Find out the latest about what we're doing here at Georgia Seed Development.
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Semi-Annual Georgia Seed Development Board Meeting
April 28, 2020 The Semi-Annual Georgia Seed Development Board Meeting will be held as a Zoom Video Conference beginning at 8:30 AM on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. If you are interested in participating in the video conference please contact Mrs. Erin Montgomery for details (erin.montgomery@gsdc.com or 706-552-4525)....
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Georgia Seed Development and Georgia Crop Improvement Summer Internship
March 11, 2020 Georgia Seed Development and Georgia Crop Improvement Association Summer Internship 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...
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UGA professor, soybean breeder named to Georgia Seed Development Professorship
March 11, 2020 By Maria M. Lameiras for CAES News Zenglu Li, a professor in soybean breeding, genetics and genomics at the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), has been named to the Georgia Seed Development Professorship in Soybean Breeding and Genetics. Since joining UGA’s...
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UGA Professor, Peanut Breeder William Branch named to Georgia Seed Development Professorship
February 24, 2020 By Maria M. Lameiras for CAES News William "Bill" Branch, a professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and a peanut breeder with the University of Georgia, has been named to the Georgia Seed Development Professorship in Peanut Breeding and Genetics. Since joining the College of Agricultural and...
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Georgia Ag Forecast set for five locations in 2020
January 13, 2020 By Clint Thompson for CAES News Jeffrey Dorfman, the state fiscal economist for Georgia and a professor at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), will serve as the keynote speaker for four of the five locations during the 2020 Georgia Ag Forecast seminar...
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Once thought immune, researchers find that muscadines can suffer nematode damage
January 13, 2020 By Chad Cain for CAES News Muscadines are often recognized for their disease and insect resistance, but recent research has shown that the South’s native grapes are vulnerable to parasitic nematodes. Vineyard owners have long known that European grape varieties are vulnerable to nematodes, but...
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UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences to host Global Food Security Summit on Nov. 8
October 30, 2019 By Merritt Melancon for CAES News For the past decade, demographers have predicted that the world would have to double its food supply by 2050 to feed the growing population. Progress is being made toward that goal, but scientists, farmers and policymakers still have a lot work to...
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Farm tour highlights value of UGA to Georgia agriculture
October 3, 2019 By Clint Thompson for CAES News University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead and Agriculture Commissioner of Georgia Gary Black were part of an annual farm tour that visited southeast Georgia on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to learn about the diverse makeup of the state’s agricultural...
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NOTICE:
October 2, 2019 NOTICE: The Georgia Seed Development Commission's annual Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 starting at 1:00 PM. The meeting will be held in the GSDC Conference room located at 2420 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, Georgia 30605....
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UGA’s Wayne Hanna honored with achievement award
September 13, 2019 By Clint Thompson for CAES News University of Georgia scientist Wayne Hanna has received his share of awards, but he says there’s something extra special about the Lifetime Achievement Award he received at the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) annual meeting on Wednesday,...