Managing Global Resources for a Secure Future

2017 Annual Meeting | Oct. 22-25 | Tampa, FL

218 Managing Soils and Crops with Cover Crops

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil and Water Management and Conservation
Presentations will cover how cover crops affect soil properties, water use, and crop production.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017: 9:30 AM-3:00 PM
Marriott Tampa Waterside, Room 11

Organizer:
Humberto Blanco
Moderator:
Sabrina Ruis
9:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
9:35 AM
9:50 AM
Alleviation of Soil Compaction, Using a Fodder Radish Cover Crop As a Biological Tillage Tool.
Ellen M. Wahlström, Aarhus University; Lars Juhl munkholm, Aarhus University; Hanne Lakkenborg Kristensen, Aarhus University; Ingrid Kaag Kaag Thomsen, CIMMYT
10:20 AM
Recycling 15N Fertilizer Using Cover Crops in a Corn System.
Kelsey L. Hoegenauer, University of Arkansas; Trenton L. Roberts, University of Arkansas; Nathan A. Slaton, University of Arkansas; Richard J. Norman, University of Arkansas; William Jeremy Ross, University of Arkansas; Chester Eugene Greub, University of Arkansas; Jarom Davidson, University of Arkansas
10:35 AM
Biomass Production and Nitrogen Accumulation By Hairy Vetch-Cereal Rye Mixtures: A Meta-Analysis.
Resham Thapa, University of Maryland; Hanna Poffenbarger, Iowa State University; Katherine Tully, University of Maryland; Victoria J. Ackroyd, USDA-ARS; Matthew H Kramer, USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Steven B Mirsky, USDA-ARS
10:50 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Cover Crop Benefits and Barriers in Wisconsin: Runoff and Productivity.
Laura Adams, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Francisco J. Arriaga, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Michael Bertram, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11:15 AM
Cereal Rye in Continuous Corn with Fall Fertilizer N Application.
Lowell E. Gentry, University of Illinois; John M. Green, University of Illinois; Corey A. Mitchell, University of Illinois; Dan Schaefer, Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association
11:30 AM
Leguminous Cover Crops As an Attempt to Combine Catch Crops and Green Manure.
Elly M. Hansen, Aarhus University; Ingrid Kaag Thomsen, Aarhus University; Hans S. Østergaard, SEGES
11:45 AM
DNDC Modeling on Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics Under Long-Term Application of Hairy Vetch Cover Crop and Subsequent Cotton Cultivation in Northwest Louisianan.
Changyoon Jeong, Louisiana State University; Hyun-Hwoi Ku, LSU Agricultural Center - Baton Rouge; Patrick Colyer, Red River Research Station, LSU AgCenter
12:00 PM
Lunch Break
1:30 PM
Interactive Effects of Animal Manure and Cover Crop Use in Improving Agricultural Soil Quality in Kentucky.
Sait Sarr, Kentucky State University; Maheteme Gebremedhin, Kentucky State University; Mark S. Coyne, University of Kentucky; Karamat R Sistani, USDA-ARS; Avinash Tope, Kentucky State University
2:00 PM
The Nexus of Cover Crops, Water, and Nitrogen: Impact on Corn and Soybean Productivity and the Environment.
Axel Garcia y Garcia, University of Minnesota; Gregg A. Johnson, University of Minnesota; Jeffrey S. Strock, University of Minnesota; Ronghao Liu, Taiyuan University of Technology
2:30 PM
Using Cover Crops to Capture and Recycle Deep Soil N: On-Farm Experiments.
Sarah Marie Hirsh, University of Maryland; Ray R Weil, University of Maryland
2:45 PM
Maximizing Cover Crop Biomass Production for Biofuel.
Sabrina Ruis, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Humberto Blanco-Canqui, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3:00 PM
Adjourn