2009 Annual Meeting (November 1-5, 2009)

Monday, November 2, 2009

6:30 AM-8:00 AM

Oral Session

84 Frank N. Meyer Medal Breakfast

Ambassador Breakfast

Organizer: Susan Chapman

Frank N. Meyer Medal Brkfast

Organizer: Stacey Phelps

7:30 AM-8:00 AM

Presiding Officer Training II

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Oral Session

20 Plenary Session: II

Presiding: Francis Pierce

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Poster Session

15 National Student Research Symposium Poster Contest

Presiding: Amy Robak

Organizers: Leann Malison and Lori Unruh Snyder

8:30 AM-9:45 AM

Oral Session

16 Leadership: Foundation for Your Future Success

Presiding: Jerry Hatfield

9:00 AM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

35 Educational Materials Display: I

9:55 AM-11:00 AM

Oral Session

93 Chemical and Biological Controls On Metal Bioavailability: I

Organizer: Javier Gonzalez

9:55 AM-11:10 AM

Oral Session

36 Post-Boomer Extension, Preparing Those Making New Footprints in The Landscape

Presiding: Douglas Shoup

Organizer: Curtis Thompson

9:55 AM-11:15 AM

Oral Session

83 Advances in Transformation: Current and Upcoming GMO Traits

Presiding: Robert Stupar

9:55 AM-11:20 AM

Oral Session

117 Nutrient Management: I

Presiding: Fabian Fernandez

9:55 AM-11:45 AM

Oral Session

100 Site-Specific Nutrient Management: I

Presiding: M. Wayne Ebelhar

Oral Session

104 Pedology and Biogeochemistry: I

Presiding: Eugene Kelly

Organizer: E.F. Kelly

9:55 AM-12:05 PM

Oral Session

47 Symposium--Managing Long-Term Experiments

Presiding: William Heer

Organizer: O. Steven Norberg

9:55 AM-12:15 PM

Oral Session

67 Seed Production, Germination, and Utilization/Div. C04 Business Meeting

Presiding: John Beasley Jr.

Oral Session

85 Characterization and Evaluation of Plant Genetic Resources: I/Div. C08 Bus. Mtg.: I

Presiding: Maria Monteros

Organizer: Ann Marie Thro

Oral Session

87 Integrating Soil Physics Into the Science of a Changing World: I

Presidings: Michael Young and Jianting Zhu

Organizers: Michael Young and Jianting Zhu

9:55 AM-12:20 PM

Oral Session

70 Graduate Student Oral Competition: I

Presiding: Aaron J. Patton

Oral Session

71 Turfgrass Breeding and Genetics: I

Presiding: Stacy Bonos

9:55 AM-12:30 PM

Oral Session

94 Symposium--Nanoparticles in the Environment: I. up-Scaling Nanoparticle Properties: When <0.45-ìm Is No Longer “Dissolved”

Presidings: Nadine Kabengi and Aaron Thompson

Organizers: N. Kabengi , Todd Luxton , Ronald Turco and Aaron Thompson

Oral Session

108 Implications of Crop Residue Removal and Growing Energy Crops as Feedstocks for Cellulosic Ethanol Production On Soil and Environment

Presiding: Humberto Blanco

Oral Session

113 Ecosystem N and P Dynamics

Presiding: Ruth Yanai

9:55 AM-12:35 PM

Oral Session

31 Climate Change and Agroecosystems: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation: I

Organizers: Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig

9:55 AM-12:50 PM

Oral Session

32 Quantification and Modeling Physical Environmental Effects On Plant Processes

Organizers: Dennis Timlin and Bjorn Martin

Oral Session

125 Symposium--Integrated Solutions to the Soil and Agri-Environmental Challenges Facing China in the 21st Century: I

Organizer: James Thomas Sims

9:55 AM-2:30 PM

Oral Session

54 Symposium--Applications for Plant Health and Agronomic Perspective: I

9:55 AM-2:35 PM

Oral Session

49 Symposium--Using Precision Farming Technologies to Minimize Agriculture's Footprint in the Landscape: I

Presiding: John Shanahan

9:55 AM-2:45 PM

Oral Session

97 Symposium--Linking Soil Enzyme Activities to Ecosystem Functions: I

Organizers: Shiping Deng and Richard Dick

9:55 AM-3:30 PM

Oral Session

121 Symposium--the History of Soil Mineralogy/Div. S09 Business Meeting

Presiding: H. Curtis Monger

9:55 AM-3:45 PM

Oral Session

109 Symposium--Soil Management in Organic Production Systems

Presiding: Joe Bradford

9:55 AM-3:50 PM

Oral Session

55 Symposium--Estimating Current and Future Biomass Feedstocks

Presiding: Tristram West

9:55 AM-4:30 PM

Oral Session

118 Graduate Student Competition

Presidings: Nathan A. Slaton and Bobby Golden

9:55 AM-5:00 PM

Oral Session

39 Symposium--Fertilizer Efficiency, Crop Yields, and Environmental Impacts/Div. A05 Business Meeting

Presidings: John Kovar and Bryan Hopkins

Organizers: James Ippolito and Bryan Hopkins

9:55 AM-5:15 PM

Oral Session

88 Symposium--Application of Soil Physics to Resolving Environmental Problems: Honoring the Impact of Martinus Th. Van Genuchten: I

