Japanese beetle population shrivels in the heat.
The tiny destroyers' numbers are down because their life cycle relies on moisture. If it's too dry, the larvae can't complete their development.
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Associate
Dean for Research
Robert N. Shulstad
109 Conner Hall
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706/542-2151
Project to use sun, wind to pump water to cattle
Cattle sometimes go to streams and rivers to drink because there is no other place they can get water. But they can pollute that water downstream. A University of Georgia expert is setting up sites near Georgia’s coast to show cattlemen how to use wind and sun to take the water to the cattle.
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Research
Research helps protect Asian delicacy, farmers' profits
October 23, 2008 — Dermatitis in humans can make skin itch and burn. When it hits chickens, it drastically reduces farmers' profits and cuts the supply of an Asian delicacy – chicken feet. It also leads to an estimated loss of about $100 million for the Georgia poultry industry each year.
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UGA research helps farmers 'hire' the best cotton
October 16, 2008 — Glen Ritchie, a UGA cotton physiologist, uses a handmade cart rigged with various sensors through a cotton field to take various measurements of the cotton and its surroundings. The information will help farmers make informed decisions on what cotton varieties will work best for them in the future. more >>
Making Life Better
For more than 100 years, scientists working at University of Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations have conducted research to improve the quality of life for Georgians and for citizens worldwide.
Their research is conducted in laboratories across the state on three main UGA research campuses, located in Athens, Griffin and Tifton; five research and education centers; and research farms. At these locations, researchers can conduct experiments under varying geographic and climatic conditions across the state.
These studies focus on making our food supply safer and longer-lasting, breeding landscape plants that use less water and require less pesticides, monitoring greenhouse gases and other pollutants, creating leaner cuts of meat through alternative livestock diets and creating new and useful products from crop by-products.
UGA agricultural scientists continue to conduct ground-breaking and life-changing research in much the same way their counterparts did 100 years ago when they bred Empire Cotton, a variety that saved the state's cotton industry and put cotton back on the throne in Georgia agriculture.