ASA Southern Branch 2007 Annual Meeting
February 4-6, 2007
Mobile, AL

Monday, 5 February 2007: 7:55 AM
Mobile Convention Center, Room 203B
Graduate Student Oral Competition--Crops
Presiding:Kipling S. Balkcom, USDA-ARS
7:55 AM Introductory Remarks
8:00 AM Bioavailability of Mercury in Soil, and its Effects on Plant Structure and Reflectance.
Safwan M. Shiyab, Institute for Clean Energy Technology - Mississippi State University
8:15 AM Turf Quality and Root Length Density of Hybrid Bluegrass and Tall Fescue Inluenced by Et-Based Irrigation Scheduling.
Leonard Githinji, Auburn University, Jacob Dane, Auburn University, Robert Walker, Auburn University
8:30 AM Evaluation of Polymer-Coated Urea as an Alternative to Preflood Urea for Delayed-Flood Rice.
Bobby Golden, University of Arkansas, Nathan Slaton, Univ of Arkansas, Russell DeLong, Univ of Arkansas, Richard Norman, Univ of Arkansas
8:45 AM Factors Affecting the Growth and Secondary Metabolism of Medicinal Plants.
Andrew Maxwell Phineas Jones, Mississippi State, North Mississippi Res. & Ext. Center, Valtcho D. Zheljazkov, Mississippi State
9:00 AM Oilseed Crops as Potential Biodiesel Crops for Mississippi.
Shankar Ganapathi Shanmugam, Mississippi State, North Mississippi Res. & Ext. Center, Valtcho D. Zheljazkov, Mississippi State
9:15 AM Searching for photosynthetic and fluorescence variability among cowpea cultivars to water stress.
Shardendu Kumar Singh, Mississippi State Univ, K.Raja Reddy, Mississippi State University
9:30 AM Tomato Production under Conservation-Tillage Systems: Comparison of three Cover Crops for Weed Control.
Monika Saini, Auburn Univ, Dept. of Agronomy & Soils, Andrew J. Price, USDA-ARS
9:45 AM Break

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