Reducing Water and Pesticide Movement in Nursery Production

• DOI: 10.21273/horttech04298-19
• Publication Date: 2019-08-05T14:51:49Z
• Authors: Damon E. Abdi; R. Thomas Fernandez
• Keywords: Pesticide application; Water use

Ornamental nurseries produce a large number of plants in concentrated area, and aesthetics are key component the product. To crops this manner, high inputs water, nutrients, pesticides typically used. Container nursery production further increases inputs, especially because container substrates designed to quickly drain, most effective method irrigating numbers containers (up certain size) is use overhead irrigation. Because irrigation broadcast over crop, crop limited container, proportion water or may land on nontarget areas, creating runoff contaminant issues. Water primary means pesticide movement production. This review discusses dynamics management strategies conserve reduce during