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Author(s):Meeds, Bridget
Title:Child's play: Managing school athletic fields with IPM
Source:SportsField Management. Vol. 1, No. 8, October 2006, p. 27-28.
Publishing Information:Moose River Publishing LLC
# of Pages:2
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Athletic field design; Cultural control; Integrated pest management; Naturalizing; Pesticide application; Pesticide use reduction; School turf; Scouting; Sports turf construction; Traffic control
Geographic Terms:Hudson River Valley, New York
Abstract/Contents:Discusses managing school athletic fields with an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. States that "IPM techniques for turf focus on controlling weeds and pests with the least toxic methods available. Realizing that school districts needed help, NYS [New York State] IPM organized a tlwo-year learning project, funded by the Northeast IPM Center." Mentions that "at least 30 percent of New York State public school districts are applying pesticides in school buildings and on grounds on a regular, prescheduled basis - a practice IPM tries to discourage." Suggests that "the first step in initiating an IPM program is to eliminate scheduled maintenance applications of pesticides." Explains that "an important aspect of IPM is to monitor [one's] environment for pests in order to react to their presence rather than treating for them on a preordained schedule." Concludes that "although IPM techniques might initially cost more in terms of time and money, the people using them...feel that in the long-term they are beneficial."
Language:English
References:0
ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Meeds, B. 2006. Child's play: Managing school athletic fields with IPM. SportsField Management. 1(8):p. 27-28.
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