Early seeding dates improve oat yield and quality in the eastern prairies

2004 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. May ◽  
R. M. Mohr ◽  
G. P. Lafond ◽  
A. M. Johnston ◽  
F. C. Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Kernel Weight ◽  
Crown Rust ◽  
Test Weight ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Canadian Prairies ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Yield And Quality

Demand for high quality oat (Avena sativa L.) for consumption by humans and race horses has increased, leading to increased oat production on the Canadian prairies. Little information exists on the best management practices for producing high-quality, high-yielding oat using direct seeding systems and cropping practices developed and adopted over the past 15 yr. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of early seeding on grain yield and quality of oat cultivars currently grown in the eastern prairie region. Four seeding dates and four cultivars were tested at Indian Head, Melfort, and Brandon over 3 yr. Moving the seeding date from mid-June to early May increased oat yield, seeds per panicle, kernel weight, test weight and plump seed by 76, 33, 10, 13 and 11%, respectively, when averaged across all locations and years. This increase in yield and quality was probably due to improved environmental conditions and a reduction in crown rust infection (Puccina coronata Corda). Crown rust has a larger effect on seed yield and quality as one moves east and south from Melfort, Saskatchewan, and as seeding was delayed from early May. Early seeding of oat decreases the risk of obtaining low yield and/or quality, and should be considered a best management practice for growing milling oats, especially in the southeastern prairies of Canada. Key words: Yield components, test weight, oat, Puccina coronata, lodging, plump seed, thin seed

scholarly journals Silvicultural Best Management Practice Compliance Monitoring Programs in the Southern United States

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda L. Husak ◽  
Stephen C. Grado ◽  
Steven H. Bullard ◽  
Steverson O. Moffat
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Compliance Monitoring ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Monitoring Programs ◽  
Nps Pollution ◽  
Implementation Level ◽  
Private Forestland

Abstract Passage of the Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 prompted states to invest significant resources to develop programs to control nonpoint source (NPS) pollution from forestry and other activities. Forestry-related agencies and organizations have since developed silvicultural best managementpractice (BMP) guidelines to reduce NPS pollution, maintain stream integrity, and meet state water quality standards. To determine the effectiveness and implementation level of best management practices (BMP) on public and private forestland, states further developed and implemented theirBMP compliance monitoring programs. This study documents the similarities and differences in efforts, methods, resources, and expenditures among BMP compliance monitoring programs across the 13 southern states. 29(1):48–52.

Welfare effects of forestry best management practices in the United States

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 1674-1683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changyou Sun
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Welfare Loss ◽  
Equilibrium Displacement Model ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Welfare Losses ◽  
State Forestry

State forestry best management practice (BMP) programs have been widely developed and implemented to prevent nonpoint source water pollution in the past three decades. The unanswered question is how forestry BMPs have affected the welfare positions of consumers, mills, loggers, and forest landowners. A Muth-type equilibrium displacement model was constructed to examine welfare changes of these stakeholders. The model considered a two-stage vertical production system with variable proportion production technology and imperfect market structure. Industrial mills experienced little welfare loss from forestry BMP regulation. Consumers had the largest absolute welfare loss, and loggers had the largest relative welfare loss in the base scenario. The supply elasticity of harvesting services had the greatest impact on the relative incidence of welfare losses between landowners and loggers, and in the long run their welfare losses were comparable. These results may help to improve future state forestry BMP guidelines and design incentive systems for increasing implementation rates.

scholarly journals Best Management Practices (BMPs): Perimeter Borders

EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivek Sharma ◽  
Kati W. Migliaccio ◽  
Brian Boman ◽  
Jemy Hinton ◽  
Kevin Hancock
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Best Management Practice ◽  
Biological Engineering ◽  
Best Management

This publication addresses perimeter borders as a best management practice. Written by Vivek Sharma, Kati W. Migliaccio, Brian Boman, Jemy Hinton, and Kevin Hancock, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, revised May 2021.

scholarly journals Storm Water Best Management Practices that Maximize Aquifer Recharge

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca A Larson ◽  
Steven I Safferman
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Storm Water ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Detention Ponds ◽  
Filter Strips ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Separate Table ◽  
Porous Pavement

This article reviews and provides evaluation guidelines for six major storm water best management practices including bioretention areas, grassed swales/filter strips, infiltration trenches, porous pavement, rain barrels and wet detention ponds. A detailed table allows for quick and easy design comparisons, including a separate table which allows for site specific cost comparisons. A logic diagram is provided as a basic tool for screening the most feasible management practice.

scholarly journals Improving Best Management Practice Decisions in Mixed Land Use and/or Municipal Watersheds: Should Approaches Be Standardized?

