Session: Soil Biology & Biochemistry Graduate Student Poster Competition

Microbial Community Response to Two Water Management Systems for Wetland Rice Production in High Arsenic Soils.
Anil Somenahally, Texas A&M Univ.; Richard Loeppert, Texas A&M Univ.; Wengui Yan, USDA-ARS; Terry Gentry, Texas A&M Univ.

Event Related N2O Emissions From a Traditionally Managed Vineyard in California, USA.
Gina M. Garland, Univ. of California, Davis; Emma Suddick, Univ. of California, Davis; William Horwath, Univ. of California, Davis; Martin Burger, Univ. of California, Davis; Johan Six, Univ. of California, Davis

Unintended Consequences of Biofuel Feedstock Production On Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle Dynamics Mediated by Soil Biology.
Mary-Jane Orr, Purdue Univ.; Sylvie Brouder, Purdue Univ.; Jeffrey Volenec, Purdue Univ.; Marianne Bischoff, Purdue Univ.; Ronald Turco, Purdue Univ.

Bacterial Composition and Diversity During Lignocellulosic Decomposition.
Himaya Parilla Mula, Mississippi State Univ.; Mark Williams, Mississippi State Univ.

The Effect of Elevated CO2 and O3 On Sources of N2O Emissions in a Soybean Agroecosystem.
Charlotte Decock, Univ. of California, Davis; Johan Six, Univ. of California, Davis

Black Carbon Humic Substances: Do They Exist?.
Karen Heymann, Cornell Univ.; Johannes Lehmann, Cornell Univ.; Dawit Solomon, Cornell Univ.

Effect of Volatile Matter Content in Charcoal On Soil Biological Properties.
A. Tai McClellan, Univ. of Hawaii; Jonathan Deenik, Univ. of Hawaii; Russell Yost, Univ. of Hawaii; Goro Uehara, Univ. of Hawaii; Michael Jerry Antal Jr., University of Hawaii

Soil Biological Properties Before and After Revegetation of An Acid Mine Drainage Kill Zone Using Minimal Inputs of Lime and Compost.
Mary Kay Lupton, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Mary Ann Bruns, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Curtis Dell, Pennsylvania State Univ.

Assessing Linkages Between Soil Chemical Properties and Microbial Activity.
Rongzhong Ye, Univ. of Florida; Alan L. Wright, Univ. of Florida; K. R. Reddy, Univ. of Florida

Occurrence and Magnitude of Bacterial Populations in Slaughterhouse-Residual Biopiles.
Robert Michitsch, Dalhousie Univ.; Robbie Jamieson, Dalhousie Univ.; Robert Gordon, Univ. of Guelph; Glenn Stratton, Nova Scotia Agricultural College; Craig Lake, Dalhousie Univ.; David Burton, CANADA, Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Evidence for the Functional Significance of Microbial Diversity Among Free-Living Diazotrophs in Soils of a Long Term Agricultural Site.
Shi-Fang Hsu, Cornell Univ.; Madeleine M. Stone, Cornell Univ.; Daniel H. Buckley, Cornell Univ.

Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Microbial Communities Associated with Mycorrhizal-Inoculated Willows.
Angela L. Straathof, Univ. of Guelph; John N. Klironomos, Univ. of Guelph; Miranda M. Hart, Univ. of Guelph; Claudia Wagner-Riddle, Univ. of Guelph; Kari E. Dunfield, Univ. of Guelph

Metabolite Analysis of Soils and Soil Microorganisms in Response to Water Stress.
Madhavi Latha Kakumanu, Mississippi State Univ.; Mark Andrew Williams, Mississippi State Univ.; Charles Cantrell, USDA-ARS

Community Analysis of Soil Microorganisms Capable of Enhanced EPTC and Atrazine Degradation.
Sougata Bardhan, Ohio State Univ., OARDC; Warren A. Dick, Ohio State Univ., OARDC

Predatory Nematodes Decline with Long-Term Carbon Dioxide Enrichment.
Anita Antoninka, Northern Arizona Univ.; Peter Reich, Univ. of Minnesota; Nancy Collins Johnson, Northern Arizona Univ.

Assessing Microbe-Mineral Associations in Soil/Saprolite Using Confocal Laser-Scanning Microscopy and Image Analysis.
Morgan L. Minyard, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Mary Ann Bruns, Pennsylvania State Univ.

Mycorrhizal Mediation of Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition Under Elevated CO2.
Lei Cheng, North Carolina State Univ.; Cong Tu, North Carolina State Univ.; Fitzgerald Booker, USDA-ARS, Plant Science Res. Unit; Kent O. Burkey, USDA-ARS, Plant Science Res. Unit; H. David Shew, North Carolina State Univ.; Thomas W. Rufty Jr., North Carolina State Univ.; Shuijin Hu, North Carolina State Univ.

Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in a Forest Soil in the Citronelle Oil Field of South Alabama.
Latasha Lyte, Alabama A&M Univ.; Ermson Nyakatawa, Alabama A&M Univ.

Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Potato Production Are Influenced by Choice of Preceding Crop.
Emily Snowdon, Nova Scotia Agricultural College; Bernie J. Zebarth, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; David Burton, Nova Scotia Agricultural College; Jack T. Trevors, Univ. of Guelph; Claudia Goyer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

The Impact of Vegetation Type On Denitrification Activity in the Tributary Sediments.
Haryun Kim, Univ. of Florida

Characterization of Acidic Coal Mine Drainage Sediments: Approaches to Improving Biological Properties for New Soil Formation.
Claudia Rojas-Alvarado, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Mary Kay Lupton, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Mary Ann Bruns, Pennsylvania State Univ.

Chemistry and Biology of Dissolved Organic Matter in Agro-Ecosystems: Implications On Soil Processes.
Lei Tian, North Carolina State Univ.; Emily A. Dell, North Carolina State Univ.; Wei Shi, North Carolina State Univ.

Microbial Community Composition in Soils Amended with Biomass-Derived Charcoal (Biochar) as Assessed by T-RFLP Fingerprinting of Genomic DNA.
Hongyan Jin, Cornell Univ.; Janice E. Thies, Cornell Univ.; Johannes Lehmann, Cornell Univ.

Endophyte Fungi as Indicators of Soil Health in Continuous Cropping Systems. Case Study Peach Tree and Horticultural Crops.
Maria Luisa Manici, Agric. Research. Council (CRA); Francesco Caputo, Agric. Research. Council (CRA); Antonia Carlucci, Univ. of Foggia

Inhibition of Phymatotrichopsis Omnivora (Cotton Root Rot) Germination and Growth in Soil Following Application of Various Oilseed Meals.
Ping Hu, Texas A&M Univ.; Amanda Engledow, Texas A&M Univ.; Autumn S. Wang, Texas A&M Univ.; John Matocha, Texas A&M Univ., Rangeland Ecology & Management; Tony Provin, Texas AgriLife Ext.; Frank Hons, Texas A&M Univ.; Terry J. Gentry, Texas A&M Univ.

Relationship Between Phosphorus Forms and Phosphatase Activity in Soils Amended with Poultry Manure.
Heidi M. Waldrip, Univ. of Maine; Zhongqi He, USDA-ARS, NEPSWL; C. Wayne Honeycutt, USDA-ARS; M. Susan Erich, Univ. of Maine

Quantification of Soybean-Associated Soil Rhizobia by Means of Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction.
Branden J. Furseth, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Shawn Conley, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Jean-Michel An�, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison