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Imported pests 12/07/05
For eight years, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension county agents have used digital images, computers and e-mails to quickly diagnose insect and disease problems. Now a UGA team has installed their system in Honduras to protect U.S. farmers and consumers.
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Trade trip 12/07/05
Based on their work with Distance Diagnostics through Digital Imaging, two University of Georgia faculty members were part of an official visit to Central America with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez this fall.
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Sweet treat 12/07/05
It may not come in cute little Dawg-shaped bottles, but University of Georgia honey still sells like “wild cakes.” “It has been selling like wild cakes, no, hot cakes and wildfire,” said Jennifer Berry, a University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences research coordinator. “We sent out the Christmas honey announcement, and we’ll probably sell out of it by Dec. 19.”
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Wild winter 12/06/05
The winter climate outlook for Georgia is, in a word, variable. Georgians this winter can expect wide swings in temperatures with several extremely cold outbreaks. The best advice is to prepare for very cold weather.
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Storm record 12/01/05
As Tropical Storm Epsilon swirled about 725 miles east of Bermuda on Nov. 30, the worst Atlantic hurricane season on record officially came to a close.
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Uncommon garden gifts 12/01/05
Does your favorite gardener have every tool imaginable, every gadget sold only on TV? Gardening expert and retired University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agent Walter Reeves recommends some not-so-common gifts for the gardener.
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Buggy year 12/01/05
Damage from insects and caterpillars can vary yearly in most Georgia crops. University of Georgia experts say this year will go down as a buggy one.
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Chicken champs 12/01/05
When some Tift County 4-H'ers tag along while their parents grocery shop, the stores' meat managers cringe. That's because these kids are national experts when it comes to pointing out high-quality poultry and eggs.
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Pervasive privet 11/30/05
In years past, at least six species of Chinese privet were used in U.S. hedges and other landscape plantings. Native birds took it from there, making the plant all too familiar in the Southeast.
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L-tryptophan myth 11/23/05
True or false? The L-tryptophan contained in turkey is what makes a person sleepy after a holiday dinner. False. L-tryptophan can make a person feel sleepy, but it is not from eating turkey. University of Georgia extension specialists say that intense desire to nap after a holiday meal comes from all the calories people stuff in their stomachs during holiday dinners.