141 Developing Sustainable Bioenergy Cropping Systems: II

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil & Water Management & Conservation
This technical session will discuss the development of sustainable bioenergy cropping systems including dedicated bioenergy crop systems (herbaceous and woody plant species), forage-based cropping systems, and crop residue management. It will also cover the use of ameliorative practices such as biochar and cover crops to reduce any adverse effects of biomass removal on soil productivity and environmental quality. It will discuss establishment of growing dedicated bioenergy crop systems in marginal lands, modeling of bioenergy production systems, and development of other advanced bioenergy feedstocks. Implications of bioenergy cropping systems on biomass production, soil attributes, soil carbon pools, greenhouse gas emissions, and other parameters will be discussed.
Monday, November 3, 2014: 12:55 PM-3:45 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, S-1

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Organizer:
Humberto Blanco
Presider:
Leonard C. Kibet
12:55 PM
Introduction.
Leonard C. Kibet, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
1:00 PM
Effect of Biochar Application on Water Quality in Sugarcane and Rice Paddy Fields.
Negar Tafti, Louisiana State University; Scott Pensky, Louisiana State University; Jim Jian Wang, Louisiana State University; Changyoon Jeong, Louisiana State University; Manoch Kongchum, Louisiana State University; Allen Arceneaux, Louisiana State University; Syam Dodla, Louisiana State University; Dustin L. Harrell, LSU AgCenter
1:30 PM
Biochemical Soil Health Indicators and Turnover of Carbon and Nitrogen in Biochar Amended Soils.
Rajesh Chintala, South Dakota State University; Eric Gentil Mbonimpa, South Dakota State University; Thomas E. Schumacher, South Dakota State University; Sandeep Kumar, South Dakota State University; Stephanie A. Hansen, South Dakota State University; Douglas D. Malo, South Dakota State University
1:45 PM
Urban Biochar Alters the Chemical and Physical Properties of Plant Growing Media.
Bhawana Bhatta Kaudal, University of Melbourne; Anthony Weatherley, University of Melbourne; Deli Chen, The University of Melbourne
2:00 PM
Biochar Application to Agricultural Soils Can Reduce Labile Carbon Losses and Decrease Apparent Temperature Sensitivity.
Lauren Deem, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; Erika Mizokuchi, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Susan E. Crow, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Jonathan Deenik, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
2:15 PM
Break
2:30 PM
Soil Responses to Stover Management in the Northern Corn Belt.
Jane M-F Johnson, USDA-ARS; Jeffrey S. Strock, University of Minnesota; Joel E Tallaksen, University of Minnesota; Michal Reese, University of Minnesota
2:45 PM
Soil Denitrifier Community Response to Residue Management in Biomass Cropping Systems.
Karen Thompson, University of Guelph; Bill Deen, University of Guelph; Kari Dunfield, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph
3:00 PM
Impacts of Residue Removal on Soil Quality in a Corn-Soybean Rotation Seeded with Cover Crops.
Brianna Wegner, South Dakota State University; Sandeep Kumar, South Dakota State University; Shannon Osborne, USDA-ARS; R. Michael Lehman, USDA-ARS North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory; Ibrahim Vahyala, Modibbo Adama University of Technology; Thomas Schumacher, South Dakota State University
3:15 PM
Using Sweep to Simulate Soil Wind Erosion Under Different Crop Residue Removal Levels.
Yuxin He, Kansas State University; Humberto Blanco, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; John Tatarko, USDA-ARS; DeAnn R. Presley, Kansas State University
3:30 PM
Belowground Contributions from Dryland Switchgrass and No-till Maize to Soil Organic C and N after 9 Years of N and Harvest Treatments.
Catherine E. Stewart, USDA-ARS; Ronald F. Follett, Soil Plant Nutrient Research, USDA-ARS; Elizabeth Pruessner, Soil Plant Nutrient Research, USDA-ARS; Gary E. Varvel, USDA-ARS; Kenneth P. Vogel, Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit, USDA-ARS; Robert B. Mitchell, Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit USDA-ARS
3:45 PM
Adjourn