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2005 International Annual MeetingsAmerican Society of Agronomy • Crop Science Society of AmericaSoil Science Society of America

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Make a Contribution at the Meetings and Double the Value of Your Gift!You can join us in making the Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute a reality! The Agronomic Science Foun-

dation (ASF) has been given two challenge grants in support of the program. One $25,000 grant will be used tomatch individual gifts, and another $25,000 grant will be used to match corporate gifts,doubling the value of any gifts given during the annual meeting. If you would like tosupport the Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute, you can make your donation at theRegistration table (East Lobby, Upper Level) or at the ASF booth (number 328) in the Ex-hibit Hall. More information on the Institute is available at the ASF booth.


Welcome to Salt Lake City!

The Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) will cel-ebrate its 50th anniversary during this year’s annualmeeting. In 1955, the organization adopted its name, andG.O. Mott was named the first CSSA President. CSSA’sscientific contributions over the last 50 years will beprominently featured at the annual meeting. Of partic-ular note—on Tuesday, 8 November, there will be a day-long symposium where each Division will highlight themost significant scientific events in its history.

This year’s meeting will be a special occasion whenwe not only continue our exploration of the frontiers ofknowledge, but we also pause and reflect on all that hasgone before. Honoring our past is a wonderful way togain inspiration and invigorate our Society—we hopeyou can join us for the celebration!

Crop Science Society of America Celebrates 50th Anniversary

CSSA’s Anniversary-Inspired Project:The Golden Opportunity Scholars InstituteCSSA has a golden opportunity to develop an out-

standing cadre of young crop scientists to provide lead-ership in coming decades with its new anniversary-in-spired project: The Golden Opportunity Scholars Insti-tute. The Institute will be a professional developmentprogram directed at baccalaureate-level college and uni-versity students. It will be modeled after the highly suc-cessful World Food Prize Youth Institute, which focuseson attracting high school students into internationalagricultural careers.

Our objective is to select 50 to 100 of the most prom-ising undergraduate students from all regions of theU.S. and the world and bring them to the annual meet-ing. During the meeting, we will hold sessions for theseGolden Opportunity Scholars to hear presentations fromhigh-profile agricultural scientists, present their ownpapers, and gain exposure to the wonders of our manydisciplines. The scholars will network with other stu-

dents in undergraduate clubs as well as professionalmembers in research, teaching, and extension/outreach.A number of mentoring activities and an alumni net-work will be planned so that a significant number ofthese young students will be inspired to enroll in cropscience-related programs and become the next genera-tion of leaders in our profession.

To accomplish this goal, we need the help of CSSAmembers to organize an annual Golden OpportunityScholars Symposium, recruit participants, mentor stu-dents, and support fund development. Our vision is torecruit major sponsors to support a large number ofparticipants during the 2005–2006 inaugural year, whilebuilding a Golden Opportunity Institute Endowmentsupported by CSSA members and friends to continuethe program indefinitely. To learn more about the proj-ect and to make a contribution, visit the ASF booth(number 328) in the Exhibit Hall.

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Agronomic Science FoundationBooth 328

The Agronomic Science Foundation (ASF) supportsthe professions of agronomy, crop, and soil science, inconjunction with ASA–CSSA–SSSA, through scholar-

ships, lectureships, confer-ences, and awards. ASF de-pends on generous supportfrom Society members and avariety of concerned friends

who take pride in knowing that they have helped pro-vide exceptional educational opportunities for students,educators, researchers, growers, industry leaders, andconsumers around the world. Stop by and learn moreabout the opportunities offered through ASF.

ASA–CSSA–SSSA PublicationsBooth 324

On Wednesday from 10:00–11:00am, Richard W. Zobel, co-editor ofAgronomy Monograph 48, Roots andSoil Management: Interactions BetweenRoots and the Soil, will be signingbooks.

Purchase a book or CD from theSociety Publications Booth and re-ceive a 15% meeting discount.Members also receive a 20% mem-ber discount for a total discount of35%! Thirty-two of our newest books and CDs will beavailable for browsing and on-site purchase.

ASA–CSSA–SSSA Member ServicesUpper Level, near 250A

Questions about your membership or the benefits ofbecoming a member? Visit the ASA–CSSA–SSSA Mem-bership Booth in the upper level, overlooking the exhibithall. We would like to meet you and explain how Soci-


ASA, CSSA, SSSA, and ASF have issued a MatchingChallenge Grant for contributions to the SmithsonianSoils Exhibit during the annual meetings. Aptly named“Now's the Time!,” this campaign in-vites you to make our presence at theSmithsonian a reality. Every dollar yougive at the annual meetings for theSmithsonian Soils Exhibit will bematched. If you’d like to make a gift at the meetings,please make your check payable to ASF, with “Now’s theTime!” on the memo line, and give it to a Society staffmember at the registration table, located in the EastLobby of the Convention Center. Credit card gifts willalso be accepted here. The Matching Challenge Grant is

“Now’s the Time!” Campaign

Donate to the Smithsonian Soils Exhibit at the Meetings and Double Your Money!one of a variety of “Now’s the Time!” initiatives beingplanned during the annual meetings—watch for postersfeaturing final concept design and floor plans and stop

by the Smithsonian Soils Exhibit Booth(number 427) in the main exhibit hall. Also,on Monday afternoon, both the Smithson-ian’s Exhibit Developer, Barbara Stauffer,and the head of the design firm, Beth Miles

of mfmdesign in DC, will unveil the recently completedconcept design materials at a special event called “Now'sthe Time: AQ&A with the Smithsonian Soils Exhibit De-signers,” from 3–4 pm at the Marriott Downtown, GrandBallroom Salon F, Lobby Level. This event will be fol-lowed by a Smithsonian Reception from 4–5 pm.

Visit Our Booths to Learn More about Society-Related Activities, Opportunitiesety membership can help you advance your career.Learn how to navigate the web pages, serve on a com-mittee, become a journal reviewer, or submit an articlefor CSA News.

Science Policy Action CenterBooth 326

Don't miss the opportunity to contact your Congres-sional delegation in real-time using the Societies elec-tronic grassroots advocacy re-source, Science Policy ActionCenter. Tell your two senatorsand your representative tosupport funding for research,education, extension, and/or conservation; send a mes-sage about a specific issue of interest to you; or justsend a friendly greeting. Director of Science Policy KarlGlasener, Congressional Science Fellow Melissa Ho,and Science Policy Intern Tabitha Brown will be avail-able to assist you at the Societies' Science Policy ActionCenter booth. So stop on by and get involved in policy-making. It's fast and easy. In the meantime, you canlearn how to speak up for our sciences and become in-volved in policymaking at our Science Policy ActionCenter, www.sciencepolicyaction.org. Take a moment toexplore this membership benefit.

World Congress of Soil Science Booth 425

Visit our booth and learn how to submit your abstractand register for the World Congress of Soil Science(WCSS), 9–15 July 2006 inPhiladelphia, PA. Enter yourbusiness card in our drawing fora free WCSS registration, a $550value, or a ticket to the Gala Din-ner, a $75 value. Other prizes in-clude a Mid-Congress tour, valued at $110–$185, and agift certificate for a dinner at Reading Terminal Market.



Plant Pathology, 5th Edition

George N. Agrios

December 2004, ISBN 0-12-044565-4, Hardback, 922 pp., $79.95

Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

M.B. Kirkham

October 2004, ISBN 0-12-409751-0, Hardback, 520 pp., $79.95

Sedimentary Rocks in the Field: A Color Guide

Dorrik A. V. Stow

March 2005, ISBN 0-12-369451-5, Paperback, 320 pp., $39.95

Physicochemical andEnvironmental PlantPhysiology, 3rd edition

Park S. Nobel

February 2005, ISBN 0-12-520026-9, Hardback, 567 pp., $79.95

Encyclopedia of Caves

Edited by: David C. Culver & William B. White

October 2004, ISBN 0-12-198651-9 Hardback, 670 pp., $99.95

Plant Systematics

Michael G. Simpson

September 2005, ISBN 0-12-644460-9, Hardback, 608 pp., $69.95

Fundamentals of SoilEcology, 2nd Edition

David C. Coleman, D.A. Crossley, Jr., & Paul F. Hendrix

July 2004, ISBN 0-12-179726-0, Paperback, 386 pp., $49.95

Arthropod Collection andIdentification: Laboratoryand Field Techniques

Timothy J. Gibb & Christian Y. Oseto

November 2005, ISBN 0-12-369545-7,Paperback, 336 pp., $34.95

Developments inPedotransfer FunctionsDevelopments in SoilHydrology, Volume 30

Edited By: Ya. Pachepsky & W. J. Rawls

December 2004, ISBN 0-444-51705-7,Hardback, 530 pp., $184.95

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Agriculture’s Ethical Horizon

Robert L. Zimdahl

February 2006, ISBN 0-12-370511-8Paperback, c.250 pp., $39.95

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Korean Ambassador to Give York LectureChoe Yangboo, Korean Ambas-

sador to Argentina, will be thespeaker for the fourth annual E.T. andVam York Distinguished ASA Lec-tureship Sunday evening from7:00–8:00 pm at the Convention Cen-ter, Ballroom BD, Lower Level. Thetitle of Ambassador Choe’s lecture is“Agricultural Imagination and NewChallenges of Agronomic ScientistsTowards the 21st Century.”

Ambassador Choe has a background in agriculturaleconomics, receiving his B.S. and M.S. degrees fromSeoul National University and his Ph.D. from the Uni-versity of Missouri, Columbia. He has served in nu-merous advisory/specialist positions in the Korean Gov-ernment, including Senior Secretary and Chief PolicyAdvisor of Agricultural, Forestry, Fisheries, and RuralAffairs. He also worked as President of The AgrofoodNewmarketing Institute and Vice-President of the KoreaRural Economic Institute.

Ambassador Choe has held leadership positions witha number of professional societies/corporations and fo-rums, including the Asian Society of Agricultural Econ-omists, the Korea Agricultural and Rural InfrastructureCorporation (KARICO), Food and Agrofishery Forumfor Peace and Reunification, and the Gyeongbook WorldAgri-Culture Forum. He has received numerous awardsand honors over his career, including Honorary ChairProfessor, Mirayng National University; Order of Pub-lic Service Merit (Yellow Stripes), The Government ofKorea; and Honorary Adjunct Professor of AgriculturalEconomics and the International Agricultural Leader-ship Award, College of Agriculture, Food and NaturalResources, University of Missouri, Columbia.

The E.T. and Vam York Distinguished ASA Lecture-ship was established by Dr. and Mrs. E.T. York, Jr. inrecognition of the importance of agronomic science andDr. York’s impact on the profession as evidenced by hiscontributions to research, education, and administration.The Lectureship is made possible by a gift from Dr. andMrs. York to the Agronomic Science Foundation. Thisendowment fund supports excellence in programmingto provide a cutting-edge lectureship based on value andtimeliness of a topic and its relationship to issues cur-rently of importance to the profession.

