Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 12:40 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 362AB
697: Pesticides and Contaminants in Soil: II (includes Graduate Student Competition)/Div. S11 Business Meeting
Sponsor:S11 Soils & Environmental Quality
Presidings:Baoshan Xing, University of Massachusetts
Cheng Gu, Michigan State University
12:40 PM Introductory Remarks
12:45 PM697-1Predicting Perchlorate Uptake by Lettuce and Spinach.
Wonsook Ha, USDA-ARS, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Donald L. Suarez, USDA-ARS
1:00 PM697-2Perchlorate Fate in Soils.
Katerina Dontsova, SpecPro, Inc., Mark Chappell, US Army Corps of Engineers, Aaron J. George, SpecPro, Inc.
1:15 PM697-3Oxidative Dissolution of Cinnabar from Contaminated Oak Ridge Soil by Iron Oxides.
Jian Chen, Mississippi State University, Fengxiang Han, Mississippi State University, Yi Su, Mississippi State University, David Monts, Mississippi State University, Charles Waggoner, Mississippi State University
1:30 PM697-4Elevated Heavy Metal Contents in Marsh Soils Affected by Seasonal Saline Run-off from Adjacent Roadways.
Cynthia A. Stiles, USDA-NRCS National Soil Survey Center, Edwin Dunkinson, USDA-NRCS National Soil Survey Center, Joy B. Zedler, University of Wisconsin
1:45 PM Break
2:15 PM697-526-year changes in Amounts of Heavy Metals and Base Cations in Organic Horizons of Mid-Atlantic Region Forest Soils.
Suzanna Richter, University of Pennsylvania, Arthur Johnson, University of Pennsylvania, Martin Dranoff, University of Pennsylvania
2:30 PM697-6Heavy Metal Diffuses Pollution Caused by Atmospheric Deposition in Natural Soils.
Carlos F. Rodriguez, University of Oviedo, Susana Fernandez, University of Oviedo, Miguel A. Alvarez, University of Oviedo
2:45 PM697-7Analysis of Heavy Metals in Soil by Laser Induced-Breakdown Spectroscopy.
Ningfang Yang, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Neal Eash Sr., University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Jaehoon Lee, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Yong-Seon Zhang, Korea National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
3:00 PM697-8Tracer Characteristics of Brilliant Blue FCF and FD&C Green No. 3 in Arid Soils.
Jarai Mon, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Zhongbo Yu, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Michael Young, Desert Research Institute
3:15 PM697-9Toxicity of Laundry Sludge to Corn Plants.
Antonio C. S. Costa, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Adonai P.U. Cintra, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Ivan G. Souza Junior, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Marcelo A. Batista, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Jerry M. Bigham, Ohio State University - Columbus
3:30 PM Div. S11 Business Meeting
4:30 PM Adjourn

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