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Water Management Best Management Practices for PhosphorusControl on Organic Soils: Retention of Vegetable Field DrainageWater in Sugarcane or Fallow Lands1

Del Bottcher and Forrest Izuno

This fact sheet is part of a BMP series which was written specifically to address the concern for phosphorus control in the Everglades Agricultural Area. The information contained in the series may be applied to any agricultural area composed primarily of organic soils or Histosols. However please be aware that this information may not be applicable to any other soil types.Background

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1. This document is AGR58, one of a series of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date December 1992. Reviewed July 2002. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Larry Arrington, Dean.