Events & SymposiaSunday, 6 November

Choe Yangboo

First-Time Attendees: Sunday’s OrientationCan Help You Maximize Your Experience

Those new to the annual meetings are invited to at-tend the First-Time Attendee Orientation session from6:00–6:45 pm Sunday evening in the Convention Center,Room 150G, Lower Level. We’ll help you conquer themeeting maze and provide valuable tips to maximizeyour experience, including:

• Welcome & introduction to Salt Lake City• Navigating the program book• ‘Must attend’ meetings and sessions• Networking and socializing opportunities• Guide to the Convention Center• Light refreshments

Please plant to attend. Guests are welcome!

Following the York Lecture, Please join us for ca-maraderie and refreshments as we celebrate theopening of the annual meetings at theSociety-wide Opening Reception—8:00–11:00 pm,Convention Center, North Ballroom Foyer, LowerLevel. All are invited to attend.

FEATURED EVENTS

Events are at the Salt Palace Convention Center unless otherwisenoted—see corresponding pages in the Program Book for more in-formation. Events are free and open to all attendees, except thosemarked with an asterisk (*), which require tickets, available for pur-chase at the Registration Center in the East Lobby, Upper Level.

Registration—7:30 am–8:30 pm, East Lobby, Upper Level (p. 6)SASES Registration, Breakfast, Business Meeting—8:30–11:30

am, Ballroom BD, Lower Level (p. 40)C-5 Turfgrass Tour—9:45 am–5:00 pm, South Lobby, Lower

Level (p. 15)*SASES Student National Club Poster Contest—12:00–2:30 pm,

East Lobby, Upper Level (p. 40)SASES National Student Research Symposium Oral Contest:

I—12:55–3:30 pm, Room 251AB, Upper Level (p. 41)SASES National Student Research Symposium Oral Contest:

II—12:55–3:15 pm, Room 251DEF, Upper Level (p. 42)Employer and Applicant Check-in—1:00–6:00 pm, Ballroom

AC, Lower Level (p. 11)SASES National Speech Contest, Preliminary—3:30–5:50 pm

(p. 43)Cooperating Societies Reception—4:30–5:30 pm, Marriott

Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon AB, Lobby Level (p. 30)First-Time Attendee Orientation—6:00–6:45 pm, Room 150G,

Lower Level (p. 44)11th North America Forest Soils Conference—6:00–8:00 pm,

Radisson Downtown, Cottonwood 2, Lobby Level (p. 27)C-5 Extension Roundtable—The Extension Specialist and

Legal Issues (or What Do You Mean It’s a Sub-poena?)—6:55–8:50 pm, Room 151G, Lower Level (p. 45)

SASES National Speech Contest, Finals—7:00–8:00 pm, Room251DEF, Upper Level (p. 43)

E.T. and Vam York Distinguished ASA Lectureship—7:00–8:00pm, Ballroom BD, Lower Level (p. 44)

SASES Student Quiz Bowl—8:00–10:30 pm, Room 251DEF,Upper Level (p. 43)

ASA–CSSA–SSSA Opening Reception—8:00–11:00 pm, NorthBallroom Foyer, Lower Level (p. 44)



THE BIOLOGY OF SOILA Community and Ecosystem ApproachRichard D. Bardgett, University of LancasterThis book is unique in providing a comprehensive, up-to-datesynthesis of what is known about soil biodiversity and thefactors that regulate its distribution, as well as the functionalsignificance of below-ground biodiversity for ecosystem formand function. It provides an introduction to the biology of soil,and discusses the most recent developments in this progressivefield of ecology. The importance of soil biotic interactions oncommunity and ecosystem ecology is illustrated through theuse of numerous examples and case studies. The Biology ofSoil provides an excellent introduction to the subject for anyone working in the field of soilecology and related disciplines. It will be ideal for students taking undergraduate andpostgraduate courses in soil ecology, plant-soil relationships, ecosystem ecology, and landmanagement.(Biology of Habitats)2005 256 pp.; 57 halftones, 28 line illus.0-19-852503-6 paper $54.50/$43.600-19-852502-8 cloth $124.50/$99.60

SAVING SEEDSThe Economics of Conserving Crop GeneticResources Ex Situ in the Future Harvest Centresof the CGIARBonwoo Koo, International Food Policy ResearchInstitute,Washington, D.C., Philip G. Pardey,University of Minnesota, and Brian D. Wright,University of California, BerkeleyThe conservation of genetic resources is vital to themaintenance of biodiversity and to the world’s ability to feedits growing population. There are now more than a thousandgenebanks worldwide involved in the ex situ (meaning “awayfrom the source”) storage of particular classes of crops. Since the 1970s, the elevengenebanks maintained by the centers of the Consultative Group on InternationalAgricultural Research (CGIAR) have become pivotal to the global conservation effort.However, key policy and management issues—usually with economic dimensions—havelargely been overlooked. This provided the impetus for a series of detailed economicstudies, led by IFPRI, in collaboration with five CGIAR centers: CIAT (based in Columbia),CIMMYT (Mexico), ICARDA (Syria), ICRISAT (India) and IRRI (Philippines). This book reportsthese studies and discusses their wider implications.(CABI Publishing)2004 240 pp.; 11 figures0-85199-859-3 $90.00/$72.00

LITCHI AND LONGANBotany, Cultivation and UsesEdited by C. Menzel, S. K. Mitra, and G. K.Waite, both at Maroochy Research Station, AustraliaLitchi (lychee) and the related fruit longan are grown extensively inChina and South-East Asia, as well as in Australia, Florida (USA),Southern Europe and Southern Africa. This book represents the onlycomprehensive, balanced and internationally focused publicationon these fruit. It covers all aspects of production, from taxonomyand breeding, to propagation, flowering and fruit set, to diseases,pests and postharvest storage and processing. Written by leadingscientists from Australia, China, India, Israel, Thailand and the US,the book represents the standard work on its subject. (CABI Publishing)2005 400 pp.0-85199-696-5 $140.00/$112.00

A FIELD GUIDE FOR SCIENCEWRITERSThe Official Guide of the National Associationof Science WritersSecond EditionEdited by Deborah Blum, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mary Knudson, and Robin MarantzHenigIn the eight years since the publication of the first edition of A Field Guide for Science Writers, much about the world haschanged. Someof the leading issues in today’s politicalmarketplace—embryonic stem cell research, global warming,health care reform, space exploration, genetic privacy, germ warfare—are informed byscientific ideas. Never has it been more crucial for the lay public to be scientifically literate.That’s why it was time to update the Field Guide, already a staple of science writinggraduate programs across the country. More than 50 institutions now offer training inscience writing. In addition, mid-career fellowships for science writers are growing, givingjournalists the chance to return to major universities for specialized training. In A Field Guide for Science Writers, 2nd Edition, the editors have assembled contributionsfrom a collections of experienced journalists who are every bit as stellar as the group thatcontributed to the first edition. These leaders in the profession describe how they work theirway through the information glut to find the gems worth writing about. The book alsofeatures chapters that provide the tools every good science writer needs: how to usestatistics, how to weigh the merits of conflicting studies in scientific literature,how to reportabout risk, and, ultimately, how to write.2005 368 pp.0-19-517498-4 cloth $45.00/$36.000-19-517499-2 paper $18.95/$15.16

FLOWER SEEDSBiology and TechnologyEdited by Miller B. McDonald, Ohio StateUniversity, and Francis Y. Kwong, PanAmericanSeed Company,West ChicagoThis book provides a unique, much-needed resource ofinformation on the biology and technology of flower seeds.The floral industry represents a significant proportion ofagricultural income in several developed countries,particularly the U.S., the Netherlands, and Japan. Thediversity of flower seeds, as well as their form, function andbiology, has hitherto daunted the production of acomprehensive treatment of the topic. However, in thisvolume, international authorities from academia and industry have been sought togetherto provide a comprehensive reference resource for both practitioners and students of seedscience and technology and of ornamental horticulture.(CABI Publishing)2005 384 pp.; 48 color plates, 30 halftones0-85199-906-9 $175.00/$140.00

VALUING CROP BIODIVERSITYOn-Farm Genetic Resources and Economic ChangeEdited by M. Smale, International Food Policy Research Institute,Washington, D.C.In agricultural systems, a diversity of crops and varieties is essential to combat the risksfarmers face from pests, diseases and variations in climate. Crop biodiversity alsounderpins the range of dietary needs and services that consumers demand as economieschange. This book contributes to a better understanding of the challenges involved inmaintaining local crop biodiversity within a rapidly changing global food system, and topolicy debates related to the Convention on Biological Diversity. It provides empricialstudies conducted in the field with farmers and crop scientists across a range of agriculturaleconomies and income levels, applying economic tools and methods for valuing andmanaging crop biodiversity on farms.(CABI Publishing)November 2005 352 pp.0-85199-083-5 $110.00/$88.00

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Technical Networking is the Topicof Women Group’s Luncheon

“Ideas and Suggestions for Suc-cessful Technical Networking” is thetitle of the panel discussion plannedfor the popular ACS526 Women inAgronomy, Crops, Soils, and Envi-ronmental Sciences luncheon on Mon-day from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at theMarriott Downtown, Grand BallroomSalon ABC, Lobby Level.

This year’s topic addresses techni-cal knowledge sharing with regard toour scientific disciplines. Very oftenproject success in our sciences de-pends more and more on cross-groupinteractions.

Panel participants will share theirinsights on how they have succeededin fostering their technical networks.Insights and suggestions will be pre-sented by these panel participants:

• Margaret Smith, Department ofPlant Breeding and Genetics atCornell University

• Kimberlee Kidwell, Departmentof Crops and Soils at WashingtonState University; and

• Daria Schmidt, Research Direc-tor at Pioneer Hi-Bred Interna-tional, Inc.

Everyone is welcome and encour-aged to attend this event. Luncheontickets can be purchased at Registra-tion in the East Lobby of the SaltPalace Convention Center.

In addition, those interested are invited to attend theACS526 Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils, and Envi-ronmental Sciences Committee Meeting scheduled onMonday from 1:30 to 3:00 pm at the Marriott Downtown,Cottonwood, Lobby Level.


Events & SymposiaMonday, 7 November

FEATURED EVENTS

Events are at the Salt Palace Convention Center unless otherwisenoted—see corresponding pages in the Program Book for more infor-mation. Events are free and open to all attendees, except those markedwith an asterisk (*), which require tickets, available for purchase at theRegistration Center in the East Lobby, Upper Level.

