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National Conference on Agriculture
&
Natural
Resource Conservation and Management
October
15–17, 2009
Program
and Schedule
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October
15
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Registration Baker
Annex
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Reception Baker
Annex, Room 209/214
October
16
7:00 a.m. Registration Baker Annex
8:00 – 8:10 a.m. Opening
Remarks - Dr. Harry Williams, Provost
& Vice
President, Delaware
State University
8:10 – 8:40 a.m. Agriculture
in the State of Delaware - Mr. Ed Kee, Secretary of Agriculture,
State of Delaware
Field Trip Orientation -Michael Maciarello
Session I (Baker Annex, Room 122)
Session Chair: Dr. Gulnihal Ozbay
8:40
– 9:00 a.m. Tennessee’s minority and small landowners:
Analyses of factors associated with interests in small farm/forest land
use diversification – Appleton,
N.S., C. Catlin and F. Mrema
9:00 – 9:20 a.m. Evaluating
sweet corn germplasm as feed for small ruminants - Beckford, R. C., E. G. Rhoden, J. R. Bartlett, V. A.
Khan, C. K. Bonsi and D. G. Mortley
9:20 – 9:40 a.m. Willingness
to pay for health foods: The case of value-added fruits and vegetables in
Alabama
- Broughton, B. and
J.O. Bukenya
9:40 – 10:00 a.m. Clay
amendments to container substrate affect growth of ornamental grasses and
nutrient availability - Catanzaro,
C.J. and B.T. Jordan III.
10:00 – 10: 20 a.m. Analysis of real wage convergence across metro and
non-metropolitan counties in Alabama
– Davis, C. and
J.O. Bukenya
10:2 0 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 10:50 a.m. Experimental prototype of
a remote-controlled platform to monitor water quality data - Green, D., M.
Mitra, A. Nagchaudhuri, G.
Bland and T. Moisan
10:50 – 11:10 a.m. The
role of farm organizations in shaping producer perceptions on the
labeling of GM Foods - Tavernier,
E.M. and B.M. Onyango
11:10 – 11:30 a.m. Modeling avian community responses to restoring
ecological representation of aspen in Michigan - Felix-Locher, A. and H. Campa, III
11:30 – 11:50 a.m. Using high tunnels to extend
the growing season of vegetable crops – Gayle, G. A., M. R. Reddy, O. Yeboah, V.
Ofori-Boadu
12:00
– 1:00 p.m. Lunch and
Poster Viewing
Session II (Baker Annex, Room 122)
Session Chair: Dr. Charles L. Webber
III
1:00 – 1:20 p.m. Use of market information
to enhance the profitability of the green industry in North Carolina - Ejimakor, G. and P. Kyei
1:20 – 1:40 p.m. Investigating growth responses, survival, and cellular activities
of harmful algal species, Karlodinium
veneficum and Prorocentrum
minimum under various environmental conditions -
Ozbay, G., F. Holloway, J.
Hughes, O. Ukaegbu, and C. Dillard
1:40 – 2:00 p.m. Integrated
management practices for reducing nutrient runoff losses from animal
manure-fertilized cropland – Guo,
M., N. Tongtavee and M.
Labreveux
2:00 – 2:20 p.m. Predicting learning through action research from
students’ experiences: A theory of knowledge construction in rural
classrooms - Brantley, H., G. E.
Hicks, O. Dyson, A. Moss and D. Kinder
2:20 – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 – 2:50 p.m. Leaching characteristics of
phosphate-immobilized lead in contaminated urban soil and mine wastes
– J. Yang and Xi Tang
2:50
– 3:10 p.m. The
Economic prospect of wood pellet production for forest landowners – E.
Kebede
3:10
– 3:30 p.m. Application of poultry litter on the
production of winter wheat –Khan,
H., V. A., E. G. Rhoden, J.
R. Bartlett, and R. J. Smith.
3:30 – 3:50 p.m. Effect of the extracts of muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaries Lam) and
chenopodium (Chenopodium
ambrisoides) on the growth of ramets and genets of cogongrass - Reid,
L.D., O.U. Onokpise, and
B.G. Brown
3:50
– 4:10 p.m. The
effect of swine manure source and method of application on runoff losses
of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment - Moncrief, J.F., L.J. Johnston, and M.J. Spiehs
4:10
– 4:30 p.m. Assessing
watershed processes and heavy metal dynamics at Aldridge Creek in
Northern Alabama – Jaja, N., M. Mbila, T. Tsegaye and J. Odutola
4:30
– 4:40 p.m. Break
4:40
– 5:00 p.m. Cogongrass
(Imperata cylindrical L.)
rhizome production when grown with American native grass species - Onokpise,
O.U., S.K. Bambo, J.
