Symposium--Managing Denitrification in Agronomic Systems to Reduce Nitrate Loss: Methods, Unknowns, and Limits to Adoption

Oral Session

ASA Section: Environmental Quality

This symposium will cover the range of methods that have and can be applied to reduce nitrate losses from agronomic fields through denitrification, including wetlands, bioreactors, riparian buffer strips, and managed drainage. Speakers will summarize what is known, what further research is needed, and what the current limits are to wide spread adoption. The goal of the symposium is to get a range of perspectives about where the current state of knowledge is across the methods that have been used to manage denitrification to reduce nitrate losses from fields, as well as how these methods could be more widely adopted.

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Managing Denitrification in Agronomic Systems Community
Tuesday, October 23, 2012: 7:55 AM-11:30 AM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 263, Level 2
Community Leader:
Mark B. David
Organizer:
Louis A. Schipper
Presiders:
Mark B. David and Louis A. Schipper
7:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:00 AM
Artificial Sinks: Opportunities and Challenges for Managing Offsite Nitrogen Losses.
Arthur Gold, University of Rhode Island; Kelly Addy, University of Rhode Island
8:50 AM
Using Riparian Buffer Strips to Manage Denitrification.
Richard Lowrance, USDA-ARS; Randy Williams, USDA-ARS; Dan Jaynes, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment
9:15 AM
Managing Denitrification In Constructed Wetlands.
Mark B. David, University of Illinois; Lowell E. Gentry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Tyler A. Groh, University of Illinois; Richard A. Cooke, University of Illinois; David A. Kovacic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; George F. Czapar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:40 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Conservation Drainage: Managing Drainage for Yield and Water Quality Benefits.
Richard A. Cooke, University of Illinois; Siddhartha Verma, University of Illinois; Tito Lavaire, University of Illinois
10:25 AM
Biophysical Limits to Adoption of Denitrification Management Systems.
Brian A. Needelman, University of Maryland; Lowell E. Gentry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:50 AM
Challenges within the Human Dimensions of Agricultural Nitrogen Management and Water Quality.
Courtney G. Flint, University of Illinois; Mark B. David, University of Illinois; Lowell E. Gentry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; George F. Czapar, University of Illinois
11:15 AM
Discussion
11:30 AM
Adjourn