Best Management Practices for Maryland Golf Courses

Acronyms

ABW BMP

annual bluegrass weevil Best Management Practice

Ca

calcium

CEC CMC

cation exchange capacity chemical mixing center

COMAR

Code of Maryland Regulations

DO DU

dissolved oxygen

Distribution Uniformity

EPA ESD

Environmental Protection Agency

environmental site design

ET

evapotranspiration

FIFRA FRAC

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

Fungicide Resistance Action Committee

HOC

height of cut

HRAC IBDU

Herbicide Resistance Action Committee

isobutylidene diurea

IPM

integrated pest management

IRAC

Insecticide Resistance Action Committee

K

potassium

MDA MDE MES

Maryland Department of Agriculture Maryland Department of the Environment

Maryland Environmental Service

Mg

magnesium

mg/L

milligrams per liter

MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheets

N

nitrogen

NH + NO - NRC 3

ammonium

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nitrate

National Response Center

NTEP OSHA

National Turfgrass Evaluation Program

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

P

phosphorus

PCU PGR PPE

polymer coated ureas plant growth regulator

personal protective equipment quality assurance/quality control

QA/QC

SCU SDS

sulfur coated urea Safety Data Sheets

TMDL

Total Maximum Daily Load

UF

ureaformaldehyde

USGA

United States Golf Association

VFD

variable frequency drive

VGCSA

Virginia Golf Course Superintendents Association

WAP

Water Appropriation Permit

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