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Hurricane/Tropical Storm Helene affected much of Georgia’s agriculture, including blueberries. Both wind and extreme rainfall caused their share of issues. In some parts of Georgia’s blueberry-growing region, wind damage (resulting in broken limbs, lost leaves, and blown-over bushes) seems to have caused most of the damage, while in other areas, extreme rainfall seems to have…
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Hurricane/Tropical Storm Debby has brought lots of rain to southeastern Georgia in just a short time. Rainfall totals of over 5 inches were recorded across much of the blueberry growing region in southeastern Georgia in less than 48 hours this week (Nahunta – 7.8 inches, Waycross – 6.4 inches, Alma – 6.3 inches, Lake Park…
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To register for this webinar, please follow this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z6DZY3p_RIGr4So-zhJXaQ
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In recent days, we’ve received multiple reports of algal stem blotch on blueberry in Georgia. In contrast to the fungal, bacterial, or viral diseases that typically afflict our crop plants, algal stem blotch, as the name indicates, is actually caused by a species of parasitic alga. This, in and of itself, makes it an oddity…
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Dear blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, and strawberry growers and industry professionals: A national team of researchers led by Dr. Ash Sial (UGA) with representatives from multiple states across the United States is planning a project to develop sustainable management of thrips including flower thrips and chilli thrips in small fruit crops. In order for us to develop…
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Advances in Behavior-Based Tactics for Management of Spotted-Wing Drosophila Dec 8, 2022 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Sustainable SWD Management SCRI Project team is is organizing their second annual webinar on December 8, 2022 at 12pm Eastern. This webinar will focus on the advances in behavior-based tactics for management of SWD. Please use the link…
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It has been almost 30 days since we have had appreciable rainfall across much of the blueberry growing region in southern Georgia. While most locations in the southern half of the state are not technically in a “drought” (see https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/), it has certainly been dry for the past month. (At my house in Tifton, for…
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Georgia blueberry growers are invited to attend an upcoming Blueberry Fruit Quality Webinar on Thursday, October 13th @ 7PM. Members of the UGA Extension Blueberry Team including Dr. Jonathan Oliver, Dr. Zilfina Rubio Ames, and Dr. Angelos Deltsidis will provide a brief overview of factors affecting blueberry fruit quality, highlight recent efforts to elucidate the…
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