Overview

My program focuses on the environmental aspects of turfgrass production and management, including the fate and impacts of pesticides and fertilizers applied to lawns and other turfgrass areas.

Research Focus

My current research program centers on soil and environment issues facing turfgrass managers in New York and throughout the world. My main focus currently is nutrient and pesticide fate in sub-watersheds as influenced by landscape type, pest management system, soil phosphorus and site characteristics.

Outreach and Extension Focus

I have been working with numerous groups and agencies that are interested in protecting the environment. They include: golf course superintendents on eastern Long Island, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop nitrogen management plans to protect the quality of the Peconic Estuary; turfgrass managers, fertilizer industry, N.Y. State Attorney General's Office, NYDEC, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and Cornell Cooperative Extension to better understand the role turfgrass has on phosphorus runoff in the New York City and other watersheds; and with sod growers on eastern Long Island and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County to reduce nitrate leaching while still producing a profitable sod crop and how to manage other turfgrass site ot reduce nitrate contamination of groundwater.

Instruction Focus

I co-teach HORT 3300 - Golf and Sports Turf Management; team teach HORT 4550 Mineral Nutrition of Crops and Landscape Plants

Additional Links

• Cornell Turfgrass
• Link to CALS Research portal
• Link to CALS Impact statements

Selected Publications

• Woods, Micah S, Quirine M. Ketterings, Frank S. Rossi, and A. Martin Petrovic. 2006. Potassium availability indices and turfgrass performance in a calcareous sand putting green. Crop Sci. 46: 381-389.
• Munster, J., G. Hanson, A.M. Petrovic and H. Bokuniewicz. 2006. Evaluating nitrate leaching between diverse turfgrass sites. Northeastern Geol. & Environ. Sci. 28(4):368-377
• Woods, Micah S, Quirine M. Ketterings, Frank S. Rossi, and A. Martin Petrovic. 2006. Potassium availability indices and turfgrass performance in a calcareous sand putting green. Crop Sci. 46: 381-389.
• Easton, Zachary M., A. Martin Petrovic, Donald J. Lisk and Inga-Mai Larsson-Kovach. 2005. Hillslope Position Effect on Nutrient and Pesticide Runoff from Turfgrass. Intern. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 10:121-129.
• Petrovic, A. M., D. Soldat, J. Gruttadaurio, and J. Barlow. 2005. Turfgrass Growth and Quality Related to Soil and Tissue Nutrient Content. Intern. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 10:989-997.
• Petrovic, A. Martin and Zachary M. Easton. 2005. The Role of Turfgrass Management in the Water Quality of Urban Environments. Intern. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 10:55-69.
• Easton, Z.M., and A.M. Petrovic. 2004. Fertilizer source effect on ground and surface water quality in drainage from turfgrass. J Environ Qual 33: 645-656.
• Petrovic A.M. 2004. Impact of soil texture on nutrient fate. Acta Horticulturae 661:93-98.
• Petrovic A.M. 2004. Managing sports fields to reduce environmental impacts. Acta Horticulturae 661:405-412.

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