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Name: Owings, Allen D.
Title: Professor
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Department: Hammond Research Station
Organization: LSU AgCenter
Address 1: 21549 Old Covington Highway
Address 2: Hammond, LA 70403 - 0533
Phone Number: (985) 543-4125
Fax Number: (985) 543-4124

Education/Training

B.S. - Southeastern Louisiana University (Plant Science), 1986
M.S. - Louisiana State University (Horticulture), 1988
Ph.D. - Mississippi State University, 1991

Extension Responsibilities

Statewide leader for LSU AgCenter extension programs providing service to green industry professionals.

Research Responsibilities

Project Leader for LAB93836 - Adaptation Evaluation and Landscape Performance Enhancement of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants in Louisiana.

Professional Society Activities

Director, Research and Education, LA Nursery and Landscape Association
President, SERA-IEG 27 - Nursery and Landscape Systems
President, Azalea Society of America - Louisiana Chapter
Member, Baton Rouge Landscape Association
Member, SW LA Nursery Association
Member, SE LA Nursery Association
Member, LA State Horticulture Society
Member, American Society for Horticultural Science
Member, American Society for Horticultural Science, Southern Region
Member, Louisiana County Agricultural Agents Association
Member, National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Member, Alabama Nursery and Landscape Association
Member, Louisiana Turfgrass Association
Member, LSU Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta
Member, Louisiana Native Plant Society
Member, American Rose Society
Member, Baton Rouge Rose Society
Member, Baton Rouge Daylily Society
Member, Louisiana Iris Society
Member, BREC's Friends of the Botanical Garden
Member, Hilltop Arboretum
Member, Garden Writers Association
Newsletter Editor, LA State Horticulture Society
Past President, LA State Horticulture Society
Pest President, Baton Rouge Landscape Association

Media Contributions

Contributor, LNLA Quarterly Magazine (quarterly)
Contributing Columnist, Louisiana Gardener Magazine
Contributing Columnist, Ornamental Outlook Magazine
Contributing Columnist, Baton Rouge Rose Society Monthly Newsletter
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