Frank N. Meyer Medal Breakfast—6:30–8:00 am, MarriottDowntown, Grand Ballroom Salon C, Lobby Level (p. 67)*

Registration—7:30 am–5:00 pm, East Lobby, Upper Level (p. 6)C-5 Graduate Student Oral Competition—7:40 am–12:20 pm,

Ballroom J, Lower Level (p. 80)SASES Graduate School Workshop—8:00–9:30 am, Room

150ABC, Lower Level (p. 46)SASES National Student Research Symposium Poster Con-

test: I—8:00–10:00 am, Exhibit Hall ABC, Lower Level (p.46)

Employer and Applicant Check-in—8:00 am–5:00 pm, Ball-room AC, Lower Level (p. 11)

Posters on Display—8:00 am–6:00 pm, Exhibit Hall ABC (p. 11)Companion Breakfast—8:30 am–12:00 pm, Marriott Down-

town, Grand Ballroom Salon D, Lobby Level (p. 30)*Exhibits Open—9:00 am–6:00 pm, Exhibit Halls ABC (p. 10)Graduate School Interviews—9:30 am–12 pm, Ballroom AC,

Lower Level (p. 11)C-3 Graduate Student Poster Contest—10:00 am–12:00 pm, Ex-

hibit Hall ABC, Lower Level (p. 75)SASES Graduate Student Poster Contest—10:00 am–12:00 pm,

Exhibit Hall ABC, Lower Level (p. 75)Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils & Environmental Sciences

Luncheon—11:30 am–1:00 pm, Marriott Downtown, GrandBallroom Salon ABC, Lobby Level (p. 48)*

Student Mentor Program—12–1:30 pm, Room 150ABC, LowerLevel (p. 11)

Science Policy Forum: Communicating with Congress: Howto Advocate for Increased Funding—1:00–2:30 pm, Room251E, Upper Level (p. 48)

S.A. Wilde Distinguished Lectureship on Forest Soils—1:30–2:30 pm, Room 151DEF, Lower Level (p. 121)

You’re Hired! Smart Job Search Strategies from Insiders—1:30–3:50 pm, Room 251F, Upper Level (p. 49)

Open Job Interviews—1:30–4 pm, Ballroom AC, Lower Level(p. 11)

Now's the Time: A Q&A with the Smithsonian Soils ExhibitDesigners—3:00–4:00 pm, Marriott Downtown, Grand Ball-room Salon F, Lobby Level

Smithsonian Reception—4:00–5:00 pm, Marriott Downtown,Grand Ballroom F, Lobby Level (p. 30)

S-3 Graduate Student Poster Competition—4:00–6:00 pm, Ex-hibit Hall ABC, Lower Level (p. 104)

Sustainable and Organic Agriculture Roundtable—4:30–6:50pm, Ballroom E, Lower Level (p. 49)

Professional Soil Scientists Reception—5:00–7:00 pm, Mar-riott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon F, Lobby Level (p.30)

Minority Student Poster Contest and Reception—5:30–8:30pm, Room 150G, Lower Level (p. 50)

Calvin Sperling Biodiversity Memorial Lectureship—7:00–8:05 pm, Ballroom E, Lower Level (p. 92)

SASES Social—9:00 pm–12:00 am, Radisson Downtown,Wasatch 1-3, Second Floor (p. 47)

Margaret Smith

Kimberlee Kidwell

Daria Schmidt

Special Dietary Needs? We Got You Covered!If you have special dietary needs for any of the

food functions you’ll be attending, stop by the Vel-cro Sales/Dietary Requests Counter at the Regis-tration Center located in the East Lobby, UpperLevel of the Convention Center and fill out a formindicating your needs. You will receive a receiptand when placed on the table by the guest, the re-ceipt indicates to the server that a special meal hasbeen requested. All requests must be received atleast 24 hours in advance.



FEATURED SYMPOSIA

Symposia are at the Salt Palace Convention Center unless otherwise noted—see corresponding pages in the Program Book for more information.

Sustainability of Agriculture, Environment, and Food Security—Div. A-6—8:00 am–3:15 pm, Room 250C, Upper Level (p. 59)Managing the Ecosystem CO2 Dynamics of Carbon Sequestration—Div. C-6, C-3—8:10 am–12:00 pm, Room 251D, Upper Level (p. 84)Twenty Years of Military Level Environmental Research—Div. A-2—8:25–11:30 am, Room 150D, Lower Level (p. 51)Emerging Technologies for Real-time Integrated Management—Div. A-8, A-5, S-4, S-8—8:25 am–12:00 pm, Room 250E, Upper Level (p. 61)Pulse Crop Ecology in North America: Impacts on Environment, N Cycle, Soil Biology, Pulse Adaptation and Human Nutrition—Div. C-

3—8:25 am–12:00 pm, Room 251B, Upper Level (p. 75)Status of Experiment Stations in the Southwest: Opportunities and Challenges—Div. A-7, 8:30–11:35 am, Room 250D, Upper Level (p. 60)Nutrient Use Efficiency in Production Agriculture—Div. A-9—8:30 am–12:10 pm, Room 250F, Upper Level (p. 66)The Physiology Behind Crop Quality—Div. C-2, C-1, C-3, C-4—8:50–11:30 am, Room 251A, Upper Level (p. 73)Chemistry of Wetland Soils: Honoring the Work of Dr. Bill Patrick—Div. S-10—8:55–11:45 am, Room 251C, Upper Level (p. 127)Water and Chemical Fluxes from the Pore to Landscape Scale: I—Div. S-1, S-11—8:55 am–12:00 pm, Ballroom G, Lower Level (p. 93)Soil Analysis for Nutrient Management Planning. Is Laboratory Performance Necessary?—Div. S-10—9:25 am–12:45 pm, Ballroom E, Lower

Level (p. 125)Moving from Environmental Data to Environmental Policy: I. Intersection of Science and Society—Div. S-11, A-5—9:40 am–12:05 pm, Room

151ABC, Lower Level (p. 132)A Tribute to Arvin Mosier—Div. S-3—9:55 am–3:20 pm, Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom C, Second Floor (p. 103)Humic Substances as Environmental Sorbents: I—Div. S-2—10:00 am–12:00 pm, Exhibit Hall ABC, Lower Level (p. 99)Genetics and Breeding of Disease Resistance—Div. C-1, C-7, C-8—12:55–4:00 pm, Ballroom F, Lower Level (p. 69)The Frontiers in Plant Science Symposium—Light, Chronobiology, and the Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Development—Div. C-7, C-1,

C-2, C-4—1:00–5:45 pm, Ballroom BD, Lower Level (p. 88)Water and Chemical Fluxes from the Pore to Landscape Scale: II—Div. S-1, S-11—1:10–3:15 pm, Ballroom G, Lower Level (p. 94)Dynamic Cropping Systems for Soil & Water Conservation—Div. S-6—1:10–4:15 pm, Ballroom J, Lower Level (p. 115)Update of Soil Liming Recommendations—Div. S-4—1:15–4:05 pm, Room 251D, Upper Level (p. 107)Philosophies and Approaches for Developing Environmental Guidelines and Regulation for Land-Applied Waste Constituents—Div. A-5,

S-11—1:25–6:00 pm, Room 151G, Lower Level (p. 58)Pulse Crop Ecology—Div. C-3—4:00–6:00 pm, Exhibit Hall ABC, Lower Level (p. 78)Water and Chemical Fluxes from the Pore to Landscape Scale: III—Div. S-1, S-11—4:00–6:00 pm, Exhibit Hall ABC, Lower Level (p. 95)Revisiting Metal Behavior in Biosolids Amended Soils: Applying Knowledge Gained to an Understanding of Behavior of Metals in Soils

Systems: I—Div. S-2, 4:30–6:00 pm, Exhibit Hall ABC, Lower Level (p. 101)

Two New Professional DevelopmentSessions on Tap for Monday Afternoon

Students will have the opportunity to gain instantaccess to member professionals at the first-ever Stu-dent Mentor Program on Monday afternoon from12:00–1:30 pm in Room 150 ABC, Lower Level of theConvention Center. The program provides an oppor-tunity for students and mentors to discuss profes-sional opportunities and challenges in the workplace.It is a way for mentors (members) to give back to theprofession and provide information to students aboutthe inner workings of the real world. Most impor-tantly, students will gain networking information forlater follow-up. The luncheon program will accommo-date 40 students on a first-come, first-served basis.

Following the Student Mentor Program, get insideinformation on job search strategies during the newsession: “You’re Hired! Smart Job Search Strategiesfrom Insiders,” from 1:30–3:50 pm in Room251F,Upper Level of the Convention Center. This three-partprogram will include the following topics: How toSearch for a Job (1:30–2:10 pm), Interviewing Like aWinner (2:20–3:00 pm), and Negotiating for a Raise(3:10–3:50 pm). The program is aimed at anyone look-ing for a position and who wants to learn more aboutthese job-searching tools.

Learn How to Advocate for IncreasedFunding at the Science Policy Forum

You are invited and encouragedto attend this year’s Science PolicyForum, “Communicating with Con-gress: How to Advocate for In-creased Funding,” on Monday from1:00-2:30 pm in Room 251 E of theConvention Center. This session,led by the Societies’ Director of Sci-ence Policy Karl Glasener, will pro-vide a real-time demonstration ofour grassroots advocacy resource(Science Policy Action Center), as seeing is believing.A panel composed of House and Senate staff mem-bers, a federal agency representative, and a citizen sci-entist (one of our member scientists active in policy-making) will give their thoughts concerning how toeffectively engage Congress to increase funding for re-search, education, extension, and conservation. A dis-cussion will follow. Your voice really does make a dif-ference—please join us and learn how to become aneffective advocate for science!

Also, be sure to stop by our Science Policy ActionCenter Booth (number 326) to learn more about howto get involved in policymaking.

Karl Glasener



One year old and going strong,the Committee on Organic and Sus-tainable Agriculture (COSA) of theSocieties invites you to the thirdRoundtable on Sustainable and Or-ganic Agriculture on Monday from4:30–6:50 pm in room Ballroom E,Lower Level of the Convention Cen-ter. There will be a cash bar and foodreception at 4:30 pm, featuring a“tasting” of Utah-grown organicvalue-added agricultural products,and the program featuring nation-ally known specialists in organicpolicy and agricultural systemswork will begin at 5:00 pm.

Deb Stinner, Ohio State Univer-sity, will speak about the sustainablesystems research work that she andher late husband, Ben Stinner beganin Ohio. We will reflect on and re-member Ben's foundational work.Lynn Coody, Organic AgsystemsConsulting of Eugene, OR, willspeak to the “Science behind the Na-tional Organic Standards Board(NOSB)” and will bring us up todate on policy surrounding the na-tional organic label.

‘Biogeochemical Cycling’the Topic of Wilde Lecture

Dale John-son, Professorof Soil Scienceat the Univer-sity of Nevada,Reno, will givethe Serge A.Wilde Lectureon Monday af-ternoon from1:30–2:30 pm inRoom 151DEF of the ConventionCenter. The topic of his presenta-tion is “Biogeochemical CyclingResearch: From Its Origins in For-est Soil Science to Recent Devel-opments.”

