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Publicationsheadline bar **2019**  Fairbrother, A., Muir, D., Solomon, K.R., Ankley, G.T., Rudd, M.A., Boxall, A.B., Adams, W.J., Apell, J.N., Armbrust, K.L., Blalock, B.J., Bowman, S.R., Campbell, L.M., Cobb, G.P., Connors, K.A., Dreier, D.A., Evans, M.S., Henry, C.J., Hoke, R.A., Houde, M., Klaine, S.J., Klaper, R.D., Kullik, S.A., Lanno, R.P., Meyer, C., Ottinger, M., Oziolor, E., Petersen, E.J., Poynton, H.C., Rice, P.J., Rodriguez-Fuentes, G., Samel, A., Shaw, J.R., Steevens, J.A., Verslycke, T.A., Vidal-Dorsch, D.E., Weir, S.M., Wilson, P., Brooks, B.W. 2019. Towards sustainable environmental quality: priority research questions for North America. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 38(8):1606-1624. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4502. [PDF]  **2018**  Rice, P.J.,  Horgan, B.P., Hamlin, J.L. 2018. Off-site transport of fungicides with runoff: A comparison of flutolanil and pentachloronitrobenezene applied to creeping bentgrass managed as a golf course fairway. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 157:143-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.03.070. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.J., Barber, B.L., Koskinen, W.C. 2018. Chemical application strategies to protect water quality. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 156:420-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.02.030. [PDF]  **2017**  Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P., Hamlin, J.L. 2017. Evaluation of individual and combined management practices to reduce the off-site transport of pesticides from golf course turf. Science of the Total Environment. 583:72-80 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.001. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2017. Off-site transport of nitrogen fertilizer with runoff from golf course fairway turf: A comparison of creeping bentgrass with a fine fescue mixture. Science of the Total Environment. 580:533-539 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.209. [PDF]  **2016**  Fairbairn, D., Karpuzcu, E., Arnold, W., Barber, B., Kaufenberg, E., Koskinen, W.C., Novak, P., Rice, P.J., Swackhamer, D. 2016. Contaminants of emerging concern in a mixed land use watershed: A two year study of occurrence and seasonal variation. Science of the Total Environment. 551-552:605-613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.056 Fairbairn, D., Arnold, W., Barber, B., Kaufenberg, E., Koskinen, W.C., Novak, P., Rice, P.J., Swackhamer, D. 2016. Contaminants of emerging concern: Mass balance and comparison of wastewater effluent and upstream sources in a mixed-use watershed. Environmental Science and Technology. 50(1):36-45. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b03109. [PDF]  **2014**  Fairbairn, D., Karpuzcu, E., Arnold, W., Barber, B., Kaufenberg, E., Koskinen, W.C., Novak, P., Rice, P.J., Swackhamer, D. 2014. Sediment-water distribution of contaminants of emerging concern in a mixed use watershed. Science of the Total Environment. 505:896-904. [PDF] Trigo, C., Spokas, K.A., Cox, L., Koskinen, W.C. 2014. Influence of soil biochar aging on sorption of the herbicides MCPA, nicosulfuron, terbuthylazine, indaziflam, and fluoroethyldiaminotriazine. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62(45):10855-10860. [PDF] Karpuzca, E., Fairbairn, D., Arnold, W., Barber, B., Kaufenberg, E., Koskinen, W.C., Novak, P., Rice, P.J., Swackhamer, D. 2014. Identifying sources of emerging organic contaminants in a mixed use watershed using principal components analysis. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 16:2390-2399. [PDF] Rittenhouse, J.L., Rice, P.J., Spokas, K.A., Koskinen, W.C. 2014. Assessing biochar's ability to reduce bioavailability of aminocyclopyrachlor in soils. Environmental Pollution. 189:92-97. [PDF]  **2010 - 2013**  Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2013. Evaluation of nitrogen and phosphorus transport with runoff from fairway turf managed with hollow tine core cultivation and verticutting. Science of the Total Environment. 456-457(2013):61-68. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P., Rittenhouse, J.L. 2012. Evaluation of core cultivation practices to reduce ecological risk of pesticides in runoff from turf. USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. 11(8):1-10. [PDF] Cabrera, A., Papiernik, S.K., Koskinen, W.C., Rice, P.J. 2012. Sorption and dissipation of aged metolachlor residues in eroded and rehabilitated soils. Pest Management Science. 68:1272–1277. doi:10.1002/ps.3294. [PDF] Sakaliene, O., Rice, P.J., Koskinen, W.C. 2011. Dissipation and transport of clopyralid in soil: Effect of application strategies. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 59(14):7891-7895. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2011. Nutrient loss with runoff from fairway turf: An evaluation of core cultivation practices and their environmental impact. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 30(11):2473-2480. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P., Rittenhouse, J.L. 2010.Evaluation of core cultivation practices to reduce ecological risk of pesticides in runoff from Agrostis palustris. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 29(6):1215-1223. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P., Rittenhouse, J.L. 2010. Pesticide transport with runoff from creeping bentgrass turf: Relationship of pesticide properties to mass transport. