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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.
Climate change induced by global warming has greatly impacted the stability of the world’s ecosystems. Weather patterns resulting from climate change have become more extreme. Whether it is too hot Read more»
A book titled, “Turfgrass History and Literature” by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard will be released this spring. I have not yet purchased a copy of Read more»
I have found that one of the thrills in golf is hitting a green in regulation, taking that long walk up the fairway through the approach area onto the putting green, Read more»
With the arrival of spring, the warmth of the sun is most evident. As temperatures increase, plants and living organisms begin to grow and develop. Temperature is the driving force Read more»
At the beginning of 1969, the University of Michigan hired Bo Schembechler as football coach. Previous to his hiring, Michigan was at best a mediocre team through the 1960s. Attendance Read more»
I grew up in one of those subdivisions that were built in the 1950s as part of the middle class movement to suburbia. We lived on a dead-end street that abutted Read more»