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| Finding
A Pay Raise At Home |
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Solving The Mysteries Of
Fungi |
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| Diabetes
Affects All Family Members |
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| College
Scientists Battle Sweet Potato Weevils |
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| Disease
Problems In Tall Fescue Turf |
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| Finding
A Pay Raise At Home |
1:41 |
If you look you may find an
unexpected pay raise around your home. |
The summer months are just
ahead, and for many people that means vacations. But those summer
vacations can become quite expensive, so many people are looking
for ways to earn some extra money for those summer trips. Michael
Rupured, a Financial Management Specialist with the University
of Georgia Extension Service says extra money may be close if
you know where your money goes. "They're different with every
person, the important thing is to know where your money goes
now, you know, sit down, you know how much your income is and
make a list showing how you recall spending your money, and
most people will end up with some amount of money left that
they can't really remember what they did with that money." Michael
Rupured with the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, who
adds the task may appear unpleasant and time consuming, but
the efforts can be rewarding. Most households can increase their
spending power as much as twenty percent by paying more attention
to how they spend their hard-earned money. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Solving
The Mysteries Of Fungi |
1:41 |
College scientists are working
to solve the mysteries of fungi. |
The smut fungi as a group
creates a lot of problems for growers, with yield losses in
some crops exceeding twenty-five percent. In 1997 eighteen percent
of Georgia's corn crop was lost to fungal diseases. But since
the mid-nineties, scientists with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have been
conducting molecular research to solve the mysteries of these
troublesome fungi. "But one thing we're finding is that the
genes that regulate the ability of the fungus that we work on
to be a pathogen are found in many fungi, so the work that we're
doing is not really restricted to the fungus that attacks corn
but all fungi in general." That was Scott Gold with the College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The university scientist
goes on to say the research has yielded some of the molecules
that are required for fungal diseases in plants and animals.
Scientists hope that future research will yield significant
progress toward more effective disease control methods. John
Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Diabetes
Affects All Family Members |
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When a person is diagnosed
with diabetes, the effects will be felt by every member of the
family. |
After medical tests confirm
diabetes, the stress level for every member of the family goes
up. Connie Crawley, a Nutrition Specialist with the University
of Georgia Extension Service says when diabetes enters a family,
lifestyle changes will effect everyone. "That can effect what
they eat, how they exercise, what they do in their spare time,
how they spend their money, so it really can have a significant
effect on not only the person that has diabetes but their family
members as well." Connie Crawley with the College of Family
and Consumer Sciences, who adds diabetes is a very personal
disease and everyone has to find the management style and system
that works best for that person. The key for family members
is to focus on the present and don't expect the worst based
on past behavioral problems. Doing what you can to make the
current situation as positive as possible could make a big difference
in how your relative handles diabetes in the future. John Harrell,
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| College
Scientists Battle Sweet Potato Weevils |
1:30 |
College scientists are working
to control an insect pest that causes a lot of problems for
sweet potato growers. |
The sweet potato weevil
is the single most destructive pest of the sweet potato, and
has hurt production of the crop in the state. There are currently
no chemicals available that will control these weevils. Scientists
with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences are concentrating their research on certain
chemicals released from a sweet potato plant that influences
the behavior of female weevils. "The idea is if we can identify
those chemical compounds then we can use them in a breeding
program to select for or against to try to choose some resistance
to this particular insect pest." That was Stan Kays with the
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. In addition,
the attraction has the potential to be used for trapping female
weevils in production fields as part of an integrated pest management
program. More research will be needed, and hopefully results
from these studies and tests will allow farmers in Georgia to
grow sweet potatoes and make a profit. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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| Disease
Problems In Tall Fescue Turf |
1:30 |
College scientists are working
to solve a mysterious disease in a common turf grass. |
Tall fescue is a popular
turf grass grown mainly in Central and North Georgia. One year
ago an unusual disease called cream leaf blight was observed
on a lawn in Spalding County. Lee Burpee, a scientist with the
University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences says there is hope a fungicide can be developed to
control this disease. He adds research is also being conducted
to find disease resistant varieties of tall fescue. "In some
of the preliminary studies that we've done it looks like there
are some fungicides that do control it. We've also been looking
at different varieties of tall fescue to see if there are any
that are resistant to the fungus that causes the disease." Lee
Burpee with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
who adds cream leaf blight normally occurs during the spring
and summer. Results from studies have found the disease is less
likely to move into tall fescue lawns that have higher amounts
of nitrogen and other fertilizer products. John Harrell, University
of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
reporting from Tifton. |
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