Carbon Sequestration and GHG Emissions From Agricultural & Grassland Systems: Part I

Oral Session

ASA Section: Environmental Quality

Changes in soil carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural systems, grasslands and pastures.

Cosponsor(s):

Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Community
S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils, S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation, Environmental Quality
Monday, October 22, 2012: 2:25 PM-4:00 PM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 237-238, Level 2
Community Leader:
Diane E. Stott
Presider:
Alan J. Franzluebbers
2:25 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:30 PM
Carbon Stocks in Agroforestry Systems: A Global Appraisal.
Ramachandran P. Nair, University of Florida
2:45 PM
Soil Carbon Source and Accumulation Over 12,000 Years in a Semi-Natural Miscanthus Sinensis Grassland in Southern Japan.
David S. Howlett, University of Illinois; Yo Toma, Ehime University; Hong Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Shinji Sugiyama, Paleoenvironment Research Co., Ltd.; Toshihiko Yamada, Hokkaido University; Aya Nishiwaki, University of Miyazaki; Fabian G. Fernandez, University of Illinois; J. Ryan Stewart, Brigham Young University
3:00 PM
Root Inputs Drive Carbon Sequestration Differences in Corn and Prairie.
Ranae Dietzel, Iowa State University; Matt Liebman, Iowa State University
3:15 PM
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation by New Crop Rotations Together with Good Management Practices.
Agnes Tirol-Padre, IRRI; P. Janarthanan, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University; Raj Rajendran, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University; Sheetal Sharma, IRRI; V. Ravi, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University; Jagdish K. Ladha, IRRI
3:30 PM
Yield, Growth and Water Use Efficiency of Tomato Subjected to Elevated Carbon Dioxide Under Drip Irrigation.
Bardia Dehghanmanshadi, California State University-Fresno Department of Plant Science; Dave Goorahoo, California State University-Fresno Department of Plant Science; Florence Cassel, California State University-Fresno Department of Plant Science
3:45 PM
Do Tillage Treatments Affect the Relationship Between Gas Fluxes and Soil Thermal Properties?.
Brandon Mebruer, Lincoln University; Nsalambi Nkongolo, Lincoln University of Missouri
4:00 PM
Adjourn