Session: Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: III. Environmental Function

Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:25 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 360C

Presiding:

James E. Amonette

8:25 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:30 AM

665-1

Charcoal and Nitrogen Cycling in Forest Ecosystems.
Thomas DeLuca, The Wilderness Society

9:00 AM

665-2

Non-Herbaceous Biochars Exert Neutral to Negative Influences on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Abundance.
Daniel D. Warnock, The University of Montana; Brooke McBride, The University of Montana; Julie Major, Cornell University; Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University; Matthias C. Rillig, Freie Universität Berlin

9:30 AM

665-3

Recycling of Biochar as a Co-product of Pyrolysis: pH and Microbial Effects.
Donald Reicosky, USDA-ARS

9:45 AM

665-4

Bioavailability of Atrazine in Char-Amended Soils.
Yucheng Feng, Auburn University; Vijay Loganathan, Auburn University; G. Daniel Sheng, Zhejiang University of Technology; T. Prabhakar Clement, Auburn University

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

665-5

Charcoal Volatile Matter Content and its Effects on Plant Growth and Biological Properties of an Infertile Tropical Soil.
Jonathan L. Deenik, University of Hawaii; Goro Uehara, University of Hawaii; Yudai Sumiyoshi, University of Hawaii; A. Sidibe, University of Hawaii; Amanda McClellan, University of Hawaii; Michael Antal, University of Hawaii

10:45 AM

665-6

The Chemistry of Sorption by Black Carbon: The Important Role of Surface Oxides.
William P. Ball, Johns Hopkins University; Hyun Hee Cho, Johns Hopkins University; T. Helen Nguyen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Billy A. Smith, Johns Hopkins University; Kevin A. Wepasnick, Johns Hopkins University; D. Howard Fairbrother, Johns Hopkins University

11:15 AM

665-7

Biochar as Soil Amendment: What Effect Will It Have on Chemical Availability?.
Joseph J. Pignatello, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

11:30 AM

665-8

Impact of Soil Biochar Applications on Nutrient Leaching.
David Laird, USDA; Pierce Fleming, USDA - ARS; Baiqun Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Robert Horton, Iowa State University; Douglas Karlen, USDA-ARS

11:45 AM

665-9

Influence of Pecan-Derived Biochar on Chemical Properties of a Norfolk Loamy Sand Soil.
Jeff Novak, USDA-ARS; Warren Busscher, USDA-ARS; Don Watts, USDA-ARS; David Laird, USDA; M.A.S. Niandou, North Carolina A&T State University; M. Ahmedna, North Carolina A&T State University

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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665 Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: III. Environmental Function(S02 Soil Chemistry; Geochemical Society, International Humic Substances, S05 Pedology, S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils, S09 Soil Mineralogy, S11 Soils & Environmental Quality )

665 Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: III. Environmental Function
(S02 Soil Chemistry; Geochemical Society, International Humic Substances, S05 Pedology, S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils, S09 Soil Mineralogy, S11 Soils & Environmental Quality )