Real World Implications

The information I have gathered relates to everyday life because if we do not do thing to prevent fertilizer burn it could increase and spared throughout the country. That would decrease food supplies for all animals that would In turn cause the food chain to shift and may indanger animals. The animals may even become extant and we may loss them forever.

Fungus

Some fungus that can cause fertilizer burns are Rhizoctonia solani, Microdochium nivale, Sclerotinia homeocarpa and Fusarium species. Rhizoctonia solani affects turfgrass but only the blades are affected most of the time. Microdochium nivale mostly affects grass in cold season when snow has been on the ground for a few months, but if the weather gets worst the grass gets worst to. Sclerotinia homeocrpa happens when lawns under stress from lack of moisture and nitrogen. Fusarium species is often combine with one or more other pathogenic fungi and occurs daring hot, dry, and windy conditions.

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/landscap/pp950w.htm

http://www.pestproducts.com/lawnfungicide.htm

Chemicals

Chemicals causes grass to turn yellow and die in regular and irregular patches. The yellow areas do not get bigger and they appear after two to five days of fertilization or a chemical has been spilled on the lawn. When large amounts of pesticides, fertilizers, gasoline, and hydrated lime are applied improperly or accidentally spilled on the grass, it will cause the blades to dry out and die.

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/TOOLS/TURF/PESTS/abiofert.html

http://www.improve-your-garden-soil.com/fertilizer-burn.html

Salts

The salts in water, soil, and dog urine causes discoloration and even death to lawns and plants. Salt damage happen along the seashore, in places where there is low rain fall, poor drainage, and areas where salt is use to melt snow and ice. Too much salt in the soil causes the water to accumulate in the leaf tips and edges where it kills the tissues. The salt also interferes with how much water the plant gets. The dog urine has nitrogen that sometimes causes the grass to grow rapidly that cause a dark green and vigorously growing ring.

Here are some sites that have more info. http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/mods1/00000089.html

http://www.hilltopanimalhospital.com/urine%20lawn%20burn.htm

Introduction

Fertilizer burn is the injury of the roots or crown of the plant. The part of the plant or the leaves turn a brown color the plant may die. The tissues do not burn but decrease of water causes the plant to slowly die. Sometimes it is cause by fertilizing to much or the concentration being too strong. But sometimes it is cause by watering to much or not watering enough

Welcome

“Welcome to my BIOL 1010 blog. My name is Beatriz Quinonez, and I am in Ms. Graugnard’s BIOL 1010 N01 class. My topic for this project is fertilizer burn. I hope you find this blog to be interesting and informative. Thanks for visiting.”