Oral Session: Food, Energy and Water Security 1A (Soil's Role in Restoring Ecosystem Services)

Food, Energy and Water Security 1A

Oral Session

Oral

Approved for 1.5 Continuing Education Units, Soil and Water

Friday, March 7, 2014: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Grand Sheraton, Magnolia

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Presider:

Mary E. Stromberger

10:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:35 AM

Soil Based Ecosystem Services Following Land-Use Changes from Forestry to Agriculture; Future Research Opportunities in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Adrian Unc, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Mumtaz Cheema, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Raymond Thomas, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Vanessa Kavanagh, Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources

10:50 AM

Measuring Subsidence in a Degraded Peat Soil: Nitrogen Mineralization Under Rice Cultivation.
Emilie Kirk, University of California-Davis; Chris van Kessel, University of California-Davis; Bruce A. Linquist, University of California-Davis

11:05 AM

Tightly-Coupled Plant-Soil Nitrogen Cycling and Crop Productivity on Contrasting Organic Farms Across an Intensively-Managed Agricultural Landscape.
Timothy M. Bowles, UC Davis; Louise E Jackson, UC Davis

11:20 AM

Correlating Soil Microbial Properties with Crop Yields in the Canadian Prairies: Two Case Studies.
Newton Z. Lupwayi, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Francis J. Larney, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Robert E. Blackshaw, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Kenneth Neil Harker, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; John T. O'Donovan, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

11:35 AM

Rhizosphere Engineering to Promote Drought Tolerance in Winter Wheat.
Mary E. Stromberger, Colorado State University; Tiffany Weir, Colorado State University; Patrick Byrne, Colorado State University; Daniel K. Manter, USDA-ARS; Asma Elamari, Colorado State University

11:50 AM

Discussion

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