Fate Of Pesticides And Fertilizers In A Simulated Golf Course Turfgrass Environment
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Little potential exists for contamination of ground water and air from fertilizers and pesticides applied to turf in a golf course environment if management practices that minimize detrimental environmental impacts are used.
Fertilizers and pesticides applied to turf on golf course greens and fai ....
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.... similar management practices are used, Yates said.
The 12 putting green test plots were constructed with a typical greens sand with 15% sphagnum peat moss and sodded with Penncross creeping bentgrass. The 24 fairways test plots consisted of 12 sandy loam and 12 loamy sand soils sodded with Tifway II bermudagrass.
Nitrate-N, phosphates, 2,4-D, and carbaryl (Sevin) concentrations were analyzed weekly in samples collected from drains and soil-water samplers in each of the 36 plots. The mass ....
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