Thursday, 13 July 2006: 3:30 PM
Convention Center, Room 113AB, First Floor
82: 4.1B Role of Organic Matter for Soil Properties and Consequences for Environmental Functions - Oral
Sponsor:WCSS
Presiding:Claire Chenu, FRANCE,Nat.Inst.Res.Agron.
Convenors:Stephen Nortcliff, Univ. of Reading - Soil Science Dep
Charles Rice, "Dept. of Agronomy, KSU"
3:30 PMSelecting and Using SOM Fractions to Assess Soil Function.
Michelle Wander, University of Illinois
4:00 PMDepth Distribution of Soil Organic Matter and its Consequences on Soil Properties and Crop Productivity.
Alan Franzluebbers, USDA-ARS
4:20 PMInfluence of Organic Matter on the Estimation of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity.
Attila Nemes, University of California Riverside, Walter J. Rawls, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Yakov A. Pachepsky, USDA/ARS/BA/ANRI/ESML
4:40 PMLand-use change and soil fertility: a New Zealand perspective.
Leo M. Condron, Lincoln University
5:00 PMManaging soil macrofauna for better soil structure and enhanced water and nutrient use efficiencies in agro-ecosystems.
Lijbert Brussaard, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Dept. Soil Quality, Mirjam Pulleman, CIMMYT, Abdoulaye Mando, IFDC, Elis�e Ou�draogo, Albert Schweitzer Centre for Ecology (CEAS), Johan W. Six, Department of Plant Sciences

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