349 Environmental Quality General Session: I

Oral Session
ASA Section: Environmental Quality
Session for general presentations relating to Environmental Quality.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 7:55 AM-11:00 AM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 9

Organizer:
Nathan O. Nelson
Moderator:
Jacob P. McDaniel
7:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:00 AM
Comparison of Herbicide Loss At the Field–Scale a Multi-Year Investigation.
Timothy Gish, USDA-ARS; John H. Prueger, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment; William Kustas, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory; Lynn McKee, USDA-ARS; Andrew L. Russ, USDA-ARS; Jerry L. Hatfield, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment; Craig S. T. Daughtry, USDA-ARS
8:15 AM
Nutrient, Sediment and Herbicide Runoff Impacts From Conventional and Conservation Tillage Systems Under Furrow Irrigation.
Troy A. Bauder, Colorado State University; Erik Wardle, Colorado State University; Neil C. Hansen, Brigham Young University; Jordan Driscoll, Colorado State University; Philip Westra, Colorado State University
8:30 AM
Earthworm Affect On Chemical Leaching.
Jacob P. McDaniel, Colorado State University; Greg Butters, Colorado State University; Kenneth A. Barbarick, Colorado State University; Mary E. Stromberger, Colorado State University
8:45 AM
Distribution, Efficacy, and Off-Tarp Emissions Of Carbonated Fumigants In Low Permeability Film Tarped Field.
Ruijun Qin, Oregon State University; Suduan Gao, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Brad Hanson, University of California, Davis; James Gerik, USDA-ARS; Dong Wang, USDA-ARS
9:00 AM
Effects of Cr6+ On the Activities of Antioxidant Enzymes of Cyperus Alternifolius and Coix Aquatica Roxb Grown in Constructed Wetland.
Zhigang Li, University of Florida Indian River Research & Education Center; Suli Li, Guangxi University; hailian Huang, Guangxi University; bing He, Guangxi university; minghua Gu, Guangxi University; Zhenli He, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida; Xiao Yang, ZheJiang University
9:15 AM
Break
9:30 AM
Household Food Discards and Implications.
Zhengxia Dou, University of Pennsylvania; John D. Toth, University of Pennsylvania; Dave Galligan, University of Pennsylvania; James Ferguson, University of Pennsylvania
9:45 AM
10:00 AM
Vermicomposting Production Supplying Water With Effluents From Anaerobic Biodigestor.
Graciela M.L. Ruiz-Aguilar, Universidad de Guanajuato; Sergio Jacinto Alejo-Lopez, Universidad de Guanajuato; Nanh C. Lovanh, USDA-ARS; Blanca Estela Gomez-Luna, Universidad de Guanajuato; Vicente Javier Alvarez-Villafana, Universidad de Guanajuato; J. Alvaro Flores-García, Universidad de Guanajuato; Jaquelina González-Castañeda, Universidad de Guanajuato
10:15 AM
Environmental Benefits of the Shea Butter Tree in West Africa's Agroforestry Parklands.
Ramachandran P.K. Nair, University of Florida; Peter Lovett, Global Shea Alliance
10:30 AM
Spring Seedbed Characteristics After Winterkilled Cover Crops.
Natalie Lounsbury, University of Maryland; Raymond R. Weil, University of Maryland
10:45 AM
Spectral Soil Quality Index (SSQI) for Characterizing Soil Function in Transformed Land-Use Areas.
Tarin Paz-Kagan, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Arnon Karnieli, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Moshe Shachak, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Eli Zaadye, Agricultural Research Organization Israel
11:00 AM
Adjourn