ASA Section: Environmental Quality Session: Gypsum Use-Agricultural Productivity: I (ASA, CSSA and SSSA Annual Meetings (Cincinnati, OH- Oct. 21

Gypsum Use-Agricultural Productivity: I

Oral Session

ASA Section: Environmental Quality

Oral session on how gypsum can affect agricultural productivity.

Cosponsor(s):

By-product Gypsum Uses in Agriculture Community

Monday, October 22, 2012: 10:25 AM-12:00 PM

Hyatt Regency, Regency Ballroom F, Third Floor

Community Leader:

Dexter B. Watts

Presider:

Dexter B. Watts

10:25 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:30 AM

76-1

Use of Soil Electrical Conductivity to Determine Gypsum Movement.
Francisco Arriaga, USDA-ARS; Dexter B. Watts, USDA-ARS; H. Allen Torbert, USDA-ARS

10:45 AM

76-2

Impact of FGD Gypsum Application On Water Quality in a Coastal Plain Soil.
H. Allen Torbert, USDA-ARS; Dexter B. Watts, USDA-ARS

11:00 AM

76-3

Assessment of the Potential for Release of Mercury From FGD-Gypsum When Applied As a Soil Amendment.
Christian Briggs, University of Nevada; Mae S. Gustin, University of Nevada; Ken Ladwig, EPRI

11:15 AM

76-4

Evaluation of Gypsum Rates On Greenhouse Crop Production.
Brian W. Brown, Auburn University; Jeff C. Sibley, Auburn University; Dexter B. Watts, USDA-ARS; H. Allen Torbert, USDA-ARS; Wheeler G. Foshee III, Auburn University

11:30 AM

76-5

Using Gypsum to Increase Yield and Reduce Tuber Rot for White Potatoes in the Mid-Atlantic.
Mark S. Reiter, Virginia Tech; Steve L. Rideout, Virginia Tech; Josh H. Freeman, Virginia Tech

11:45 AM

76-6

Impact of FGD Gypsum On Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrient Uptake.
Dexter B. Watts, USDA-ARS; H. Allen Torbert, USDA-ARS

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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