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John L Snider


Professor

Crop & Soil Sciences

John Snider
John Snider
Areas of expertiseEducationAwards and honorsCoursesScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Crop and Pasture ProductionSoil SciencesPlant BiologyAgriculture, Land and Farm ManagementHorticultural Production

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Agronomy and Crop Science

University of Arkansas, AR, United States (2010)

Master of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

University of Central Arkansas, AR, United States (2007)

Bachelor of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Henderson State University, AR, United States (2005)

Associate of Arts, General Studies

Rich Mountain Community College, AR, United States (2003)

Awards and Honors

  • 3rd Place; MS Poster Competition. Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Community, Agronomy Society of America. (2025)
  • 3rd Place; MS Oral Competition. Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division, Crop Science Society of America. (2025)
  • 3rd Place; Oral Competition. Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division, Crop Science Society of America. (2025)
  • 1st Place; Poster Competition. Crop Physiology and Metabolism Division, Crop Science Society of America. (2025)
  • 2nd Place; Oral Competition. Global Climate Change Community, American Society of Agronomy. (2025)
  • 3rd Place; Oral Competition. Crop Irrigation Strategies and Management Community, American Society of Agronomy. (2025)
  • 2nd Place; Oral Competition. Cotton, Hemp, and Other Fiber Crops Community, Agronomy Society of America. (2025)
  • 1st Place; PhD Three Minute Thesis Competition, Crop and Soil Sciences, Athens, GA. (2025)
  • 2nd Place; PhD Three Minute Thesis Competition, Crop and Soil Sciences, Athens, GA. (2025)
  • 2nd Place; PhD Poster Competition, 2nd Integrative Precision Agriculture Conference, Perry, GA. (2025)
  • 3rd Place; MS Oral Competition, Southern Branch of the Agronomy Society of America (2025)
  • 2nd Place; MS Oral Competition, Southern Branch of the Agronomy Society of America (2025)
  • 3rd Place; Cotton Agronomy, Physiology and Soils Conference MS Oral Competition. (2025)
  • 3rd Place; Cotton Engineering Systems Conference MS Oral Competition. (2025)
  • 3rd Place; Cotton Agronomy, Physiology and Soils Conference PhD Poster Competition. (2025)
  • 2nd Place; Cotton Agronomy, Physiology and Soils Conference PhD Oral Competition. (2025)
  • Student Career Success Influencer Award 2023 (2024)
  • 1st Place; Crop Irrigation Strategies and Management Community, Agronomy Society of America, MS Poster Competition. (2024)
  • 2nd Place; Precision Agriculture Systems Community, Agronomy Society of America, MS Poster Competition. (2024)
  • โ€ข Gerald O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award in Crop Science (2024)
  • 1st Place; Cotton Agronomy, Physiology and Soils Conference Undergraduate Poster Competition. (2024)
  • 3rd Place; Cotton Agronomy, Physiology and Soils Conference PhD Oral Competition. (2024)
  • โ€ข 2nd Place; Cotton Agronomy, Physiology and Soils Conference MS Oral Competition. (2024)
  • 1st Place; Cotton Agronomy, Physiology and Soils Conference PhD Poster Competition. (2024)
  • DW Brooks Faculty Award for Excellence in Research (2023)
  • Crop Science Graduate Student Scholarship (2023)
  • George Hugh Boyd Memorial Scholarship (2023)
  • 2023 Summer Research Grant (2023)
  • Gerald O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award in Crop Science (2023)
  • 2nd Place; Southern Branch Agronomy Society of America Annual Meeting PhD Poster Competition (2023)
  • 3rd Place; Cotton Engineering Systems Conference MS Oral Competition (2023)
  • 1st Place; Cotton Agronomy, Physiology and Soils Conference PhD Oral Competition (2023)
  • 1st Place; Cotton Agronomy, Physiology and Soils Conference PhD Poster Competition. (2023)
  • 3rd Place; Cotton Agronomy, Physiology and Soils Conference PhD Oral Competition. (2023)
  • UGA Tifton Campus Outstanding PhD student Award (2023)
  • 3rd Place; Navneet Kaur, Global Climate Change Community, American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting. (2022)
  • 1st Place; Amrit Pokhrel; Precision Agriculture Systems Community, American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting. MS Poster Competition. (2022)
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Amrit Pokhrel; 15th International Conference on Precision Agriculture. (2022)
  • Graduate Education advancement board fellowship for 2022/2023. Ved Parkash (2022)
  • Summer Research Grant Award. Ved Parkash (2022)
  • 2nd Place; Ved Parkash; Southern Branch Agronomy Society of America Annual Meeting PhD Poster Competition. (2022)
  • 2nd Place; Gurpreet Virk; Southern Branch Agronomy Society of America Annual Meeting PhD Oral Competition. (2022)
  • 1st Place; Gurpreet Virk Southern Branch Agronomy Society of America Annual Meeting PhD Poster Competition. (2022)
  • G.O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award in Crop Science. Gurpreet Virk, Crop Science Society of America, 2022. (2022)
  • 2nd Place; Joshua Lee; Cotton Agronomy and Physiology Conference MS Oral Competition. Beltwide Cotton Conferences (2022)
  • 3rd Place; Devendra Chalise; Cotton Agronomy and Physiology Conference MS Poster Competition. Beltwide Cotton Conferences (2022)
  • 3rd Place; Gurpreet Virk; Cotton Agronomy and Physiology Conference PhD Oral Competition. Beltwide Cotton Conferences (2022)
  • 3rd Place; Gurpreet Virk; Cotton Agronomy and Physiology Conference PhD Poster Competition. Beltwide Cotton Conferences (2022)
  • Second Place, Steven "Brad" Davis – Crop Science Society of America C-3 Division Graduate Student Poster Competition (2019)
  • 3rd Place; Alessandro Ermanis, Crop Physiology and Metabolism Graduate Student Poster Competition. (2019)
  • 1st Place; Gurpreet Virk, Cotton Agronomy and Physiology Conference MS Oral Competition (2019)
  • 3rd Place; Gurpreet Virk, Cotton Agronomy and Physiology Conference MS Poster Competition (2019)
  • 2017 Crop Science Outstanding Associate Editor (2018)
  • 2015 Young Cotton Physiologist of the Year (2015)
  • 1st Place PhD Student Poster Competition (2014)
  • 1st Place Graduate Student Poster Competition (2014)

