COS 1 - Agriculture I

Monday, August 7, 2017: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
E143-144, Oregon Convention Center
1:50 PM
 Evaluation of ECMWF weather forecasts and their inclusion in an Irish grass growth model
Jack McDonnell, Teagasc; Caroline Brophy, Maynooth University; Elodie Ruelle, Teagasc; Laurence Shalloo, Teagasc; Keith Lambkin, Met Eireann; Rowan Fealy, Maynooth University; Deirdre Hennessy, Teagasc
2:30 PM
 A soil health approach to phosphorus cycling and soil fertility resilience in a Mid-Atlantic local food system initiative
Russell C. Hedberg II, Penn State; Erica A.H. Smithwick, The Pennsylvania State University; Charles White, Penn State
2:50 PM
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Exploring variation in local and landscape factors driving grassland bee communities in Colorado
Adrian L. Carper, University of Colorado; Collin J. Schwantes, University of Colorado; Stacy B. Endriss, Colorado State University; Andrew P. Norton, Colorado State University; M. Deane Bowers, University of Colorado; Mary A. Jamieson, Oakland University
3:40 PM
 How did the ideas and technology of farming spread so quickly?
Ty Tuff, Max Planck Institute for the science of human history; Bruno Vilela, Washington University in St. Louis; Trevor S. Fristoe, Washington University in St. Louis; Russell D. Grey, Max Planck Institute for the science of human history; Hannah Haynie, Colorado State University; Patrick H. Kavanagh, Colorado State University; Michael Gavin, Colorado State University; Carlos A. Botero, Washington University in St. Louis
4:00 PM
 All cover crops build soil organic matter, mostly from root inputs
Emily E. Austin, University of New Hampshire; A. Stuart Grandy, University of New Hampshire
4:20 PM
 Cause and pattern of feral sorghum distribution and its potential for hybridization with Johnsongrass (S. halepnese)
Sara Ohadi, Texas A&M University; William Rooney, Texas A&M University; George Hodnett, Texas A&M University; Mohsen Mesgaran, The University of Melbourne; Muthu Bagavathiannan, Texas A&M University
4:40 PM
 Impact of predicted climate scenarios and cropping systems on crop yield and weed communities
Timothy Seipel, Montana State University; Suzanne Pellegrini, Montana State University; Fabian Menalled, Montana State University
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