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| Title | Regional Director |
| Department | Northwest Region |
| RStrahan@agcenter.lsu.edu | |
| Address 1 | 262 Research Station Dr. Bossier City, LA 71112 |
| Phone | 318-741-7430 |
| Fax | 318-741-7433 |
Dr. Ronald Strahan is the Regional Director of the Northwest Region where he oversees AgCenter personnel and programs in 12 parishes and three research stations. Strahan was a state extension specialist in the Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences with responsibility for the development and implementation of weed management programs for forages, nursery crops, landscapes, turfgrass, vegetables, roadside, forestry, and abatement. Strahan received a bachelor’s degree in agriculture business from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, in 1992. He also received a master’s degree in weed science and a doctorate in horticulture and turfgrass science from LSU.
Ph.D. Horticulture - (2002) Louisiana State University
M.S. Plant Health - (1996) - Louisiana State University
B.S. Agriculture-Business - (1992) University of Louisiana at Monroe
2021 Denver T. and Ferne Loupe Extension Team Award – Turfgrass Management Program
2020 Denver T. and Ferne Loupe Extension Team Award – Tabasco Pepper IPM
2018 LSU AgCenter Extension Excellence Award
2012 Tipton Team Award for Weed Science Research and Extension
2006 Louisiana County Agricultural Agents Association Achievement Award Winner
Over $500,000 in unrestricted and restricted funding
K. Fontenot, H. Kirk-Ballard, C. E. Harris Coker, R. Strahan, I. Bacas and R. M. Ely. 2021. Assessing biodegradable mulch duration and nutsedge suppression during late cucumber production in Mississippi and Louisiana. Horticulture 7(9)290
Chhetri, V. S., Fontenot, K. Strahan, R. Yemmireddy, V., Cason, C., Kharel, K., and Adhikari, A. 2019. Attachment strength and on-farm die-off rate of Escherichia coli on watermelon surfaces. PLOS ONE. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210115
Chhetri V.S., K. Fontenot, R. Strahan, V. K. Yemmireddy, K.J. Parraga Estrada, A. Adhikari. 2018. Effect of surrounding vegetation on microbial survival or die-off on watermelon surface in an agriculture setting. Journal of Food Safety 38(6): e12520.
Chen, Y., R.E. Strahan, and R.P. Bracy. 2014. Organic mulch and halosulfuron placement affect yellow nutsedge control and ornamental plant quality in landscape beds. J. Environ. Hort. 32(1):27-33.
Beasley, J., G. Munshaw, R. Strahan and K. Fontenot. 2013. Influence of sand topdressing on thatch decomposition of two bermudagrass species. International Turfgrass Soc. Research J. 12:1-8.
Chen, Y., R.E. Strahan, and R.P. Bracy. 2013. Effect of mulching and preemergence herbicide placement on yellow nutsedge control and ornamental plant quality in landscape beds. HortTechnology 23:651-658.
Burwell, R.W., J.S. Beasley, L.A. Gaston, R.E. Strahan. 2011. Losses of surface runoff, total solids, and nitrogen during bermudagrass establishment on levee embankments. J Environ Qual 40(4):1241-8.
Taverner, J, J.S. Beasley, R. E. Strahan. 2011. Selective postemergence herbicide control of torpedograss in centipedegrass. Weed Tech 25(2):212-216.
Lazaro, L., R.E. Strahan, D.O. Stephenson, A. Orgeron, C. Mudge, D.K. Miller. 2022. Weeds: A Major Threat of Louisiana Agriculture. Louisiana Agriculture Vol 65(1).
Fontenot, Kathryn, Kirk-Ballard, Heather, Strahan, Ronald E., Sexton, Mary, Singh, Raghuwinder, Ring, Dennis R. "Herb Gardening in Louisiana". 2020, Publication No. 3721
Fontenot, Kathryn, Turley, Robert M., Benjamin, Sandra H., Morgan, Alan L., Overstreet, Charles, Singh, Raghuwinder, Lewis Ivey, Melanie, Reed, Donald P., Gill, Daniel J., Labonte, Don R., Strahan, Ronald E. Louisiana Home Vegetable Gardening. 2017, Publication No. 3000.
Strahan, R.E. 2017. Managing Two Highly Invasive Weed Species in Landscapes. Louisiana Agriculture Vol. 60(13-14)
LA Home Lawn Series: St. Augustinegrass. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: Centipedegrass. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: Bermudagrass. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: Zoysiagrass. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: Carpetgrass. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: Bahiagrass. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: Perennial ryegrass. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: Annual ryegrass. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: lawn burweed. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: Purple nutsedge. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: yellow nutsedge. 2019
LA Home Lawn Series: Virginia Buttonweed. 2019
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