Dr. Johnson’s research interestsare in soil chemistry and nutrientcycling and have included studieson the effects of atmospheric dep-osition, fertilization, harvesting,elevated CO2, nitrogen fixation,and fire on soils and forest ecosys-tems. He earned his B.S. in ForestScience and his Ph.D. in ForestSoils at the University of Wash-ington in 1969 and 1975, respec-tively. Johnson has been a Fellowof the American Association forthe Advancement of Science since1985 and a Fellow of SSSA since1995.

The Sergei A. Wilde Lecture-ship focuses on current andemerging developments in thearea of forest soils, with emphasison service and technology andeducational and policy issues.The Lecture is used to helpkeynote symposia or other activ-ities sponsored by Division S-7Forest Soils at the SSSA AnnualMeeting. The lecturer selectedeach year is a distinguishedscholar who has made significantcontributions to some aspect offorest soils, or who has made sig-nificant contributions to environ-mental, socioeconomic, or policyissues that relate to the manage-ment of forest soils. Funding forthe Lectureship was establishedthrough the Agronomic ScienceFoundation, and the program isadministered by SSSA.

Dale Johnson

C-7 Symposium Explores the Frontiers in Plant Science The premier C-7 event at the an-

nual meetings this year will be the“Frontiers in Plant Science Sympo-sium: Light, Chronobiology, and theMolecular Mechanisms of Plant De-velopment,” on Monday from1:00–5:45 pm in Ballroom BD, LowerLevel of the Convention Center.

At this symposium, you will havethe opportunity to learn about sci-entific advances that are leading togreater understanding of mecha-nisms underlying how plants (1)generate leaves and flowers fromshoot apical meristems, (2) utilizeinternal “biological clocks” to meas-ure time, and (3) use photoreceptorsto sense and react to changes in am-bient light conditions.

C-7 Chair Jim Specht notes that“Crop growth and development is ofintrinsic importance in many exper-imental research projects conductedby the scientists and students of ourSocieties, and of course of interestto crop production professionals and

Roundtable to Bring Together Nationally KnownSpecialists in Organic Policy, Agricultural Systems

specialists who also attend the meet-ing.” For that reason, he encouragesconferees to attend all or at least partof this symposium to hear nation-ally recognized speakers discuss re-cent developments. Here are thescheduled presentations:

• 1:15–2:15 pm: “Dynamic Genet-ics: New Methods and Modelsin Plant Development” by ElliotM. Meyerowitz, California Insti-tute of Technology

• 2:30–3:20 pm: “An EvolvingView of the Arabidopsis Circa-dian Clock,” by C. RobertsonMcClung, Dartmouth College

• 3:20–4:10 pm: “Phytochromes:The Emerging Picture of LightSensing and Signal Transduc-tion,” by Robert A. Sharrock,Montana State University

This symposium is a great venuefor updating your knowledge of cut-ting-edge research in plant sci-ence—don’t miss it!

Participants will then engage inone of four “roundtables” to discussactivities for the upcoming year re-lated to:

1. systems research;2. NOSB;3. extension, education, and cur-

riculum; or4. agriculture research policy.

The mission of COSA is to de-velop programming, identify emerg-ing issues and policy developments,and seek funding opportunities forresearch and professional servicesfor ASA–CSSA–SSSA members anddivisions interested in sustainableand organic agriculture.

Those sponsoring the COSAevent include The Western Sustain-able Agriculture Research and Edu-cation Program; Small PlanetFoods/General Mills; ASA, CSSA,and SSSA; Center for Rural Affairsand the Consortium for SustainableAgriculture Research and EducationProject; Division A-8 IntegratedAgricultural Systems, and DivisionS-3 Soil Biology and Biochemistry.



Manuscript Central Training

All Crop Science technical and as-sociate editors, authors, and re-viewers are encouraged to attendone of the two Manuscript CentralTraining sessions scheduled forMonday and Tuesday evening at6:00 pm in Room 253A, Upper Levelof the Convention Center.

Crop Science Assistant Editor Car-rie Czerwonka will submit a manu-script through Manuscript Central,demonstrate views and options forall roles in the system, and indicatesome quirks users have encoun-tered. Anyone outside of Crop Sci-ence wishing to view the system arealso welcome to attend.

See the Smithsonian ExhibitConcept Design, Meet theDeveloper and Designer

We invite you to join us for a spe-cial event called, “Now's the Time: AQ&A with the Smithsonian Soils Ex-hibit Designers,” on Monday from3–4 pm at the Marriott Downtown inGrand Ballroom Salon F, LobbyLevel. Both the Smithsonian’s Ex-hibit Developer, Barbara Stauffer,and the head of the design firm, BethMiles of mfmdesign in DC, will un-veil the recently completed conceptdesign materials. This event will befollowed by a Smithsonian Recep-tion from 4–5 pm. In addition tomeeting Barbara and Beth, watch forposters featuring final concept de-sign and plan to stop by the Smith-sonian Soils Exhibit booth number427 in the main exhibit hall.

IUCN Scientist to Give Sperling Biodiversity LectureJeffrey A. McNeely, Chief Scientist, IUCN, The

World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland, willpresent the 2005 Calvin Sperling Biodiversity Memo-rial Lecture from 7:00–8:05 pm in Ballroom E, LowerLevel of the Convention Center.

Dr. McNeely has been at IUCN since 1980 and hasbeen Chief Scientist since 1996, responsible for over-seeing all of IUCN’s scientific work. At IUCN, he hasdesigned numerous programs and advised govern-ments and conservation organizations on conserva-tion policy and practice.

He has published more than 350 technical and popular articles andhas authored numerous books on a wide range of conservation issues,seeking to link conservation of natural resources to the maintenance ofcultural diversity and to economically sustainable ways of life. He alsoserves on the editorial advisory board of seven biodiversity-related jour-nals.

Following his training in anthropology at the University of Califor-nia at Los Angeles, Dr. McNeely worked in Asia for 12 years. He spenttwo years as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Thailand, working withvillagers to build school water systems. He then worked at the Associ-ation for Conservation of Wildlife in Bangkok for five years, where heco-authored Mammals of Thailand and designed a system of protectedareas for the Lower Mekong Basin of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, andVietnam (with FAO/UNDP). He interrupted his work in Thailand be-tween 1972 and 1974 when he conducted research on the relationship be-tween people and nature on the Tibetan border in the Himalayas of east-ern Nepal. He was WWF-IUCN Representative in Indonesia from1977–1980, establishing IUCN’s first country program and running some35 conservation projects in that country.

Drawing on his work in Asia, he co-authored Soul of the Tiger, a bookabout the relationship between people and wildlife. Other books re-sulting from his work in Asia include: Wildlife Management in SoutheastAsia; Bats and Bat Parasites of Thailand; Saving Siberut: A ConservationMaster Plan; and Agriculture in the Lower Mekong Basin.

As the Director of IUCN’s Biodiversity Program, he contributed to allof the major global biodiversity initiatives, including the Convention onBiological Diversity, the Global Biodiversity Strategy, the Global Biodi-versity Assessment, Chapter 15 (on biodiversity) of Agenda 21, A Guideto the Convention on Biological Diversity, and National BiodiversityPlanning: Guidelines Based on Early Experience from Around the World.

He has advised over 50 governments on their biodiversity strategiesand action plans, was a founder of the Global Biodiversity Forum, andhas published a book with the Asian Development Bank, MobilizingBroader Support for Asia’s Biodiversity: How Civil Society Can Contribute toProtected Area Management.

Some of his other books include: National Parks, Conservation and De-velopment; Guidelines for Tourism Development in Protected Areas; People andProtected Areas in the Hindu-Kush Himalaya; Culture and Conservation;Economics and Biological Diversity; and Conserving the World’s Biological Di-versity.

The Calvin Sperling Biodiversity Memorial Lecture features a dis-tinguished scholar in the plant biodiversity area or related field. The Lec-tureship highlights the importance of biodiversity, stimulates scientificdiscussion, and recognizes outstanding scientists. It is supported throughcontributions to the Agronomic Science Foundation and is adminis-tered by CSSA.

Jeffrey McNeely

Earn CEUs at the Meetings

Individuals certified throughASA and SSSA (CCA/CPAg/CPSS/CPSC) have the opportunityto earn CEUs during the annualmeetings. Division A-8, IntegratedAgricultural Systems, and DivisionA-9, Professional Practitioners, fea-ture sessions on Monday throughWednesday specifically targeted to-wards these individuals. Addition-ally, some boards allow CCAs toself-report up to 20 CEUs, whileCPAg, CPSS, and CPSC profession-als can self-report up to 40 CEUs.See pages 13–14 of the ProgramBook for more information.



Agronomy Christian Fellowship Breakfast The 20th annual Agronomy Christian Fellowship

Breakfast will be held Tuesday from 6:30-8:00 am at theHilton Salt Lake City Center, Alpine Ballroom East.

The breakfast provides an opportunity for people offaith to meet for worship, inspiration, and fellowship.The speaker will be Lori Abendroth, Research and Ex-tension Associate at the University of Nebraska-Lin-coln. The breakfast is open to all members of the Soci-eties, their guests, and interested individuals. A sign-upsheet will be posted on the bulletin board near the reg-istration area (East Lobby, Upper Level of the Conven-tion Center)—please sign up before noon on Monday.Payment will be received at the door.

Events & SymposiaTuesday, 8 November

FEATURED EVENTS


Fellowship Breakfast—6:30–8:00 am, Hilton Hotel, Alpine Ball-room East, Second Floor (p. 31)*

Forage & Grazing Lands Breakfast—6:30–8:00 am, MarriottDowntown, Grand Ballroom Salon D, Lobby Level (p. 171)*

Soil Testing & Plant Analysis Breakfast—6:30–8:00 am, Mar-riott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon AB, Lobby Level (p.174)*

CSSA Golden Anniversary Symposium—7:55 am–2:30 pm,Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon EF, Lobby Level(p. 158)

SASES Breakfast, Awards, Business Meeting, Elections—8:00–11:00 am, Radisson Downtown, Wasatch 1-3, SecondFloor (p. 137)

Registration, Membership Renewals, New Membership Pro-cessing—8:00 am–5:00 pm, East Lobby, Upper Level (p. 6)

Scheduled Job Interviews—8:00 am–5:00 pm, Ballroom AC,Lower Level (p. 11)

Posters on Display—8:00 am–6:00 pm, Exhibit Hall ABC (p.11)Howard Taylor Memorial Lectureship—Root Respiration, Ex-

udation, and Nutrient Uptake: Carbon Costs of NutrientAcquisition—8:25–11:15 am, Ballroom J, Lower Level (p.197)

Writing Manuscripts for Publication—8:30–10:30 am, Room254B, Upper Level (p. 138)

Exhibits Open—9:00 am–6:00 pm, Exhibit Halls ABC (p. 10)SSSA Luncheon—11:30 am–1:15 pm, Marriott Downtown,

Grand Ballroom Salon ABCD, Lobby Level (p. 175)*C-5 Graduate Student Poster Competition—1:00–3:00 pm, Ex-

hibit Hall ABC, Lower Level (p. 166)Leo M. Walsh Soil Fertility Distinguished Lectureship—

1:55–4:00 pm, Ballroom E, Lower Level (p. 189)Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship on Frontiers in Bi-

ology—2:20–7:00 pm, Ballroom F, Lower Level (p. 187)CSSA Awards Program—3:00–3:30 pm, Marriott Downtown,Grand Ballroom Salon EF, Lobby Level (p. 159)Betty Klepper Endowed Lectureship—3:40–4:30 pm, Marriott

Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon EF, Lobby Level (p. 159)Writing Manuscripts for Publication—7:00–9:00 pm, Room

254B, Upper Level (p. 138)CSSA Golden Anniversary Dessert Reception—8:00–9:30 pm,

Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon ABCDE, LobbyLevel (p. 160)

Manuscript-Writing Workshops Set for Tuesday

Jump start your professional career and learn aboutthe publishing game through the hands-on workshop,“Writing Manuscripts for Publication,” in Room 254 B,Upper Level of the Convention on Tuesday. There willbe two sessions, one from 8:30–10:30 am and anotherfrom 7:00–9:00 pm. J. Michael Kelly from Virginia TechUniversity and Ruth Yanai from State University of NewYork will lead the workshops.

