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Although this was one of the coldest winters we have seen in years along with two major snowstorms, it was not cold enough for spotted wing drosophila (SWD). We identified our first SWD female of 2014 this past Monday (Feb 17) in a trap located in Clarke County. This means that the monster is around…
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Earlier this month (Feb 5th), Georgia blueberry growers and UGA researchers visited with the leadership of Georgia Department of Agriculture and Commissioner Gary W. Black to discuss potential avenues to secure research funding in order to find appropriate solutions to the major problems facing blueberry industry in the state, such as spotted wing drosophila (SWD).
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By: D. Scott NeSmith Often times during blueberry presentations or when reading some of our management guidelines, you might come across something referring to blueberry flower bud stages. A recommendation may instruct the user to apply a compound at stage 6 of bud development, for example. Or, you might hear someone say, “do not…
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After the 2013 blueberry harvest, we received blueberry foliage samples collected from blueberries in Bacon County, Georgia. The undersides of the leaves were infested with large numbers of whitefly pupae that were identified as Tetraleurodes ursorum Cockerell (Aleyrodidae: Hemiptera). This species is sometimes called “bearberry whitefly” because it was first reported on the common bearberry…
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https://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-forward/2013/08/06/georgia-the-blueberry-state/
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