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About Clark Throssell, Ph.D.
Clark Throssell, Ph.D., is the former director of the Purdue University turf program as well as the former director of research for GCSAA. Throssell is the research editor for Golfdom, focusing on managing the Super Science section of the magazine and website. He also contributes his "Clark Talks Turf" column to Golfdom every month.
Posts by Clark Throssell, Ph.D.
Bacterial etiolation, an unusual elongation and chlorosis of turfgrass stems and leaves, has developed into a predominant concern among turfgrass superintendents managing creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) putting green turf. Read more»
Geoff Rinehart is a turfgrass specialist and works for the National Turfgrass Federation. His primary responsibility is coordinating the Grass Roots Initiative. Rinehart can be reached at geoffrey.rinehart@ars.usda.gov for more Read more»
Patrick McCullough, Ph.D., is an extension turf weed scientist at the University of Georgia. He conducts numerous weed control trials each year to help him make weed control recommendations to Read more»
Peaks and Prairies GCSA members had the good fortune to listen to Brian Horgan, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, speak at their fall meeting. Horgan started the day with a presentation Read more»
Early August is the time of year when the USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Committee meets to review research proposals and decide which research projects to fund. I have the Read more»
I was visiting the University of Nebraska and had the good fortune to spend two days looking at a variety of turfgrass research plots with Zac Reicher, Ph.D., turfgrass scientist, Read more»