Douglas E. Karcher
Environmental Science · The Ohio State University
Publications
89
Citations
2,570
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
26
Publishing since 2000
Douglas E. Karcher's research focuses on turfgrass science, particularly the management of grasses used on golf courses, athletic fields, and lawns. His work examines practical issues like irrigation efficiency, drought and cold tolerance, shade adaptation, mowing and growth regulation practices, and pest/soil-related challenges such as earthworm activity, aiming to improve how turf is maintained under real-world environmental stresses.
Publication output peaked around 2019 with a burst of activity but has since slowed to a steady, lower rate of one to two papers per year in recent years.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Water use and performance of Kentucky bluegrass influenced by cultivar, irrigation practices, and soil texture
International Turfgrass Society research journal · 2025
- Penetrants Versus Retainers: Comparing Soil Surfactant Terminology to Performance in Sand-Based Putting Greens
2025
- Shade, height of cut, and plant growth regulator effects on bermudagrass and zoysiagrass putting greens
Crop Science · 2024
- Endophyte effects on drought tolerance of turf‐type tall fescue
Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management · 2024
- Return on investment and water savings of add‐on irrigation sensors for bermudagrass lawn irrigation in Northwest Arkansas
Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management · 2022
- Adapting time domain reflectometry to measure surface moisture of sand‐based putting greens
Agronomy Journal · 2022
- Dormant Sprigging of Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass
HortTechnology · 2021
- Irrigation requirements for establishing seeded tall fescue and bermudagrass cultivars in the transition zone
Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management · 2021
- Identification of earthworm species in sand‐topdressed hybrid bermudagrass golf tees
International Turfgrass Society research journal · 2021
- Effect of late‐fall wetting agent application on winter survival of ultradwarf bermudagrass putting greens
Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management · 2020
- Color‐distance modeling improves differentiation of colors in digital images of hybrid bermudagrass
Crop Science · 2020
- Daily light integral requirements of warm‐season turfgrasses for golf course fairways and investigating in situ evaluation methodology
Crop Science · 2020
- Impact of putting green management on visible wear damage caused by foot traffic
Agronomy Journal · 2020
- Ecology and management of earthworm casting on sports turf
Pest Management Science · 2019
- Flowering Persistence and Pollinator Attraction of Early-spring Bulbs in Warm-season Lawns
HortScience · 2019
- Crop Science×6
- Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management×6
- Agronomy Journal×3
- International Turfgrass Society research journal×2
- Pest Management Science×1
- Karl Danneberger
Environmental Science · The Ohio State University
- Jada S. Powlen
Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Aaron J. Patton
Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Cale A. Bigelow
Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Tyler Q. Carr
Environmental Science · The Ohio State University
This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.
Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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