Graduate students will get started on preparing amanuscript for publication through writing exercisesand a review of the sequence of steps in creating a pub-lishable manuscript. M.S. and Ph.D. students that haveanalyzed, summarized, and reviewed their data willbenefit most from this workshop. Space limited to 50 stu-dents per session on a first come, first served basis.

Thank You Member Volunteers!The Societies celebrate and thank all of the 1,700 ded-

icated members who serve the Societies and our pro-fessions through volunteerism to the boards of directors,committees, divisions, branches, editorial boards, and asreviewers. If you have served the Societies in 2005, weinvite you to stop by the member services booth, locatedon the upper level overlooking the exhibit hall, to viewour thank you poster and pick up a volunteer ribbon.

Nitrogen Cycle, Human Health SymposiumDivision S-11 (Soils & Environmental Quality) and the

International Union of Soil Science (IUSS) will be spon-soring a symposium titled “The Nitrogen Cycle andHuman Health” on Tuesday from 7:55–11:35 am in Ball-room H, Lower Level of the Convention Center.

Losses of nitrogen from agriculture are of concernthroughout the world. Although economic loss and en-vironmental impacts are key factors, the main factordriving legislation is the supposed impact on humanhealth of NO3 in drinking water. Recent medical re-search calls into question past conclusions on the ef-fects of NO3 on health. By contrast, other impacts onhuman health resulting from perturbations to the ni-trogen cycle may be underestimated. These include thecontribution of N2O to the thinning of the O3 layer, re-sulting in increased exposure to UV radiation; a sug-gested link between NO3 and diabetes; and possibleindirect health effects through nitrogen enrichment ofthe environment.

In addition to scientific and practical aspects, thesymposium will cover implications for agricultural prac-tice, policy, and regulatory regimes.



FEATURED SYMPOSIA


Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems for Profit and Sustainability—Div. A-8, A-5, C-3—7:50–11:30 am, Room 151G, Lower Level (p. 151)Revisiting Metal Behavior in Biosolids Amended Soils: Applying Knowledge Gained to an Understanding of Behavior of Metals in Soils

Systems: II—Div. S-2—7:55–10:25 am, Ballroom I, Lower Level (p. 180)Soil Biophysics: A Challenging Interface—Div. S-1, S-3—7:55–11:30 am, Ballroom G, Lower Level (p. 176)Nitrogen and Human Health—Div. S-11, A-5, S-3—7:55–11:35 am, Ballroom H, Lower Level (p. 210)Environmental Impact of Strategies to Reduce Dietary Phosphorus—Div. A-5—7:55–11:45 am, Room 250E, Upper Level (p. 146)Problems and Guidelines for Field-based Transgenic Research—Div. A-7, A-9, C-1, C-3—8:00–9:20 am, Room 250D, Upper Level (p. 150)Improving Phosphorus-use Efficiency in Production Agriculture—Div. A-9—8:00 am–12:10 pm, Room 250F, Upper Level (p. 157)Evaporites and Desertification: I—Div. S-9, S-10— 8:10–11:15 am, Room 251D, Upper Level (p. 207)Wetlands in Arid Landscapes—Div. S-10— 8:25–10:30 am, Room 251E, Upper Level (p. 209)Revisiting Metal Behavior in Biosolids Amended Soils: Applying Knowledge Gained to an Understanding of Behavior of Metals in Soils

Systems: III—Div. S-2—1:30–3:35 pm, Ballroom I, Lower Level (p. 181)Evaporites and Desertification: II—Div. S-9, S-10—4:00–6:00 pm, Exhibit Hall ABC, Lower Level (p. 208)

CSSA’s Golden Anniversary SymposiumThe Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) will cel-

ebrate 50 years of scientific contributions during itsGolden Anniversary symposiumfrom 7:55 am–2:30 pm at the Mar-riott Downtown, Grand BallroomSalon EF, Lobby Level. During thesymposium, each Division willhighlight the most significant sci-entific events in its history. Follow-ing are the scheduled presentations:

• 8:00 am—Improving Lives: 50 Years of Crop Breed-ing, Genetics, and Cytology, P. S. Baenziger, Univ.of Nebraska; W. K. Russell, Univ. of Nebraska; G. L.Graef, Univ. of Nebraska; B. T. Campbell, USDA-ARS-Coastal Plains Res. Center

• 8:30 am—Genetic Tools from Nature and the Na-ture of Genetic Tools, Ronald Phillips, Univ. of Min-nesota

• 9:00 am—Plant Genetic Resources Conservationand Utilization: The Accomplishments and Futureof a Societal Insurance Policy, Paul Gepts, Univ. ofCalifornia-Davis

• 10:00 am—Unraveling the Mysteries of Crop De-velopment, Growth, and Yield, Thomas Sinclair,Univ. of Florida

• 10:30 am— A "Top Ten List" of Developments andIssues Impacting Crop Management and EcologyOver the Past 50 Years, R. Kent Crookston, BrighamYoung Univ.

• 11:00 am—Seeds: The Delivery System for CropScience, Dennis TeKrony, Univ. of Kentucky

• 1:00 pm—50 Years of Splendor in the Grass, RobertShearman, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln

• 1:30 pm—Fifty Years of Grassland Science Leadingto Change, C. Jerry Nelson, Univ. of Missouri

The CSSAAwards Program will follow from 3:00–3:30pm, and there will be a Golden Anniversary DessertReception from 8:00–9:30 pm at the Marriott Down-town, Grand Ballroom Salon ABCDE, Lobby Level.

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Howard M.Taylor Memorial LectureFeatures Australian Researcher

This year’s Howard M. TaylorMemorial Lecture on Root–SoilRelationships will be given byProfessor Hans Lambers, Head ofthe School of Plant Biology at theUniversity of Western Australiaat Perth, from 8:25–9:30 am inBallroom J, Lower Level of theConvention Center. The title of hispresentation is “Root Respiration,Exudation, and Nutrient Uptake:Carbon Costs of Nutrient Acquisition.” The lecturewill be followed by a Div. S-6 business meeting from10:00–11:15 am.

Professor Lambers’ lecture is based on over 25years of research on plant respiration, growth analy-sis, and mineral nutrition. His research has allowedintegration of physiology and biochemistry atwhole-plant and vegetation levels. His work on res-piration provided new information on the quanti-tative significance of respiration in the carbonbudget of plants as dependent on species and envi-ronment. He has offered a clear explanation of whyslow-growing plant species typically show relativelyfast root respiration rates. His pioneering research onvariation in maximum growth rates in plants haselucidated a long-standing controversy in plant ecol-ogy, established the principal physiological causes ofinherent variation in growth rate, and the signifi-cance of why plants from nutrient-poor environ-ments cannot grow fast.

The Howard M. Taylor Memorial Lecture fea-tures a distinguished scholar in the field of soil–rootrelationships and highlights the importance ofsoil–root relationships, stimulates scientific discus-sion, and recognizes outstanding scientists. It is sup-ported through contributions to the Agronomic Sci-ence Foundation and is administered by SSSA.

Hans Lambers



Walsh Lecture Focuseson Nutrient Management

The Leo M.Walsh Soil Fer-tility Distin-guished Lec-tureship willtake place onTuesday from1:55–2:45 pmand will fea-ture Professor

Keith Goulding,Head of the Agriculture and En-vironment Division at Rotham-sted Research and Manager of theUK’s new Cross-Institute Pro-gramme for Sustainable SoilFunction. Professor Goulding’slecture is titled, “Nutrient Man-agement Perspectives from GreatBritain,” and will be followed bya joint Div. S-4/S-8 business meet-ing from 3:00–4:00 pm.

Goulding received his B.Sc. inChemistry and Mathematics atExeter University, his M.Sc. in SoilChemistry at the University ofReading, and his Ph.D. in ion ex-change in soil at Imperial College,London. His research interests in-clude soil potassium and phos-phorus, acid rain, soil acidifica-tion, and liming. His currentfocus is on nutrient cycling in thebiosphere, especially losses of ni-trogen to air and water and theirenvironmental impact, with astrong emphasis on policy-rele-vant research. Goulding is a vis-iting Professor at the Universityof Nottingham in the UK andChina Agricultural University,Beijing. He is a Fellow of the In-stitute of Professional Soil Scien-tists and a Chartered Scientist. Hewas awarded the Royal Agricul-tural Society of England’s Re-search Medal in 2003 for his re-search into diffuse pollution fromagriculture.

The Leo M. Walsh Soil FertilityDistinguished Lectureship fea-tures a distinguished scholar inthe field of soil fertility. The Lec-tureship is supported throughcontributions to the AgronomicScience Foundation and is ad-ministered by SSSA.

Keith Goulding

‘Soil Organic Matter Genesis and Transformation’ theTopic of the 2005 Francis E. Clark Lecture

Wulf Amelung, Full Professor of Soil Science and SoilEcology at the University of Bonn, Germany, will give theFrancis E. Clark Distinguished Lecture on Frontiers in Bi-ology on Tuesday from 2:30–3:30 pm in Ballroom F of theConvention Center. The title of his presentation is “Gene-sis and Transformation of Soil Organic Matter—Insightsthrough Biomarker Analyses.”

Professor Amelung’s primary field is soil organic chem-istry and biochemistry, and his research focuses mainly onthe dynamics of soil organic matter and on the fate of or-ganic pollutants in terrestrial environment. To understandorganic matter cycling at time-scales that exceed the life cycle of soil organ-isms, he has analyzed specific biomarkers and has combined this work withcompound-specific determinations of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes. In2003, his research on soil organic nitrogen was awarded with the Fritz-Schef-fer prize of the German Soil Science Society. To detect organic pollutants andtheir degradation products, he has used mass-spectrometry (GC/LC-MS-MS)and radioscintillation counting. The objective of these studies is to elucidatethe environmental dispersion and bioavailability of pesticides and, more re-cently, antibiotics in soil.