Presidings: Peter Shouse , Todd Skaggs and Attila Nemes

Organizers: Peter Shouse , Peter Wierenga , Donald Nielsen , Attila Nemes and Todd Skaggs

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Oral Session

17 Future of Agriculture

Presiding: Lee Burras

E-Journal Editors

Organizer: Stacey Phelps

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Poster Session

56 Developing Cultivars Which Contribute to a Bioenergized Society

Organizer: Brett Carver

Poster Session

57 Breeding Solutions for Improved Crop Quality

Organizer: Brett Carver

Poster Session

58 Molecular Tools for Enhancing Genetic Progress

Organizer: Brett Carver

Poster Session

59 Production-System Targeted Crop Breeding

Organizer: Brett Carver

Poster Session

101 Div. S04 Graduate Student Competition

10:10 AM-11:15 AM

Oral Session

77 Nutritional Value of Forages: I

Organizer: Geoffrey Brink

10:10 AM-11:30 AM

Oral Session

78 Forage Production and Related Traits

Organizer: Geoffrey Brink

10:10 AM-2:15 PM

Oral Session

45 Understanding the Benefits, Difficulties, Limitations and Adoption of Conservation Agriculture: I/Div. A06 Business Meeting

Presiding: Sjoerd Duiker

Organizer: Patrick Wall

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

22 Grant Writing Navigation

Organizer: Indi Braden

ACSESS Meeting

Organizer: Ellen Bergfeld

11:00 AM-12:30 PM

E-Journal Editors: AC310 Forage & Grazinglands Journal Editorial Board

Organizer: Michael Casler

E-Journal Editors: C308 Crop Management Editorial Board

Organizer: Daniel Sweeney

E-Journal Editors: C311 Applied Turfgrass Science Editorial Board

Organizer: Michael Richardson

11:15 AM-12:15 PM

Oral Session

18 CCA Special Session

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Oral Session

23 Graduate Student Luncheon with Invited Speaker

Organizer: Karl Glasener

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

ACS324.1 Journal of Environmental Quality Technical Editors

Organizers: Warren Dick and Robert Rhykerd

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

ACS327 Membership & Society Identity Committee

Organizer: Stacey Phelps

12:30 PM-2:30 PM

ACS538 COSA Business Meeting

Organizers: Joseph Heckman and Stacey Phelps

12:55 PM-1:45 PM

Oral Session

95 Biochar Chemistry

12:55 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

126 Metals Bioavailability in Urban and Mining Communities

Organizers: Nicholas Basta and Kirk Scheckel

12:55 PM-2:20 PM

Oral Session

123 General Wetland Soils

Presiding: Samira Daroub

Organizer: Paula Gale

12:55 PM-2:45 PM

Oral Session

89 Quantifying and Modeling Soil Structure Dynamics

Presidings: Sally Logsdon and Rainer Horn

Organizers: Teamrat Ghezzehei , Sally Logsdon , Rainer Horn and Markus Berli

12:55 PM-3:15 PM

Oral Session

40 Edge of Field Nutrient Losses: Measurements and Management: I

Presiding: Grant Cardon

Organizer: James Ippolito

Oral Session

61 Physiology of Crop Stress Tolerance

Presiding: James Heitholt

12:55 PM-3:30 PM

Oral Session

110 Management and Impact of Cover Crops: I

Presiding: Neal Eash

Organizer: Thomas Kaspar

12:55 PM-4:30 PM

Oral Session

37 Symposium--Extension Programs and/or Recommendations Addressing Input Costs and Commodity Prices

Presiding: Clain Jones

Organizer: Curtis Thompson

12:55 PM-4:45 PM

Oral Session

79 Symposium--Measuring Forage Quality--Its Relevance and Limitations

Organizer: Glen Aiken

12:55 PM-5:00 PM

Oral Session

30 Symposium--Collaborative Learning in Agronomy, Crops, and Soils Education/Div. A01 Business Meeting

Presiding: Cary Green

12:55 PM-6:15 PM

Oral Session

98 Symposium--Microbial and Humic Amendments: Advances in Understanding Their Effects On Soils and Plants: I

Presiding: Daniel Olk

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

ACS836 Biosecurity Committee

Organizers: Stacey Phelps and Glen Aiken

C302 Crop Science Technical Editors

Organizer: Craig Roberts

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Oral Session

24 Career Preparation--Resumes and Interviews

Organizer: Indi Braden

Poster Session

102 Nitrogen and Crop Production: I

Division Website Tutorial I

Organizer: James Giese

S.890 NAPT Oversight Committee

