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Srijana Thapa Magar


Assistant Professor; Peach Extension Specialist

Horticulture

Srijana Thapa Magar
Srijana Thapa Magar
AboutEducationAwards and honorsCoursesScholarly works

About

Dr. Srijana Thapa Magar serves as an Assistant Professor and Peach Extension Specialist in the Department of Horticulture at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES). Driven by the needs of growers and industry stakeholders, her program is dedicated to addressing critical production challenges in the Southeast U.S. peach industry. Her research focuses on optimizing irrigation and fertilization practices, developing effective frost protection strategies, refining training and pruning techniques, and evaluating new peach varieties and rootstocks suited to the region’s unique climate conditions. Building on her Ph.D. work, which included the development of Smartirrigation Peach App to provide site-specific irrigation scheduling and fertilizer recommendations for Georgia growers, Dr. Thapa Magar integrates precision agriculture tools into her research and Extension efforts. Her Extension program focuses on delivering data-driven recommendations to enhance the sustainability, resilience, and profitability of the peach industry in Georgia and across the Southeast.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Horticultural Science

University of Georgia, GA, United States (2023)

Awards and Honors

  • Blue Ribbon Extension Communications Award 2024 (2024)

Courses

  • HORT 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)

Scholarly Works

  • Abstracts of Presentations from the following National Conference and Regional Meetings of the American Society for Horticultural Science, HortScience, (2020).
  • Three-dimensional phenotyping of peach tree-crown architecture utilizing terrestrial laser scanning, PLANT PHENOME JOURNAL, (2023).
    Knapp-Wilson J, Bohn Reckziegel R, Thapa Magar S, Bucksch A, Chavez DJ
  • Abstracts of Presentations from American Society of Horticultural Science 2022 Annual Conference, HortScience, (2022).
  • Abstracts of Presentations from American Society of Horticultural Science 2021 Annual Conference, HortScience, (2021).
  • Development and evaluation of a SmartIrrigation Peach App in a young peach orchard, X INTERNATIONAL PEACH SYMPOSIUM, (2022).
    Magar ST, Vellidis G, Porter W, Liakos V, Andreis JH … 1 more

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Contact

srijana.thapamagar@uga.edu 770-228-7242

Mailing Address

1109 Experiment Street
Cowart Building 117
Griffin, GA 30223

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1109 Experiment Street
Cowart Building 117
Griffin, GA 30223

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