Condition Session: Condition (Global Soil Security Symposium)

3 Condition

Oral Session

Condition

Wednesday, May 20, 2015: 8:25 AM-12:00 PM

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8:25 AM

Introduction

8:30 AM

Imperatives and Opportunities for Enhancing Soil Health.
C. Wayne Honeycutt, USDA-ARS

9:00 AM

Sustainable Global Soil Security: Enhancing on-Farm Soil Quality Performance through Industrial Scale Data Science and Precision Ag Technologies.
Pradip Das, Monsanto Company - USA

9:20 AM

General Concepts of Valuing and Caring for Soil.
Alex B. McBratney, The University of Sydney

9:40 AM

Indicators to Promote Ecological Intensification of Agriculture.
Michelle Wander, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Hoyoung Kwon, International Food Policy Research Institute; Carmen M. Ugarte, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Patricia Lazicki, Ngala University; Eduardo Mendonca, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

10:00 AM

Discussion Lead by Facilitator

10:20 AM

Break

10:40 AM

Introduction to the New NRCS Soil Health Division.
Bianca Moebius-Clune, USDA-NRCS; Diane Stott, USDA-NRCS; C. Wayne Honeycutt, USDA-ARS; David Lamm, USDA-NRCS

10:45 AM

Root-microbe Interactions in Response to Soil Conditions.
Anil Somenhally, Texas A&M Agri-life Research

10:50 AM

Strategies to Improve Soil Condition in Semi-Arid Cropping Systems.
Paul B. DeLaune, Texas A&M Agrilife Research

10:55 AM

Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Soil Respiration in Tropical Secondary Forests in Southern Mexico.
Deb Raj Aryal, Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo (UIMQROO); Bernardus HJ De Jong, ECOSUR; Jorge Mendoza-Vega, ECOSUR; Susana Ochoa-Gaona, ECOSUR; Ligia Esparza-Olguin, ECOSUR

11:00 AM

Distinguishing Between Condition and Capability.
Damien Field, The University of Sydney

11:05 AM

Soil Health of the Western U.S. Grazinglands.
Diane E. Stott, USDA-NRCS; Bianca Moebius-Clune, USDA-NRCS

11:10 AM

Cover Crop Effects on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Under Bioenergy Sorghum Crops.
Upendra M. Sainju, USDA-ARS; Hari P Singh, Fort Valley State University; Bharat P. Singh, Fort Valley State University

11:15 AM

Degraded Sandstone and Siltstone-Derived Soils in Northeast Thailand: The Attempts to Improve Their Quality.
Somchai Anusontpornperm, Kasetsart University

11:20 AM

Securing Our Soil in Intense Monoculture Cropping Systems.
Katie L. Lewis, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

11:30 AM

Simulating Impacts of Bioenergy Sorghum Residue Return on Aboveground Biomass Carbon, Soil Organic Carbon, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
YONG WANG, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

11:35 AM

Using Soil Survey to Assess and Predict Soil Condition and Change.
Skye A. Wills, USDA-NRCS; Candiss Williams, USDA-NRCS; Cathy A. Seybold, USDA-NRCS; Linda O. Scheffe, USDA-NRCS; Zamir Libohova, USDA-NRCS; David Hoover, USDA-NRCS; Curtis Talbot, USDA-NRCS; Joel R. Brown, USDA-NRCS

11:40 AM

Discussion Lead by Facilitator

12:00 PM

Adjourn to Lunch

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