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CATANZARO, CHRIS - TENNESSEE ST UNIV |
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WHITWELL, TED - CLEMSON UNIV |
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Albano, Joseph |
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FARE, D - ARS-U.S. NATL ARBORETUM |
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OWEN, JIM - OREGON ST UNIV |
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WARREN, STUART - NC ST UNIV |
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BILDERBACK, TED - NC ST UNIV |
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WILSON, P. CHRIS - UF |
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YEAGER, TOM - UF |
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TAYLOR, MILTON - CLEMSON UNIV |
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WHITE, SARAH - CLEMSON UNIV |
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POLOMSKI, ROBERT - CLEMSON UNIV |
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KLAINE, STEVE - CLEMSON UNIV |
Submitted to: Southern Nursery Association Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings Publication Acceptance Date: 5/1/2005 Publication Date: 12/1/2005 Citation: Catanzaro, C.J., Whitwell, T., Albano, J.P., Fare, D.C., Owen, J.S., Warren, S.L., Bilderback, T.E., Wilson, P., Yeager, T., Taylor, M.D., White, S.A., Polomski, R.F., Klaine, S.J. 2005. Environmental resource management systems for nurseries, greenhouses and landscapes. Southern Nursery Association Research Conference. 50:564-566. Interpretive Summary: Through the USDA-ARS Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiatve FNRI), partnerships between federal, university, and growers have formed to improve crop quality, production and profitability while reducing the impact of such activities on environmental and water resources. The FNRI is divided into three main problem areas: Production, Pest Management, and Environmental Resource Management (ERM). The ERM problem area is represented by collaborative studies at two USDA-ARS units and four universities in the southeast with the overall objective of developing strategies to more efficiently use and protect the environmental resources that nurseries, greenhouses, and landscapers rely on to produce their crops or products. The methods being developed will help make nursery and greenhouse production facilities and landscaped developments more efficient, self-contained, and self-remediating with respect to production surface area, irrigation, nutrients, and pollutants in runoff water. They will have more options when designing management systems to meet stricter water quality standards that may be adopted in the future by federal, state, and local governments. Other methods being developed will increase the efficiency of water and nutrient use for for container-grown crops, and will create new markets for landscape species that purify pesticide and nutrient pollution. Technical Abstract: Collaborative studies at two USDA-ARS units and four universities in the Southeast have developed strategies to more efficiently use and protect the environmental resources that nurseries, greenhouses, and landscapers rely on to produce their crops or products. The methods being developed will help make nursery and greenhouse production facilities and landscaped developments more efficient, self-contained, and self-remediating with respect to bed space, irrigation, nutrients, and pollutants in runoff water. They will have more options when designing management systems to meet stricter water quality standards that may be adopted in the future by federal, state, and local governments. Other methods being developed will increase the efficiency of water and nutrient use for for container-grown crops, and will create new markets for landscape species that remediate pesticide and nutrient pollution. |