The Fate of Turfgrass Nutrients and Plant Protection Chemicals in the Urban Environment

by Nett, Mary T.; Carroll, Mark J.; Horgan, Brian P.; Petrovic, A. Martin

• ISBN13: 9780841274228
• ISBN10: 0841274223
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-12
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

Recent policy decisions aimed at improving and safeguarding regional surface and subsurface water quality often result in activities at state and local levels to regulate the sale and/or use of many common lawn fertilizer and pesticide products. Clear, comprehensive distribution of theresearch data generated during the last decade on the environmental fate of fertilizer nutrients and plant protection chemicals in the urban environment is critical to enable informed decisions by our public officials. This book records the proceedings of a RISE-ACS co-sponsored workshop (October12-13, 2005) designed to provide a forum for turf researchers and environmental scientists to present research and practical information addressing the realities of turfgrass risk/benefits and how appropriate maintenance practices performed on urban lawns can impact water quality.

Table of Contents

Preface

Management Practices Affecting Nitrogen and Soluble Phosphorus Losses from an Upper Midwest Lawn

Determining Nitrogen Loading Rates Based on Land Use in an Urban Watershed

Cornell University: Determining Phosphorus Loading Rates Based on Land Use in an Urban Watershed

Michigan State University: Nitrogen Fate in a Mature Kentucky Bluegrass Turf

Discharge Losses of Nitrogen and Phosphorus from a Golf Course Watershed

The Effects of Soil Phosphorus and Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization on Phosphorus Runoff Losses from Turfgrass

Influence of Landscape and Percolation on P- and K-Losses over Four Years

Management Practices That Reduce Runoff Transport of Nutrients and Pesticides from Turfgrass

Sediment and Nutrient Losses from Prairie and Turfgrass Buffer Strips during Establishment

Sediment and NutrientLosses from Prairie and Turfgrass Buffer Strips during Establishment

Thatch Pesticide Sorption

Regional Analysis of Pesticide Runoff from Turf

Mobility and Dissipation of Clopyralid Herbicide in Turfgrass Field Lysimeters

Glyphosate Runoff When Applied to Zoysiagrass under Golf Course Fairway Conditions

Indexes

Author Index

Subject Index

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