Find out the latest about what we're doing here at Georgia Seed Development.
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Georgia Grown TV- The Georgia Peanut, Part 1
May 10, 2023 Georgia is the #1 producing state for peanuts in the United States...This episode introduces some of the farmers and behind-the-scenes workers who make it all possible. The link below will take you to Episode 1 https://youtu.be/n0vIeEo0ASk...
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GEORGIA SEED DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING
April 24, 2023 GEORGIA SEED DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING The Spring Georgia Seed Development Board meeting will be held at the Windsor Hotel in Plains, GA beginning at 8:00AM on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. For any additional details or questions, please contact Mrs. Erin Montgomery for details (erin.montgomery@gsdc.com or 706-552-4525)....
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Trees for the future: developing climate-adapted pecans
March 31, 2023 Trees for the future: developing climate-adapted pecans By Jordan Powers, for CAES Newswire [An orchard of pecan trees lines the frame with a cloudy sky in the background.] Wells’ earlier research with hedge pruning demonstrated that hedge-pruned trees are less water-stressed and potentially more efficient in their use...
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2023 SUMMER INTERNSHIP
January 31, 2023 Georgia Seed Development (GSD) along with Georgia Crop Improvement Association (GCIA) are sponsoring summer internships for rising junior or senior undergraduate students majoring in one of the plant or crop sciences, agribusiness, agricultural economics or a related discipline. The goal of the internship is to provide students an opportunity to...
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Planting to picking, good peanuts start from the ground up
December 28, 2022 Field to Jar, Part 2 Variety selection, disease management and harvest timing are critical to Georgia’s peanut farmers By Maria M. Lameiras, UGA CAES From year to year, many row crop producers rotate the crops they plant to reduce pest and disease pressure and to benefit the land, often...
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Leaf spot-resistant peanut released from program
November 14, 2022 The first commercially available peanut cultivar highly resistant to leaf spot disease. USDA-ARS peanut breeder Corley Holbrook checks peanut plots on research farm in Tifton, Ga. Brad Haire | Nov 11, 2022 Southeast Farm Press CB-1 and CB-2 hold up well and look pretty good. But Corley Holbrook says CB-7...
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CAES produces Ph.D. plant breeders ready for top green industry jobs
October 26, 2022 CAES produces Ph.D. plant breeders ready for top green industry jobs By Amanda Budd [Evan McCoy, left, and Wayne Parrott look up to trellised soybeans, growing in a UGA greenhouse among rows of tables full of soybeans and other plants] Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics Director...
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GSD Board Meeting
October 13, 2022 GEORGIA SEED DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING The annual Georgia Seed Development Board meeting will be held in the GSDC conference room in Athens, GA beginning at 1:00PM on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. For any additional details or questions, please contact Mrs. Erin Montgomery for details (erin.montgomery@gsdc.com or 706-552-4525)....
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Disease Management Vital for Peanut Producers
August 11, 2022 Southeast AgNet By Clint Thompson The Georgia Peanut Commission and University of Georgia (UGA) Extension caution producers about disease management with harvest season approaching. Bob Kemerait, UGA Extension plant pathologist, discusses white mold and leaf spot, which could be problematic with increased rainfall in certain areas of the state. “This...
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Pecans don’t respond to heat like we do
July 1, 2022 Research has demonstrated that photosynthesis in pecan can continue unimpeded at leaf temperatures as high as 106 degrees as long as soil moisture is adequate. Lenny Wells | Jun 29, 2022 The extreme temperatures we are seeing has growers concerned about effects on the trees and crop. These temperatures often entice growers to increase...