Managing Global Resources for a Secure Future

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

220 Role of Soil Organic Matter in Soil and Water Management

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil and Water Management and Conservation
This session will be about the critical role that soil organic matter plays in soil and water management. It will present and discuss case studies where soil organic matter implications on soil and water management were addressed. It will also include discussion on basic processes of organic matter and soil interactions.

Approved for SW 1.5 CEUs

Tuesday, October 24, 2017: 10:00 AM-11:35 AM
Marriott Tampa Waterside, Room 2

Organizer:
Humberto Blanco
Moderator:
Bharat Sharma Acharya
10:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:05 AM
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Fractions in Transitioning System to Organic Management.
Maysoon M. Mikha, USDA-ARS; Dwi P. Widiastuti, Colorado State University; Tunsisa T. Hurisso, Ohio State University; Joe E. Brummer, Colorado State University; Jessica G. Davis, Colorado State University
10:20 AM
10:35 AM
Evaluation of DNDC Modelling Approaches for Predicting a Long-Term Effect of Rice Straw Incorporation on Soil Organic Carbon Changes and Rice Yield in a Korean Paddy Soil.
Hyun-Hwoi Ku, LSU Agricultural Center - Baton Rouge; Changyoon Jeong, Louisiana State University; Jin-Hee Ryu, National Institute of Crop Science, RDA; Hui-Su Bae, National Institute of Crop Science, RDA
10:50 AM
Organic Matter and Soil Organic Matter Contribution to Available Water-Holding Capacity – How Much and What It Means for Water Conservation Practices.
Zamir Libohova, USDA-NRCS; Cathy A. Seybold, USDA-NRCS; Douglas A. Wysocki, USDA-NRCS; Philip J. Schoeneberger, USDA-NRCS; Skye A. Wills, USDA-NRCS; David Lindbo, USDA-NRCS; Diane E. Stott, USDA-NRCS; Candiss Williams, USDA-NRCS; Phillip R. Owens, USDA ARS Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center
11:05 AM
11:20 AM
Refining Regional Soil C Stock Estimates of Temperate Highlands in Southern Brazil.
Carlos G. Tornquist, Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS; Giovanny Jurado Dávila, UFRGS; Gerhard Overbeck, UFRGS; Alberto Vasconcellos Inda Jr., UFRGS
11:35 AM
Adjourn