Impact of Soil Management On Soil Quality

Oral Session

S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation

This session includes papers that related to soil management impacts on soil quality indicators.

Cosponsor(s):

S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation
Monday, October 22, 2012: 12:55 PM-3:20 PM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 235, Level 2
Presider:
Hero Gollany
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM
Soil Quality in CRP Lands of Eastern New Mexico.
Omololu Idowu, New Mexico State University; Patrick Kircher, Roosevelt County Extension Office
1:15 PM
Assessment of Soil Quality in the Farming Systems of Southwestern Nigeria.
Gabriel A. Oluwatosin, Institute of Agricultural Research & Training; Omololu Idowu, New Mexico State University; Olateju Adeyolanu, Institute of Agricultural Research & Training; Kayode Are, Institute of Agricultural Research & Training; Ayodele Adelana, Institute of Agricultural Research & Training
1:30 PM
Using Soil Function to Characterize Highly Managed Lands.
Susan Andrews, USDA-Natural Resources Conservaiton Service; M. L. Norfleet, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Candiss Williams, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service; Skye Wills, NRCS
1:45 PM
Effectiveness of Best Management Practices to Reduce Soil Compaction Around Trees in Construction Sites.
Francisco Arriaga, USDA-ARS; Arnold M. Brodbeck, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service; William J. Rowe, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
2:00 PM
Break
2:15 PM
Organic Matter Pools in Reclaimed Soils: Quantification Using Biological, Chemical and Physical Fractionation Methods.
Abbey F. Wick, Virginia Tech; Brian Strahm, Virginia Tech; Rebecca Phillips, USDA-ARS; Sarah Waldron, USDA-ARS; Kevan Minick, Virginia Tech; Walter Lee Daniels, Virginia Tech
2:30 PM
Relation of Microbial Biomass Carbon and Aggregate Size Distribution to Soil Carbon Pools Four Years After Urban Soil Rehabilitation.
Yujuan Chen, Virginia Tech; Susan D. Day, Virginia Tech; Abbey F. Wick, Virginia Tech; Walter Lee Daniels, Virginia Tech; Brian Strahm, Virginia Tech; P. Eric Wiseman, Virginia Tech
2:45 PM
An Integrated Assessment of Climate Change in Arid Lands and Native American Vulnerability: The Case of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
Karletta Chief, University of Arizona; Mahesh R. Gautam, Desert Research Institute; William J. Smith Jr., University of Nevada Las Vegas
3:00 PM
Assessment of the Impacts of Land Use and Future Climate Changes On Optimal Selection and Placement of Best Management Practices.
Hakkwan Kim, Mississippi State University; Prem B. Parajuli, Mississippi State University
3:15 PM
Concluding Remarks