Session: Balancing Military Training with Vegetation Maintenance (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

A02 Military Land Use & Management

Monday, 6 October 2008: 1:25 PM-2:45 PM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 370D

Presiding:

Dick Gebhart

1:25 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:30 PM

Using Transgenic Plants on Military Lands: Soliciting Public Approval through Eco-Safety Experiments.
Antonio Palazzo, U.S. Army; Timothy Cary, USA-CRREL; Gengyun Zhang, USA-CRREL; S. Doty, USA-CRREL; Neil C. Bruce, Univ. of York; S. Strand, USA-CRREL; Elizabeth L. Rylott, Univ. of York

1:45 PM

A Method for Assessing the Ecological Condition of Army Lands Using a Floristic Quality Index.
Bruce MacAllister, ERDC-CERL; Alan Anderson, U.S. Army; Sarah Nemeth, ERDC-CERL

2:00 PM

Re-Establishment and Monitoring of C. Fragrans at Avon Park Air Force Range, FL.
Timothy Cary, USA-CRREL; Antonio Palazzo, USA-CRREL; Terry Bashore, Director, Natural and Cultural Resources Programs, Range, Air, and Space, Air Fields

2:15 PM

Long-term Monitoring of Dune Stabilization on Eareckson AS, Shemya Island, Alaska.
Stoney J. Wright, Alaska Plant Materials Center

2:30 PM

Effects of Humic Acids on the Germination and Early Growth of Two Varieties of Wheatgrass Grown Together.
Nicola Senesi, ITALY, Bari Univ.; Elisabetta Loffredo, ITALY,Bari Univ.; Antonio Palazzo, U.S. Army; C. Edward Clapp, USDA-ARS

2:45 PM

Adjourn

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