COS 89
Sustainability: Agriculture/Forestry I

Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Bondi, Sheraton Hotel
1:30 PM
COS 89-1
 Tightly-coupled plant-soil nitrogen cycling: Insight from root gene expression and biogeochemical indicators on organic farms across an agricultural landscape
Timothy M. Bowles, University of New Hampshire; Louise E. Jackson, University of California, Davis
1:50 PM
COS 89-2
 Effects of straw return on carbon dynamics in agricultural soils: A meta-analysis
Chang Liu, The Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University; Meng Lu, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Jun Cui, The Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Bo Li, Fudan University; Changming Fang, Fudan University
2:10 PM
COS 89-3
 Intensive agriculture limits pollination services delivery and crop productivity across France
Nicolas Deguines, UMR 7204 CESCO Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Clémentine Jono, UMR 7204 CESCO Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Mathilde Baude, University of Bristol, Université d'Orléans; Mickaël Henry, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique; Romain Julliard, UMR 7204 CESCO Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Colin Fontaine, +33 1 40 79 30 81
2:30 PM
COS 89-4
 The flight phenology of a depressariid moth: Do adults respond to UV lights and to host plant volatiles?
Arnaud Costa, Biology Centre ASCR; Rostislav Zemek, Biology Centre ASCR; Tommi Mäkelä, MTT Agrifood Research Finland; Erja Huusela-Veistola, MTT Agrifood Research Finland
2:50 PM
COS 89-5
 Spatial heterogeneity in the relationship between landscape simplification and insecticide use
Ashley E. Larsen, University of California; Steven D. Gaines, University of California, Santa Barbara; Olivier Deschenes, University of California Santa Barbara
3:10 PM
COS 89-
 Break
3:20 PM
COS 89-6
 Using vegetation to reduce nitrogen runoff in California caneberries
Rebecca I. Dannels, San Jose State University; Rachel O'Malley, San Jose State University
3:40 PM
COS 89-7
 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by global diets and their predicted changes
Douglas H. Boucher, Union of Concerned Scientists
4:00 PM
COS 89-8
 Use of organic matter amendments: agronomic implications for permanent crop growers
Daniel L. Schellenberg, University of California Davis; Hannah E. Walchak, University of California Davis; Patrick H. Brown, University of California Davis
4:20 PM
COS 89-9
 Lignocellulose feedstock for biofuel production: Identification of morphological traits that could decrease lignin in crop residues
Anne B. Alerding, Virginia Military Institute; Tim O. Moore, Virginia Military Institute
4:40 PM Cancelled
COS 89-10
 Pests don’t touch my papa negra: Native potatoes and biological control of invasive tuber pests in the Venezuelan Andes
Carlo R. Moreno, University of Texas Pan American; Stephen Gliessman, University of California, Santa Cruz
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