MCG Mtng: Dr. Tim Brenneman: Pecan Truffles

Dr. Brenneman was born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and received his B.S. in Biology from Goshen College and his Ph. D. in Plant Pathology from Virginia Tech. He joined the faculty of the University of Georgia in 1986 and recently retired from his position as professor of plant pathology with research and extension appointments focusing on peanuts and pecans, two of the major crops in Georgia.
His research included the discovery of pecan truffles in Georgia, but his focus was always on developing improved, more cost-efficient methods of disease control for peanut and pecan farmers. He played a key role in development of the disease management programs and fungicides used by pecan and peanut farmers in the southeast today and co-released 11 peanut cultivars with significant resistance to diseases and nematodes from collaborative work. He is a Fellow and past-president of the American Peanut Research and Education Society in addition to numerous awards from the peanut and pecan industries.

He will speak about his research on the pecan truffle, its prevalence in Georgia, the use of truffle dogs and the implications for pecan growers.