Petrovic, Anthony Martin
Professor
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
research and scholarship 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.
primary investigator of
co investigator of
research areas
- compost | collaborative research area (CALS)
- environmental sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- hydrology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- landscape ecology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- nutrient management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- plant sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- urban environment | collaborative research area (CALS)
- waste management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- water resource management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- watershed science | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- Developing best management practices to reduce nitrate contamination of groundwater from sod production | 2007 Impact statement
- The usefulness of soil testing to reduce phosphorus runoff from lawns | 2006 Impact statement
- Demonstrating the benefits of using waste water to irrigate golf turf to preserve fresh water supply | 2006 Impact statement
- The usefulness of soil testing to reduce phosphorus runoff from lawns | 2005 Impact statement
- Impact of landscape type on urban/suburban water quality | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Horticulture (HORT) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Horticulture | graduate field
- Landscape Architecture | graduate field
teaching
teaching focus
I co-teach HORT 3300 - Golf and Sports Turf Management; team teach HORT 4550 Mineral Nutrition of Crops and Landscape Plants
teaches
- HORT 9900 - Thesis Research, Doctor of Philosophy (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- HORT 3300 - Golf and Sports Turf Management I (MWF 08:00:AM-08:50:AM) | spring 2009 class
- HORT 9900 - Thesis Research, Doctor of Philosophy (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
service
outreach 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.
current professional activities
- American Society of Agronomy
- Crop Science Society of America
- Soil Science Society of America
background
educational background
- B.S. Turfgrass Management, University of Massachusetts, 1973
- M.S. Turfgrass Management, University of Massachusetts, 1975
- Ph.D. Turfgrass Soil Science, Michigan State University, 1979
featured in
- Come spring, expect fewer blooms, due to mild early winter, say Cornell horticulturists | Cornell Chronicle feature
- For a 'green' lawn, focus on mowing, not early fertilizing, says CU turf specialist | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Turf grass professor receives EPA's Environmental Quality Award | Cornell Chronicle feature
Keywords: environmental impact, horticulture, nutrient fate, pesticide fate, turfgrass management, turfgrass science