Wulf Amelung has authored or co-authored 72 articles in refereed scien-tific journals and eight book articles. He is an active member of SSSA, ASA,and the German Soil Science Society.

The Francis and Evelyn Clark Soil Biology Lectureship on Frontiers in Bi-ology features a distinguished scholar in the field of soil biology or a closelyrelated area. The individual selected presents a lecture, as part of the Divi-sion S-3 program, at the SSSA Annual Meeting. The Lectureship focuses ontopics in soil biology that are of interest to teachers, researchers, and students.The Lectureship emphasizes new frontiers in all aspects of soil biology andthe importance of soil biology in addressing agricultural, environmental, andsocioeconomic issues. Funds for the Lectureship are provided through con-tributions to the Agronomic Science Foundation, and the program is ad-ministered by SSSA.

Wulf Amelung

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David Robinson to ReceiveS-1 Early Career Award

David Robin-son will receivethe 2005 S-1 EarlyCareer Award atthe S-1 BusinessMeeting on Tues-day from 3:00 to4:00 pm in Ball-room G, LowerLevel of the Con-vention Center.He is the fourth recipient of this an-nual award, which recognizes sci-entists who have made an outstand-ing contribution in Soil Physicswithin six years of completing theirPh.D. degree.

Dr. Robinson received his B.S. de-gree in Soils and the Environment atReading University, UK in 1994 andhis Ph.D. in Soil Hydrology from theUniversity of Ulster, UK in 1999. Hisdissertation research focused oncomparing time domain reflectome-try, capacitance and impedance sen-sors for soil water content determi-nation, and the application of auto-mated soil water sensing equipmentto field studies under irrigated po-tato crops.

After his Ph.D. study, Robinsonworked two years as a postdoctoralresearcher at the Volcani Center in Is-rael investigating theoretical and ex-perimental aspects of dielectric andelectrical conductivity measure-ments for the simultaneous deter-mination of soil water content andsalinity. He then spent two years asa research associate at the USDASalinity Laboratory in Riverside,CA, developing mobile soil map-ping techniques for precision agri-culture. During the last two years,Robinson has conducted ground-breaking research on electromag-netic sensors for application in andcharacterization of porous media atUtah State University. In October,Robinson took a staff scientist posi-tion in the Department of Geo-physics at Stanford University tohelp develop the concept for inte-grating geophysical sensing and hy-drology under the NSF Consortiumof Universities for the Advancementof Hydrological Sciences, Inc.(CUASHI).


M.S. Swaminathan Presents “Achieving anEver-Green Revolution” at Klepper Lecture

The “architect of India’s Green Revolution,” M.S.Swaminathan, will give the Betty Klepper EndowedLecture on Tuesday from 3:40–4:15 pm at the MarriottDowntown, Grand Ballroom Salon EF, Lobby Level.The title of his presentation is “Achieving an Ever-Green Revolution.”

A plant geneticist by training, Dr. Swaminathanserves as Chairman of both the Swaminathan ResearchFoundation and the National Commission on Farmersfor the Indian government and is President of the Pug-wash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. Hiscontributions to the agricultural renaissance of India have led to hisbeing widely referred to as the scientific leader of the green revolutionmovement. His advocacy of sustainable agriculture has made him an ac-knowledged world leader in the field of sustainable food security. Dr.Swaminathan has been acclaimed by TIME magazine as one of the 20most influential Asians of the 20th century and one of the only three fromIndia, the other two being Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.He has been described by the United Nations Environment Programmeas “the Father of Economic Ecology” and by Javier Perez de Cuellar, Sec-retary General of the United Nations, as “a living legend who will go intothe annals of history as a world scientist of rare distinction.”

Dr. Swaminathan was the first World Food Prize recipient in 1987 forhis introduction of high-yielding wheat and rice varieties to Indian farm-ers. The International Association of Women and Development conferredon him the first international award for significant contributions to pro-moting the knowledge, skill, and technological empowerment of womenin agriculture and for his pioneering role in mainstreaming gender con-siderations in agriculture and rural development. Swaminathan also re-ceived the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1971and the Albert Einstein World Science Award in 1986.

Swaminathan served as Chairman of the UN Science Advisory Com-mittee set up in 1980 to take follow-up action on the Vienna Plan of Ac-tion. He has also served as Independent Chairman of the FAO Council,and President of the International Union for the Conservation of Natureand Natural Resources. Swaminathan is a Fellow of many of the leadingscientific academies of India and the world, including the Royal Societyof London and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He has received47 honorary doctorate degrees from universities around the world andcurrently holds the UNESCO Chair in Ecotechnology at the M.S. Swami-nathan Research Foundation in Chennai (Madras), India and is Chairmanof the National Commission on Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Securityof India.

The 2005 Klepper Lecture is part of a series of events and programs cel-ebrating the 50th Anniversary of CSSA. It follows CSSA’s Golden An-niversary Symposium—where each division will feature an invitedspeaker who will reflect on the most significant achievements of the di-vision over its lifetime, as well as provide thoughts on challenges and op-portunities facing the division in the next 50 years—and an awards cer-emony. Following the Klepper Lecture will be the Golden AnniversaryDessert Reception from 8:00–9:30 pm at the Marriott Downtown, GrandBallroom Salon ABCDE, Lobby Level.

The Betty Klepper Endowed Lectureship features a distinguishedscholar in crop science. Funds for the Lectureship were provided by a giftfrom Elizabeth L. Klepper to the Agronomic Science Foundation, and theprogram is administered by CSSA.

M.S. Swaminathan

David Robinson



Events & SymposiaWednesday, 9 November

FEATURED EVENTS


Extension Agronomists Breakfast—6:30–8:00 am, MarriottDowntown, Grand Ballroom Salon D, Lobby Level (p. 222)*

A-7 Agronomy Tour—6:45 am–5:30 pm, South Lobby, LowerLevel (p. 16)*

Teaching and Learning Roundtable—7:55–10:20 am, HiltonHotel, Alpine Ballroom, Second Floor (p. 249)


Scheduled Job Interviews–8:00 am–5:00 pm, Ballroom AC,Lower Level (p. 11)

Posters on Display—8:00 am–6:00 pm, Exhibit Hall ABC (p. 11)Exhibits Open—9:00 am–6:00 pm,Exhibit Halls ABC (p. 10)ASA Awards Luncheon—11:30 am–1:15 pm, Marriott Down-

town, Grand Ballroom Salon ABCD, Lobby Level (p. 218)*How to Conduct a Successful First Year Research Program—

2:45–4:05 pm, Room 251F, Upper Level (p. 219)Finding the Right Funding Opportunity—4:30–6:30 pm, Room

251F, Upper Level (p. 219)Early Career Member Social—6:30–8:30 pm, Room 251F,

Upper Level (p. 220)

Stripe Rust of Wheat: A Plan for RecoveryStripe rust is one of the most significant threats to

worldwide wheat production. The U.S. Department ofHomeland Security has proposed a National Plant Dis-ease Recovery System using genetic resistance, geneticresources, and the Cooperative Extension Service to re-duce and eliminate disease threats to important crops.

A symposium sponsored by Division C-1 (CropBreeding, Genetics & Cytology) titled “Stripe Rust ofWheat: APlan for Recovery,” will take place on Wednes-day from 12:55–3:30 pm in Ballroom D, Lower Level ofthe Convention Center. It will include national and in-ternational invited speakers who will discuss the cloningof disease resistance genes, global changes in thepathogen population, use and deployment of geneticdisease resistance, and prospects for control.

C-6 Symposium Takes You ‘Beyond the Plant’

The symposium, “Beyond the Plant: Biodiversity Im-pacts on the Grazing Animal,” sponsored by Div. C-6,will be held on Wednesday from 12:55–4:30 pm in Room150ABC, Lower Level of the Convention Center. Speak-ers include Fred Provenza and John Haskell from UtahState University, David Chapman from the Universityof Melbourne, and Kathy Soder from the USDA-ARSPasture Systems and Watershed Management ResearchUnit in University Park, PA. They will discuss the im-pact on the grazing animal of biochemical, architectural,spatial, and temporal variation in pasture systems.

Inaugural Biometry Working Group MeetingThe inaugural meeting of the CSSA Biometry Work-

ing Group will be held on Wednesday from 1:00–4:00 pmin Room 251B of the Salt Palace Convention Center. Itwill be chaired by Don Bullock (University of Illinois)and Ken Moore (Iowa State University). The intent of theBiometry Working Group is to provide a forum for allpersons interested in statistics and experimental designfrom the research and/or teaching points of view. Thismeeting will be used to discuss the role of the CSSA Bio-metry Working Group in the Societies, interests of themembership, and the potential for an eventual CSSAdi-vision. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Learn How to Conduct a Successful FirstYear Research Program

Early career professionals will have the opportunityto learn how to conduct a successful first year researchprogram on Wednesday from 2:45–4:05 pm in Room251F, Upper Level of the Convention Center. This newprogram will address how to establish effective researchcollaborations, obtain competitive grant funding, andsupport new faculty with start-up packages. There willbe plenty of time for discussion and questions.

Morning Symposium to Cover AgriculturalManagement of Greenhouse Gases

The sixth annual joint symposium between SSSA andthe Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS), titled“Agricultural Management of Greenhouse Gas Emis-sions,” will take place on Wednesday from 8:10–11:15 amat the Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon F,Lobby Level. The symposium will focus on the practi-cal aspects of reduction of greenhouse gasses and car-bon sequestration including farm-level methods andeconomic feasibility and benefits. It will include invitedresearchers working on greenhouse gases and carbon se-questration from GRACEnet (the Greenhouse Gas Re-duction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement Net-work), CASMGS (Consortium for Agricultural Soil Mit-igation of Greenhouse Gases), and other related groups.The following topics will be discussed:

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Sequestra-tion

• Managing for Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases, andCarbon Sequestration in the Midwest

• Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in SemiaridAgroecosystems

• USDA Activities Affecting the Feasibility of Man-aging Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Sequestration

• The Importance of Science in Carbon Credit Trading


Do you have questions about serving ona Society committee, volunteering to be a re-viewer for our journals, developing betterties between academia and industry, writing

effective grant proposals, finding the right fundingagency, or developing ‘interdisciplinary’ teams for at-tacking research? Do you have an idea of how the Soci-eties could better meet your needs as an early careermember? If so, we want to know. Our Societies can onlyfunction as well as the input they receive, and as we seeit, we, as early career members, should be a drivingforce in determining their future direction.

This year, we are very excited about our early careermember programming. Our two programs are plannedfor Wednesday from 4:30–8:30 pm in room 251F, UpperLevel of the Convention Center.

