Preventing Pesticide Leaching
In response to local and national concerns about pesticides in ground water, we completed an interdisciplinary, long-term (5-year) field project investigating the risk of pesticide leaching from intensively managed small fruit crops with high use of soil applied pesticides. Pesticides used in the study were carbofuran, simazine, and metalaxyl.
Links:
- Clopyralid in Compost, Washington State University. Facts and background about the Clopyralid contamination problem.
Publications:
Transport and persistence of pesticides in alluvial soils: I. Simazine. (online pdf) Cogger, C.G., P.R. Bristow, J.D. Stark, L.W. Getzin and M. Montgomery. 1998. J. Environ. Qual. 27:543-550.
Transport and persistence of pesticides in alluvial soils: II. Carbofuran. (abstract - html) Cogger, C.G., P.R. Bristow, J.D. Stark, L.W. Getzin and M. Montgomery. 1998. J. Environ. Qual. 27:551-556.
Why the concern about agricultural contamination in ground water? (online html) Cogger, C.G. and C. MacConnell. 1991. EB 1632. Washington State Univ. Cooperative Extension.
A site-specific farm-scale approach for reducing groundwater contamination by pesticides. Mulla, D.J., C.A. Perillo, and C.G. Cogger. 1996. J. Environ. Qual. 25:419-424.
Protecting groundwater from pesticide contamination. (online html) Ramsey, C., C.G. Cogger, and C. MacConnell. 1991. EB 1644. Washington State Univ. Cooperative Extension.
Adsorption of carbofuran, metalaxyl, and simazine: Koc evaluation and relation to soil properties. (online pdf) Sukop, M. and C.G. Cogger. 1992. J. Environ. Sci. Health B. 27:565-590.