93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

Friday, August 8, 2008: 8:30 AM-10:30 AM

Exhibit Hall CD, Midwest Airlines Center

PS 70-1

Field overwintering biology of the corn stunt spiroplasma and its vector, the corn leafhopper
Gustavo Moya-Raygoza, Universidad de Guadalajara, CUCBA

PS 70-2

Mapping recent temporal changes in crop species diversity for the 48 contiguous US states
Greta Gramig, USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Frank Forcella, USDA

PS 70-3

Combined application of organic and mineral nutrient sources influence crop productivity: A meta-analysis
Pauline Chivenge-Nhamo, University of California, Davis; Bernard Vanlauwe, TSBF-CIAT; Johan Six, ETH

PS 70-4

Comparative air, soil, and water quality impacts of common agro-ecosystems and a restored prairie and implications for agro-biofuels
Sylvie M. Brouder, Purdue University; Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez, USDA-ARS Soil Tilth Lab; Matthew D. Ruark, University of California-Davis; Ronald F. Turco, Purdue University; Jeffrey J. Volenec, Purdue University

PS 70-5

Using undergraduates to create an energy audit for local green business
Michael J. Dexter, New College of Florida; Leo Berman Ferretti, New College of Florida; Nancy Rose Spector, New College of Florida; Margaret Lowman, North Carolina State University

PS 70-6

Procedures for estimation of the livestock ecological footprint in US drylands
Robert A. Washington-Allen, University of Tennessee; John E. Mitchell, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

PS 70-7

Integral plan for solid waste management in the town of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Brenda Castro, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus; Josue Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus; Melissa Melendez, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus; Rafael A. Rios, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

PS 70-8

Design for a sustainable research agroecosystem at the University of Illinois
David A. Kovacic, University of Illinois; Peter McAvoy, University of Illinois; Timothy Marten, University of Illinois; Aaron Petri, University of Illinois; Michael P. Wallace, University of Illinois

PS 70-9

Primary tillage sequence and weed seed placement strategies to conserve carabid seed predators and enhance predator efficacy
R. Edward Peachey, Oregon State University; Alysia Greco, Oregon State University; Jessica Green, University of Oregon

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PS 70 - Latebreaking: Agriculture and Sustainability