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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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D.W. Brooks 10/03/06
Five innovative leaders at the University of Georgia were honored in the name of another innovator Oct. 3 in Athens, Ga., when the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences had its annual D.W. Brooks Lecture and Faculty Awards for Excellence.
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Low bid? 09/28/06
Landscape businesses are popping up all over Georgia, and each faces a common challenge. Big, little, seasoned veteran or new in the business, each has to decide how much to bid on a job.
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Killer bees looming 09/27/06
Researchers in Georgia are keeping a watchful eye for invaders from the south. Tiny attackers, Apis mellifera scutellata, also known as Africanized honeybees or killer bees, have begun a steady march north and could reach Georgia borders soon.
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Bee prepared 09/27/06
As Africanized bees, sometimes called killer bees, approach Georgia's borders, University of Georgia experts are helping emergency response workers be ready to respond to a victim's needs.
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El Niño's back 09/27/06
The return of an El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean will make the Georgia, Florida and Alabama weather colder and wetter this fall and winter. But residents of these states will fight fewer hurricanes.
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Halting the damage 09/26/06
University of Georgia professor Richard Hussey has spent 20 years studying a worm-shaped parasite too small to see without a microscope. His discovery is vastly bigger. Hussey and his research team have found a way to halt the damage caused by one of the world’s most destructive groups of plant pathogens.
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E. coli outbreak 09/21/06
In the wake of one death and many cases of foodborne illness related to contaminated spinach, University of Georgia microbiologist Michael Doyle recommends avoiding commercially bagged greens and vegetables.
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Better irrigation 09/21/06
A technology developed on the Tifton, Ga., University of Georgia campus that can help farmers improve yields and conserve water is now being studied in other states.
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Garden covers 09/21/06
Fall is arriving at last. When the first frost wields the final blow to our summer vegetable bounty, many gardeners just let the plants die out and leave the soil exposed. But there's a much better idea.
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Hall of fame 09/21/06
Two men who helped turn University of Georgia programs into powerhouses were inducted into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame at the 52nd annual UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association Awards Banquet Sept. 15 in Athens, Ga.