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Educational Background
- University of Cincinnati (Engineering). 1957-59
- B.S. Ohio State University (Agronomy). 1962
- M.S. Ohio State University (Soil Chemistry). 1964
- Ph.D. Ohio State University (Soil Chemistry). 1967
Current Employment Responsibilities
- Develop and conduct research to investigate nutritional problems
of warm-season turfgrasses, to improve fertilizer efficiency, to reduce
nutrient leaching, to improve turfgrass irrigation practices and to
examine pesticide fate in turfgrass soils.
- Develop and conduct research designed to find ways of utilizing
organic soils in water-logged and/or flooded states. Investigate aquatic
and/or high water table production of forages, aquatic vegetables,
rice, and biomass crops with emphasis on plant nutrition and soil
chemistry, but including irrigation variables and environmentally
related factors.
Honors and Awards
- Election to Sigma Xi, and Gamma Sigma Delta.
- Best Paper Award, American Society of Agronomy-Div. C-5, 1978.
- University of Florida/IFAS Superior Accomplishment Award, 1995.
- Awarded University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship,
1997.
- Elected Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, 1998.
- Elected Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America, 1999.
- University of Florida Interdisciplinary Team Award, 1999.
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America. 1963-present.
Associate Editor of Crop Science 1997-present. C-5 (Turfgrass) Division
Chair, Crop Science Society of America, 1997-98.
- International Turfgrass Society. 1976-present. Coordinating Chairman
for 1993 International Turfgrass Research Conference. Treasurer 1994-present.
- Florida Soil and Crop Science Society. 1967-present. Program Chair,
1992. President, 1993.
- Florida State Horticultural Society. 1975-present.
- Florida Turfgrass Association. 1967-present.
Major Grants and Contracts (During the past 5 years, Principal
or Co-Principal Investigator)
- An Assessment of the Risks Associated with Pesticides Volatilized
and Dislodged from Golf Turf. 1998 - 2000. $25,000 annually. United
States Golf Association.
- Documenting the Florida Yard Concept for Reducing Nitrogen Runoff
and Leaching. 1998 -1999. $ 105,000. The Sarasota Bay National Estuary
Program and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
- Nitrogen leaching at the Orange County National Golf Center. 1997
-1998. $ 33,000. Continued 1998 - 1999. City of Orlando and Orange
County, Florida.
- Effect of Compost in Turfgrass Soils on Nitrogen Release and on
Nitrogen Leaching in Laboratory and Field Studies. 1998. $ 16,665.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, via UF Center for
Biomass Programs.
- Short-term flooding effects on iron and nitrogen availability to
rice grown on Florida Histosols. 1997. $ 5,000. Florida Rice Council..
- Visiting professor support. 1997 - 1998. $ 5,000. Florida Rice Council.
- Development of Best Management Practices for Turfgrass Nitrogen
Fertilization. 1997. $ 23,000. Florida Department of Agriculture.
- Mobility and Persistence of Pesticides Applied to a USGA Green.
$ 45,000 annually, during 1992-1997. United States Golf Association,
- Effect of compost in Turfgrass Soils on Nitrogen Release and on
Leaching of Nutrients and Organics. 1995. $ 53,000. Markets Development
Program for Composts in Florida, via UF Center for Biomass Programs.
- Cultural practices for FX-10 St. Augustinegrass turf. 1994 - 1996.
$ 10,000 annually. University of Florida Division of Sponsored Research.
- Evaluation of controlled-release fertilizers for turfgrass. 1995.
$ 12,000. Vigero Corporation.
Patents and Copyrights
- A patent application (U.S. Serial No. 60/066,692) was filed by the
University of Florida in November, 1998, for "Compositions and
Methods for Adsorption and Remediation of Organic Compounds",
UFLA:067PZ1 UF#1748. Inventors G. H. Snyder, C. Elliott, J. L. Cisar,
and M. C. Elizer. An international patent application (PCT/US98/25131)
for the same invention was also filed in November.
Recent Publications (past 5 years)
National, International-Refereed Papers, and Book Chapters
- Cisar, J. L., and G. H. Snyder. 1996. Mobility and persistence of
pesticides applied to a USGA green. III. Organophosphate recovery
in clippings, thatch, soil, and percolate. Crop Sci. 36:1433-1438.
- Savant, N. K., G. H. Snyder, and L. E. Datnoff. 1997. Silicon management
and sustainable rice production. Advances in Agronomy 58:151-199.
- Snyder, G. H. 1996. Nitrogen losses by leaching and runoff: methods
and conclusions. pg. 427-31 In N. Ahmad (ed.) Nitrogen Economy in
Tropical Soils. Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
- Matichenkov, V. V., and G. H. Snyder. 1996. Mobile silica-bound
compounds in some soils of southern Florida. Pochvovedenie 12:1448-1453,
translated from Russian and reprinted in Eurasian Soil Science 29:1350-1354.
