Session: Agriculture I (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

1:30 PM

COS 1-1

Using mixed litter to enhance nitrogen fixation during decomposition
Noa Lincoln, University of Hawaii at Manoa

1:50 PM

COS 1-2

Evaluation of ECMWF weather forecasts and their inclusion in an Irish grass growth model
Jack McDonnell, Teagasc, Maynooth University; Caroline Brophy, Maynooth University; Elodie Ruelle, Teagasc; Laurence Shalloo, Teagasc; Keith Lambkin, Met Eireann; Rowan Fealy, Maynooth University; Deirdre Hennessy, Teagasc

2:10 PM

COS 1-3

Identifying the landscape drivers of agricultural insecticide use leveraging evidence from 100,000 fields
Ashley E. Larsen, University of California Santa Barbara; Frederik Noack, UCSB

2:30 PM

COS 1-4

A soil health approach to phosphorus cycling and soil fertility resilience in a Mid-Atlantic local food system initiative
Russell C. Hedberg II, Penn State; Erica Smithwick, The Pennsylvania State University; Charles White, Penn State

2:50 PM

COS 1-5

Social-ecological threats to Mexican heirloom maize and the potential for climate change adaptation
Erick de la Barrera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

3:10 PM

COS 1-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 1-6

Exploring variation in local and landscape factors driving grassland bee communities in Colorado
Adrian L. Carper, University of Colorado; Collin J. Schwantes, University of Colorado; Stacy B. Endriss, Colorado State University; Andrew P. Norton, Colorado State University; Deane Bowers, University of Colorado; Mary A. Jamieson, Oakland University

3:40 PM

COS 1-7

How did the ideas and technology of farming spread so quickly?
Ty Tuff, Washington University in St. Louis, Max Planck Institute for the science of human history; Bruno Vilela, Washington University in St. Louis; Trevor S. Fristoe, Washington University in St. Louis; Russell D. Grey, Max Planck Institute for the science of human history; Hannah Haynie, Colorado State University; Patrick H. Kavanagh, Colorado State University; Michael Gavin, Colorado State University; Carlos A. Botero, Washington University in St. Louis

4:00 PM

COS 1-8

All cover crops build soil organic matter, mostly from root inputs
Emily E. Austin, University of New Hampshire; A. Stuart Grandy, University of New Hampshire

4:20 PM

COS 1-9

Cause and pattern of feral sorghum distribution and its potential for hybridization with Johnsongrass (S. halepnese)
Sara Ohadi, Texas A&M University; William Rooney, Texas A&M University; George Hodnett, Texas A&M University; Mohsen Mesgaran, The University of Melbourne; Muthu Bagavathiannan, Texas A&M University

4:40 PM

COS 1-10

Impact of predicted climate scenarios and cropping systems on crop yield and weed communities
Timothy Seipel, Montana State University; Suzanne Pellegrini, Montana State University; Fabian Menalled, Montana State University

COS 1 - Agriculture I