542 Organic Crop Production

Oral Session
A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems
Monday, 6 October 2008: 1:10 PM-3:45 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 371D

Presiding:
Jane Johnson
1:10 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:15 PM
1:30 PM
Evaluating Nitrogen Contribution of Mixed Legume/Cereal Cover Crop to the Successive Organic Broccoli.
Joji Muramoto, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Richard Smith, Univ. of California, Coop. Ext., Monterey County; Jim Leap, University of California Santa Cruz; Miriam Silva Ruiz, University of California Cooperative Extension, Monterey County; Carol Shennan, University of California Santa Cruz; Stephen Gliessman, University of California Santa Cruz
1:45 PM
Microbial Biomass and Nutrient Dynamics in Transitional Systems in Minnesota.
Sharon Lachnicht Weyers, USDA-ARS; David Archer, USDA-ARS, NGPRL; Jane Johnson, USDA-ARS; Abdullah Jaradat, USDA-ARS
2:00 PM
Improving Nutrient Uptake in Organic Dryland Wheat Cropping Systems through Cultivar Specific Interaction with Azospirillum.
Lori Hoagland, Washington State University; Kevin Murphy, Washington State Univ.; Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, Washington State University; Stephen Jones, Washington State Univ.
2:15 PM
Break
2:30 PM
Effect of Planting Date on Yield of Organic Fall Grains in New England.
Tim Griffin, USDA-ARS; Richard Kersbergen, Univ. of Maine Coop. Ext.; Heather Darby, Univ. of Vermont; Sidney Bosworth, Univ. of Vermont
2:45 PM
Exploiting Cropping System x Cultivar Interactions for Nutritional Value in Wheat.
Kevin Murphy, Washington State Univ.; Lori Hoagland, Washington State University; Stephen Jones, Washington State University; Philip R. Reeves, USDA-ARS
3:00 PM
Organic Peanut Production Strategies for the Southeast.
Mark Boudreau, Hebert Green Agroecology, Inc.; Emily G. Cantonwine, Valdosta State University; Jay Chapin, Clemson University; Albert K. Culbreath, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton Campus; Wiley Johnson, USDA-ARS; Barbara Shew, North Carolina State Univ.
3:15 PM
Weed Seedbank Responses in Two Transitional Field Crop Rotations.
Andrew Corbin, Michigan State University Kellogg Biological Station; Kurt Thelen, Michigan State Univ.; Richard Leep, Michigan State Univ.; G. Philip Robertson, Michigan State University
3:30 PM
Discussion
3:45 PM
Adjourn