Curriculum Vitae

Extension Assistant Professor of Sustainable Landscape Horticulture

Education

B.S.  Pennsylvania State University, Landscape Contracting, 2004
M.S.  University of Illinois, Crop Sciences, 2010
Ph.D.  University of Georgia, Horticulture, 2014

Publications

Bayer, A., J. Ruter, and M.W. van Iersel. 2014. Improved Growth and Quality of Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans' and 'August Beauty'. HortScience. Accepted for publication.

Bayer, A., Ruter, J. and van Iersel, M. 2014. Irrigation Volume and Fertilizer Rate Influence Growth and Leaching Fraction From Container-Grown Gardenia jasminoides ©. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1055:417-422.

Bayer, A., K. Whitaker, M. Chappell, J. Ruter, and M. van Iersel. 2013. Effect of irrigation duration and fertilizer rate on plant growth, subsrate EC, and leaching volume. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1034:477-484.

Bayer, A., I Mahbub, M. Chappell, J. Ruter, and M.W. van Iersel. 2013. Water use and growth of Hibiscus acetosella ‘Panama Red’ grown with a soil moisture sensor controlled irrigation system. HortScience 48:980-987.

Bayer, A., J. Ruter, and M. van Iersel. 2013. Automated Irrigation Control for Improved Growth and Quality of Gardenia jasminoides ©. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 104:407-411.

Bayer A., M. Chappell, J. Ruter, and M. van Iersel. 2011.  Managing growth of Hibiscus acetosella by controlling substrate moisture with sensor controlled irrigation. SR-IPPS Research Conference Proceedings (http://ippssrna.org/pdf/2011Papers/21-Bayer-student.pdf).

Bayer A., I. Mahbub, M. Chappell, J. Ruter, and M. van Iersel. 2011. Growth of ‘Panama Red’ hibiscus in response to substrate water content. SNA Research Conference Proceedings 56:134-138.

Bayer, A. and J.R. Stewart. 2010.  Prospects for conservation of an endemic woody species to Florida, Chionanthus pygmaeus (pygmy fringetree), through seed and vegetative propagation.  Native Plant Journal 12(1)62-69.

Abstracts

Bayer, A. and J.R. Stewart. 2010. Seed Propagation of Chionanthus pygmaeus (Pygmy Fringetree), a Rare Woody Species Native to Florida. 2010 Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science. http://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2010/webprogram/Paper3699.html

Bayer A., I. Mahbub, M. Chappell, J. Ruter, and M. van Iersel. 2011. Growth of ‘Panama Red’ hibiscus in response to substrate water content. 2011 Southern Nursery Association Research Conference in Mobile, AL. 19-20 January 2011.

Bayer, A. J.M. Ruter, M. Chappell, and M. van Iersel. 2011. Growth of Hibiscus acetosella ‘Panama red' in response to sensor controlled irrigation in two outdoor nursery settings. 2011 Annual conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science. http://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2011/webprogram/Paper5763.html

Bayer, A., J. Ruter, and M. van Iersel. Growth and water use of two Gardenia cultirvars in response to substrate water content-based irrigation. 2012 Annual Meeting of the Southern Region American Society of Horticultural Science.

Bayer, A., J.M. Ruter, and M.W. van Iersel. 2012. Maintenance of substrate water content to control growth of Gardenia jasminoides. 2012 Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science. http://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2012/webprogram/Paper10283.html

Bayer, A., K. Whitaker, M. Chappell, J. Ruter, and M. van Iersel. 2013. Effect of irrigation duration and fertilizer rate on plant growth, subsrate EC, and leaching volume. 2013 International Symposium on Growing Media and Soilless Cultivation (GroSci 2013) in Leiden, The Netherlands 17-21 June 2013.

Bayer, A., J. Ruter, and M. van Iersel. 2013. Fertilizer rate and irrigation duration affect leachate volume, electrical conductivity, and plant growth. 2013 Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science in Palm Desert, CA 22-25 June 2013.

Bayer, A. and M. van Iersel. 2013. Using different teaching methods to enhance student learning of climate change. 2013 Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science in Palm Desert, CA 22-25 June 2013.

Bayer, A., J.Ruter, and M. van Iersel, 2014. Elongation of Hibiscus acetosella ‘Panama Red’ in well-watered and water-stressed conditions. 2014 Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science in Orlando, FL 28-31 July 2014.