Meet Prof. Katerina Jordan Descriptive Transcript Summary: Prof. Katerina Jordan describes her turfgrass and root pathogen research at the University of Guelph, and describes the careers her past graduate students have found. 0:00 - 0:04 [Music plays; White screen fades in to show University of Guelph logo; red and black text appears] Text: :60 Second Snapshots Meet the Profs of the Ontario Agricultural College 0:05 - 0:20 [Screen changes to video of Prof. Katerina Jordan speaking on a dark background of an empty lecture hall; University of Guelph logo and white text on a black box fade in at bottom] Text: Prof. Katerina Jordan Department of Plant Agriculture Katerina: My research program focuses on two main areas and [Music fades out] first is within turfgrass science. So I conduct applied research [University of Guelph logo and text fade out] to help managers on golf courses, sod farms, athletic fields and lawn care, and I mainly do integrated pest management. 0:21 - 0:30 [Screen changes to slow pan of photos of Prof. Katerina Jordan interacting with students on a golf course] Katerina: The idea is to try to help turfgrass managers maximize the numerous benefits of turfgrass stands while minimizing the negative environmental impact. 0:31 - 0:55 [Screen changes to video of Prof. Katerina Jordan speaking on a dark background of an empty lecture hall] Katerina: The second area of focus in my research program is looking specifically at root pathogens, particularly plant parasitic nematodes that affect a variety of crops throughout the world. And root pathogens are extremely, extremely damaging to crops and can reduce yields, but they're very difficult to manage without fumigates or pesticides, so I'm trying to look into biological control and alternative practices for these pathogens. 0:56 - 1:07 [Screen flashes to vide of Prof. Katerina Jordan speaking on a dark background of an empty lecture hall] Katerina: My graduate students that have graduated have a variety of jobs, some of them work in industry, some of them work in academia and some of them work for government, so there are a lot of options [Music fades in] for a number of these students that graduate in the field. 1:08 - 1:14 [Screen fades in to show OAC logo on a white background, red website link] Text: www.uoguelph.ca/oac [Screen fades to black]