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  • Hello y’all, I’m sorry it’s taken a while to get anything out but getting an idea of how hard Hurricane Helene has hit the Georgia citrus industry has been slow-going. From what I have seen so far, most people have experienced some fallen/leaning trees and some limb breakage. The amount of fruit drop has ranged…

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  • Substantial rainfall and wind from Tropical Storm/Hurricane Helen has resulted in detached fruit, broken limbs, and fallen trees in many citrus groves across southern Georgia. From a disease management perspective, the most immediate concern in the coming weeks will be the development of problems with Phytophthora spp. Phytophthora Diseases of Citrus Phytophthora are organisms that…

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  • If you’ve been keeping an eye on the weather, you’ll have seen that there is a tropical storm brewing down in the Caribbean. While it hasn’t made it to hurricane status yet (as of Tuesday morning), the projections do show it strengthening before making landfall. The current projections show it passing over South Georgia. While…

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  • ***Update from Dr. Mark Czarnota The Georgia Department of Agriculture issued a stop sale order on Midash Forte Insecticide on June 18, 2024. Batch TX433 was contaminated with varying low amounts of triclopyr and 2,4-D. If you have bought this insecticide any time in the past year prior to the stop sale date, please check…

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  • I would like to welcome Dr. Dario Chavez to his new role as the UGA Citrus and Peach Breeder. While Dr. Chavez has been at UGA since 2014, he has recently taken on the new role of UGA’s Citrus Breeder. In this new role, he is expected to be of great benefit to Georgia’s emerging…

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  • I would like to welcome Dr. Mary Sutton to the UGA-Tifton Campus as the new UGA Citrus Extension Specialist. I am sure that she will be a valuable resource for Georgia’s emerging citrus industry for years to come.

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  • In this new extension publication from Jake Price (UGA Extension Citrus Area Agent), the factors influencing cold hardiness of citrus are discussed in the context of the major freeze experienced across southern Georgia in December 2022.

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  • Information from Dr. Alejandra Jimenez Madrid (Director of the UGA Plant Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory in Tifton): I am happy to announce that the Plant Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory is currently a USDA-certified lab to perform Huanglongbing (HLB or citrus greening) testing. We are excited to provide this advanced testing to commercial growers, homeowners, nurseries, Extension and research personnel,…

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  • The Christmas freeze of 2022 provided an opportunity to see how Tangos, Sugar Belle, and Owari satsumas were influenced by rootstocks.  This is a report of the impacts on Tangos. Since January of 2023, I have conducted ratings on how much foliage was retained after the freeze, which trees developed freeze cracks, diameter of limbs…

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  • By Jake Price: Each year, I estimate the number of citrus trees planted in Georgia.  Calculating 2023 numbers has been a little different because of tree losses due to the December 2022 freeze.  Of the 567 new acres of trees planted in 2022, I estimate Georgia lost 230 acres. Approximately 80% of trees planted in…

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