Monday, 10 July 2006: 3:30 PM
Convention Center, Room 113AB, First Floor
24: 4.2C Soil Quality as it Affects Nutrients in Food Crops and Human Health - Oral
Sponsor:WCSS
Presiding:Umesh Gupta, n/a
Convenor:John J. Mortvedt, Colorado State University
3:30 PMHeavy Metal Toxicities in Soils, Crops, and Humans: Some Control Measures.
Umesh C. Gupta, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Subhas C. Gupta, Division of Plastic Surgery
4:00 PMSoil as a Public Health Threat or Savior.
Ian Pepper, Univ of Arizona, Deborah Newby, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Charles Gerba, Univ of Arizona, Charles Rice, Kansas State Univ
4:20 PMDoes a Food Chain Approach Help to Target Zinc Bio-Fortification Efforts in Cereal Crops?.
Tjeerdjan Stomph, Wageningen Univ, Maja A. Slingerland, Wageningen Univ, Ellis Hoffland, Wageningen Univ, Rob Nout, Wageningen Univ
4:40 PMIncreased Rice Uptake of Zinc by Optimization of Water and Crop Residue Management.
Sarah E. Johnson, International Rice Research Institute, Jack Deodato C Jacob, International Rice Research Institute, Roland J Buresh, International Rice Research Institute, John M. Duxbury, Cornell Univ, Julie G. Lauren, Cornell Univ
5:00 PMRelationships between Distribution of Longevous Population's Rate and Trace Elements in Soils of Rugao County, Jiangsu, China.
Biao Huang, State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Rongqing Yang, State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Weixia Sun, State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhong Zou, Service Station of Soil and Fertilizer Technology, Bureau of Agriculture of Rugao County, Jianping Su, Service Station of Soil and Fertilizer Technology, Bureau of Agriculture of Rugao County, Feng Ding, Service Station of Soil and Fertilizer Technology, Bureau of Agriculture of Rugao County

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