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Sprinkler Irrigation-Pesticide Best Management Systems, Richard C. Peralta, Howard Deer, Robert W. Hill, L. Neil Allen Dec 1991

Sprinkler Irrigation-Pesticide Best Management Systems, Richard C. Peralta, Howard Deer, Robert W. Hill, L. Neil Allen

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Pesticides reduce crop losses due to insects, pathogens, weeds and other pests, but can contaminate ground water. Ground water refers to water in the saturated portion of the soil material. Water in an unsaturated region of the soil is termed soil moisture.


Pesticide Movement In Response To Furrow Irrigation And Pesticide Parameters, Richard C. Peralta, Robert W. Hill, Howard Deer Jun 1991

Pesticide Movement In Response To Furrow Irrigation And Pesticide Parameters, Richard C. Peralta, Robert W. Hill, Howard Deer

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Production of adequate supplies of food and fiber currently requires that pesticides be used to limit crop losses from insects, pathogens, weeds and other pests. The term pesticide refers to a large number ofchemical compounds. Pesticides include acaricides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, algicides, arboricides, zoocides, and many more.


Utah Water Quality- Utah Ground Water, Howard Deer, Richard C. Peralta, Robert W. Hill Jan 1991

Utah Water Quality- Utah Ground Water, Howard Deer, Richard C. Peralta, Robert W. Hill

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Ground water is important to the economic and physical well-being of the people of Utah. About 95% of Utah's fresh water is ground water. It provides more than 70% of the state's drinking water and is a major source of water for agriculture and irrigation.