224 Soil Health for Improving Soil Water Dynamics and Agroecosytem Resilience

Oral Session
ASA Section: Land Management and Conservation
Water dynamics is crucial for agricultural production.  Therefore, understanding how management practices impact soil health is important.  The interaction of water dynamics and soil function for crop production is needed to promote agricultural resilience.

Approved for 1.5 SW CEUs

Cosponsor(s):

Soil Health Community

Tuesday, November 8, 2016: 9:30 AM-11:20 AM
Phoenix Convention Center North, Room 221 A

Organizer:
Jodie M Reisner
9:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
9:35 AM
Potential of Soil Health-Building Practices to Enhance Crop Yield Resilience to Drought.
Leah LR Renwick, University of California - Davis; Bill Deen, University of Guelph; Amelie CM Gaudin, University of California-Davis
9:50 AM
Water and Nitrate Loss Partitioning through Surface Runoff and Tile Drainage from a Long-Term (56 year) Fertilization and Crop Rotation Study on a Clay Loam Soil.
Alex Woodley, Harrow Research and Development Centre, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Craig Drury, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; W. Dan Reynolds, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Tom Oloya, Harrow Research and Development Centre, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Chin Tan, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
10:05 AM
Conservation Tillage and Cover Crop Effects on Soil Moisture and Soil Properties.
Paul B. DeLaune, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Partson Mubvumba, Texas Agrilife Research-Vernon; Charles Coufal, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
10:20 AM
Linking Soil Health to Improved Water Quality Via the Planting of Cover Crops in the Shatto Ditch Watershed, Kosciusko Co, in.
Sheila F Christopher, University of Notre Dame; Jennifer L Tank, University of Notre Dame; Brittany R Hanrahan, University of Notre Dame; Ursula H Mahl, University of Notre Dame; Matthew Trentman, University of Notre Dame; Eric R Pitts, University of Notre Dame
10:35 AM
Break
10:50 AM
Characterization of Soil Health in Colombian Coffee Farms.
Fatma Rekik, Cornell University; Harold van Es, Cornell University; Juan Nicholas Hernandez-Aguilera, Cornell University; Miguel Gomez, Cornell University
11:20 AM
Adjourn
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