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In the Media

  • PMIL’s Haiti Research Trips featured in Georgia FACES

    College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences administrators visit peanut production facilities in Haiti with Feed the Future PMIL Published June 24, 2015, Georgia FACES By Christy Fricks & Merritt Melancon, University of Georgia While the University of Georgia is known as a hub for peanut research, sometimes the most impactful research is conducted on the…

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  • PMIL advisor Kitty Cardwell featured in ‘National Geographic’

    Aflatoxin, a Silent Threat to Africa’s Food Supply Published June 5, 2015, National Geographic|The Plate Author Kelsey Nowakowski Food supply issues aren’t uncommon in Africa. Famines caused by drought, flood, or conflict are frequent. But there is another constant threat to the continent’s food security that receives little public attention: Foodborne toxins known as aflatoxins.

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  • PMIL Collaborator Bob Kemerait featured for work on Smartphone App to predict disease risk in Peanuts

    UGA, other universities create smartphone app to predict disease risk in peanuts Writer Clint Thompson Published June 16, 2015 Online Athens A new smartphone app for the Peanut Disease Risk Index, or “PEANUT Rx,” will help Georgia peanut growers predict their risk of disease for this year’s crop. Georgia is the country’s top producer of…

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  • PMIL Collaborator Tim Brenneman interviewed for UGA CAES

    Dr. Tim Brenneman, a PMIL Collaborator and UGA Plant Pathologist was featured in a recent video interview for the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He talks about his job and what he does to provide growers the tools they need to control diseases.

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  • PMIL Mycotoxin workshop featured in Haiti’s ‘Le Nouvelliste’

    Contaminated peanut butter in the supermarket shelves Writer and Photographer Jeanty Gérard Junior Published June 12, 2015 Le Nouvelliste “There’s peanut butter (mamba) sold in supermarkets in Port-au-Prince that has a very high level of aflatoxin contamination” reveals a study by a Cell Research and reflection in the context of a research project funded by…

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  • PMIL Researchers Mallikarjunan & Mwangwela featured in Malawi Publication The Nation

    PMIL Researchers Kumar Mallikarjunan & Agnes Mwangwela were recently featured in Malawi Publication The Nation Online. Both Scientists are part of the Southern Africa Peanut Value Chain Interventions project. Read the full text of the publication online.

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  • UGA Faculty Traveling to Haiti with Feed the Future Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab

    UGA Faculty Traveling to Haiti with Feed the Future Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab Published Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 in Growing Georgia By Christy Fricks, University of Georgia The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control (Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab or PMIL) at the Unviersity of Georgia…

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