123-32 Assessing Particulate Organic Matter In Soil Aggregates Through Image Analysis.



Monday, October 17, 2011
Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Hall C, Street Level

Andrew Worth1, Wei Wang1, Alexandra Kravchenko1, M.L. Rivers2 and Alvin Smucker1, (1)Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
(2)University of Chicago, University of Chicago, IL
Identification of coarse particulate organic matter within micro-CT scanned soil aggregates from different land management techniques. Comparison of segmentation methods to extract coarse pom information from images. Exploration of the area adjacent to the coarse pom to find differences in physical characteristics such as porosity.
See more from this Division: S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry
See more from this Session: Microbe, Plant , and Soil Interactions (Includes Graduate Student Poster Competition)