Courses

  • CRSS 7300: Master's Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • CRSS 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2025)
  • CRSS 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
  • CRSS 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2025)
  • CRSS 9990: Supervised Teaching Practicum in Crop and Soil Sciences (Spring 2026)
  • CRSS 7000: Master's Research (Spring 2026)
  • CRSS 7300: Master's Thesis (Spring 2026)
  • CRSS 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2026)
  • CRSS 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
  • CRSS 8150: Case Histories in Crop Physiology (Spring 2026)
  • CRSS 4450: Crop Physiology (Spring 2026)
  • CRSS 6450: Crop Physiology (Spring 2026)
  • CRSS 7300: Master's Thesis (Summer 2026)
  • CRSS 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Summer 2026)
  • CRSS 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
  • CRSS 7000: Master's Research (Summer 2026)
  • GRSC 7001: GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar (Fall 2026)
  • CRSS 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
  • CRSS 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2026)
  • CRSS 9990: Supervised Teaching Practicum in Crop and Soil Sciences (Fall 2026)

Scholarly Works

  • High-throughput assessment of plant stand establishment, seedling vigor, and light interception in peanut using UAV-based RGB and multispectral imagery, PLANT PHENOME JOURNAL, (2026).
    Parkash V, Adams JH, Rodriguez-Sanchez J, Snider JL, Vines PL … 2 more
  • Quantifying the effects of irrigation, nitrogen application rate, and plant growth management on seed characteristics and seed component yields in cotton, CROP SCIENCE, (2026).
    Bredu ES, Snider JL, Parkash V, Lee J, Lawson RB … 6 more
  • Yield and yield-driving physiological traits under different nitrogen rates and mepiquat chloride strategies in cotton, CROP SCIENCE, (2026).
    Bhat AK, Snider J, Virk S, Hand LC, Parkash V … 7 more
  • Investigating Thermotolerance of Thylakoid Processes in Two Cotton Species using Rapid Induction Fluorescence, PLANTENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS, (2026).
    Adegbenro CO, Parkash V, Snider JL, Tishchenko V
  • Determining if preemergent herbicide injury on ThryvOn cotton alters management strategies, AGRONOMY JOURNAL, (2026).
    Wortman L, Kimbrell MM, Lawton C, Hobby S, Graham S … 4 more

View full list of scholarly works

Contact

jlsnider@uga.edu 229-386-7197

Mailing Address

Plant Science Building
2360 Rainwater Road
Tifton, GA 31793

Shipping Address

Plant Science Building
115 Coastal Way
Tifton, GA 31793

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