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Guillermo Alvarado, executive director of the International Regional Organization of Plant and Animal Health, (left) and Jim Hanula, entomologist with the USDA-Forest Service. CAES News
Latin Americans turn to UGA researchers for kudzu bug knowledge 04/05/12 Sharon Dowdy
Two years ago, the kudzu bug arrived in Georgia and has been aggravating homeowners and feeding on kudzu and soybeans ever since. Now, some of Georgia’s Latin American trading partners are worried that the legume-eating pest may be headed south.
Organic onions growing in a field in south Georgia CAES News
Organic gardening workshop set at UGA campus in Griffin 04/05/12
An organic gardening workshop is slated for April 27 on the University of Georgia campus in Griffin, Ga.
H.O. Lund Entomology Club and students in a service-learning entomology class hosted the 2012 insect zoo on March 30, 2012. CAES News
Students use annual Insect Zoo event to teach and speak up for insects 04/04/12 Merritt Melancon
There’s just something about insects that makes a lot of people’s skin crawl but University of Georgia entomology students are working hard to improve the public’s perception of their six-legged friends.
Eddy-Jean Etienne working in the Agricultural & Environmental Services Lab in Athens. CAES News
Soil lab faculty help launch lab in Haiti 03/30/12 Merritt Melancon
Haitian farmers have toiled for more than a century to grow crops in the nation’s notoriously ravaged farmlands. A new soil-testing lab, scheduled to open in June, should help farmers in Haiti improve their yields.
Two student-built robots compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition's Peachtree Regional held March 16 -17, 2012, at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth. CAES News
4-H'ers learn engineering and teamwork by building robots 03/28/12 Sharon Dowdy
Most people have seen high school students compete against one another in a game of basketball but not many people seen the game played with student-built robots
Garden soil CAES News
Athens-Clarke inducts state's first class of Master Composters 03/27/12 Merritt Melancon
Good compost takes time, patience and alternating layers of decomposing yard and kitchen wastes. Those are the basics, but Athens-Clarke County Extension Agent Amanda Tedrow was finding that most people needed more information in order to make the compost equation come out right.
A pair of hummingbirds fly around a feeder at a North Georgia home. CAES News
Male birds fight their reflections in odd turf war 03/26/12 Paul Pugliese
Disoriented fake birds flying into a newly cleaned window may make you chuckle on a television commercial. But, in reality, it’s no laughing matter.
University of Georgia research technician Rodney Connell prunes turfgrass samples in a greenhouse on the campus in Griffin, Ga. CAES News
Spring fertilization of lawns should be guided by soil testing, temperatures 03/26/12 STEPHEN GARTON
In early spring as dormant, warm-season lawns begin to turn green, University of Georgia Extension agents receive many of calls about managing lawns. Most questions are about fertilization, including what type of fertilizer, how much to use and how frequently should it be applied.
Leyland cypress trees grow as a property border in a lawn in Butts Co., Ga. CAES News
Water thirsty trees with soak hoses, drip irrigation 03/25/12 Frank M. Watson
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agent Frank Watson discusses the best ways, and time, to water new and drought-stricken trees.