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 • 5 episodes
UGA Vegetables Podcast
Latest Episodes
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
UGA Vegetables Podcast Special Episode
In this special episode, Vaughn McAvoy, a 10-year-old enthusiast, talks about using carnivorous plants to manage nematodes, beetle larvae, and other insect pests in vegetable crops.
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8:44
UGA Vegetables Podcast Episode 3
In this episode, Dr. Luan Oliveira, Specialty Crop Precision Agriculture Specialist at the University of Georgia, discusses precision agriculture in vegetable crops, including onion transplanters, weed control robots, spray drones, and AI self-...
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Episode 3
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24:45
UGA Vegetables Podcast Episode 2
In this episode, Dr. Bhabesh Dutta, Vegetable Plant Pathologist at the University of Georgia, discusses diseases affecting Vidalia onions. The conversation covers key diseases of concern, the environmental conditions that favor their deve...
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Episode 2
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25:43
UGA Vegetables Podcast Episode 1
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 interestin...
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Episode 1
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31:40