Katerina Serlemitsos Jordan
Associate Professor
Director Guelph Turfgrass Institute (GTI)
Email:
Phone:
519-824-4120 x56615
Education:
BSc. University of Maryland, Microbiology;
MSc. University of Maryland, Agronomy;
PhD. University of Rhode Island, Plant Sciences
Location:
Edmund C. Bovey Building
GTI: Guelph Turfgrass Institute
Room:
4214 ECB
Research Interests:
My areas of research focus on sustainable turfgrass management and plant pathology/nematology of various horticultural crops. Ultimately, I am interested in studying plant-soil-pathogen relationships in order to develop sustainable management practices to combat diseases and other pests. My turfgrass research focuses on alternative management of diseases such as dollar spot and improvement of soil health in turfgrass systems to grow healthier turf and combat a variety of pests with an emphasis on root pathogens. I also study various diseases in other crops including potatoes, hazelnuts, apples. Finally, my lab does extensive variety testing for new cultivars of chipping potatoes to help potato growers in Ontario.
Service Responsibilities:
My primary service commitment is as Director of the Guelph Turfgrass Institute (GTI). The Institute was developed in 1987 through a collaboration between the University, the industry and the provincial government to conduct turfgrass research, provide information about turfgrass production and management to industry professionals and to educate current and future turfgrass managers. My other service commitment is to oversee the turfgrass disease diagnostic clinic housed at the GTI. The lab diagnoses samples from turfgrass professionals on golf courses, athletic fields and sod farms across Canada while recommending practical management options to mitigate issues.
More information about the Institute and the Diagnostic Clinic can be found on the GTI website: http://www.guelphturfgrass.ca.
Courses:
AGR*2470 Introduction to Plant Agriculture
DTM*4000 Turf Management III
HORT*4450 Advanced Turfgrass Science
PBIO*4070 Biological and Cultural Control of Plant Diseases
PLNT*6080 Plant Disease Epidemiology and Management
PLNT*6140 Biological and Cultural Control of Plant Disease
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Selected Publications:
Munawar, A., Grigg McGuffin, K., McDonald, M.R., & Jordan, K.S. (2024). First report of Apple bitter rot caused by Colletotrichum godetiae in Ontario. Plant Disease, DOI:10.1094/PDIS-02-23-0269-PDN.
Arseneault, T., Lafond-Lapalme, J., Gonzalez, C.E.Q., Jordan, K.S., Yevtushenko, D., Barrett, R., & Mimee, B. (2023). A Genome Resource for 192 Verticillium dahliae Isolates Infecting Potatoes Across Canada. PhytoFrontiers™, 3(3), 753-757.
McDonald, M.R., Ives, L., Adusei-Fosu, K., & Jordan, K.S. (2021). Ditylenchus dipsaci and Fusarium oxysporum on garlic: One plus one does not equal two. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 43(5), 749-759.
Blauel, T., M.J. Celetti, K.S. Jordan, and M.R. McDonald. (2021). Optimizing methods to sample and quantify stem and bulb nematode, Ditylenchus dipsaci, in garlic, Allium sativum, field soil. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2021.1928756.
Simonton, T., D. Robinson, C. Gillard, K. Jordan., C. Trueman. (2021). Transmission of Xanthomonas gardnerito tomato seedlings during transportation and transplanting. Crop Protection: CROPRO-D-20-01370R1
O’Connor, K., Hébert, F., Powers, J.E., Jordan, K.S., and Lyons, E.M. (2017). Leaf morphology explains the disparity between annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass growth under foliar fertilization. Journal of Plant Nutrition 41:596-608.
Shehata, H.R., E.M. Lyons, K.S. Jordan and M.N. Raizada. (2016). Relevance of in vitro agar based screens to characterize the anti-fungal activities of bacterial endophyte communities. BMC Microbiology. 16: 8. DOI: 10.1186/s12866-016-0623-9.
Shehata, H.R., E.M. Lyons, K.S. Jordan and M.N. Raizada. (2016). Bacterial endophytes from wild and ancient maize are able to suppress the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia homoeocarpa. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 120: 756-769.
Evans, B. G., K.S. Jordan, M. Brownbridge and R.H. Hallett. (2015). Effect of temperature and host life stages on efficacy of soil entomopathogens against the swede midge (Diptera: Cecidomylidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 108: 473-483.
McCall, C., M.B. Habash, K.S. Jordan and K.E. Dunfield. (2015). Leaching of nutrients and fecal indicator bacteria from soil after land application of municipal biosolids. Water Research. 70: 255-265.
Hébert, F., E.M. Lyons and K.S. Jordan. (2013). Efficacy of corn gluten meal and hydrolyzed corn gluten meal on weed suppression and cool-season establishment. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. 12: 713-718.
Watson, J., E. Lyons, T. Blom, F. Hébert and K. Jordan. (2012). Velvet bentgrass and creeping bentgrass growth, rooting and quality with different rootzone media and fertility regimes. Horticultural Science. 47: 205-211.
Lyons, E.M., K.S. Jordan, D. Hudner, I. James and D. McGowan. (2012). Irrigation frequency influences establishment of silvery thread moss (Bryum argenteum Hedw.) and rooting of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) on simulated golf greens. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. 62: 79-85.
Turner, F.A., K.S. Jordan and R.C. Van Acker. (2012). The recruitment biology and ecology of large and small crabgrass in turfgrass: Implications for management in the context of a cosmetic pesticide ban. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 92 (5): 829-845.
Bassoriello, M. and K.S. Jordan. (2012). First report of Magnaporthe poae, cause of summer patch disease on annual bluegrass, in Canada. Plant Disease. 96: 1698.
Lyons, E., K. Jordan and K. Carey. (2009). Use of wetting agents to relieve hydrophobicity in sand rootzone putting greens. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. 11: 1131-1138.
Jordan, K.S., and N.A. Mitkowski. (2006). Population dynamics of plant-parasitic nematodes in golf course greens turf in southern New England. Plant Disease. 90: 501-505.
Mitkowski, N.A., M. Browning, K.S. Jordan, C. Basu and N. Jackson. (2005). Pathogenicity of Xanthamonas translucens pv. poae from annual bluegrass on golf course putting greens. Plant Disease. 89: 465-473.
Uddin, W., K.S. Jordan and G. Viji. (2003). A temperature and leaf wetness duration-based model for prediction of gray leaf spot of perennial ryegrass turf. Phytopathology. 93: 336-343.