GTI Staff
| Dr. Katerina Jordan | GTI Director | |
| Dr. Sara Stricker | GTI Communications and Outreach Coordinator | |
| Peter Purvis | Research Station Superintendent | |
| Erica Gunn | Agricultural and Research Assistant | |
| John Watson | Research Technician | |
| Rodger Tschanz | Trial Garden Manager | |
| Cam Shaw | Diploma in Turfgrass Management Program Manager |
Research Faculty
| Dr. Tom Hsiang | School of Environmental Sciences |
| Dr. Katerina Jordan | Department of Plant Agriculture |
| Dr. Manish Raizada | Department of Plant Agriculture |
| Dr. Francois Tardif | Department of Plant Agriculture |
Staff and Faculty Directory:
 | Erica Gunn, BSc. Agr.Agricultural and Research Assistant Guelph Turfgrass Institute, G. M. Frost Centre Email: eagunn@uoguelph.ca |
 | Tom Hsiang, PhD.U of G Faculty; Phytopathology University of Guelph, School of Environmental Sciences, E.C. Bovey Building Email: thsiang@uoguelph.ca Select Publications: Hsiang T. 2021. What's the difference between Fusarium Patch \Microdochium Patch \ Pink Snow Mold or whatever the disease is called? The Dogwood, Summer 2021: 15-19. FY Zhao, SY Liu, SL Stephenson, T Hsiang, B Qi, Z Li, 2021. Morphological and molecular characterization of the new aethaloid species Didymium yulii. Mycologia: 1-12 C Li, Z Guo, S Zhou, Q Han, M Zhang, Y Peng, T Hsiang, X Chen. 2021. Evolutionary and genomic comparisons of hybrid uninucleate and nonhybrid Rhizoctonia fungi, Communications biology 4 (1): 1-15. R Gourlie, T Hsiang, 2017. Resistance to dicarboximide fungicides in a Canadian population of Microdochium nivale. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal 13 (1):133-138. |
 | Katerina Jordan, PhD.GTI Director and U of G Faculty; Turfgrass Science, Pathology and Nematology University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, E.C. Bovey Building Email: kjordan@uoguelph.ca Select Publications: K O'Connor, F Hébert, JE Powers, KS Jordan, EM Lyons. 2018. Leaf morphology explains the disparity between annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass growth under foliar fertilization. Journal of Plant Nutrition 41 (5): 596-608. CA McCall, KS Jordan, MB Habash, KE Dunfield. 2015 Monitoring Bacteroides spp. markers, nutrients, metals and Escherichia coli in soil and leachate after land application of three types of municipal biosolids. Water Research 70: 255-265. |
 | Eric Lyons, PhD.U of G Faculty; Turfgrass Science & Physiology University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, E.C. Bovey Building Email: elyons@uoguelph.ca Select Publications: HR Shehata, EM Lyons, MN Raizada. 2018. Turfgrasses as model assay systems for high-throughput in planta screening of beneficial endophytes isolated from cereal crops. Symbiosis 76: 71–76. HR Shehata, EM Lyons, KS Jordan, MN Raizada. 2016. Relevance of in vitro agar based screens to characterize the anti-fungal activities of bacterial endophyte communities. National Library of Medicine. BMC microbiology Vol. 16: 8. |
 | Peter Purvis, MSc.Research Station Superintendent Guelph Turfgrass Institute, G. M. Frost Centre Email: ppurvis@uoguelph.ca |
 | Manish Raizada, PhD.U of G Faculty; Beneficial endophytes University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, Crop Science Building Email: raizada@uoguelph.ca Select Publications: D Johnston-Monje, DK Castillo-Avila, MN Raizada, LA Becerra Lopez-Lavalle. 2019. Paying the Rent: How Endophytic Microorganisms Help Plant Hosts Obtain Nutrients. Comprehensive Biotechnology, Vol. 4, Moo-Young, M., Ed., Elsevier: Pergamon: 770–788. |
 | Cam Shaw, BA.Manager, Diploma in Turfgrass Management Program University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, E.C. Bovey Building Email: cshaw12@uoguelph.ca |
 | Sara Stricker, PhD.Guelph Turfgrass Institute Communications and Outreach Coordinator University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, G. M. Frost Centre Email: gti@uoguelph.ca Select Publications: S Stricker, T Hsiang, A Bertrand. 2017. Reaction of bentgrass cultivars to a resistance activator and elevated CO2 levels when challenged with Microdochium nivale, the cause of Microdochium patch. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal 13 (1): 229-232. |
 | Francois Tardif, PhD.U of G Faculty; Weed Science University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, Crop Science Building Email: ftardif@uoguelph.ca Select Publications: M Cowbrough, F Tardif. 2017. Integrated Weed Management for Prevention of Herbicide Resistance. Presentation KL Dodson, F Tardif, KS Jordan, E Lyons. 2012. Maintaining Turfgrass Coverage Under High Traffic Conditions. Sports Turf Manager [STA]. Autumn. 25(3): p. 12-15. |
 | Rodger Tschanz, MSc.Trial Garden Manager University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, E.C. Bovey Building Email: rtschanz@uoguelph.ca Select Publications: R Tschanz. 2020. Dramatic looking plants are top picks at Trial Garden Open House. Landscape Ontario Association News: October 2020 R Tschanz. 2019. Top picks from 2019 Trial Garden sites. Landscape Ontario Association News: September 2019 K O'Hara, R Tschanz. 2019. Training the future generation. Greenhouse Management: July 2012 |
 | John Watson, MSc.Research Technician University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, G. M. Frost Centre Email: watson01@uoguelph.ca |
