News Stories - Page 656

News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Tomato communication
If you want to grow great tomatoes in your home garden, you need to get inside the mind of your tomato plants.
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Garden superstars
Allan Armitage and the staff in the University of Georgia Horticulture Department have been evaluating new plants for two decades. Folks always ask for each year's top 10 plants.
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The wilter
As far as plant enemies go, it's one of the world's toughest. A scientist in Athens, Ga., wants to know how and why it's so deadly efficient, in hopes of finding ways to control it in the future.
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Fruit, veggie day
A field day at the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center will show research on blackberries, strawberries, watermelons, cantaloupes, sweet corn and tomatoes.
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The scoop on poop
It wouldn't be a stretch to call Georgia the king of the hill when it comes to poultry. And that hill would be largely composed of chicken litter were it not for an innovative voluntary nutrient management program.
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The frog's meow
The old frog raised itself off the ground, arched its back like a bow and began to emit a very unfroglike sound. Darned if it didn't sound just like a cat. And a very mad cat at that.
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Flower power
Scientists are researching bloodroot, a native Eastern wildflower with antimicrobial properties, to find out the best way to propagate it as a commercial crop.
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Beekeeping Institute
For people who want to learn about beekeeping, the 12th annual Beekeeping Institute May 29-31 in Young Harris, Ga., is the biggest, most comprehensive event in the Southeast.
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Planting time
Georgia farmers are now planting, or have just completed planting, their major row crops: tobacco, peanuts, corn and cotton. And depending on the crop, it's the best planting time in years or just another tough start.
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Bountiful berries
This year's Georgia blueberry crop is expected to be better than last season's, despite the problems caused by an overabundance of rain in March.