707 Symposium --Soils as a Critical Component of Sustainable Development and Society: I

Oral Session
A05 Environmental Quality
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 8:25 AM-11:00 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 372C

Presiding:
Theodore Hartsig
8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM
Selenium-Water Treatment Residual Adsorption and Characterization.
James Ippolito, USDA-ARS-NWISRL; Kirk Scheckel, U.S. EPA; Kenneth Barbarick, Colorado State University
8:45 AM
Influence of Soil and Solvent Type on the Adsorption of Selected Antibiotics.
Asmare Atalay, Virginia State University; Anwar Hamama, Virginia State University; Brodie Whitehead, Virginia State University
9:00 AM
Long-term Biosolids Application to Three Sites in Texas.
Charles Pehl, K-3 Services/BMI; Sam Feagley, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; James B. Akin, NRCS
9:15 AM
Reducing Phosphorus Runoff from Biosolids with Water Treatment Residuals.
Philip Moore, USDA-ARS; Rod Williams, Univ. of Arkansas; Randy Young, Arkansas Natural Resource Commission; David Parker, McGoodwin, Williams and Yates; Andrew Sharpley, Univ. of Arkansas
9:30 AM
Break
9:45 AM
Determination of Low-Molecular-Mass Organic Acids in Aluminum-stressed Brachiaria Seedlings by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis.
Leonidas Passos, Embrapa, Dairy Cattle; Marcone A. L. Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Maiby Cabral Mesquita, Embrapa Dairy Cattle - Recipient of CNPq Fellowship; Maria Coletta Vidigal, Embrapa Dairy Cattle; Fernando A. S. Vaz, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Fábio S. Fernandes, Embrapa Dairy Cattle; Gislayne A. R. Kelmer, Embrapa Dairy Cattle
10:00 AM
Establishment of an in vitro Micropropagation Protocol for Brachiaria ruziziensis.
Leonidas Passos, Embrapa, Dairy Cattle; Maria Coletta Vidigal, Embrapa Dairy Cattle; Fábio S. Fernandes, Embrapa Dairy Cattle; Gislayne A. R. Kelmer, Embrapa Dairy Cattle; Fausto de Souza Sobrinho, Embrapa Dairy Cattle; Maiby Cabral Mesquita, Embrapa Dairy Cattle
10:15 AM
Perennial Cover Crop Strategies for Annual Vegetable Rotations.
Alvin Bussan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Michael E. Copas, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Michael Drilias, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:30 AM
Soil Nitrate Accumulation in Response to Agricultural Activities.
Muhammad Mubashir, Bahauddin Zakariya University; S.A. Malik, Bahauddin Zakariya University; A.A. Khan, Bahauddin Zakariya University; T.M. Ansari, Bahauddin Zakariya University; Shawn Wright, The Ohio State University South Centers; Khandakar Islam, Ohio State Univ., OARDC
10:45 AM
Discussion
10:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
11:00 AM
Adjourn