Chesapeake Bay and tributaries leading to the bay, nitrate leaching and runoff are of great concern. Drip irrigation combined with polyethylene mulch is a common practice for commercially grown fresh market tomato in the mid-Atlantic United States. Drip
-based agricultural irrigation withdrawals, including specialty crop intensive areas such as the Chesapeake Bay watershed ( Lea-Cox and Ross, 2001 ) and Florida ( Beeson and Brooks, 2008 ). Further restrictions are predicted by researchers and commercial nursery
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states such as California, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, and Oregon ( Beeson et al., 2004 ). Management of runoff from container nurseries is also facing stricter regulations in areas such as the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and California in efforts to
main focus is water quality outcomes. Cao et al. (2017) spotlight the ROI of the green marketing decision at recycling operations, leaving the broader discussion of their Chesapeake Bay area sample to other works ( Ferraro, 2015 ; Ferraro et al
beans because they dry first in the spring and, as former beaches, are often near P-sensitive salt water. Our previous survey (Björkman and Reiners) found several particularly high P sandy soils near the Chesapeake Bay. Thus, sandy high P soils near P
federal and state monitoring and regulation within impaired watersheds (e.g., the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and the Everglades Watershed). Thus, to preserve water quality or facilitate remediation of surface waters, agricultural nutrient management programs
of daily reference evapotranspiration using the Hargreaves-Samani model and temperature forecasts Agr. Water Mgt. 136 42 51 Majsztrik, J.C. Lea-Cox, J.D. 2013 Water quality regulations in the Chesapeake Bay: Working to more precisely estimate nutrient
fertilization of urban landscapes by passing a range of season- and/or formulation- specific fertilization bans (mainly for turfgrass) in areas with impaired water bodies that are linked to watersheds that have elevated nutrient loads (e.g., Chesapeake Bay, Gulf
developing sustainable substrates in nursery crop production Acta Hort. 1013 43 56 Boesch, D.F. Brinsfield, R.B. Magnien, R.E. 2001 Chesapeake Bay eutrophication: Scientific understanding, ecosystem restoration, and challenges for agriculture J. Environ. Qual