753 Soil Water (includes Graduate Student Competition)

Oral Session
S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 8:25 AM-10:30 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 361F

Presiding:
Grant Cardon
8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM
Multielectrolyte Solution Preparation for the Groundwater Salinity Experiment.
Peter Vaughan, USDA-ARS; James Ayars, USDA-ARS; Peter Shouse, USDA-ARS
8:45 AM
Estimating Antecedent Soil Moisture Effect on Surface Cracking of a Vertisol.
Andrea Sz. Kishné, Texas A&M Univ., AgriLife Res.; Yufeng Ge, Texas A&M University, Texas AgriLife Research; Cristine Morgan, Texas A&M University, Texas AgriLife Research; Wesley Miller, USDA-NRCS
9:00 AM
Break
9:15 AM
Analysis of through Flow in Playa Basin Using Electromagnetic Induction Method and GIS Technology on the Southern High Plains of Texas.
Annesly Netthisinghe, Texas Tech University; Wayne Hudnall, Texas Tech University; Richard Zartman, Texas Tech University
9:30 AM
Time Series Analysis of Soil Water Content in the Shallow Zone under No-Till and Tilled Management Systems.
Priyantha Kulasekera, University of Guelph; Gary Parkin, Univ. of Guelph; Peter Von Bertoldi, University of Guelph
10:00 AM
Effects of Water Content and Amendments on Citrus Production in Weak Soils Using Sorghum as a Bioassay Indicator.
Kirandeep Mann, Univ. of Florida; Arnold Schumann, Univ. of Florida; Thomas Obreza, Univ. of Florida; Jerry Sartain, Univ. of Florida; Willie Harris, Univ. of Florida; Sanjay Shukla, Univ. of Florida; Max Teplitski, University of Florida
10:15 AM
Adjourn