SESSION NO. 7 Technical Sessions Technical sessions are organized by date, then start & end time, and then section/division. Sessions organized by section/division are on pages 69-102 and include a session number. You can then use the session number to find details in this main part of the technical program. Saturday, Nov. 9 SESSION NO. 6—10:45 AM–12:15 PM Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, SESSION NO. 1—1:00 PM–5:00 PM North/Main Lobby, 1st Level Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 221CD, 2nd Floor SASES Club Poster Contest ORNING Graduate Student Leadership Conference Undergraduate (SASES) Sessions M -Saturday Experience Agronomy Event at Iowa State University Jarrett Stoner*, Wyatt Westfall and Austin Knight Graduate Student Sessions Analysis of Key Soil Nutrients and Physical Properties on a Managed Grazing Operation in Junction City, WI Lindsey Laskowski*, Caleb Armstrong, Ella Aspenson, SESSION NO. 2—7:30 PM–9:00 PM Laurel Deitch, Andre Doucette, Klayton Kree, Nick Rainey, Teresa Wolf, Robert C. Michitsch, Jacob Prater Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 221AB, 2nd Level and Bryant Scharenbroch Fundraising for the Future Hailey Humphreys*, Lucy Adamson and Andrew Morris Presidents’ Trophy Competition Manure Compost at the University of Wisconsin-Platte- ville Shannon Lamb* and bailey hermanson Undergraduate (SASES) Sessions Growing a Community through School Gardening Megan Owens* SESSION NO. 3—9:00 PM–10:00 PM Creating a Community for Agronomists of the Future Paul Skillin* and Tad Trimarco Experience Agronomy Day Chad Lammers*, Aaron Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 221AB, 2nd Level Doxon and Katie Steffen Educating about Agronomy through Hands-on Learning SASES Business Meeting Kelley Roberts* and Brittany Meyer Texas a&M Club Poster Ryan Rakowitz* and Sarah Marsh Undergraduate (SASES) Sessions AFTERNOON SESSION NO. 4—10:00 PM–10:30 PM SESSION NO. 7—12:30 PM–3:00 PM Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 221AB, 2nd Level Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 302A, 3rd Level SASES Delegate Training Fundamental Changes in Soil Taxonomy Oral Undergraduate (SASES) Sessions SSSA Division: Pedology Moderator: H. Curtis Monger 12:30 PM Introductory Remarks 7-1 12:35 PM A Wet Soil Order in Soil Taxonomy Mark Stolt* Sunday, Nov. 10 7-2 12:50 PM Explaining the Rationale behind the New Soil Order in Soil Taxonomy John M. Galbraith* 7-3 1:05 PM Technogenic Soils and Wet Soils - a WRB Point SESSION NO. 5—7:30 AM–2:00 PM of View to the Suggestions for New Orders in Soil Taxonomy Peter Schad* Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 221CD, 2nd Floor 7-4 1:20 PM A Review of Gelisol and Gelic Suborder Cri- teria in Preparation for 21stcentury Taxonomic Change in Permafrost-Affected Soils Nicolas A. Graduate Student Leadership Conference Jelinski* - Sunday 7-5 1:35 PM Forest Soil Classification for Optimizing Man- agement Rachel L. Cook* and Tom Fox 1:50 PM Break Graduate Student Sessions 7-6 2:00 PM An Automated Classification of Soils Accord- ing to WRB Peter Schad* and Einar Eberhardt 121 SESSION NO. 8 7-7 2:15 PM Characterization of Gelolls in Northern Alaska, SESSION NO. 9—12:30 PM–3:15 PM USA Autumn Acree*, David C. Weindorf, John M. Galbraith, Nic Jelinski and Laura Paulette Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 