Horticulture: Personnel : Faculty
Svoboda (Bodie) V. Pennisi
Associate Professor
Horticulture Department
CAES Griffin Campus
1109 Experiment Street
Griffin, GA 30223-1797
Campus: Griffin
Phone: 770-228-7243
Email: bpennisi@uga.edu
Dr. Pennisi’s program concentrates on developing and supporting an Extension program serving the needs of the greenhouse floriculture industry. She serves as an educational advisor to The Southeast Greenhouse Conference and The Georgia Green Industry Association.
Dr. Pennisi’s major areas of research interests are landscape applications of tropical plants as means to develop niche markets for floriculture producers; the use of plant growth retardants as means to improve post-harvest performance of interiorscape plants; and developing cultural guidelines for foliage plants.
She teaches two undergraduate courses, HORT 3620 Plant Propagation, and HORT 3440 Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants, on the UGA's Griffin campus.
Dr. Pennisi has been a recipient of the John Hutchison Extension Educator Award from the Southern Region-American Society for Horticultural Science and the Outstanding Educator of the Year from the Georgia Green Industry Association.
Recent Publications
Burton, A., S.V. Pennisi, and M. W. van Iersel. 2007. Morphology and Postharvest Performance of
Geogenanthus undatus C. Koch & Linden ‘Inca’ Following Application of Ancymidol or Flurprimidol. HortScience 42: 544 - 549.
Burnett, S.E., S.V. Pennisi, M. W. van Iersel, and P.A. Thomas. 2005. Controlled Drought Affects Morphology and Anatomy of Salvia splendens. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sc. 130(5)
Pennisi, S.V., M.W. van Iersel and S.E. Burnett. 2003. Photosynthetic Irradiance and Nutrition Effects on Growth of English Ivy (Hedera Helix L.) in Subirrigation Systems. Hortscience. 40(6)
Wade, G. and Pennisi, B. 2007. 2007 Georgia Gold Medal Winners. Circular 908.
Wade, G. and Pennisi, B. 2006. 2006 Georgia Gold Medal Winners. Circular 925.
Pennisi. B. 2007. Controlling Growth in Five Species of Herbaceous Foliage Plants. Circular 945.
Pennisi. B. 2007. Gardening in Containers Using Tropical Plants. Bulletin 1302.
Pennisi, B. 2006. Growing Indoor Plants with Success. Bulletin 1518.
Pennisi, B. and P. Thomas. 2005. Procedural Distance Diagnostics System to Assess Disorders and Establish Crop History Records For Greenhouse and Nursery Operations. Bulletin 1273.
Pennisi, B., P. Thomas and A. Armitage. 2005. Tropical Plants Offer New Possibilities for Georgia Gardens. Bulletin 1262.
Pennisi, B., F. Stegelin, and P. Thomas. 2005. Foliage Products – An Opportunity for the Georgia Ornamental Industry. Bulletin 1262.
Thomas, P., R. Seymour, F. Stegelin, and B. Pennisi. 2005. Greenhouse*A*Syst Risk Assessment of Water Source and Expansion. Bulletin 1274.
Thomas, P., R. Seymour, F. Stegelin, and B. Pennisi. 2005. Greenhouse*A*Syst Risk Assessment of Irrigation and Technology. Bulletin 1275.
Thomas, P., R. Seymour, B. Pennisi, and F. Stegelin. 2005. Greenhouse*A*Syst Risk Assessment of Water Management. Bulletin 1276.
Thomas, P., B. Pennisi, R. Seymour, and F. Stegelin. 2005. Greenhouse*A*Syst Risk Assessment of Water Quality. Bulletin 1277.
Thomas, P., R. Seymour, B. Pennisi, and F. Stegelin. 2005. Greenhouse*A*Syst Risk Assessment of Water Recycling and Pollution Prevention. Bulletin 1278.
Thomas, P., B. Pennisi, R. Seymour, and F. Stegelin. 2005. Greenhouse*A*Syst Risk Assessment of Water Use Regulations, Legislative Awareness and Establishing a Company Conservation Policy. Bulletin 1279.
88% Extension; 12% Teaching
Degrees |
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Degree |
Field |
Institution |
Date Obtained |
| MAg. | Viticulture & Gardening | Higher Institute of Agriculture, Bulgaria | 1983 |
| M.S. | Environmental Hort | University of Florida | 1996 |
| Ph.D. | University of Florida | 1999 | |