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 29(6):1209-1214. [PDF]  **2006 - 2009**  Kramer, K.E., Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P., Rittenhouse, J.L., King, K.W. 2009. Pesticide transport with runoff from turf: Observations compared with TurfPQ model simulations. Journal of Environmental Quality. 38(6):2402-2411. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2009. Fungicide and nutrient transport with runoff from creeping bentgrass turf. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. 11(1):61-76. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2009. Reducing pesticide and nutrient runoff from fairways using management practices. USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 47, No. 1, January/February 2009, p. 17-19. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Hapeman, C.J., Mcconnell, L.L., Sadeghi, A.M., Teasdale, J.R., Coffman, C.B., Mccarty, G.W., Abdul Baki, A.A., Starr, J.L. 2007. Evaluation of vegetable production management practices to reduce the ecological risk of pesticides. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 26(11):2455-2464. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Rice, P.J., Arthur, E.L., Barefoot, A.C. 2007. Advances in pesticide environmental fate and exposure assessments. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 55:5367-5376. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Harman Fetcho, J.A., Sadeghi, A.M., Mcconnell, L.L., Coffman, C.B., Teasdale, J.R., Abdul Baki, A.A., Starr, J.L., Mccarty, G.W., Herbert, R., Hapeman, C.J. 2007. Reducing insecticide and fungicide loads in runoff from plastic mulch with vegetative-covered furrows. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 55:1377-1384. [PDF] Papiernik, S.K., Koskinen, W.C., Cox, L., Rice, P.J., Clay, S.A., Werdin-Pfisterer, N.R., Norberg, K. 2006. Sorption-desorption of imidacloprid and its metabolites in soil and vadose zone materials. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54:8163-8170. [PDF] Koskinen, W.C., Calderon, M.J., Rice, P.J., Cornejo, J. 2006. Sorption-desorption of flucarbazone and propoxycarbazone and their benzenesulfonamide and triazolinone metabolites in two soils. Pest Management Science. 62:598-602. [PDF] Koskinen, W.C., Rice, P.J., Seebinger, J.D. 2006. Experimental variability in characterization of cyfluthrin sorption to soil. Journal of Environmental Science and Health. 41(4):323-331. [PDF]  **2005 and Earlier**  Spokas, K., Wang, D., Venterea, R.T. 2005. Greenhouse gas production and emission from a forest nursery soil following fumigation with chloropicrin and methyl isothiocyanate. Journal of Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 37:475-485. [PDF] Arthur, E.L., Rice, P.J., Rice, P.J., Anderson, T.A., Baladi, S.M., Henderson, K.L., Coats, J.R. 2005. Phytoremediation - an overview. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 24:109-122. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Koskinen, W.C., Carrizosa, M. 2004. Effect of soil properties on the degradation of isoxaflutole and the sorption-desorption of isoxaflutole and its diketonitrile degradate. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 52:7621-7627. [PDF] Carrizosa, M.J., Rice, P.J., Koskinen, W.C., Carrizosa, I., Hermosin, M.C. 2004. Sorption of isoxaflutole and DKN on organoclays. Clays and Clay Minerals. 52:341-349. Rice, P.J., Anderson, T.A., Coats, J.R. 2004. Effect of sediment on the fate of metolachlor and atrazine in surface water. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 23:1145-1155. [PDF] Rice, P.J., Harman-Fetcho, J.A., Teasdale, J.R., Sadeghi, A.M., McConnell, L.L., Coffman, C.B., Herbert, R., Heighton, L., Hapeman, C.J. 2004. Use of vegetative furrows to mitigate copper loads and soil loss in runoff from polyethylene (plastic) mulch vegetable production systems. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 23(3):719-725. [PDF] Koskinen, W., Anhalt, J., Sakeliene, O., Rice, P., Moorman, T., Arthur, E. 2003. Sorption-desorption of "aged" sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinone herbicide metabolites in soil. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 51:3604-3608. Rice, P., Anderson, T., Coats, J. 2002. Degradation and persistence of metolachlor in soil: Effects of concentration, soil moisture, soil depth, and sterilization. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 21(12):2640-2648. [PDF] Rice, P.J., McConnell, L.L., Heighton Davies, L., Sadeghi, A.M., Isensee, A., Teasdale, J.R., Abdul Baki, A.A., Harman-Fetcho, J.A., Hapeman, C.J. 2002. Comparison of copper levels in runoff from fresh-market vegetable production using polyethylene mulch or a vegetative mulch. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 21(1):24-30. [PDF] Rice, P., McConnell, L., Heighton Davies, L., Sadeghi, A., Isensee, A., Teasdale, J., Abdul Baki, A., Harman Fetcho, J., Hapeman, C. 2001. Runoff loss of pesticides and soil: A comparison between vegetative mulch and plastic mulch in vegetable production systems. Journal of Environmental Quality. 30:1808-1821. [PDF] ** **Book Chapters**  Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P., Rittenhouse, J.L. 2011. Effectiveness of cultivation practices to minimize the off-site transport of pesticides in runoff from managed turf. In: Goh, K.S. et al., editors. Pesticide Mitigation Strategies for Surface Water Quality. ACS Symposium Series Volume 1075. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. p. 95-113. DOI:10.1021/bk-2011-1075.ch007. