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Shows can provide gardening fix

...If you are also in serious need of a garden fix, check out these upcoming events.Tuesday morning, extension plant pathologist Jean Woodward will speak about diseases of ornamentals at the ARC Growers monthly meeting at Forest Hills Golf Course...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/home/gardening/2013-02-21/shows-can-provide-ga
Proper planting, irrigation can help prevent cankers

...especially Seiridium, is to irrigate trees during periods of drought. An experiment was performed by Jean Woodward, a plant pathologist at the University of Georgia. In field-inoculated (given the fungus) trees in nurseries, Seiridium cankers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/04/07/gar_76365.shtml
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Tips for a healthy garden

...season," she said. Development of new and innovative ways to control plant diseases is a constant challenge for plant pathologists. To keep outdoor and indoor plants healthy, the following are some tips offered by plant doctors from APS. Tips...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/08/27/gar_426569.shtml
Gardening
Study: Irish Potato Famine was caused by different strain of fungus than previously believed

...of the same strain that is most widespread today, US-1. But that assumption is wrong, said Jean Ristaino, a plant pathologist at North Carolina State University who reported her findings in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. Ristaino...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/06/07/tec_311621.shtml
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Truffles could be big for state

...as Tim Brenneman sees things, it could also have its truffles. It hasn't been proved, but Mr. Brenneman, a plant pathologist with the University of Georgia, said he believes Georgia's pecan orchards could be a mother lode of truffles...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/11/09/met_273351.shtml
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Disease threatens state's favorite Christmas trees

...cause problems for homeowners or growers who plan to sell or use Leylands for landscaping, said Jean Woodward, a plant pathologist with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Ms. Woodward, who is studying...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/12/17/tec_247723.shtml
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Blue mold appears in tobacco in 8 N.C. counties

...Paul Shoemaker, a North Carolina State University plant pathologist in Fletcher, said Thursday the fungus has appeared...Duplin counties, said Tom Melton, an N.C. State plant pathologist in Raleigh. Flue-cured tobacco is grown on 250...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/06/13/tec_230844.shtml
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Blue mold spreading in flue-cured tobacco region

...tobacco fields in the coastal plain and may become a problem, experts said Tuesday. Dr. Tom Melton, extension plant pathologist at North Carolina State University, said a blue mold watch has been issued for Pitt, Edgecombe, Wilson, Greene...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/05/28/tec_209046.shtml
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To end spotted wilt virus, toss out sick plants

...I recently read in a farm magazine that the tomato spotted wilt virus gene had been identified by agricultural plant pathologists at North Carolina State, so with that knowledge, maybe there will be future varieties that will be resistant...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/06/24/gar_456842.shtml
Gardening
Century after blight, American chestnut may be poised for return

...tree, not a corn plant," said Gary Griffin, a plant pathologist at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va...due to genetic differences, said Mark Double, a plant pathologist at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/06/04/gar_417792.shtml
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