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About Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.
Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., is a professor in the department of horticulture and crop science at The Ohio State University. He is author of the popular The Turf Doc column that appears monthly in Golfdom. Karl writes on topics ranging from Poa annua to pest control.
Posts by Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.
Columnist Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., relates lessons he learned from contracting COVID-19 last year to taking care of turfgrass. Read more»
Columnist Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., describes what challenges superintendents will face when spring inevitably comes as if shot from a cannon. Read more»
Columnist Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., discusses what golf course maintenance practices will stick around once 2020 and the coronavirus pass. Read more»
Harry Niemczyk, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Entomology at The Ohio State University, passed away on Dec. 16, 2020 at the age of 91, after a battle with Read more»
Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., describes how golf courses can manage and minimize the damage caused by winter golf in places where it's applicable. Read more»
Calling to mind recent wildfires that have wreaked havoc in the western U.S., Karl Danneberger, Ph.D., details the effects of warming temperatures on turf. Read more»