024 IPM Practices Reduce Pesticide Levels in Runoff Water at a Container Nursery

integrated pest management (ipm) helps reduce pesticide load in cotton

the adoption of integrated pest management (ipm) strategy by farmers of bathinda cotton belt of punjab, india resulted in reduction of insecticidal applications. there was 3-4 times reduction in insecticidal applications in ipm villages (4.86-5.33) over the non-ipm villages (15.16-18.12). a general trend of reduced insecticidal applications of both conventional as well as new insecticides, in i...

Impact of Runoff Water Quality on Future Nursery Crop

changes in the 1980s. Droughts and water regulations required increased use of lowvolume irrigation, severe freezes promoted the use of fabric covers for cold protection, and governmental immigration reform necessitated re-evaluation of personnel resources. Production practices were required that used smaller quantities of fertilizer and pesticides. Additional restrictions limited the disposal ...

O N reduces water use , nitrogen loss , and moss growth in a container nursery

verhead irrigation is the most common form of irrigation in forest and conservation nurseries (Landis and others 1989) and in greenhouse production overall (Leskovar 1998). Overhead irrigation systems are generally less expensive to install, and have the advantage of preventing the accumulation of fertilizer salts that can be detrimental to plant growth (Argo and Biernbaum 1995). A significant ...

Nursery Practices

Application date as a controlling factor of pesticide transfers to surface water during runoff events