Managing Global Resources for a Secure Future

2017 Annual Meeting | Oct. 22-25 | Tampa, FL

107453 Soil Microbial Activity at Different Drying Temperatures.

Poster Number 116

See more from this Division: Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences (SASES)
See more from this Session: Undergraduate Research Contest - Poster Section I

Monday, October 23, 2017
Tampa Convention Center, East Exhibit Hall

Melanie Gault, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK
Poster Presentation
  • SASESFall2017Poster.pdf (556.5 kB)
  • Abstract:
    This experiment was designed to look at microbial respiration from different soils around Oklahoma by drying them at different temperatures and measuring carbon dioxide levels using the Solvita Method. Two categories of soil were compared; cultivated and uncultivated. The response from the uncultivated fields showed higher amounts of carbon dioxide in parts per million than the cultivated fields. The difference may be due to the fact that the cultivated fields had higher carbon dioxide release initially when the field was first disturbed and had dramatically decreased over time.

    See more from this Division: Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences (SASES)
    See more from this Session: Undergraduate Research Contest - Poster Section I