Crop & Soil Sciences: Personnel: Faculty
Gil Landry
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Academic Rank: | Professor and Center Coordinator for the Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture |
| Academic History: | Ph.D., Louisiana State University 1977 | |
| Area of Expertise: | Plant Breeding and Genomics | |
| Campus: | Griffin | |
| Office Location: | 276 Redding Building | |
| Email: | glandry@uga.edu | |
| Phone: | 770/233-6108 | |
| Fax: | 770/229-3215 | |
| Shipping Address: | Crop & Soil Sciences Georgia Experiment Station The University of Georgia 1109 Experiment Street Griffin, GA 30223 |
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| Additional Web site: | Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture |
Research, Teaching, and Extension Work
Since 1979, Gil Landry has been responsible for the statewide development and implementation of Extension "Turfgrass Management" educational programming for the University of Georgia. This includes in-service training for county agents and turf industry professionals; writing publications and developing other educational materials; disseminating information through lectures and the news media; organizing and conducting conferences and field days; and providing advisory assistance on turfgrass problems and research needs. He has helped organize three professional associations, the Georgia Turfgrass Association (GTA) in 1986, the Georgia Turfgrass Foundation Trust, and the Georgia Sod Producers Association (GSPA) in 1991, and now serves as ex-officio/University Liaison to all. He also has worked closely with the Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Association (GGCSA), the Georgia Irrigation Association (GIA), and the Metro Atlanta Landscape and Turf Association (MALTA).
Nationally, he served six (6) years on the Board of Directors of the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) as Secretary, President and Past President. He remains co-chairman of the public relations and communications committee. Since 1995, he has served on the Technical Advisory Committee of the Professional Lawn Care Association of America (PLCAA). Dr. Landry has also served on committees for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).
Since 1990 he has been involved in bentgrass cultivar evaluations and additionally has National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) cultivar trials with tall fescues, bermudagrasses, zoysiagrasses, and buffalograsses.