Fate Of Pesticides And Fertilizers In A Simulated Golf Course Turfgrass Environment

Part I of Essay
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 g ....

Part II of Essay
.... 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 of pesticide and nutrients leached and the amounts volatilized were also determined. Leaching Results Little leaching of nitr ....