Managing Global Resources for a Secure Future

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

371 Agroforestry for Soil Health and Water Quality Benefits

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil and Water Management and Conservation
Wednesday, October 25, 2017: 10:00 AM-11:35 AM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 33

Organizer:
Ranjith P. Udawatta
Moderator:
Ranjith P. Udawatta
10:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:05 AM
Groundwater Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dynamics Under Grazed Pasture: Landscape and Management Effects.
Niranga Wickramarathne, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Ranjith P. Udawatta, University of Missouri; Robert Lerch, USDA-ARS Cropping Systems & Water Quality Research Unit; Fengjing Liu, College of Agricultural and Natural Sciences
10:20 AM
10:35 AM
Use of Agroforestry in Biodiversity Conservation.
Lalith M. Rankoth, University of Missouri; Ranjith P. Udawatta, University of Missouri; Shibu Jose, University of Missouri
10:50 AM
Contribution of Tree Windbreaks to Soil Organic Matter Content in the U.S. Great Plains.
Ala Khaleel, Iowa State University; Thomas J. Sauer, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment; John Tyndall, Iowa State University
11:05 AM
Carbon Dioxide Fluxes and Carbon Storage of a Tree Windbreak and Adjacent Field.
Thomas J. Sauer, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment; Christian Dold, USDA-ARS; David Wedin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Andrew E. Suyker, University of Nebraska
11:20 AM
Soil Carbon Storage in Shaded Perennial Agroforestry Systems in Relation to Overstory Tree Cover.
Nilovna Chatterjee, University of Florida; Ramachandran P.K. Nair, University of Florida; Vimala D. Nair, University of Florida; Syam Viswanath, Wood Science Technology
11:35 AM
Adjourn