118 Graduate Student Competition

Oral Session
S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis
To allow graduate students to present their research results.
Cosponsor(s):

Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition

Monday, November 2, 2009: 9:55 AM-4:30 PM
Convention Center, Room 321, Third Floor

Presidings:
Nathan A. Slaton and Bobby Golden
9:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:15 AM
Can a Fall Nitrate Test Improve Wheat Nitrogen Management in the Mid-Atlantic, USA?.
Patrick Forrestal, Univ. of Maryland; Robert Kratochvil, Univ. of Maryland; John Meisinger, USDA-ARS
10:30 AM
Sensor Based Nitrogen Management for Irrigated Corn.
Andrew Tucker, Kansas State Univ.; David Mengel, Kansas State Univ.
10:45 AM
A Comparison of High Speed Low Disturbance and Knife Style Ammonia Applicators for Irrigated Corn.
Joshua Stamper, Kansas State Univ.; David Mengel, Kansas State Univ.
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
Phosphorus Critical Value and Requirement Factor Determination for Tef (Eragrostis tef) Production in Ethiopia.
Yesuf Mohammed, Oklahoma State Univ.; Kefyalew Girma Desta, Oklahoma State Univ.; Taye Bekele, Natl. Soil Testing Center
11:30 AM
Break
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM
Does Handling Physically Alter the Efficiency of Polymer-Coated Urea Fertilizer?.
Brian Beres, Univ. of Alberta; Ross McKenzie, Alberta Agriculture and Food; Ray Dowbenko, Agrium Inc.; Dean Spaner, Univ. of Alberta
1:15 PM
Corn Root Development in Conservation Tillage Systems with Varying P&K Rates.
Catherine Byers, Univ. of Illinois; Fabian Fernandez, Univ. of Illinois; Bhupinder Farmaha, Univ. of Illinois; Kristin Greer, Univ. of Illinois
1:30 PM
Wheat Nitrogen Requirements Following Sunn Hemp in Alabama.
Jessica Massey, Auburn Univ.; Kipling Balkcom, USDA-ARS; Jorge A. Mosjidis, Auburn Univ.; Andrew Price, USDA-ARS; Stephen F. Enloe, Auburn Univ.
1:45 PM
Optimizing Cellulose Content and Yield of Switchgrass Grown as a Bioenergy Crop On a Fine-Loamy Michigan Alfisol.
Katherine Withers, Michigan State Univ.; Kurt Thelen, Michigan State Univ.
2:00 PM
Maize (Zea-maize L.) Grain Yield Response to Nitrogen Applied at Different Distances Away From the Row.
Jacob Vossenkemper, Oklahoma State Univ.; Yumiko Kanke, Oklahoma State Univ.; Daniel Edmonds, Oklahoma State Univ.; Randy Taylor, Oklahoma State Univ.; John Solie, Oklahoma State Univ.; William Raun, Oklahoma State Univ.
2:15 PM
Maize (Zea mays L.) Grain Yield Response to by-Plant Nitrogen Fertilization.
Daniel Edmonds, Oklahoma State Univ.; Jonathan Kelly, Oklahoma State Univ.; M.D. Edmonds, Oklahoma State Univ.; Jared Crain, Oklahoma State Univ.; Yumiko Kanke, Oklahoma State Univ.; Randy Taylor, Oklahoma State Univ.; J.B. Solie, Oklahoma State Univ.; William Raun, Oklahoma State Univ.
2:30 PM
Break
3:00 PM
Alkaline Hydrolyzable-Nitrogen Changes with Soil Depth: Implications for Fertilizer Correlation and Calibration.
Trenton Roberts, Univ. of Arkansas; Richard Norman, Univ. of Arkansas; Nathan Slaton, Univ. of Arkansas; Charles Wilson Jr., Univ. of Arkansas
3:30 PM
Nutrient Management as a Way to Sustain Biofuel Production From Switchgrass.
Roland Holou, Univ. of Missouri; William Stevens, Univ. of Missouri Delta Res. Center
3:45 PM
Conservation Tillage Effects On Carbon, Nitrogen and Mass Loss From Organic Residues.
Michael Mulvaney, Auburn Univ.; C. Wesley Wood, Auburn Univ.; Brenda Wood, Auburn Univ.
4:00 PM
Shallow Incorporation of Manure in Reduced Tillage Systems.
Anne Place, Cornell Univ.; Quirine Ketterings, Cornell Univ.; Shawn Bossard, Cornell Coop. Ext., Seneca County; Joseph Lawrence, Cornell Coop. Ext., Lewis County; Karl Czymmek, Cornell Univ.; Brent Gloy, Cornell Univ.
4:15 PM
Characterization of Nitrogen Release Properties of Slow-Release Fertilizers.
Lidya Medina, Univ. of Florida; Jerry Sartain, Univ. of Florida; Thomas Obreza, Univ. of Florida
4:30 PM
Adjourn