298 Soil Organic Carbon Challenges in the Field

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil & Water Management & Conservation
Focus is on limitations to estimating soil organic carbon and strategies to overcome these limitations.
Cosponsor(s):

Soil & Water Management & Conservation

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 8:00 AM-10:05 AM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 20

Community Leader:
Alan J. Franzluebbers
Moderator:
Hero T. Gollany
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
Sources of Variability in Organic Carbon Stocks: Can We Overcome Them?.
Jason G. Warren, Oklahoma State University; Sumit Sharma, Texas Tech University; Alexandra Elizabeth Cumbie, Oklahoma State University; Tracy M Wilson, Oregon State University Experiment Station; Tyson E. Ochsner, Oklahoma State University
8:20 AM
Soil Management and Carbon Calculation Methods Influence Changes in Soil Carbon Estimation.
Maysoon M. Mikha, USDA-ARS; Merle F. Vigil, USDA-ARS; Joseph G. Benjamin, USDA-ARS
8:35 AM
Is Carbon Management Index Suitable to Account Variability in Soil Carbon Sequestration?.
Ekrem L Aksakal, Ataturk University; Kenan Barik, Ataturk University; Khandakar R. Islam, Ohio State University
8:50 AM
Determining Soil Organic Carbon Accretion Vs. Sequestration Using Physicochemical Fractionation and Cqestr Model.
Hero T. Gollany, USDA-ARS; Ann-Marie Fortuna, North Dakota State University; Marshall Samuel, MARDI; Frank L Young, USDA-ARS; William L Pan, Washington State University; Mike Pecharko, Washington State University
9:05 AM
Break
9:20 AM
Soil Carbon Dynamics for Irrigated Corn Under Two Tillage Systems.
Ronald F. Follett, Soil Plant Nutrient Research, USDA-ARS; Claudia Pozzi Jantalia, Embrapa Agrobiology; Ardell D. Halvorson, USDA-ARS
9:35 AM
Soil Carbon Stock and Total Nitrogen of Different Hawaiian Sugarcane Varieties Used On Commercial Plantations.
Rebecca Tirado-Corbala, USDA-ARS; Dong Wang, USDA-ARS; Jim Ayars, USDA-ARS
9:50 AM
Total Organic Carbon and Aggregate Size Distribution in Soils Under Natural Vegetation and No Tillage.
Katia Luciene Maltoni, UNESP/Faculdade de Engenharia-Campus de Ilha Solteira; William Dubbin, Natural History Museum
10:05 AM
Adjourn