Tuesday, 8 November 2005: 7:55 AM
Convention Center,, Ballroom G, Lower Level
165: Symposium--Soil Biophysics: A Challenging Interface
Sponsor:S01 Soil Physics
Cosponsor:S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry
Presidings:Jan W. Hopmans, University of California Davis
Kate M. Scow, Land, Air and Water Resources
7:55 AM Introductory Remarks
8:00 AM165-1Measuring and Modelling Transport, Uptake and Fate Processes in the Rootzone: Sustainable Practices for the Future and Bioremediation of Contaminated Legacies. 
Brent E. Clothier, HortResearch, Steve R. Green, HortResearch
8:25 AM165-2Kinetics of Gene Transfer on Surfaces in Porous Media. 
Timothy R. Ginn, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Arash Massoudieh, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Kirk Nelson, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ann Mathew, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Elisabetta Lambertini, Civil & Environmental Engineering
8:50 AM165-3Root-Soil Interactions - From the Observation to the Modelling of Root-Soil Processes. 
Alain Pierret, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement - IWMI - NAFRI, Claude Doussan, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique – Climat, Sol & Environnement, Christopher J. Moran, Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry, Sustainable Minerals Institute
9:15 AM165-4Pore Modifications, Solution Flux Rates and Microbial Biomass Community Gradients within Soil Macroaggregates. 
Alvin Smucker, Michigan State University, Eun Jin Park, Michigan State University, Rainer Horn, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Jose Dorner, Institute of Soils
9:40 AM Break
10:00 AM165-5The Role of Fungi in Water Transport between Soil and Plants. 
Michael F. Allen, University of California
10:25 AM165-6Bioremediation of Mtbe Stimulated by Ethanol Release.
Douglas M. Mackay, University of California, Davis
10:50 AM165-7The Role of Exopolymeric Substances (E.P.S.) in the Micro-Hydrology of Soil Microbial Communities.
Dani Or, University of Connecticut
11:15 AM Discussion
11:30 AM Adjourn
Cosponsor:S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry

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