267 Impact of C3 (Crop Rotation, Cover Crops, and Conservation Tillage) On Soil Quality: I



S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation
Tuesday, October 18, 2011: 12:55 PM-4:00 PM
Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 006D
Organizer:
Rafiq Islam
Presider:
Rafiq Islam
1:00 PM
Long-Term Effects of Rotational Tillage On Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure, Soil Quality and Crop Yield.
Lars J. Munkholm, University of Aarhus; Richard Heck, University of Guelph; Bill Deen, University of Guelph
1:15 PM
Tillage Effects On Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Pools In Corn-Soybean Rotation.
Randall Reeder, The Ohio State University; Alan Sundermeier, The Ohio State University; James Hoorman, The Ohio State University; Yogendra Raut, The Ohio State University; Khandakar Islam, The Ohio State University
1:45 PM
Landform Effects on Soil C Stocks of Intensively Cropped Oxisols Under No Tillage At Atafona Watershed in Southern Brazil.
Carlos G. Tornquist, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Joao Mielniczuk, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
2:00 PM
Assessment of Soil Quality Using Hyperspectral Spectroscopy In a Western Kenya Chronosequence.
Rintaro Kinoshita, Cornell University-Crop & Soil Sciences; Bianca Moebius-Clune, Cornell University-Crop & Soil Sciences; Harold van Es, Cornell University-Crop & Soil Sciences; W. Dean Hively, USGS; Volkan A. Bilgili, Harran University
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
Multifunctionality of Sawah Eco-Technology: Why Sawah-Based Rice Farming Is Critical for Africa's Green Revolution.
Charles A. Igwe, University of Nigeria; Sunday E. Obalum, University of Nigeria; Toshiyuki Wakatsuki, Kinki University
2:45 PM
Effects of Subsoiling and Soil Surface Management On Maize Productivity In the Central Highlands of Kenya.
Daniel N. Murgendi, Kennyatta University; Felix K. Ngetich, Kennyatta University; Monicah Mucheru, Kennyatta University; Jayne Mugwe, Kennyatta University; Chris Shisanya, Kennyatta University; Jan Diels, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
3:15 PM
Subsurface Soil Compaction Effects On Soil Properties and Barley Root Growth.
Guillermo Hernandez, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited; Erin J. Lawrence-Smith, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited; Sarah M. Sinton, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited; Frank Tabley, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited; Andreas Schwen, University of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences, Vienna; Michael H. beare, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited; Hamish E. Brown, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited
3:45 PM
Evaluation of Mulch Application As An Erosion Retardant On Louisiana Roadsides.
Noura Bakr, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGCENTER; David Weindorf, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGCENTER; Yuanda Zhu, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGCENTER; Magdi Selim, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGCENTER
4:00 PM