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P., Hapeman, C.J., McConnell, L.L. 2011. Efficacy of management practices to mitigate the off-site movement and ecological risk of pesticides transported with runoff from agricultural and turf systems. In: Stoytcheva, M., editor. Pesticides - Formulations, Effects, Fate. Rijeka, Croatia:Intech. p. 401-408. https://doi.org/10.5772/14145 Rice, P.J., Horgan, B. 2006. Evaluating the potential of turf management practices to mitigate pesticide and nutrient loads with runoff from fairway turf. In: Nus, J.L., editor. USGA 2005 Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summary. Fall Hills, NJ. p. 44. Rice, P.J., Harman Fetcho, J.A., Heighton, L.P., Mcconnell, L.L., Sadeghi, A.M., Hapeman, C.J. 2006. Environmental fate and ecological impact of copper hydroxide: Use of management practices to reduce the transport of copper hydroxide in runoff from vegetable production. In Crop Protection Products for Organic Agriculture: Environmental, Health, and Efficacy Assessment, A.S. Felsot and K.S. Racke eds., ACS Symposium Series 947, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. pp. 230-244. ** **Proceedings**  Rice, P.J., Koskinen, W.C., Papiernik, S.K., Strock, J. 2008. Evaluating the Influence of Drainage, Application, and Tillage Practices on the Dissipation of Chloroacetanilide Herbicides in Minnesota Soils. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Agricultural Drainage Field Day. Soil and Water Management Field Day Proceedings 2008, August 13, 2008, Lamberton, MN. 2008 CDROM. ** **Research Notes**  Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2014. Low input verses traditional turfgrass: Comparing runoff quantity and quality. MTGF Clippings. Vol. 22, No. 2, p. 11. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P., Rittenhouse, J.L., Kramer, K.E. 2008. Mitigation of Pesticide Transport with Runoff from Fairway Turf Using Management Practices. Trade Journal Publication. Rice, P.J., Kramer, K., Horgan, B.P., Rittenhouse, J.L., King, K.W. 2009. Pesticide Transport with Runoff from Fairway Turf: Measured Compared to Modeled. 2009 W-1045 Secretary's Report. CD-ROM. Rice, P., Horgan, B. 2007.Evaluating the Potential of Turf Management Practices to Mitigate Pesticide and Nutrient Loads with Runoff from Fairway Turf. Electronic Publication. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2007. Use of Turf Management Practices to Reduce Nutrient and Pesticide Loads with Runoff from Fairway Turf. 2007 University of Minnesota Turf and Grounds Field Day. p. 15-17. Rice, P., Horgan, B. 2006. Evaluating the Potential of Turf Management Practices to Mitigate Pesticide and Nutrient Loads with Runoff from Fairway Turf. Review Article. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B. 2006. Understanding nutrient and pesticide loss with runoff from fairway turf. Extension Publications. p. 6. ** **Review Articles**  Cathleen J. Hapeman, Laura L. McConnell, Clifford P. Rice, Ali M. Sadeghi, Walter F. Schmidt, Gregory W. McCarty, James L. Starr, Pamela J. Rice, Jonathan T. Angier and J. A. Harman-Fetcho. Current United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service research on understanding agrochemical fate and transport to prevent and mitigate adverse environmental impacts. Pest Management Science. 59:681-690.  **Technical Reports**  Rice, P.J., Swackhamer, D., Novak, P., Arnold, W., Koskinen, W.C., Fairbairn, D., Spande, E., Barber, B. 2012. Understanding Sources of Contaminants of Emerging Concern: An Evaluation of Land Use with Occurrence of Aquatic Contaminants. Technical Report. ** **Trade Journals**  Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P., Rittenhouse, J.L. 2013. Evaluation of core cultivation practices to reduce ecological risk of pesticides in runoff from turf. Hole Notes. 46(4)34-46. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P., Rittenhouse, J.L. 2012. Evaluation of core cultivation practices to reduce ecological risk of pesticides in runoff from turf. USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. 11(8):1-10. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2012. Solid or hollow: which core cultivation method is the most effective at reducing nutrient loss with runoff from turf?. USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. 11(7):1-11. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B. 2010. Evaluation of Core Cultivation Practices to Reduce Ecological Risk of Pesticides in Runoff from Agrostis palustris. Trade Journal Publication. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2010. Nutrient Loss in Runoff from Turf: Effect on Surface Water Quality. USGS Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online (TERO). 9(1):1-10. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2009. Reducing Pesticide and Nutrient Runoff from Fairways Using Management Practices. USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 47, No. 1, January/February 2009, p. 17-19. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B.P. 2007. Management Practices Reduce Nutrient and Pesticide Loss with Runoff from Fairway Turf. 2007 USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summary. p. 53. Rice, P.J., Horgan, B. 2006. Mitigation of nutrient and pesticide loss with runoff from fairway turf. Hole Notes. 37(5):13. Horgan, B., Rice, P.J. 2004. Understanding pesticide and nutrient loss with runoff from fairway turf and evaluating the ability of management practices to mitigate their loss. Hole Notes. 35:22-23.


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