Karl Danneberger

December 2022 | Alejandra Acuña, Ph.D.; David Gardner, Ph.D. ;Luis Villalobos, Ph.D.; Karl Danneberger, Ph.D. Figure 1. Ryegrass treated with Baccarat had greater fresh and dry mass than the control. Photos by Alejandra Acuña A plant biostimulant is a natural substance or microorganism applied to plants or soil to enhance growth and stress tolerance.

November: Time to forget? Karl Danneberger November is a unique month because we have forgotten most of what happened the previous year. Martha Gellhorn, the famous war correspondent and one of the wives of Ernest Hemingway, said, “In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.” This weekend while raking leaves, I was thinking for the first time about this past season.

Seeds are a turfgrass management topic often taken for granted. We spend considerable time and effort researching the best cultivars or varieties to use on golf courses, but we focus little attention on the seed itself. Given their small size and the tremendous number of seeds we use, each one by itself can seem insignificant, especially compared with their agronomic cousins. Soybean and corn seeds are planted in rows, with each seed placed or drilled into the row.