Pesticide Dangers at Golf Courses Much Higher in the U.S. than …
2023年3月22日 · Researchers found that pesticide risks from golf courses in the U.S. were on average 15 times higher than those in the EU. In order to come to that conclusion, surveys were sent out to courses in eight regions: East Texas, Florida, the Midwest, Northeast, and Northwest in the U.S., and the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Norway in Europe.
Nutrient And Pesticide Fate On The Golf Course - USGA
2017年8月12日 · Developing best management practices for fertilizer and pesticide use on golf courses. Scientists at the University of Minnesota investigate how superintendents play a key role. A common-sense approach can greatly reduce the risk of water contamination. What Is A Buffer?
Analyzing pesticide environmental risk on golf courses
Using a sample of 22 golf courses, researchers quantified pesticide risk levels on various course components and explored the most effective strategies for reducing them.
This particular report describes the approaches used to manage pests on golf courses, shows how pesticides are handled and managed and offers suggestions on areas for improvement.
Golfers’ risk from pesticides used on turfgrass is likely low, studies ...
2024年4月1日 · So, his team designed a study to investigate golfers’ potential risks from four pesticides, which have low volatilities and relatively low toxicities for humans, and are commonly used on golf course turfgrass: cyfluthrin (insecticide), chlorothalonil (fungicide), MCPP-p (herbicide) and 2,4-D (herbicide).
Pesticides | GCSAA - Golf Course Superintendents Association of …
Golf course superintendents utilize pesticides in conjunction with integrated pest management (IPM) practices to best control pests and maintain healthy turf. Best management practices, continuing education, peer-reviewed research and technology are important elements for an IPM approach for golf course superintendents.
Investigating pest management on U.S. golf courses
Golf course superintendents reported an increase in their reliance upon fungicides (9%), herbicides (8%) and insecticides (5%) from 2015 to 2021. Reliance upon plant growth regulators (PGRs) has remained consistent with ~45% of facilities indicating that PGRs are used.
Analyzing golf course pesticide risk across the US and …
2023年5月20日 · Bekken et al. (2021) developed a framework for estimating ecological risks from pesticides applied to golf courses using pesticide risk indicator models and applied the models to 22 golf courses in New York and Wisconsin. This study uses that same framework but applies the analysis to 68 golf courses in eight different regions.
Pesticide risk research exposes data dilemma - Golf Sustainable
Given dwindling water resources and increasing health concerns as well as biodiversity problems with the use of pesticides on green spaces, the golf scene increasingly has to prove that its consumption is harmless. The only problem is that reliable data is (almost nowhere) available from golf associations worldwide.
Analyzing golf course pesticide risk across the US and Europe …
2023年5月20日 · This study quantifies golf course pesticide risk in five regions across the US (Florida, East Texas, Northwest, Midwest, and Northeast) and three countries in Europe (UK, Denmark, and Norway) with the objective of determining how pesticide risk on golf courses varied as a function of climate, regula …