- Snyder, G. H., and J. L. Cisar. 1997. Mobility and persistence of
pesticides applied to a USGA green. IV. Dicamba and 2,4-D. Int. Turfgrass
Soc. Res. J. 8:205-211.
- Cisar, J. L., and G. H. Snyder. 1997. Mobility and persistence of
pesticides applied to a USGA green. V. Effect of irrigation management
on fenamiphos leaching. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 8:167-173.
- Williams, K. E., R. H. Snyder, J. L. Cisar, G. H. Snyder, and J.
J. Haydu. 1997. Turfgrass response to coated urea fertilizers. I.
Visual quality and clipping yields. Int. Turfgrass Res. J. 8:553-562.
- N. K. Savant, L. E. Datnoff, and G. H. Snyder. 1997. Depletion of
plant-available silicon in soils: A possible cause of declining rice
yields. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 28(13&14):1245-1252.
- Glaz, B., C. W. Deren, and G. H. Snyder. 1997. Variability of leaf
phosphorus among sugarcane genotypes grown on Everglades Histosols.
J. Environ. Qual. 26:(in press).
- Datnoff, L. E., C. W. Deren, and G. H. Snyder. 1997. Silicon fertilization
for disease managemnent of rice in Florida. Crop Protection 16:525-531.
- Snyder, G. H., C. W. Deren, and B. Glaz. 1999. Wetland Crops Versus
Wetland Drainage. HortSci. 34:46-49.
- Savant, N. K., G. H. Korndorfer, L. E. Datnoff, and G. H. Snyder.
1999. Silicon nutrition and sugarcane production: a review. J. Plant.
Nutr. 22:1853-1903.
- Snyder, G. H., and J. L. Cisar. 1999. Monitoring vadose-zone soil
water for reducing nitrogen leaching on golf courses. Chapt. 14, pp.
243-254 In J. M. Clark and M. P. Kenna (eds.) Fate and Management
of Turfgrass Chemicals. American Chemical Society Symposium Series
743. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
- Cisar, J. L., and G. H. Snyder. 1999. Mobility and persistence of
turfgrass pesticides in a U. S. Golf Association green: Pesticides
in percolate, thatch, soil, and clippings, and approaches to reduced
fenamiphos and fenamiphos metabolite leaching. Chapt. 7, pp. 106-126
In J. M. Clark and M. P. Kenna (eds.) Fate and Management of Turfgrass
Chemicals. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 743. Oxford
University Press, New York, NY.
State and National Journals, Bulletins and Circulars
- Snyder, G. H., and J. L. Cisar. 1995. MSW compost for turfgrass:
Agrichemical retention. pg. 183-188 In J. L. Cisar (ed.) Turfgrass
Research in Florida Technical Report. UF/IFAS, Gainesville.
- Cisar, J. L., and G. H. Snyder. 1995. Controlled-release nitrogen
for bermudagrass. pg. 189-200 In J. L. Cisar (ed.) Turfgrass Research
in Florida Technical Report. UF/IFAS, Gainesville.
- Cisar, J. L., and G. H. Snyder. 1995. Amending turfgrass sand soils
to improve water retention and reduce agrichemical leaching. pg. 137-160
In W. H. Smith (ed.) Florida Water conservation/Compost Utilization
Program Final Report. March, 1995. UF/IFAS, Gainesville.
- Snyder, G. H., and J. L. Cisar. 1995. Mobility and persistence of
turfgrass pesticides in a USGA green. 28 pages. Submitted to the United
States Golf Association, Nov. 1995.
- Snyder, G. H., and J. L. Cisar. 1996. Fate of pesticides applied
to golf greens. 6. 2,4-D and dicamba. pg. 216-223 In J. L. Cisar (ed.)
Turfgrass Research in Florida Technical Report. UF/IFAS, Gainesville.
- Cisar, J. L., and G. H. Snyder. 1996. Amending turfgrass sand soils
to improve water retention and reduce agrichemical leaching. pg. 75-77
In J. L. Cisar (ed.) Turfgrass Research in Florida Technical Report.
UF/IFAS, Gainesville.
- Snyder, G. H. 1997. 50 years of turfgrass research celebrated at
the Everglades REC. Florida Turf Digest 14(1):33-35.
- Snyder, G. H., and J. L. Cisar. 1997. An evaluation of nitrogen
leaching in three golf course putting greens during establishment.
Florida Turf Digest 14(2):14-16.
- Snyder, G. H,, and J. L. Cisar. 1998. Following BMPs to reduce nitrate
leaching can offer legal protection. The Florida Green, Summer 1998:80-81.
- Snyder, G. H., and J. L. Cisar. 1998. You and the nitrate bill.
Florida Turf Digest 15(3):22-23.
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