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1402
Author(s):  
Jason A. Hubbart
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Monitoring Methods ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Decision Making Processes

Best management practices (BMP) are defined in the United States Clean Water Act (CWA) as practices or measures that have been demonstrated to be successful in protecting a given water resource from nonpoint source pollution. Unfortunately, the greatest majority of BMPs remain unvalidated in terms of demonstrations of success. Further, there is not a broadly accepted or standardized process of BMP implementation and monitoring methods. Conceivably, if standardized BMP validations were a possibility, practices would be much more transferrable, comparable, and prescriptive. The purpose of this brief communication is to present a generalized yet integrated and customizable BMP decision-making process to encourage decision makers to more deliberately work towards the establishment of standardized approaches to BMP monitoring and validation in mixed-use and/or municipal watersheds. Decision-making processes and challenges to BMP implementation and monitoring are presented that should be considered to advance the practice(s) of BMP implementation. Acceptance of standard approaches may result in more organized and transferrable BMP implementation policies and increased confidence in the responsible use of taxpayer dollars through broad acceptance of methods that yield predictable and replicable results.

scholarly journals Best Management Practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Fertilizer Spill Prevention

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2005 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlando A. Diaz ◽  
Samira H. Daroub ◽  
Ronald W. Rice ◽  
Timothy A. Lang ◽  
Ming Chen
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Agricultural Area ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Everglades Agricultural Area ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Current Implementation ◽  
Implementation Guidelines

Phosphorus fertilizer spill prevention is a Best Management Practice (BMP) approved by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), one designed to reduce drainage P loads in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA). Spill prevention of P fertilizers is a BMP that is widely implemented by growers in the EAA. This BMP is easily implemented and can have an immediate impact on reducing off-farm P loads. This EDIS document is part of a series of publications that provide current implementation guidelines for commonly employed farm-level BMPs designed to reduce P loads from farms located within the EAA basin. This document is SL231, one of a series of the Department of Soil and Water Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2005. SL231/SS450: Best Management Practices in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Fertilizer Spill Prevention (ufl.edu)

scholarly journals Establishment and Maintenance During Establishment of Hybrid Bluegrass (P. arachnifera Torr. × P. pratensis L.) in the Transition Zone

HortScience ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 815-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis C. Teuton ◽  
John C. Sorochan ◽  
Christopher L. Main ◽  
Thomas C. Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Transition Zone ◽  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Urea Formaldehyde ◽  
Seeding Rate ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Turf Quality ◽  
Summer Heat ◽  
Seeding Date

The transition zone is one of the hardest places to maintain high-quality turfgrasses, and the overall research objective was to determine best management practices to establish new turf cultivars in this zone. Hybrid bluegrasses (P. arachnifera Torr. × P. pratensis L.) have been bred for heat and drought tolerance and may offer a new alternative to other turfgrasses. The specific cultivars examined in this research were ‘Thermal Blue®’ and ‘Dura Blue®’. Experiments were conducted during 2003, 2004, and 2005 in Knoxville, TN. ‘Thermal Blue’ was seeded at 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 kg·ha−1 of seed. ‘Thermal Blue's’ ideal seeding rate was between 100 and 150 kg·ha−1 of seed in 2003 and 50 kg·ha−1 in 2004. ‘Thermal Blue’ was also seeded in January, April, July, and September of each year with 100 kg·ha−1 of seed. All seeding dates took ≈11 months to become well established. However, July seeding produced poor turf quality (less than 6) and was the only seeding date deemed unacceptable. ‘Thermal Blue’ and ‘Dura Blue’ were fertilized with ammonium nitrate at 100, 200, and 300 kg N/ha/year and urea formaldehyde at 200 and 300 kg N/ha/year starting in March of each year. These treatments were maintained at 2-, 3.5-, and 5-cm mowing heights. ‘Thermal Blue’ had higher quality evaluations and produced more clippings than ‘Dura Blue’ throughout the year. Higher fertility regimens increased quality evaluations in April but decreased quality evaluations in October. Increasing the mowing height improved turf quality and decreased biomass production for both grasses. A proposed optimum method for establishment included seeding ‘Thermal Blue’ in April at 150 kg·ha−1 and fertilizing with 300 kg·ha−1 of nitrogen and them mowing at 5-cm height. ‘Thermal Blue’ and ‘Dura Blue’ are adapted for the transition zone, but summer heat stress may cause turf quality decrease in the fall.