301C, 3rd Level 7-8 2:30 PM Towards Harmonising the South African and Brazilian Soil Classification Systems with the World Reference Base Cornie van Huyssteen* SASES Undergraduate Research Contest - Oral and Lucia Anjos Session II 7-9 2:45 PM Coastal Wetland Soils from Brazil Tiago O. Fer- reira*, Xosé Luis Otero, Gabriel Nuto Nóbrega, Diego Barcellos, Lucas R. Sartor, Hermano Undergraduate (SASES) Sessions Melo Queiroz, Antônia Gislaine Brito Marques 12:30 PM Introductory Remarks Albuquerque, Danilo Jefferson Romero and 9-1 12:35 PM Soil Adjuvant Effects on Herbicide and Fertil- Valdomiro Severino Souza Jr. izer Retention in Soils Melissa Preston* 3:00 PM Adjourn 9-2 12:50 PM Old Habits Causing New Problems: Lead Concentration in Soils at California Polytech- SESSION NO. 8—12:30 PM–3:15 PM nic State University San Luis Obispo Julia Madsen*, Zoe Dascalos, Christopher S. Appel, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 301A, 3rd Level Cristina Lascano and Craig Stubler 9-3 1:05 PM Response of Soil Methane Emissions to SASES Undergraduate Research Contest - Oral Legume Presence in Semi-Arid Pasture Paxton Hughes* Session I 9-4 1:20 PM Utilizing Alternative Fertilizers and Surface Residues to Determine Differences in Nitrogen Undergraduate (SASES) Sessions Mineralization Rates Ana Gabriela Mira* and Stephanie Kulesza 12:30 PM Introductory Remarks 9-5 1:35 PM Decomposition in Pasture Soil Receiving 8-1 12:35 PM Effects of Using Cover CROPS in a Cannabis Excreta from Ruminants Fed Forage Diets Sup- sativa Production System Carl Snyder* plemented with the Polyphenolic Compound 8-2 12:50 PM The Effect of Crop Water Stress on Plant Containing Legume Sericea Lespedeza Yang Growth and Tuber Yield for Chipping Potatoes Kai Tang*, Mary Cathleen Savin, Dirk Philipp, Haley M Traves* Ken Coffey and Jiangchao Zhao 8-3 1:05 PM Effectiveness of the Smallholder Sustainability 1:50 PM Break Assessment of Food and Agricultural Systems 9-6 2:05 PM Evaluating Commercial Microbial Amend- App for Subsistence Farm Systems in Ecuador ments for Cotton Production in the Texas High Carter David Allred* Plains Hannah Decker* 8-4 1:20 PM Validating the Predictive Ability of a Marker 9-7 2:20 PM Improving Radish Cover Crops for the Upper at the RMES1 Locus in Grain Sorghum for Midwest Mitchell Hockbein* Resistance to Sugarcane Aphid. Noah Winans*, 9-8 2:35 PM Survey of Soil Health Characteristics and Na- Geoff Morris, Terry Felderhoff, Kebede Muleta tive Plant Species to Rehabilitate the NASA and Scott Armstrong Santa Susana Field Lab Site in Chatsworth, 8-5 1:35 PM Using Spectral Analysis to Evaluate Fungicide California Erika Yao* Effects in Wheat Derek Lenzen* and Veronica L 9-9 2:50 PM Quantification of in-Situ Flux of Nitrogen to A Justen Determine Efficacy of Wetland Plant Uptake 1:50 PM Break FTERNOON Srusti Maddala*, Mary Cathleen Savin, Lisa 8-6 2:05 PM Establishing an on-Farm Model to Build Soil Wood and Julie A Stenken Health and Productivity and Sustain Lo- 3:05 PM Concluding Remarks cal Food Production Systems in West Texas. 