Saturday, 15 July 2006: 12:00 PM-6:00 PM
Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A, Second Floor
173: 4.5A History of Soil Science in Developing Countries - Poster
Sponsor:WCSS
Presiding:Eric Brevik, Valdosta State Univ.
Convenors:Daniel Yaalon, Hebrew University, Givat Ram Campus
Anthony Young, University of East Anglia
Landmarks of History of Soil Science in Sri Lanka.
Ranjith B. Mapa, Department of Soil Science
The main moments in the development of soil classification in Romania.
Ioan M. Munteanu, RISSA - Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry
Discovering Soils in the Tropics: Charter's Interim System of Tropical Soil Classification.
William R. Effland, USDA/NRCS Soil Survey Division, Rexford D. Asiamah, Soil Research Institute, T. Adjei-Gyapong, CSIR/SRI, E. Boateng, CSIR/SRI, Christian Dela-Dedzoe, CSIR Soil Research Institute, Andrew Manu, Iowa State University
Historical development of soil science in Malaysia.
Selliah Paramananthan, Param Agricultural Soil Surveys (M) Sdn. Bhd., Lah J. Uyo, Soil Division, Department of Agriculture Kuching, Lulie Melling, Soil Division, Department of Agriculture Kuching
The Soil Management Support Services: training the trainers overseas.
Richard Arnold, USDA-NRCS (retired)
Colonial Soil Science in the Former British West Indies.
Benno Warkentin, oregon state university
Soil Survey in Puerto Rico: A Brief History.
Douglas Helms, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Friedrich Beinroth, University of Puerto Rico, Hari Eswaran, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
The History of Soil Science in the Caucasus.
Tengiz Urushadze, Georgian State Agricultural University, Eric Molchanov, V.Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute,, Unan Kazarian, Armenian Soil Science, Agro chemistry, Melioration Institute
Soil science publications – History and current trends.
Alfred Hartemink, ISRIC - World Soil Information
Pedophilosophy (Pedosophy) – a new field of philosophy of science.
Ioan M. Munteanu, RISSA - Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry
Soil Science and Philately.
Hans-Peter Blume, University of Kiel
What has soil science learnt from an early volcanic landscape study in south-east Australia?.
Jonathan E. Holland, University of Melbourne
Historical evolution of the scientific method and its application to soil science.
Pierfrancesco Nardi, CRA - Italian Agricultural Research Council - Experimental Institute for Plant Nutrition, Fabio Tittarelli, CRA - Italian Agricultural Research Council - Experimental Institute for Plant Nutrition, Paolo Sequi, CRA - Italian Agricultural Research Council - Experimental Institute for Plant Nutrition
New opportunities of chemical amelioration of sodic-saline soils in the Ararat Plain in Armenia.
H. S. Hovhannisyan, Metta Group, LLC, Gagik Karamyan, Metta Group, LLC
The Benguet State University Soil Science Research Information Compendium.
Tessie Miga Merestela, Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Benguet State University
Hugh Hammond Bennett's Journey: Soil Scientist to Soil Conservationist.
Douglas Helms, Natural Resources Conservation Service

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