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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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2002 D.W. Brooks Lecture
Seth Carus, senior research professor in the Center for Counterproliferation Research at the National Defense University, will be the featured speaker at the 2002 D.W. Brooks Lecture Oct. 1 in Athens, Ga.
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Wilted.
Every peanut farmer in Georgia has heard of it. And this year, it's been pretty bad.
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Berry beauty
The bright leaves of fall too soon discolor and drop, leaving bare stems. But then we discover the clusters of jewels still hidden among the plants. The ornamental fruit and berry season is upon us.
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Biosecurity survey
Georgia farmers can add their input on biosecurity issues to farmer opinions nationwide through a survey now being conducted. The 40-state Extension Disaster Education Network received U.S. Department of Agriculture funds to identify farmers' educational needs on homeland security.
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Better than barrels
People have collected rainwater in barrels and buckets for generations. Today, a more sophisticated rain harvesting system can provide homeowners and their landscapes insurance against water bans.
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Low-effort composting
Just looking for something to do with his surplus of fall leaves, Wayne McLaurin unknowingly set in motion a process of creating garden "gold." Years later, he had about a foot-deep pile of what his father used to call "leaf mold."
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'Gardening' chores
On the Sept. 28 "Gardening in Georgia," host Walter Reeves covers several fall chores for your flower beds and landscapes. "Gardening in Georgia" airs twice each Saturday, at noon and 7 p.m., on GPTV.
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Landscape, Turf Clinic
To meet the growing need for landscape training, UGA Extension Service agents in Hall County have planned the North Georgia Landscape and Turf Clinic Oct. 23 at Gainesville, Ga., College.
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Garden math
Those who aren't mathematically gifted may do well to heed Mike Isbell's counsel: "We'll always have to do math. And unless you stay in practice, you may not remember what you are supposed to do to figure out math problems."
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It smells like . . .
Tifton, Ga. -- Plants respond to stresses like drought, disease and insect attacks in many ways. But one unusual way could lead to new tools that can help farmers precisely monitor and react to what's happening in their fields before a problem gets out of hand.