Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 12/27/16

The University of Georgia’s newest pecan variety will be released next spring and has shown good resistance against scab disease so far. “We always say 'so far’ because the scab pathogen does tend to adapt to trees over time. Currently, this variety has no scab in our sprayed orchards, and only trace scab in our unsprayed orchards,” said Patrick Conner, a horticultural scientist at the UGA Tifton Campus.

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