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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.

Clark Talks Turf: All things wetting agents Posted on 07 Apr 2017 in the Maintenance & Research categories.

Doug Karcher, Ph.D., is a turfgrass scientist at the University of Arkansas. Doug has conducted extensive research and teaches numerous seminars on wetting agents. You may reach Doug at karcher@uark.edu Read more»

Spring dead spot in bermudagrass Posted on 15 Mar 2017 in the Research categories.

Lane Tredway, Ph.D., is a turfgrass pathologist with Syngenta. Lane has conducted many research projects on spring dead spot and has written extensively on the biology, management and control of Read more»

Shedding light on growing turfgrass in shade Posted on 03 Mar 2017 in the Columns & Featured categories.

Dave Gardner, Ph.D., is a turfgrass scientist at The Ohio State University. Gardner has conducted several shade-related research projects to help superintendents better understand what is happening to turf plants Read more»

GreenKeeperApp.com: A digital tool for superintendents Posted on 25 Jan 2017 in the Columns categories.

Bill Kreuser, Ph.D., is a turfgrass scientist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. To help get his research findings into the hands of superintendents, Bill and his colleagues at UNL developed Read more»

Data that forecasts ET is now at your fingertips Posted on 11 Jan 2017 in the Featured & Research categories.

Wouldn’t it be nice to know the forecast ET (evapotranspiration) when making decisions about irrigation? And wouldn’t it be even better if that information were available for free and at Read more»

What do turfgrass scientists talk about? Posted on 12 Dec 2016 in the Columns categories.

Imagine what happens when you get 200 or 300 turfgrass scientists together in one location at the same time. It’s non-stop turf discussion on every topic imaginable, and it takes Read more»