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Lowndes County Extension will be hosting a Citrus Update Meeting (virtually) on February 11th @ 12PM. Josh Dawson (Fort Valley State University County Extension Agent) will moderate this event, and Jake Price (UGA County Extension Coordinator and Ag Agent) will present information on tree wraps and the results of his 2020 Owari rootstock trial. Pre-registration…
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By: Emran Ali, Tammy Stackhouse, Sumyya Waliullah, Jean Williams-Woodward, and Jonathan E. Oliver Is one of the world’s smallest pathogens harming your citrus plants? Citrus production within the state of Georgia (USA) is rapidly increasing each year. There are citrus plantings in backyards, production, and plant nurseries within at least 32 GA counties. The growth…
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Good news for Georgia citrus growers! After being forced to suspend our citrus greening testing of Georgia citrus samples back in March due to COVID-19, we are now able to restart this testing as of September 1st, 2020. In addition, we can now test samples for Citrus Canker as well as Citrus Greening, due to…
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By: Jake Price (UGA Extension, Lowndes County, GA – jprice@uga.edu) and Dr. Kim Bowman (Rootstock geneticist, Ft. Pierce, FL – Kim.Bowman@usda.gov) Purpose: Identify the best commercially-available rootstocks for ‘Owari’ satsumas, based upon effects on fruit yield, fruit quality, cold-hardiness, tree health, fruit size, and tree size. Background: In 2014, Lowndes Extension began growing ‘Owari’ satsuma…
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Unfortunately, due to the current COVID-19 precautions, the Plant Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory in Tifton will not be able to receive samples for citrus greening testing at this time. We will update you as soon as samples can be received again. Again, please do not send or bring in samples at this time for testing.