Photos
October 2024: Soil sampling ahead of incorporation of the mustard plants for the biofumigation trial, Athens, Georgia. Photo credits: Brian Kvitko, University of Georgia.
August, 2024: Jake Mowrer laying down plastic mulch in College Station, TX. Photo credit: Thomas Isakeit, Texas A&M University.
Photos from the biofumigation baseline soil sampling in Athens, Georgia, Summer 2024
Dr. Tim Coolong's team inoculated 500 onion bulbs with Burkholderia, a bacterial pathogen. The infected bulbs will be used to infest the soil with Burkholderia for the UGA Athens green biofumigant trial. Photo credit: Tim Coolong, University of Georgia.
Brian Kvitko and Sujan Paudel collect baseline soil samples for the green biofumigant trial field at the UGA Horticulture farm. The baseline soil samples will be used determine the initial Burkholderia populations as well as microbial and nematode communities. Photo credit: Brian Kvitko, University of Georgia.
Photos from the University of Georgia, 2024
Below left: Members of the Dutta lab at the University of Georgia scouting onion fields for disease in Vidalia, GA. Right: Fungicide trial. Photo credits: Kephas Mphande.
Below Left: Center rot caused by Pantoa ananatis. Right: Onion rot caused by Pantoa ssp and Burkholderia ssp. Vidalia, GA. Photo credits: Kephas Mphande.
Below left: Fertilizer trial plot. Right: Onion harvest in Vidalia, GA. Photo credit: Timothy Coolong.
Harvested and bagged onions, Vidalia, GA. Photo credit: Timothy Coolong.
Photos from Texas A&M University, 2023-4
Leaf blight two days after inoculation of leaves with B. gladioli. Photo credit: Thomas Isakeit
Below: Burkholderia gladioli bulb rot from south Texas in the field. Photo credits: Thomas Isakeit.
Harvesting and packing onions, Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX. Photo credits: Thomas Isakeit.
Funding
This project was funded by the Organic Research and Extension Initiative grant, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Award Number 2023-51300-40913