4:30–6:30 pm—Finding the Right Funding Opportunity

The Early Career Member Com-mittee and Karl Glasener (Director ofScience Policy) have put together anexciting program. If you feel like yourknowledge level about the grantprocess is inadequate, YOU ARE NOTALONE. The fact is that many of usdo not have a lot of experience in thegrant process, although it is becominga larger and more important part ofour careers. Come to this session tolearn how grant-funding agencies operate, what is ex-pected from a successful proposal, and about specificgrant opportunities from potential U.S. governmentfunding agencies such as NSF, DOE, and USDA. Thissession is not intended to be a grantsmanship workshop,


FEATURED SYMPOSIA


Humic Substances as Environmental Sorbents: II—Div. S-2—7:55–11:30 am, Ballroom I, Lower Level (p. 268)New Horizons from Long-Term Soil Experiments: Interdisciplinary Opportunities to Examine Soil Change—Div. S-7—7:55 am–12:20 pm,

Ballroom J, Lower Level (p. 288)Molecular Based Approaches to Soil Microbiology—Div. S-3—7:55 am–4:10 pm, Ballroom H, Lower Level (p. 273)SNP Markers Symposium—Discovery, Development, Mapping, Utilization—Div. C-7, C-1—8:00–11:50 am, Room 253AB, Upper Level (p.

256)Denitrification in the Riparian-Stream Continuum: I—Div. S-1, S-3—8:25 am–11:15 am, Room 251E, Upper Level (p. 296)Application Dependent Challenges for Plant Genetic Resources—Div. C-8—8:25–11:45 am, Room 151ABC, Lower Level (p. 258)What’s New in the Turfgrass Industry?—Div. C-5—8:55 am–12:00 pm, Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom AB, Second Floor (p. 249)Use of Stable Isotopes in Agriculture and Plant Research—Div. A-3—9:55–2:35 pm, Ballroom B, Lower Level (p. 221)Stripe Rust of Wheat: A Plan for Recovery—Div. C-1, C-7, C-8—12:55–3:30 pm, Ballroom D, Lower Level (p. 233)Beyond the Plant: Biodiversity Impacts on the Grazing Animal—Div. C-6—12:55–4:30 pm, Room 150ABC, Lower Level (p. 253)Organic Seed Production and Breeding for Organic Production Systems—Div. C-4, C-1—1:10–4:45 pm, Room 251C, Upper Level (p. 247)Uses and Abuses of Soil and Water Resources: Historical and Contemporary Examples and the Lessons to be Learned from Them—Div. S-

6—1:10–4:45 pm, Room 151G, Lower Level (p. 284)Turfgrasses as Invasive Species—Div. C-5—1:25–4:30 pm, Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom AB, Second Floor (p. 252)Humic Substances as Environmental Sorbents: III—Div. S-2—1:25–5:00 pm, Ballroom I, Lower Level (p. 270)

Early Career Members Learn about Grant Funding, How to Get Involved in the Societies

but a forum for you and funding agency “decision mak-ers” (i.e., program managers) to talk about specific pro-grams and opportunities available in your discipline orarea of work. Food and drink will be provided.

6:30–8:30 pm—Early Career Member Social

Come meet fellow early career members, learn abouthow to get involved in the early career membershipand the Societies, and learn how the Societies can bet-ter address the concerns and interests of its newest mem-bers. Based on the experience from last year, the socialevent creates a relaxing and welcoming environmentwhere these three goals can be accomplished. Food anddrink will be provided along with information about theSocieties and opportunities for involvement.

Karl Glasener

The Early Career Member Social provides an opportunity tomeet fellow early career members and learn abouthow to get involved in the Societies.


BEFORE YOU LEAVE:

RenewRenew your ASA–CSSA–SSSA

Membership for 2006 at theRegistration Desk in the East

Lobby, Upper Level onTuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

Headquarters staff are available to answer yourquestions about renewing your membership orjoining the Societies as well as adding a journal

subscription, changing divisions, or learning moreabout the different membership categories.


CSSA Announces Renewal of PioneerFellowship in Plant Sciences

Crop Science Society of America(CSSA) President James Coors an-nounced that Pioneer Hi-Bred Inter-national, Inc. has again funded the Pi-oneer Fellowship in Plant Sciencesthrough the Agronomic Science Foun-dation (ASF). The Pioneer Fellowshipin Plant Sciences has been created toattract top students whose careers willcontinue to advance the science ofplant improvement. The Fellowshipwill support up to four years of graduate study with a$25,000 annual stipend.

“Pioneer is committed to supporting education inplant sciences,” says Dr. Todd Krone, Pioneer research co-ordinator. “The Pioneer Fellowship in Plant Sciences willhelp graduate students achieve their educational goalsand create the researchers and teachers of the future.”

The first Pioneer Fellowship in Plant Sciences wasawarded in 2003 to David Bowen, a Ph.D. applicantwith outstanding potential in plant sciences who is cur-rently enrolled in his last semester at the University ofIdaho. He has presented his research on low phytic acidcrops in a number of venues, including the ASA annualmeetings, the Western Society of Crop Science annualmeetings, and at grower field days.

Dr. David A. Sleper of the University of Missouri willcontinue as Chairman of the Pioneer Fellowship in PlantSciences Committee for CSSA.

Applicant information will be in the CSSA AwardsBooklet, which is mailed to university departments andposted on CSSA’s website (www.crops.org) in late De-cember.

Events & SymposiaThursday, 10 November

FEATURED EVENTS

Events are at the Salt Palace Convention Center unless otherwisenoted—see corresponding pages in the Program Book for more infor-mation. Events are free and open to all attendees.

Open Job Interviews—8:00–11 am, Ballroom AC, Lower Level(p. 11)


FEATURED SYMPOSIA

Symposia are at the Salt Palace Convention Center unless otherwisenoted—see corresponding pages in the Program Book for more information.

Carbon Dynamics—Div. S-7—7:55–10:15 am, Ballroom J, LowerLevel (p. 322)

Water Quality/Transport Modeling—Div. S-1—7:55–11:15 am,Room 150G, Lower Level (p. 315)

Breeding, Environment and Establishment—Div. C-5—7:25–11:20am, Ballroom D, Lower Level (p. 312)

Management of Miscellaneous Crops—Div. C-3—7:55–10:15 am,Room 251B, Upper Level (p. 310)

Atmospheric Emissions from Agricultural Systems—Div. A-5—7:55–10:55 am, Room 251C, Upper Level (p. 306)

Management Technologies for Sustainable CropProduction—Div. A-6—7:55–10:45 am, Room 150ABC, LowerLevel (p. 307)

Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Metals or OrganicChemicals—Div. S-11—8:10–11:15 am, Room 251D, Upper Level(p. 325)

Horticultural Crops—Div. S-4—8:25–9:30 am, Convention Center,Room 250DE, Upper Level (p. 318)

Soil and Plant Analysis—Div. S-8—8:25–9:45 am, Room 250F,Upper Level (p. 323)

Wetland Restoration and Soil/Sediment Processes—Div. S-10—8:25–10:00 am, Room 150D, Lower Level (p. 324)

Nitrogen Utilization and Loss in Agricultural Systems—Div. A-8—8:25–11:00 am, Room 250C, Upper Level (p. 308)

Soil Biology and Soil Function—Div. S-3—8:25–10:15 am, BallroomH, Lower Level (p. 317)

Assessment of Management Impacts on Soil Properties—Div. S-6—8:25–10:30 am, Room 251E, Upper Level (p. 320)

Forages and Grazing Systems—Div. C-6—8:25–10:30 am, Room251A, Upper Level (p. 314)

Irrigation Management—Div. S-6—8:25–11:00 am, Room 251F,Upper Level (p. 321)

Surface Chemistry of Group 3A, 5A, and 7A Oxyanions—Div. S-2—8:25–11:25 am, Ballroom I, Lower Level (p. 316)

Turf Physiology, Stress, and Soil Modification—Div. C-5—8:25am–12:00 pm, Ballroom B, Lower Level (p. 313)

Pedological Investigations—Div. S-5—8:55–11:00 am, Ballroom G,Lower Level (p. 319)

Breeding and Germplasm Evaluation—Div. C-1—9:10–10:15 am,Ballroom E, Lower Level (p. 309)

Systems and Other Topics—Div. S-4—9:55 am–12:00 pm, Room250DE, Upper Level (p. 319)

Small Grain Management and Quality: II—Div. C-3—10:25am–12:00 pm, Room 251B, Upper Level (p. 311)

Jim Coors


Connect with Industry Suppliers

Exhibit Halls ABC Salt Palace Convention Center • Lower LevelMonday–Wednesday • 9 am–6 pm • Social Hour 4–6 pm/cash bars

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ADC BioScientific Ltd12 Spurling WorksPindar RoadHoddesdonHertfordshire, EN11 0DBTel: 01992 445995Fax: 01992 444567 www.adc.co.uk Booth 407, 409ADC BioScientific are world leaders in portable gas exchangeinstrumentation. At the show we are demonstrating the mostportable photosynthesis systems available in the LCi and theCpro+, our SRS range of portable soil respiration systems, theOPEC open path eddy covariance system and the popularAM300 portable leaf area meter.REPRESENTATIVE: Roy Newman

Agriculex, IncI-59 Suburban Ave.Guelph, ON, CANADA N1E 6B4Phone: 519-837-0871Fax: 519-837-4219www.agriculex.guelph.org Booth 224We manufacture specialized equipment for agricultural re-search. Single Plant Thresher (SPT-1), Belt Thresher (SPT-2), Pro-grammable Electronic Seed Counter (ESC-2), Electronic SeedCounter (ESC-1), Single Cod Corn Sheller (SCS-2), Batch/BulkCorn Sheller (BCS-1), Seed Cleaner—Small Column SeedCleaner (CB-1), Large Column Seed Cleaner (CB-2), and Aspi-rator Seed Cleaner (ASC-3), Spherical-Nonspherical Sorter (SNS-1), Roller Sorter (RS-1), Spelt Dehuller (SD-2).REPRESENTATIVE: Godfrey Chu James Ferguson

Agronomix Software Inc.171 Waterloo St.Winnipeg, MB CANADA R3N OS4Phone: 204-487-4245Fax: 204-487-4250www.agronomix.mb.ca Booth 318AGROBASE Generation IITM is a comprehensive relational soft-ware system used by agronomists and plant breeders worldwide.AGROBASE supports many experimental designs, data man-agement and analysis, reports, GxE analyses, variety testing, plantbreeding for many different crops and breeding schemes, imagedisplay, and much more. Imagine comparing the performanceof varieties over multiple years or knowing the selection historyof lines in your breeding program with just a few mouse clicks!Come for a demonstration of how you can specifically benefitfrom AGROBASE Generation II. View our latest version12.0—now with a direct USB link to Palmtops® and many othernew features.REPRESENTATIVE: Dieter Mulitze Ellen Mulitze

Ag Leader Technology2202 S. Riverside Dr.Ames, IA 50010Phone: 515-232-5363Fax: 515-232-3595www.agleader.com Booth 419REPRESENTATIVE: Aaron Friedlein Michael Vos

