Preface
Best Management Practices To Mitigate Pesticide Runoff
1. Improving Surface Water Quality Through Grower-Led Coalition Program Using GIS Mapping and Grower Visits
Parry Klassen and Michael L. Johnson, PhD
2. From Vegetated Ditches to Rice Fields: Thinking Outside the Box for Pesticide Mitigation
M. T. Moore, R. Kröger, J. L. Farris, M. A. Locke, E. R. Bennett, D. L. Denton, and C. M. Cooper
3. Use of Constructed Wetlands as Best Management Practice To Reduce Pesticide Loads
Robert Budd
4. Efficacy of Sediment Basins for Reducing Sediment and Pyrethroid Transport in Almond Orchards
James C. Markle, Tamara E. Watson, Terry L. Prichard, and P. Klassen
5. Management Practices for Reducing Discharge of Pyrethroids and Sediment in Irrigation Drainage Water from Row Crops
Russell L. Jones and James C. Markle
6. Mitigating Pesticide Runoff from Nurseries
Julie Newman, Salvatore Mangiafico, Don Merhaut, Laosheng Wu, Jianhang Lu, Darren Haver, Ben Faber, and Jay Gan
7. Effectiveness of Cultivation Practices To Minimize the Off-Site Transport of Pesticides in Runoff from Managed Turf
Pamela J. Rice, Brian P. Horgan, and Jennifer L. Rittenhouse
8. Encouraging Adoption of Integrated Pest Management in Non-Agricultural Settings
Cheryl A. Wilen, Chris A. Geiger, and Wanda Y. MacLachlan
9. Comparison of Pesticide Runoff from Organic and Conventional Walnut Orchards
Nicole David, Fred Thomas, and Debra Denton
10. Introduction of Atrazine Degrader To Enhance Rhizodegradation of Atrazine
Chung-Ho Lin, Brian M. Thompson, Hsin-Yeh Hsieh, and Robert N. Lerch
11. Free-Enzyme Bioremediation of Pesticides
Colin Scott, Cameron Begley, Matthew J. Taylor, Gunjan Pandey, Vinko Momiroski, Nigel French, Clint Brearley, Steve E. Kotsonis, Michael J. Selleck, Flerida A. Carino, Cristina M. Bajet, Craig Clarke, John G. Oakeshott, and Robyn J. Russell
12. Efficacy of a Vegetative Buffer for Reducing the Potential Runoff of the Insect Growth Regulator Novaluron
Robert Everich, Andrew Newcombe, Mary Nett, and Janet Olinger
13. Application Methods in Orchards To Reduce Off-Site Deposition of Pesticides
Robert C. Ehn, Dennis M. Dunbar, and Tim Ksander
Modeling Pesticide Runoff and Mitigation Practices
14. Modeling Approaches for Pesticide Exposure Assessment in Rice Paddies
Yuzhou Luo, W. Martin Williams, Dirk F. Young, Hirozumi Watanabe, Julien Boulange, Amy M. Ritter, and Thai Khanh Phong
15. Modeling the Effectiveness of Mitigation Measures on the Diazinon Label
Nathan J. Snyder, W. Martin Williams, Debra L. Denton, and Christian Bongard
16. Estimating Pesticide Retention Efficacy for Edge-of-Field Buffers Using the Riparian Ecosystem Management Model (REMM) in a Southeastern Plains Landscape
Thomas L. Potter, R. Richard Lowrance, David D. Bosch, and Randall G. Williams
17. Comparison of Models for Estimating the Removal of Pesticides by Vegetated Filter Strips
Michael F. Winchell, Russell L. Jones, and Tammara L. Estes
18. Sources of Pyrethroid Insecticides in California's Urban Watersheds: A Conceptual Model
Kelly D. Moran and Patti L. TenBrook
19. Use of the EPA Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) for Diagnosis of Pesticide Off-Target Movement from Residential Areas
Scott H. Jackson and Michael Winchell
Challenges in Protecting Surface Water Quality
20. The Challenges of Developing and Implementing Agricultural Environmental Management Practices
K. L. Mercer
21. Food Safety and Surface Water Quality
Karen Lowell and Mary Bianchi
Editors' Biographies
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index