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Title:   Author  item
                                            Harman Fetcho, Jenniferitem
                                            Rice, Pamelaitem
                                            Herbert, Rachelitem
                                            Teasdale, Johnitem
                                            Sadeghi, Aliitem
                                            Hapeman, Cathleen
  Submitted to: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 11/11/2001
                                    Publication  Date: N/A
                                    Citation: N/AInterpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Runoff from agriculture has long been identified as a major concern to water quality degradation.  Recently, runoff from commercial tomato production has been implicated in the failure of shellfish hatcheries on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay.  The objective of this project was to modify the currently-accepted plastic mulch vegetable production  system so as to minimize the observed negative environmental impacts.  The hypothesis was that cereal rye vegetative buffer strips planted in the furrows between the rows would decrease soil loss, pesticide, and total runoff volume losses from the fields without impacting overall harvest yields.  Cereal rye was incorporated into the existing vegetable production  system and compared to the traditional bare soil with plastic system.  Total runoff volume and soil and pesticide losses were measured along with harvest yields from experimental field plots.  First year  results indicated a reduction in soil and pesticide loads and no statistically significant differences in harvest yields. Results for the occurrence of copper hydroxide, fenvalerate, endosulfan, chlorothalonil, and metribuzin will be presented.


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