Fate and Management of Turfgrass Chemicals

by Clark, J. Marshall; Kenna, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9780841236240
• ISBN10: 0841236240
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-03
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

This book is devoted to the study of turfgrass chemicals and pesticides, their effectiveness, and environmental impact. It looks at related health and occupational hazards and suggests ways to minimize the use of chemicals.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Overview of the Turfgrass Industry and Environmental Issues
The U.S. Golf Association Turfgrass and Environmental Research Program Overview	2	(34)
Michael P. Kenna
James T. Snow
Turfgrass Benefits and the Golf Environment	36	(9)
J. B. Beard
Pesticides for Turfgrass Pest Management: Uses and Environmental Issues	45	(21)
Kenneth D. Racke
Pesticide and Nutrient Fate
Groundwater Contamination Potential of Pesticides and Fertilizers Used on Golf Courses	66	(12)
B. E. Branham
E. D. Miltner
P. E. Rieke
M. J. Zabik
B. G. Ellis
Potential Movement of Nutrients and Pesticides following Application to Golf Courses	78	(16)
L. M. Shuman
A. E. Smith
D. C. Bridges
Surface Runoff of Selected Pesticides Applied to Turfgrasses	94	(12)
T. L. Watschke
R. O. Mumma
D. T. Linde
J. A. Borger
S. A. Harrison
Mobility and Persistence of Pesticides Applied to a U.S. Golf Association Green: Pesticides in Percolate, Thatch, Soil, and Clippings and Approaches to Reduce Fenamiphos and Fenamiphos Metabolite Leaching	106	(21)
J. L. Cisar
G. H. Snyder
Environmental Fates of Fungicides in the Turfgrass Environment: A Minireview	127	(23)
W. V. Sigler
C. P. Taylor
C. S. Throssell
M. Bischoff
R. F. Turco
Application of DMI Fungicides to Turfgrass with Three Delivery Systems	150	(14)
G. L. Schumann
J. Marshall Clark
J. J. Doherty
B. B. Clarke
The Effect of Salinity on Nitrate Leaching from Tall Fescue Turfgrass	164	(16)
D. C. Bowman
D. A. Devitt
W. W. Miller
Best Chemical Management Practices
KTURF: Pesticide and Nitrogen Leaching Model	180	(15)
Steven K. Starrett
Shelli K. Starrett
Calibration and Validation of Runoff and Leaching Models for Turf Pesticides, and Comparison with Monitoring Results	195	(33)
T. E. Durborow
N. L. Barnes
S. Z. Cohen
G. L. Horst
A. E. Smith
Dicamba Transport in Turfgrass Thatch and Foliage	228	(15)
M. J. Carroll
R. L. Hill
S. Raturi
A. E. Herner
E. Pfeil
Monitoring Vadose-Zone Soil Water for Reducing Nitrogen Leaching on Golf Courses	243	(12)
G. H. Snyder
J. L. Cisar
Modeling Approaches for Assessment of Exposure from Volatilized Pesticides Applied to Turf	255	(13)
D. A. Haith
C. J. DiSante
G. R. Roy
J. Marshall Clark
Best Management Practices to Reduce Pesticide and Nutrient Runoff from Turf	268	(26)
J. H. Baird
N. T. Basta
R. L. Huhnke
G. V. Johnson
M. E. Payton
D. E. Storm
C. A. Wilson
M. D. Smolen
D. L. Martin
J. T. Cole
Hazard Evaluation and Management of Volatile and Dislodgeable Foliar Pesticide Residues following Application to Turfgrass	294	(20)
J. Marshall Clark
G. R. Roy
J. J. Doherty
A. S. Curtis
R. J. Cooper
Biotechnology and Alternative Pest Management
In Vitro Screening and Recovery of Rhizoctonia solani Resistant Creeping Bentgrass: Evaluation of Three In Vitro Bioassays	314	(11)
M. Tomaso-Peterson
A. Sri Vanguri
J. V. Krans
Development of Improved Turfgrass with Herbicide Resistance and Enhanced Disease Resistance through Transformation	325	(5)
F. C. Belanger
C. Laramore
S. Bonos
W. A. Meyer
P. R. Day
The Use of Transgenic Plants to Confer Resistance to Brown Patch Caused by Rhizoctonia solani in Agrostis palustris	330	(12)
D. E. Green II
J. M. Vargas, Jr.
Benli Chai
N. M. Dykema
M. Sticklen
Microbial Strategies for the Biological Control of Turfgrass Diseases	342	(11)
Eric B. Nelson
Cheryl M. Craft
Potential for Use of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and a Related Bacterial Species for the Control of Soilborne Turfgrass Diseases	353	(10)
D. Y. Kobayashi
J. D. Palumbo
M. A. Holtman
Allelopathy versus Neotyphodium (Acremonium) Endophytes versus Competition Effects on Crabgrass Suppression by 12 Perennial Ryegrass Cultivars	363	(20)
John W. King
Donghoon Lee
Michael D. Richardson
Terry L. Lavy
Brigs Skulman
Melody L. Marlatt
Charles P. West
Cultural Control, Risk Assessment, and Environmentally Responsible Management of Scarab Grubs and Cutworms in Turfgrass	383	(14)
D. A. Potter
R. C. Williamson
K. F. Haynes
A. J. Powell, Jr.
Improved Mole Cricket Management through an Enhanced Understanding of Pest Behavior	397	(11)
R. L. Brandenburg
P. T. Hertl
M. G. Villani
Pasteuria sp. for Biological Control of the Sting Nematode, Belonolaimus longicaudatus, in Turfgrass	408
R. M. Giblin-Davis
Indexes
Author Index	427	(2)
Subject Index	429