Session: Agriculture (98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013))

PS 29-141

Environmental challenges threatening the continued growth of urban agriculture in the United States
Sam E. Wortman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Sarah Taylor Lovell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PS 29-142

Organic weed suppression using diverse cover crop mixtures
Mitchell C. Hunter, The Pennsylvania State University; Meagan E. Schipanski, The Pennsylvania State University; David A. Mortensen, The Pennsylvania State University

PS 29-143

Ecuatorian rural migration and agriculture
Luis A. Vallejo, Universidad Tecnica Estatal de Quevedo; Richard E. Bilsborrow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Clark L. Gray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PS 29-144

Zonal tillage boosts crop yields, but has little effect on above-ground litter decomposition
Lesley W. Atwood, University of New Hampshire; Richard G. Smith, University of New Hampshire

PS 29-145

Exploring the functional role of diversity in a broccoli - living mulch agroecosystem
Nicholas D. Warren, University of New Hampshire; Richard G. Smith, University of New Hampshire; Rebecca G. Sideman, University of New Hampshire

PS 29-146

Carabid beetle assemblages of rangeland and Conservation Reserve Program fields in western Kansas
Rob Channell, Fort Hays State University; Shaun M. Dunn, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission

PS 29-147

Organic wheat-clover intercrop effects on soil nitrate levels and subsequent corn yields
Katja Koehler-Cole, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jianru Shi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; James R. Brandle, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

PS 29-148

Soil fertility in organically and conventionally-grown coffee: Nutrient availability and mycorrhizas
Eliza D. L. Hartmann, Concordia College; Rebecca J. Asheim, Concordia College; Peter G. Johnson, Concordia College; Riley D. McGlynn, Concordia College; Sydney J. Redmond, Concordia College; Logan C. Schmaltz, Concordia College; Laura Aldrich-Wolfe, Concordia College

PS 29-149

The role of plant functional diversity in an organic intercropping system: Evaluating its effects on soil moisture and temperature dynamics and soil health
Jose G. Franco, Texas A&M University; David D. Briske, Texas A&M University; Astrid Volder, University of California -Davis

PS 29-150

Climate and soil variables driving the distribution of invasive earthworms in cropping systems of the Inland Pacific Northwest
Chelsea L. Walsh, University of Idaho; Jodi Johnson-Maynard, University of Idaho; Ian Leslie, University of Idaho; John Abatzoglou, University of California; Claudio StÃ¶ckle, Washington State University

PS 29-151

Effect of root Morphology and termination approach on legume cover crop root decomposition
Arun D. Jani, North Carolina State University; Julie Grossman, NCSU; Shuijin Hu, North Carolina State University; Thomas J. Smyth, North Carolina State University

PS 29-152

Can strip tillage with deep fertilizer banding improve agronomic nitrogen use efficiency?
Erin R. Haramoto, Michigan State University; Daniel C. Brainard, Michigan State University; Sieglinde Snapp, Michigan State University; Kevin Kahmark, Michigan State University

PS 29-153

Effects of zonal tillage on the spatial variability of soil microbial communities
Yi Lou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Anthony Yannarell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PS 29-154

PsJN advanced the development and improved drought tolerance of Switchgrass
Bingxue Wang, Virginia Tech; John R. Seiler, Virginia Tech; Chuanshen Mei, Institute for sustainable and Renewable Resources, Institute of Advanced Learning and Research

PS 29-155

Yellowhammer Emberzia citronellaÂ breeding distribution in relation to field boundary habitat and summer foraging resources
Niamh M. Mc Hugh, Imperial College London; Sophie Hughes, Bournemouth University; Simon Leather, Harper Adams University; John M. Holland, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

PS 29-156

The effects of harvest regime, irrigation, and salinity on stem lignocellulosic concentrations in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
Adam H. Warnke, Minnesota State University; Christopher T. Ruhland, Minnesota State University

Cancelled

PS 29-157

Loss of fitness correlates in overwintering tadpoles that use artificial poolls in a lowland agroecosystem (widthdrawn)
Yeong-Choy Kam, Tunghai University; Juei-Ling Hsu, Tunghai University; Gary M. Fellers, USGS

PS 29-158

The effects of salinity, irrigation and harvest regime on stem water potentials and leaf chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in Medicago sativa L
Christopher T. Ruhland, Minnesota State University; Adam H. Warnke, Minnesota State University

PS 29-159

The structure of multivariate relationships influencing crop yields during the transition to organic management
Meagan E. Schipanski, The Pennsylvania State University; Richard G. Smith, University of New Hampshire; Tara Pisani-Gareau, Boston College; Randa Jabbour, University of Wyoming; David B. Lewis, University of South Florida; Mary E. Barbercheck, The Pennsylvania State University; David A. Mortensen, The Pennsylvania State University; Jason P. Kaye, Pennsylvania State University

PS 29 - Agriculture