Contact Information:

403 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building University Park, PA 16802

Appointment:

  • 60% Research
  • 40% Teaching

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Max Schlossberg

Max Schlossberg
Associate Professor of Turfgrass Nutrition / Soil Fertility

Responsibilities and Interests:

My current research objective is to maximize fertilizer use efficiency in turfgrass systems. Current projects include evaluation of cultural practices for accelerated treatment of acid soil complex, characterization of organic and inorganic soil amendment of turfgrass root zones, and development of soil sampling, analysis, and interpretation protocol on the basis of site and management-specific parameters. Future research directions include soil hydrophobicity causes, identification, and remediation, and transport modeling of nutrients in natural and constructed turfgrass soil systems. I teach Turfgrass Nutrition in the 2 and 4-year programs.

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Selected Publications:

  1. Schlossberg, M.J., F. Clint Waltz, Jr., P.J. Landschoot, and B.S. Park. 2008. Recent mechanical cultivation of lawns enhances lime application efficacy. Agron. J. 100:855–861
  2. Dai, J., M.J. Schlossberg, and D.R. Huff. 2008. Salinity tolerance of 33 greens-type Poa annua experimental lines. Crop Sci. 48:1187–1192
  3. Fidanza, M.A., J.L. Cisar, S.J. Kostka, J.S. Gregos, M.J. Schlossberg, and M. Franklin. 2007. Preliminary investigation of soil chemical and physical properties associated with type-I fairy ring symptoms in turfgrass. Hydrol. Process. 21:2285–2290.
  4. Brosnan, J.T., A.S. McNitt, and M.J. Schlossberg. 2007. An apparatus to evaluate the pace of baseball field playing surfaces. J. Testing Eval. [Online].
  5. Schlossberg, M.J. 2007. Trace elements in turfgrass clippings collected from coal combustion product-amended putting greens. Applied Turfgrass Science [Online].
  6. Schlossberg, M.J., and J.P. Schmidt. 2007. Influence of nitrogen rate and form on quality of putting greens cohabited by creeping bentgrass and annual bluegrass. Agron. J. 99:99-106.
  7. Schlossberg, M., and W.P. Miller. 2006. Trace element transport in putting green root mixes amended by coal combustion byproducts. p. 124–133. In K.S. Sajwan et al. (Eds.). Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues. Springer Publishers, New York, NY.
  8. Schlossberg, M., F.C. Waltz, and W.P. Miller. 2006. Amelioration of soil acidity with a class-C fly ash: A field study. p. 190–194. In K.S. Sajwan et al. (Eds.). Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues. Springer Publishers, New York, NY.
  9. Schlossberg, M.J., A.S. McNitt, and M.A. Fidanza. 2005. Development of water repellency in sand-based root zones. Intl. Turf. Soc. Res. J. 10:1123–1130.
  10. Schlossberg, M.J., W. Greene, and K.J. Karnok. 2004. Assistant superintendent hiring criteria used by golf course superintendents. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 33:35–39.
  11. Schlossberg, M.J., and W.P.Miller. 2004. Coal combustion by-product (CCB) utilization in turfgrass sod production. HortScience 39:408–414.
  12. Schlossberg, M.J., C.P. Vanags, and W.P. Miller. 2004. Bermudagrass sod growth and metal uptake in coal combustion by-product-amended media. J. Environ. Qual. 33:740–748.
  13. Schlossberg, M.J., W.P. Miller, and S. Dudka. 2003. Use of coal combustion by-products (CCBP) in horticultural and turfgrass industries. p. 275–288. In K.S. Sajwan et al. (ed.) Chemistry of Trace Elements in Fly Ash. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
  14. Schlossberg, M.J., K.J. Karnok, and G. Landry, Jr. 2002. Estimation of viable root length density of heat-tolerant creeping bentgrass cultivars, ‘Crenshaw’ and ‘L93’, by an accumulative degree day model. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci., 127:224–229.
  15. Schlossberg, M.J. and K.J. Karnok. 2002. Use of transparent columns for demonstrating water movement in golf green root zones. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Education. 31:1–4.