COS 34 - Agroecology, Agroforestry, and Biofuels I

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Taos, Albuquerque Convention Center
Presider:
Shannon M. Heuberger, University of Arizona
1:50 PM
 Insect communities of Pacific Northwest hybrid poplars and the development of biointensive pest management strategies
R. Andrew Rodstrom, Washington State University; John J. Brown, Washington State University
2:10 PM
 Understanding pollen-mediated transgene flow in agricultural seed production
Shannon M. Heuberger, University of Arizona; Yves Carriere, University of Arizona
2:30 PM
 Organic no-till soybean systems: impact of cover crop residue management on soil biogeochemistry and soybean nitrogen fixation
Jude Maul, Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory; Steven Mirsky, USDA-ARS Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory; John Teasdale, USDA-ARS Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory
2:50 PM
 Competitive release of an agricultural insect pest: The case of stink bug outbreaks in transgenic Bt cotton in the southeast US
Adam R. Zeilinger, University of California, Riverside; Dawn M. Olson, USDA-ARS; David A. Andow, University of Minnesota
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Linking patch dynamic theory with habitat diversity for agricultural pest management
Megan E. O'Rourke, Cornell University; Alison Power, Cornell University; Laura E. Jones, Cornell University
3:40 PM
 Local or landscape? Pest control and the role of habitat complexity across scales
Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Stanford University; Claire Kremen, University of California, Berkeley
4:00 PM
 Turning red clay brown: The effects on soil quality and economic tradeoffs of restorative agricultural systems in the Deep South
Krista Jacobsen, The Pennsylvania State University; Cesar Escalante, University of Georgia; Carl Jordan, University of Georgia
4:20 PM
 Joint management of wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus), Fusarium crown rot, and cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum): assessing the ecological basis of a total systems approach to pest management strategies
Ilai N. Keren, Montana State University; Fabian Menalled, Montana State University; David Weaver, Montana State University; Alan Dyer, Montana State University; Jim Robison-Cox, Montana State University
4:40 PM
 Avian biodiversity and area sensitivity in Midwestern biofuel cropping systems
Bruce A. Robertson, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Douglas W. Schemske, Michigan State University; Patrick J. Doran, The Nature Conservancy
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