3:15 PM Adjourn Bryanna Edwards*, David C. Weindorf, Sanjit K Deb, Noura Bakr, Veronica Acosta-Martinez and SESSION NO. 11—1:00 PM–2:50 PM Lindsey C. Slaughter 8-7 2:20 PM Getting the Most for Your Money When Select- Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 305, 3rd Level ing Cotton Seed Varieties Bryce Macdonald*, Steve Hague, Dean McCorkle and John Robin- son Urban and Anthropogenic Soils General Oral 8-8 2:35 PM Evaluating Management Practices on Winter Kill of Alfalfa Molly McIlquham* SSSA Division: Urban and Anthropogenic Soils 8-9 2:50 PM Exploration and Analysis of Arabidopsis thali- ana Root Hair Length in Natural Accessions Moderator: Tara Trammell Brandon Tidwell* and Ana Paez 1:00 PM Introductory Remarks 3:05 PM Concluding Remarks 11-1 1:05 PM Assessing Soil Carbon Fractions in an Urban 3:15 PM Adjourn Environment Tania Burgos Hernández*, Leon- ardo Deiss, M. Scott Demyan and Brian Slater 11-2 1:20 PM Contributions of Artifactual Materials to the Toxicity of Anthropogenic Soils and Street Dusts in a Highly Urbanized Terrain Jeffrey Howard* 11-3 1:35 PM Roadside Retrofits to Absorb Runoff Richard A. McLaughlin*, Joshua L. Heitman and shaddy alshrah 122 SESSION NO. 13 11-4 1:50 PM Soil Properties Impacting Chromium Cycling 12-9 3:30 PM Adventitious Root Development and Aeren- in Highly Contaminated Urban Sediments chyma Formation Responds to Different Auxin Jason Fischel* and Donald L. Sparks Rates in Two Sugarcane Cultivars Grown Un- 11-5 2:05 PM Weathering Rates of Domesticated Soils: Con- der Prolonged Waterlogged Condition Jiraporn tributions to Heavy Metal Bio-Availability in Bamrungrai*, Brenda Tubana, Marilyn Dalen, Urban Ecosystems. Ryan Taylor* Anan Polthanee, arunee promkhambut, Jose 11-6 2:20 PM Remediation of a Highly Contaminated Urban Rodolfo Mite, Jayvee Cruz, Wooiklee Paye and Gardening Site Anna Paltseva*, Zhongqi Cheng, Daniel Forestieri Maha Deeb, Sara Perl Egendorf and Peter M. 12-10 3:45 PM Differential Response of Metabolites in Groffman Sorghum Bicolor as Influenced By Differ- 11-7 2:35 PM Initial Trends in Ecosystem Service Metrics ent Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Species of Urban Agriculture in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Sukhmanpreet Kaur* and Vidya Suseela MN Jennifer A Nicklay*, K. Valentine Cadieux, 12-11 4:00 PM Sulfur Nutrition and Plant-Parasitic Nema- Nicolas A. Jelinski, Kat LaBine, Mary Rogers and todes Infection on Brassica Carinata Theodor Gaston Small Stansly*, Ramdeo Seepaul, Zane Grabau, Ian M 2:50 PM Adjourn Small and David L. Wright 12-12 4:15 PM Maize Hybrid Nitrogen Efficiency Estimation SESSION NO. 12—1:10 PM–5:30 PM Based on Remotely Sensed Hyperspectral Vegetation Indices Monica B. Olson*, Melba Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 304C, 3rd Level Crawford and Tony J. Vyn 12-13 4:30 PM Early Non-Dehiscent Sesame Root Develop- ment Responses to Varying Soil Moisture and C-2 Graduate Student Oral Nutrients Content Romain M. Gloaguen*, Diane (includes student competition) L. Rowland, Hyen Chung Chun, Joshua Peebles, Weihuang Xu, Alina Zare and Zachary T Brym C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism 12-14 4:45 PM Tomato Rootstock Evaluation for Root Chill Tolerance and Plant Nutrient Content Steven Moderator: Walid Sadok Bristow*, Felipe H Barrios-Masias and Leonardo Hernandez-Espinoza 1:10 PM Introductory Remarks 12-15 5:00 PM Transcriptome Changes Associated with Dif- 12-1 1:15 PM Effects of Drought Stress at Different Growth ferential Responses to Mid-Winter Warming Stages on Source and Sink Interaction in Events in Lolium Perenne Rachael Bernstein*, Wheat Jingya Yang*, Xi Liang and Rui Yang Michelle DaCosta, Jeffrey S.