Design of best management practice applications for diffuse phosphorus pollution using interactive GIS

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 1727-1733 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Kovacs ◽  
M. Honti ◽  
A. Clement
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Catchment Scale ◽  
Phosphorus Pollution ◽  
Small Catchment ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Fate Model

The paper presents a complex environmental engineering tool, which is appropriate to support decision making in watershed management. The PhosFate tool allows planning best management practices (BMPs) in catchments and simulating their possible impacts on immissions. The method has two parts: (a) a simple phosphorus (P) fate model to calculate diffuse P emissions and their surface transport, and (b) an interactive tool to design BMPs in small catchments. The fate model calculates diffuse P emissions via surface pathways. It is a conceptual, distributed parameter and long-term (annual) average model. The model also follows the fate of emitted P from each cell to the catchment outlets and calculates the field and in-stream retention. The fate model performed well in the Zala River catchment as a case study. Finally, an interactive design tool was developed to plan BMPs in the catchments and simulate their possible impacts on diffuse P fluxes. Different management scenarios were worked out and their effects evaluated and compared to each other. The results show that the approach is suitable to test BMP scenarios at small catchment scale.

Strategies for protecting Florida's everglades: the best management practice approach

1995 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 123-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. T. Izuno ◽  
L. T. Capone
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Drainage Water ◽  
Organic Soils ◽  
Natural Ecosystem ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Limiting Nutrient ◽  
Excessive Nutrients

The Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) is a small portion of the Everglades region, consisting of an artificially drained area of approximately 280 000 ha of organic soils providing a rich environment for the cultivation of primarily sugar cane, vegetables, rice, and sod. Hydroperiods and excessive nutrients in surface water inflows have been identified as potentially disruptive to the natural ecosystem, with phosphorus (P) deemed to be the limiting nutrient. Hence, agricultural drainage water from the EAA, containing higher than background P loads and concentrations, has been targeted as a source of the problem. To reduce P loads and concentrations in the drainage water leaving farms in the EAA, on-farm best management practices (BMPs) can be used. These BMPs have been identified and tested at the large plot scale and are presently being implemented and their efficacy verified at the farm level. It is currently estimated that P loading from the EAA can be reduced by 20% to 60% using BMPs. A 45% reduction should be attainable while keeping within acceptable cost/benefit ratios. The use of BMPs, however, will require higher levels of farm management and more sophisticated tools for decision-making.

Effects of Nutrients Applied to Turf on Runoff and Leachate

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Nutrient Loading ◽  
Nutrient Transport ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Surface Water Bodies

A paucity of data exists on the water quality impacts of fertilizer nutrients used for turfgrass management. The primary macronutrients N and P have been shown to cause the eutrophication of surface water bodies, and excessive nitrate (NO-3) concentrations in drinking water have been linked to methemoglobinemia in infants. Several studies have indicated that runoff quantities from high-quality turf areas are minimal; therefore, nutrient transport by this mechanism should not be a major concern. The leachability of N is favored by the presence of soluble forms in permeable soils receiving rainfall or irrigation in excess of field capacity. Most of the factors contributing to this condition are manageable. However, a wide range of turfgrass types, uses, and management expertise make it difficult to generalize the overall impact of turfgrass fertilization on water resources. While research has demonstrated the ability to minimize nutrient loading, characterization of nonresearch sites is critical to gain a legitimate understanding of environmental impacts. Once developed, best management practices can be effective only if understood and adopted by applicators.

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