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UGA Peanut Team Visits Brazil

The UGA Peanut Team had a productive week in Brazil visiting multiple sectors of the peanut industry. The trip was held from 13 to 17 March and visit included two universities, UNOESTE in Presidente Prudente and UNESP in Jaboticabal, Beatrice Peanuts, Coplana, Colombo machinery industry, Agronomy Research Institute (IAC), and peanut growers.

Team members attending were Drs. Babu Srinivasan, Bob Kemerait, Cris Pilon, Glen Harris, Mark Abney, Scott Monfort, Scott Tubbs, and Tim Brenneman. The tour was planned by Dr. Cris Pilon along with Dr. Fabio Echer from UNOESTE and Dr. Rouverson Silva from UNESP. Drs. Echer and Silva have active collaborations with multiple UGA faculty members. 

 

All About the Pod Podcast

The University of Georgia Peanut Team presents All About the Pod, a reoccurring podcast for peanut producers, industry partners, and anyone interested in learning about science-backed peanut production.

The goal of this podcast is to educate others about up-to-date problems our researchers see in the field. All About the Pod will feature extension specialists, research faculty, graduate students, extension agents, industry allies, and growers.

Listen to "All About the Pod" Now

Peanut Team Excellence
Team Honored at Conference

The Georgia Peanut Commission honored the UGA Peanut Team at the Georgia Peanut Farm Show and Conference with a Research and Education Award for informing producers about peanut breeding, disease, soil fertility, precision technology and economics.

Read more about the work the Peanut Team is doing to improve this pantry staple in the three-part Field to Jar series: Breeding the best peanut, Good peanuts start from the ground up  and Peanut protectors.


 

Sapkota Awarded 2nd Place in Poster Competition

Madan Sapkota, M.S. student advised by Dr. Simer Virk, won second place in the M.S. Poster Competition at the American Peanut and Research Society's (APRES) annual meeting in Dallas, Texas.

Sapkota presented his work on selection of optimal spray parameters and utilization of precision spray technologies for pesticide applications in peanut.

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It started raining. What do we do now for peanut pests?
The July rain in South Georgia will reduce the severity of lesser cornstalk borer infestations in many fields and will at least buy us some time before spider mites become a serious concern. If the rain continues through the remainder of the season, we will likely not have to battle...
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Time to Scout Peanuts for Lesser Cornstalk Borer
Regardless of whatever else has to be done on the farm in South Georgia over the next fourteen days, one thing that needs to happen is scouting peanut fields for lesser cornstalk borer (LCB). This insect is the most damaging pest of peanut in Georgia; it feeds on stems, pegs,...