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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Troubleshooting 06/19/03
The muggy heat makes working in the landscape less appealing than it was in the spring. But insect, disease and other plant problems need attending to. To keep your plants looking their best, be a Sherlock Holmes in your yard.
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Safer burgers? 06/19/03
Food irradiation is safe, say University of Georgia experts. But it's not necessarily popular as the U.S. Department of Agriculture makes irradiated ground beef available to the nation's school lunch program.
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Peach of a crop 06/19/03
Georgia farmers have one of their best peach crops in years. Shoppers can expect plenty of large, beautiful peaches. The weather for growing peaches has been almost too good.
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New dean of extension 06/13/03
Mel Garber was named associate dean for extension in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in an announcement released today. The appointment is effective July 1.
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Baby weight 06/12/03
Babies born with low weights are more prone to sickness and have a higher death rate than babies born with normal weights. But nobody knows exactly why some babies are born with low birth weights.
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Thousand-legger 06/12/03
Several people have come Mike Isbell's Troupe County extension office concerned with a worm-like insect with legs. They're finding them by the hundreds. No, you better make that tens of thousands.
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Phantom bugs 06/11/03
In the summer, mosquitos, biting flies and fleas can visit your skin and leave behind itching bumps from their bites. Some people, though, are haunted year-round by biting bugs that aren't even there.
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Weedy vines 06/11/03
Native and ornamental vines can become weedy problems in your ornamental trees, shrubs and flower beds. Many can be hard to control if left unchecked. But you can control them with a little effort.
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Father's garden 06/05/03
As Wayne McLaurin looks back, gardening with his father was one of the best learning experiences ever. All of his university degrees and postdoctoral studies have only refined and enhanced what he'd already learned in his father's garden.
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Bring on the beef 06/05/03
When a single cow tested positive May 20 for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease" in northern Alberta, Canada, the U.S. Department of Agriculture went on high alert. It temporarily closed U.S. borders to Canadian beef and related products, including animal feed.