Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Taos, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 34 - Agroecology, Agroforestry, and Biofuels I
1:30 PMCOS 34-1How do control tactics interact in an Integrated Weed Management program? A case study using Canada thistle, two biological control agents, and a herbicide
Joanna Sciegienka, Montana State University, Fabian Menalled, Montana State University
1:50 PMCOS 34-2Insect 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 PMCOS 34-3Understanding pollen-mediated transgene flow in agricultural seed production
Shannon M. Heuberger, University of Arizona, Yves Carriere, University of Arizona
2:30 PMCOS 34-4Organic no-till soybean systems: impact of cover crop residue management on soil biogeochemistry and soybean nitrogen fixation
Jude Maul, USDA-ARS Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory, Steven Mirsky, USDA-ARS Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory, John Teasdale, USDA-ARS Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory
2:50 PMCOS 34-5Competitive 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 Minnesota, Dawn M. Olson, USDA-ARS, David A. Andow, University of Minnesota
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 34-6Linking 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 PMCOS 34-7Local or landscape? Pest control and the role of habitat complexity across scales
Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, University of California, Berkeley, Claire Kremen, University of California, Berkeley
4:00 PMCOS 34-8Turning 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 PMCOS 34-9Joint 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 PMCOS 34-10Avian biodiversity and area sensitivity in Midwestern biofuel cropping systems
Bruce A. Robertson, Michigan State University, Douglas W. Schemske, Michigan State University, Patrick J. Doran, The Nature Conservancy

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