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  • The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Organic Transitions grant is funding a study of management options for center rot disease in organic onion production in Georgia and Michigan. The study is headed by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension plant pathologist Bhabesh Dutta and researchers from Michigan State University. The three-year grant,…

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  • Georgia vegetable farmers should be on alert as downy mildew disease has been spotted in at least three southern Georgia counties this spring. Additional counties could follow as weather conditions remain favorable for the disease into early June, according to University of Georgia Cooperative Extension plant pathologist Bhabesh Dutta. Cucurbit crops — like cucumbers, melons,…

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