Organizers: D. Keith Reid , Susan Chapman , Donald Horneck and Brent Thyssen

USDA-ARS Scientists Meeting

Organizer: Jeffrey Steiner

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Oral Session

25 Leadership Special Session Sponsored by Monsanto

1:10 PM-5:15 PM

Oral Session

33 Climate Change and Agroecosystems: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation: II

Organizers: Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig

1:25 PM-2:30 PM

Oral Session

72 What's New in Industry?

Presiding: S. Gary Custis

1:25 PM-3:10 PM

Oral Session

68 Symposium--Seed Production for Crops Grown for Biofuel and Ethanol Production

Presiding: Stephen Malone

1:25 PM-3:45 PM

Oral Session

105 Symposium--Scaling Soil Information: Linking Pedogenic Processes, Soil Variability and Ecosystem Function: I

Presiding: Phillip Owens

Organizers: Phillip Owens and David Hammer

1:25 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

103 Nutrient Losses: I

Presiding: Robert Mullen

1:25 PM-4:05 PM

Oral Session

34 Modeling Evapo-Transpiration and Energy Balances in Crops and Soils

Organizer: Dennis Timlin

1:25 PM-5:20 PM

Oral Session

73 Graduate Student Oral Competition: II

Presiding: David Kopec

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Oral Session

26 Core Constituent Science Teams Orientation

Organizer: Karl A. Glasener

1:30 PM-4:10 PM

Oral Session

48 Symposium--Structure of Experiment Stations in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio and Innovative Financing for Experiment Stations

Organizer: O. Steven Norberg

1:30 PM-4:55 PM

Oral Session

60 Symposium--Footprints of Genetic Progress: Looking Back

Presiding: Brett Carver

1:55 PM-4:05 PM

Oral Session

119 Nutrient Availability From Organic Fertilizers and by-Products: I

Presiding: Joshua McGrath

1:55 PM-5:30 PM

Oral Session

96 Symposium--Nanoparticles in the Environment: II. Microbial Interactions

Presidings: Aaron Thompson and Ronald Turco

Organizers: Nadine Kabengi , Todd Luxton , Ronald Turco and Aaron Thompson

2:00 PM-2:45 PM

Poster Session

114 Nutrient Cycling, Limitations, and Co-Limitations in Forest, Range, and Wildland Ecosystems

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

C302 Crop Science Editorial Board

Organizer: Mark Westgate

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Poster Session

69 General Seed Physiology, Production & Technology

Organizer: John Beasley

2:55 PM-4:20 PM

Oral Session

50 Pest Management in Agricultural Systems

Presiding: Sharon Clay

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

C852 Crop Registration/Journal of Plant Registration Editorial Board

Organizer: Kimberly Garland-Campbell

3:00 PM-4:15 PM

Oral Session

115 Symposium--Soils and the March of Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands

Presiding: Daniel Richter Jr

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

Poster Session

51 Using Precision Farming Technologies to Minimize Agriculture's Footprint in the Landscape: II

Organizer: John Shanahan

Poster Session

52 Cropping Systems to Maximize Carbon Sequestration

Organizer: Sharon Clay

Poster Session

53 Integrated Agricultural Systems

Organizer: Sharon Clay

Poster Session

99 Soil Biology & Biochemistry Graduate Student Poster Competition

Organizer: Mary Ann Bruns

3:00 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

127 Tools of Engagement: Soil Quality Indicators in Action

Organizers: Janice Thies and Bianca Moebius-Clune

3:15 PM-5:30 PM

Oral Session

90 Non-Invasive Methods and Soil Physical Processes: State of the Art and New Developments

Presidings: Harry Vereecken , Hans-Joerg Vogel and Jan Hopmans

Organizers: Harry Vereecken , Hans-Joerg Vogel and Jan Hopmans

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

S837 Soil Glossary Working Group

Organizers: Philip J. Schoeneberger and Sally Logsdon

3:45 PM-5:30 PM

Oral Session

27 Dirt the Movie

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

S880 Soil Geomorphology Committee

Organizer: Stacey Phelps

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

ARS-NRCS Erosion Planning Meeting

National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference Steering Team

