UGA Vegetables Podcast
UGA Vegetables Podcast Episode 1 features Dr. Stormy Sparks (Vegetable Entomologist) and Ty Torrance (UGA Multi-County Vegetable Extension Agent) to discuss vegetable insect pests, lifecycle and management, top production issues, and interesting research being conducted at the University of Georgia.
Podcasting since 2025 • 9 episodes
UGA Vegetables Podcast
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UGA Vegetables Podcast Episode 8
In this episode, “The Watermelon Man,” Mr. John Bennett, University of Georgia ANR Extension Agent in Wilcox County, discusses watermelon production in South Georgia, including pest problems, current status, future trends, grafting, and paper m...
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Episode 8
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26:01
UGA Vegetables Podcast Episode 7
Vegetable entomologist Dr. Stormy Sparks discusses cotton jassid, a new invasive insect pest on vegetables. The episode covers insect identification, plant damage, hopper burn symptoms, and management strategies, including insecticides...
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Episode 7
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35:22
UGA Vegetables Podcast Episode 6
In this episode, Dr. Sudeep Bag, Associate Professor of Crop Virology at the University of Georgia, discusses insect-vectored viruses in vegetable crops, including those transmitted by whiteflies, aphids, and thrips.
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Episode 6
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33:03
UGA Vegetables Podcast Episode 5
In this episode, Dr. Ruchika Kashyap, an Urban and Controlled Environment Plant Pathologist at the University of Georgia, discusses what controlled environment agriculture is, the UGA team, common diseases encountered in controlled environments...
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Episode 5
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33:51
UGA Vegetables Podcast Episode 4
In this new episode, University of Georgia County Extension Agent Justin Shealey and Fort Valley State University Extension Agent Josh Dawson discuss vegetable production, focusing on bell pepper, in Echols and Lowndes counties. These long-time...
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Episode 4
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27:24