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Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture
 

   Water Management Research

 

 

Scientists and their teams investigate soil and irrigation water availability, water quality, water resource management, and methyl bromide alternatives in pre-plant soil fumigation.

 

  

Irrigation Water Management

§    Develop methods and practices to increase water use efficiency and improve productivity

§    Reduce negative environmental impacts of irrigated agriculture in semi-arid and arid areas   

Methyl Bromide Alternatives

§       Develop chemical and non-chemical methyl bromide alternatives to control plant parasitic nematodes, soil-borne  plant pathogens, and weeds

§        Reduce emissions of methyl bromide alternative soil fumigants        

 


Contacts:

Dr. Dong Wang , Research Leader, email: dong.wang@ars.usda.gov     

Janet Krugle, Unit Secretary, email: Janet.Krugle@ars.usda.gov

Patricia Mungur, Webmaster, email: patricia.mungur@ars.usda.gov

 

 


     
Last Modified: 12/01/2010