Organizer: Maxine Levin

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Poster Session

38 Extension Methodology and General Extension Education

Organizer: Curtis Thompson

Poster Session

41 Measures to Prevent Agriculture Linked Eutrophication of Aquatic Systems

Presiding: James Ippolito

Poster Session

42 Ecology of Soil Fertility

Presiding: James Ippolito

Poster Session

43 Urban Environmental Quality

Presiding: James Ippolito

Poster Session

44 Edge of Field Nutrient Losses: Measurements and Management: II

Presiding: James Ippolito

Poster Session

46 Understanding the Benefits, Difficulties, Limitations and Adoption of Conservation Agriculture: II

Organizers: Sjoerd Duiker and Patrick Wall

Poster Session

62 Agro-Ecophysiology (Includes Div. C02/C04 Graduate Student Competition)

Organizer: Bjorn Martin

Poster Session

63 Crop Physiology and Global Climate Change

Organizer: Bjorn Martin

Poster Session

64 Soybean and Corn Management

Organizer: Kurt Thelen

Poster Session

65 Cotton and Wheat Management

Organizer: Kurt Thelen

Poster Session

66 Alternative Crops and Miscellaneous

Organizer: Kurt Thelen

Poster Session

74 Graduate Student Poster Competition: I

Poster Session

75 Turfgrass Pest Control

Poster Session

80 Forage Legume Performance

Organizer: Geoffrey Brink

Poster Session

81 Forage Grass Performance

Organizer: Geoffrey Brink

Poster Session

82 Grazing: I

Organizer: Geoffrey Brink

Poster Session

86 Characterization and Evaluation of Plant Genetic Resources: II

Organizer: Ann Marie Thro

Poster Session

91 Symposium--Application of Soil Physics to Resolving Environmental Problems: Honoring the Impact of Martinus Th. Van Genuchten: II

Presidings: Peter Shouse , Attila Nemes and Todd Skaggs

Poster Session

92 Non-Invasive Methods and Soil Structure

Presidings: Teamrat Ghezzehei and Markus Berli

Poster Session

106 Scaling Soil Information: Linking Pedogenic Processes, Soil Variability and Ecosystem Function: II

Organizers: Richard Hammer and Phillip Owens

Poster Session

107 Pedology and Biogeochemistry: II

Organizer: Eugene Kelly

Poster Session

111 Management and Impact of Cover Crops: II

Organizer: Thomas Kaspar

Poster Session

112 Soil Erosion and Soil Quality

Organizer: Neil Hansen

Poster Session

122 General Soil Mineralogy: I

Poster Session

124 Constructed and Treatment Wetlands

Organizer: John White

Poster Session

128 Symposium--Integrated Solutions to the Soil and Agri-Environmental Challenges Facing China in the 21st Century: II

Organizer: James Thomas Sims

4:15 PM-6:30 PM

Oral Session

120 Leo M. Walsh Soil Fertility Distinguished Lecture/Social Hour

Organizers: Thomas Thompson and Richard Norman

4:30 PM-5:30 PM

Oral Session

116 Poster and Day's Topical Discussion/Social Hour

Presidings: Farrah Fatemi and Ronald Taskey

5:00 PM-5:45 PM

S884 Soil Micromorphology Commitee

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

10th Annual Razorback Pig out

Organizer: Stacey Phelps

Minnesota Mixer

Organizer: Nancy Ehlke

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Oral Session

21 ASA Awards Reception

ASA Awards Recep

Organizer: Stacey Phelps

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

ISU Mixer

Organizer: Lisa Mayberry

Purdue Boilermaker Reception

Organizer: Sandra Spitznagle

University of Missouri Agronomy/Soils Reception

Organizer: Rita Gerke

5:30 PM-8:00 PM

Poster Session

28 Minorities Poster Contest and Reception/Meeting

Organizer: Odemari Mbuya

ACS528 Minorities in Agronomy

Presiding: Odemari Mbuya

5:30 PM-9:00 PM

Colorado State University Department of Soil & Crop Sciences Reception

Organizer: Lorraine Voss

5:45 PM-6:30 PM

S843 Land Based Wastewater Treatment Systems Working Group

6:00 PM-7:30 PM

Annual Meeting of the Association of Chinese Soil & Plant Scientists in North America

Organizer: Wengui Yan

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Michigan State University - Spartan Reception

Organizer: Jodie Schonfelder

University of Illinois, Department of Crop Sciences, All Illinois Mixer

Organizer: Marcia Johnson

6:15 PM-7:10 PM

Oral Session

76 Martin and Ruth Massengale Lectureship

6:30 PM-8:00 PM

Oral Session

29 Committee On Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Reception/Roundtable

Organizer: Joseph Heckman

6:30 PM-8:45 PM

Oral Session

19 SASES Dinner, Awards Presentation, Business Meeting: III and Officer Elections

Presiding: Nathan Anderson

7:00 PM-8:30 PM

National Soils Judging Contest Committee

Organizer: Stacey Phelps

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Phosphorus Index Meeting Sponsored by SERA 17

Organizer: Douglas Beegle

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

ICASA Open Forum

Organizers: Jeffrey White and Gerrit Hoogenboom

7:30 PM-10:00 PM

University of Idaho/Oregon State University/Washington State University Reception

Organizer: Robert Mahler