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Web URL(s): | http://usgatero.msu.edu/v06/n24.pdf Last checked: 12/17/2007 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Report |
Author(s): | Carroll, M. J.;
Hapeman, C. J.;
Coale, F. J. |
Author Affiliation: | Carroll: Associate Professor, Departent of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; Hapeman: Research Chemist, Environmental Management and Byproduct Utilization Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland; Coale: Professor: Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
Title: | Turfgrass runoff investigations: Does plot size matter? |
Source: | USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. Vol. 6, No. 24, December 15 2007, p. [1-7]. |
Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
# of Pages: | 9 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Surface runoff; Research plots; Land area in turf; Soil moisture; Precipitation; Chemical runoff; Nitrogen fertilizers; Phosphorus fertilizers; Application timing
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Abstract/Contents: | "There is concern about the applicability of results obtained from small-plot turf investigations to larger turf areas such as a golf course fairway. A runoff facility was constructed at the University of Maryland to examine the effect of plot size on pesticide fertilizer runoff. Chemical runoff was examined during a single high-intensity rainfall event that took place one day after applying a three-product pesticide tank mix and granular forms of N and P. The study's findings include: Plot size had no effect on the runoff of foliar applied pesticides or on urea total N losses. Greater P runoff from the large size plots was attributed to mass transport of triple superphosphate granules in large streams of runoff that developed within the these plots during the rainstorm event. The high chemical runoff losses observed in this study were the result of wet soil conditions, not watering granular products in after application, and the short time interval between the application of the chemicals and the rain storm event. Scheduling chemical applications around weather conditions that favor near-term runoff generating storm events is one of the most powerful management tools superintendents have at their disposal to minimize chemical transport to surface waters." |
Language: | English |
References: | 16 |
See Also: | Other Reports from this USGA research project: 2003-24-265 |
Note: | Summary as abstract Pictures, color Tables Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Carroll, M. J., C. J. Hapeman, and F. J. Coale. 2007. Turfgrass runoff investigations: Does plot size matter?. USGA Turfgrass Environ. Res. Online. 6(24):p. [1-7]. |
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