COS 26 - Agroecology/Agroforestry

Tuesday, August 7, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
A103, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Anthropogenic effects on plant resistance: Can insecticides alter induction of defenses in crop plants?
Ada Szczepaniec, South Dakota State University; Micky D. Eubanks, Texas A&M University
8:40 AM
 Long-Term Evidence for Sustainable Midwest Cropping Systems
Joseph G. Lauer, University of Wisconsin - Madison
9:00 AM
 The biological basis of soil fertility: Microbial community response to organic transition strategy
Ariane L. Peralta, Indiana University; Carmen M. Ugarte, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michelle M. Wander, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Angela D. Kent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:20 AM
   A systems level approach to sustainable soil and pest management strategies for strawberry production
John Beck, North Carolina State University; Michelle Schroeder-Moreno, North Carolina State University; Gina Fernandez, North Carolina State University; Julie Grossman, NCSU; Nancy Creamer, North Carolina State University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Cultivation of domesticated rice influences arthropod diversity and community composition in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Yolanda H. Chen, University of Vermont; Alberto T. Barrion, Philrice; Ngo Luc Cuong, Cuu Long Rice Research Institute; Gail Langellotto, Oregon state University
10:10 AM
 Uncovering the relationship between two ant species and the coffee berry borer in Chiapas, Mexico
Estelí Jiménez Soto, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo; Juan A. Cruz Rodríguez, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan; John Vandermeer, University of Michigan
10:30 AM
 Organic farmer mental models: Associations between weed seedbanks and management philosophies on New England farms
Randa Jabbour, University of Wyoming; Eric Gallandt, University of Maine; Sarah Zwickle, Ohio State University; Robyn S. Wilson, The Ohio State University; Katie McPhee, University of Maine; Douglas Doohan, Ohio State University
10:50 AM
 Energetic comparison of a dairy cropping system that use straight vegetable oil fuel produced from canola grown on-farm with a system that uses all diesel fuel
Glenna M. Malcolm, Pennsylvania State University; Gustavo GT. Camargo, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas L. Richards, Pennsylvania State University; Heather D. Karsten, Pennsylvania State University
11:10 AM
 Drought and planting date affect seedling establishment and soil fertility benefits of leguminous agroforestry species in Malawi
Amber C. Kerr, UC Berkeley; Festus K. Akinnifesi, World Agroforestry Centre; Simon Mn'gomba, World Agroforestry Centre; Margaret S. Torn, University of California