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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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2007 Garden Packet
Here is the 32nd annual spring Garden Packet from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, with 26 features written by 14 CAES faculty members and graduate and undergraduate students to provide timely, valuable gardening information.
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Monitoring plant needs
With the help of a controlled-atmosphere facility and sensory equipment, scientists at the University of Georgia are learning how agricultural crops will react to future climate change.
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Ag Forecast 2007
The final speaker of the Georgia Ag Forecast 2007 breakfast meeting Feb. 20 in Statesboro, Ga., Chuck Lee punctuated the morning with a tough assessment: "You want to know what it's like? I've got four boys, and ain't none of them coming back to the farm."
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Stem cell case
In testimony Feb. 8 before the Georgia General Assembly's Joint Committee on Health and Human Services, Steve Stice explained the value of stem cells in developing treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's and Lou Gehrig's diseases, muscular atrophy disease and spinal cord injuries.
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Stem cell hindrances
The old adage, "one man's trash is another man's treasure," rings true in today's stem cell research. Steve Stice finds the promise of a cure for debilitating human injuries and diseases in the waste from fertility clinics.
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Disappearing bees
"This year, what's different is the number of colonies," Jennifer Berry said. "When you have beekeepers who have lost 90 percent of their colonies, and they're commercial and good beekeepers, we know something's wrong. We've had several people that I know have lost thousands of colonies."
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Salmonella outbreak
The recent recall of peanut butter from a processing plant in Georgia should be viewed as an isolated food safety incident, not a ban on all peanut butter, says a University of Georgia expert.
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Blueberry boost
“A lot of areas where blueberries grow are economically depressed,” Gerard Krewer said.
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Free form-filing help
Applying for financial aid for college can be confusing, especially with the paperwork that's required. Georgia parents and students can get free help with this task through the College Goal Sunday program.
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Georgia tobacco '07
The Georgia farmers who still grow tobacco will likely battle a deadly plant disease again all season, trying to squeeze out a profit come harvest time.