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Dr. Henry A. Fribourg
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee
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Dr. Fribourg, Professor Emeritus of Forage Crops Ecology, received his Ph.D in 1954 in Crop Ecology & Soil Management from Iowa State University; his M.S. in 1951 in Crop Production & Plant Breeding from Cornell University; and his Bachelor of Science in 1949 in Agronomy & Soils from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He joined the faculty of The University of Tennessee in 1956 and, after a very productive career, retired in 2001.
- Fellow, American Society of Agronomy
- Fellow, Crop Science Society of America
- National Merit Award, and “Distinguished Grasslander”, American Forage and Grassland Council
Dr. Fribourg's research interests included:
- ecology of crops in forage management systems;
- utilization of endophyte infested and endophyte free tall fescue in forage
systems for beef cattle and equines, and evaluation of
non-toxic endophytes in tall fescue;
- determination of
causative agents for tall fescue toxicosis. Quantification of
methane exhalations by ruminants;
- Management of summer
annual grasses, Midland bermudagrass, other forage crops, and
pasture renovation with legumes;
- Probability occurrences of
climatic parameters and influence of soil characteristics and
properties on crop plant performance.
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horticulture