Muchovej, J.Grabowski, M.J. Wiiliams
5:00 – 5:20 p.m. The role of the federal government in providing
wildlife habitats - Tavernier, E.M.
5:20 – 5:40 p.m. Globalization and its environmental impact: An
analysis of Turkish students’ attitude - Thomas, T., C.
Gunden and P. Faulkner
6:00 p.m. Dinner
on your own
October 17
Session III (Baker Annex, Room 122)
7:00 a.m. Registration Baker Annex
8:10 – 8:30 am The
importance of collaboration between Tuskegee University (Cooperative
Extension Program) and the Natural Resource Conservation Service - Smith,
R. J., E. G. Rhoden, J. R.
Bartlett, V. A. Khan, S. Musser, A. Williams, B. Moore, A. Elliot and J.
Waddy.
Concurrent Session A
Session
Chair: Dr. Ququan Wang
8:30
– 8:50 a.m. Development
of aqua-terrestrial ecosystem – development of sustainable
integrated natural productive system for resource-poor farm families in
Indian sub-tropics - Puste, A.M., A. K. Maiti, P. De and
T. K. Maiti
8:50
– 9:10 a.m. Requisite
conservation practices for Liberian agriculture and forestry – Broderick, C.E. and N.S. Appleton
9:10
– 9:30 a.m. Evaluation
of Native and Non-Native Plant Species Extracts for the Control of
Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrical L.)
- Reid, L.D. and O.U.
Onokpise
9:30 – 9:50 a.m. Carbon stock loss due to forest
clearing in the state of Delaware
- Yang, Z. and A.O.
Anoruo
9:50
– 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 – 10:20 a.m. Conservation
vacation: How tourism to view wildlife can help conserve endangered
species - Hewlett, T. and D. Bronstein
10:20
– 10:50 a.m. A survey of scotch bonnet peppers in Jamaica
for plant viruses and insect pests - Evans, T.A. and C. Keil
10:50 – 11:10 a.m. Cointegration and the law of one
price: An application to the US gasoline prices - White, F. and J.O. Bukenya
11:10 – 12:30 p.m. Lunch
and Poster Viewing
Concurrent Session B
Session Chair: Edmund M. Tavernier
8:30 –
8:50 a.m. Value added agriculture: Is there
support from local leaders - L.
Brazil and J.O.
Bukenya
8:50
– 9:10 a.m. Monitoring distribution pattern of the new
raphidophyte alga, Viridilobus
marinus, along estuaries and rivers of Delaware, Maryland, and New
Jersey - Adkins, S., G. Ozbay, K. Coyne, E. Demir, V.
Kalavacharla, and K. Melmaiee
9:10
– 9:30 a.m. Pentachlorophenol
wood preservative use and groundwater contamination at a wood debreaking
facility in Lake City, Florida –
Onokpise, O.U., F. Hamilton
and L. Reid
9:30
– 9:50 a.m. Water
quality assessment of two creeks at the Collins River sub-watershed
dominated by nursery crop production - Dennis, S.O., D. Eskandarnia, A. Clardy and T.
Tsegaye
9:50
– 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 – 10:20 a.m. Production of eastern gamagrass
accessions grown under greenhouse conditions - Smith,
R.J., E.G. Rhoden, V.A. Khan and J. R. Bartlett.
10:20 – 10:50 a.m. Approaches
for solving environmental conservation problems involving multiple
stakeholders - Thomas, T. and C. Gunden
10:50 – 11:10 a.m. New Environmental Applications
for an Ancient Crop - Webber, C.L. III, N.A. D’Souza and B.G. Ayre, K.D.
Chapman, K. Stevens, K.L. Dagnon, and M.S. Allen
11:10 – 12:30 p.m. Lunch
and Poster Viewing
Conference
Field Trips
Session
Chairs: Dr. Susan Yost and Mr.
Mike Maciarello
1:00
p.m. Vans Load
and Depart to Rehoboth
Beach
6:30
– 8:30 Banquet
at Dogfish Head Restaurant
8:30 pm Closing Remarks – Dr. Ambrose O. Anoruo, Associate Dean,
College of Agriculture and Related Sciences, Delaware State University
9:00
p.m. Conference Adjourns
Note:
Spouses are welcome to the field trips and banquet but there
is
additional $50 fee for accompanying spouses.
Email: info@jemrest.org
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