall outings, it's time to plan your trip to the Georgia mountains. University of Georgia professor Kim Coder says Oct. 18 through Nov. 8 are the best times to see nature's color display.

Five receive 2006 D.W. Brooks awards Posted on 10/03/06 by Stephanie Schupska

Five innovative leaders at the University of Georgia were honored in the name of another innovator Oct. 3 in Athens, Ga., when the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences had its annual D.W. Brooks Lecture and Faculty Awards for Excellence.

Landscape cost estimating workshop set in Griffin Posted on 09/28/06 by Dan Rahn

Landscape businesses are popping up all over Georgia, and each faces a common challenge. Big, little, seasoned veteran or new in the business, each has to decide how much to bid on a job.

Killer bees loom close to Georgia borders Posted on 09/27/06 by J. Faith Peppers

Researchers in Georgia are keeping a watchful eye for invaders from the south. Tiny attackers, Apis mellifera scutellata, also known as Africanized honeybees or killer bees, have begun a steady march north and could reach Georgia borders soon.

Georgia EMS workers prepare for killer bees Posted on 09/27/06 by J. Faith Peppers

As Africanized bees, sometimes called killer bees, approach Georgia's borders, University of Georgia experts are helping emergency response workers be ready to respond to a victim's needs.

El Niño climate pattern returns to Southeast Posted on 09/27/06 by Sharon Omahen

The return of an El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean will make the Georgia, Florida and Alabama weather colder and wetter this fall and winter. But residents of these states will fight fewer hurricanes.

Scientists engineer root-knot nematode resistance Posted on 09/26/06 by Stephanie Schupska

University of Georgia professor Richard Hussey has spent 20 years studying a worm-shaped parasite too small to see without a microscope. His discovery is vastly bigger. Hussey and his research team have found a way to halt the damage caused by one of the world’s most destructive groups of plant pathogens.

E. coli outbreak shakes nation Posted on 09/21/06 by Sharon Omahen

In the wake of one death and many cases of foodborne illness related to contaminated spinach, University of Georgia microbiologist Michael Doyle recommends avoiding commercially bagged greens and vegetables.

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