ALMACO99 M Ave.Nevada, IA 50201Phone: 515-382-3506Fax: 515-382-2973www.ALMACO.com Booth 202ALMACO will be exhibiting our precision agricultural researchequipment for planting and harvesting test plots. You are invitedto visit our booths to see the latest product developments andservices. Exhibits include our Light Duty Grain Drill, Precisionseeding equipment, several versions of our stationary plot thresh-ers, and our new Seed Spector LRX data analysis and collectionequipment. Please stop by and introduce yourself to our newMarketing Consultants as well as reunite with some familiar facesfrom ALMACO.REPRESENTATIVE: Patrick Clem Todd Vincent

Larry Gross Jim Frein

Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc.5335 Sterling Dr. Ste. ABoulder, CO 80301Phone: 303-444-6522Fax: 303-444-6825www.asdi.com Booth 307ASD manufactures cost-effective, rugged, truly portable andtransportable, Vis/NIR instrumentation for material identificationand characterization in a variety of environments for unique ap-plications requiring fast response, laboratory-grade precision andtransportability. ASD’s AgriSpec™ NIR analyzer is the ideal toolfor precision, real-time, in-the-field, soil and vegetation analy-sis.REPRESENTATIVE: Nate Bloomingdale Gary Fager

Chris Pederson

Apogee Instruments82 Crockett Ave.Logan, UT 84321Phone: 435-792-4700Fax: 435-787-8268www.apogee-inst.com Booth 402Apogee Instruments is a research-intensive company dedicatedto the development of innovative environmental sensors for thebiological sciences. The product line includes an infrared ra-diometer for measuring the surface temperature of leaves andsoils, a pyranometer for measuring total solar radiation, handheld quantum meters and quantum sensors for measuring pho-tosynthetically active radiation, a UV sensor, a portable spec-troradiometer, and a soil oxygen sensor. Apogee’s goal is tohelp customers make better measurements, which translates todeveloping quality instruments and providing a high level of cus-tomer support. All prices along with product specifications areavailable at http://www.apogeeinstruments.comREPRESENTATIVE: Devin Overly Mark Blouquist

Bruce Bugbee

Blackwell Publishing2121 State Ave.Ames, IA 50014Phone: 515-292-0140 x 617Fax: 515-292-3348www.blackwellprofessional.com Booth 117Blackwell Publishing Professional, formerly Iowa State Press, isone of the world’s leading publishers in agriculture. We have avast selection of books, manuals, and references, which cover

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every area of agriculture such as crops, soils, pests, weeds, nat-ural resources, ecology, horticulture, botany, and economics.Please visit our booth for a free catalog.REPRESENTATIVE: Justin Jeffryes Traci Carney

California Analytical Instruments, Inc.1312 West Grove Ave.Orange, CA 92865Phone: 714-974-5560Fax: 714-921-2531www.gasanalyzers.com Booth 227California Analytical Instruments, Inc. provides agricultural airquality monitors for ammonia, methane, nitrous oxide, carbonmonoxide and carbon dioxide.REPRESENTATIVE: Larry Sullivan Hal Peper

Campbell Scientific, Inc.815 W. 1800 N.Logan, UT 84321-1784Phone: 435-750-9508Fax: 435-750-9540www.campbellsci.com Booth 401Campbell Scientific, Inc. manufactures data acquisition instru-mentation for agronomic, crop and soil science. Measurementsinclude environmental, water quality, soil moisture, and flow pa-rameters. Control of irrigation and closed environments are alsocommon. We continue to design new products, and upgrade ex-isting products to meet customers’ needs. Our instrumentationis known for its flexibility, low power requirements, precisemeasurements, and dependability in harsh, remote environ-ments. New products include: CR1000 Datalogger, SentekTriSCAN Soil Salinity Probes, improved spread spectrum ra-dios, and a software developer’s kit (SDK) for our TDR100 Re-flectometer. We invite you to visit our exhibit and discuss yourresearch applications. Our products are backed by over 30 yearsof environmental measurement experience and an unwaveringcommitment to customer service.REPRESENTATIVE: Bert Tanner Paul Campbell

Jim Bilskie Joel GreeneJason Ritter Craig KnoxBryan Dixon

Carter Manufacturing Company, Inc.896 E. Carter CourtBrookston, IN 47923Phone: 765-563-3666Fax: 765-563-3850www.cartermfgco.com Booth 109Carter is in its 40th year of manufacturing specialty equipmentfor Agricultural Research. Many equipment designs have comeand gone during those 40 years. Please stop by just to visit or todiscuss the equipment you need. One of a kind requests are wel-come.REPRESENTATIVE: A.J. Batt Melvin Nicholson

Ben Carter

CE Elantech, Inc.170 Oberlin Ave. North Suite 5Lakewood, NJ 08701Phone: 732-370-5559www.ceelantech.com Booth 212Exclusive North American Distributor for Thermo Electron Com-bustion Elemental Analyzers: The Flash EA1112 is available ina wide range of configurations: N/Protein through CHNS/O for

both solid and liquid (direct automatic injection) samples. Thisdesign features improved performance, large sample size ca-pacity (up to 1 gram and 100 microliters for liquids), and eco-nomical operation. The latest Eager 300 Software offers a higherlevel of automation. Upgrade kits for previous Carlo Erba in-struments are also available. In 2004 CE Elantech also becamethe exclusive North American Distributor for the NIR Technol-ogy Australia line of Near Infrared Analyzers and Weiss Enter-prises SeedCount Image Analysis System, which will also be dis-played.REPRESENTATIVE: Robert Stalker Will Bowe

CETAC Technologies14306 Industrial RoadOmaha, NE 68144Phone: 402-733-2829Fax: 402-733-5292www.cetac.com Booth 325CETAC Technologies develops, manufactures, and markets afull line of products and services that cater to the needs of thesoil laboratories. These products and services provide a com-prehensive range of solutions for AA, ICP and ICP-MS elemen-tal analysis. Products include autosamplers, nebulizers, mercuryanalyzers, and laser ablation.REPRESENTATIVE: Ronald Mickens

CID, Inc.4845 NW Camas Meadows Dr.Camas, WA 98607Phone: 360-833-8835Fax: 360-833-1914www.cid-inc.com Booth 323CID, Inc. designs and manufactures high technology research in-struments. We strive to provide an elegant solution to the needsof our customers. This is accomplished by emphasizing feedbackand input from scientists all over the world. We conduct busi-ness around the world through a group of over 30 representa-tives and an international sales department that handles com-munications and relations with our representatives and clientsto ensure that they are well provided for. We will demonstrateour Photosynthesis Systems, Leaf Area Meters, Plant Canopy Im-ager, Computer Image Analysis System, Soil Profile and RootGrowth Monitoring System and Spectrometers.REPRESENTATIVE: Shan Chen Jennifer Lynn

Ying Yan

Conviron2741 Miller LaneHendersonville, NC 28791-1363Phone: 828-693-6227Fax: 828-693-4799www.conviron.com Booth 103Conviron has been a leading supplier of controlled environmentproducts for over 39 years and is the only plant growth cham-ber manufacturer certified as an ISO 9001 company for the es-tablishment of their quality management program. All standardproducts are also CSA / NRTL certified as meeting all OSHA elec-trical safety standards. Our extensive product line includes plantgrowth chambers, tissue culture chambers, seed germinators, in-cubators, research greenhouses and related products for theprecise control of temperature, relative humidity, CO2 and lightintensity. Host computer systems allow remote programming andmonitoring of all environmental control parameters.REPRESENTATIVE: Graham Wilson Joe Hildebrand



Council for Agricultural Science andTechnology (CAST)4420 W. Lincoln WayAmes, IA 50014-3447Phone: 515-292-2125 ext. 32Fax: 515-292-4512www.cast-science.org Booth 119CAST Mission Statement: CAST assembles, interprets, and com-municates credible, science-based information regionally, na-tionally, and internationally to legislators, regulators, policy-makers, the media, the private sector, and the public. CAST is anonprofit organization composed of scientific societies andmany individual, student, company, nonprofit, and associate so-ciety members. CAST’s Board of Directors is composed of rep-resentatives of the scientific societies and individual members,and an Executive committee. CAST was established in 1972 asa result of a 1970 meeting sponsored by the National Academyof Sciences, National Research Council. REPRESENTATIVE: John M. Bonner

CRC PressDBA-Taylor & Francis Group, LLC6000 Broken Sound Parkway, Ste. 300Boca Raton, FL 33487Phone: 561-998-2507Fax: 561-998-2559www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com Booth 317CRC Press-Taylor and Francis Group LLC is a premier publisherof quality books, journals and electronic products for agrono-mists. Visit our booth to browse new titles including Crop Fer-ality and Volunteerism and Environmental Soil-landscape Mod-eling: Geographic Information Technologies and Pedomtricsand take advantage of our 15-25% convention discount.REPRESENTATIVE: Kathy Smar Mary Anne Krause

CSIRO PublishingPO Box 1139Collingwood, VIC 3066, AustraliaPhone: +61 3 9662 7584Fax: +61 9662 7600www.publish.csiro.au Booth 220CSIRO Publishing operates as an independent science and tech-nology publisher with a global reputation for quality productsand services. Our internationally recognized publishing programcovers a wide range of scientific disciplines, including agricul-ture, the plant and animal sciences, and environmental man-agement. Our product range includes journals, books, magazinesand CD-ROMs. We publish content in print and online, and oureditorial standards and production methods are at the forefrontof e-publishing standards. CSIRO Publishing is an autonomousbusiness unit within Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and In-dustrial Research Organization, CSIRO.REPRESENTATIVE: Chris Anerson Jenny Fegent

Decagon Devices, Inc.950 NE Nelson Ct.Pullman, WA 99163Phone: 509-332-2756Fax: 509-332-5158www.decagon.com Booth 102Decagon Devices has manufactured quality instrumentation forplant and soil researchers for over 20 years. Our products includethe ECH2O probe for soil moisture monitoring, the WP4 water

potential meter, and the LP-80 Ceptometer for PAR and LAImeasurement. Come by our booth and see our newly re-de-signed mini-disk infiltrometer for measuring soil hydraulic con-ductivity and our new steady-state porometer for measuringstomatal conductance.REPRESENTATIVE: Bryan T. Wacker Douglas R. Cobos

Todd Martin T-Jay ClevengerMatt Galloway Tamsin CampbellColin S. Cambell Gaylon S. CampbellKirby Dailey Pat Gosselin

Delta-T Devices128 Low Road, BurwellCambridgeshire, UK CBS OEJPhone 00 44 1638 74292200 44 1638 743155www.dleta-t.co.uk Booth 411Delta-T will be exhibiting two new, high performance, low costresearch tools: the SM200 Soil Moisture Probe and the GP1 DataLogger/Irrigation Monitor. We will also be showing the im-proved PR2 Profile Probe, and the WET Sensor (for monitoringpore water conductivity). In addition, Delta-T offers automaticweather stations, environmental data loggers and solar radiationsensors. For plant science we supply image analysis equipmentaimed at plant disease studies, high speed leaf area measurement(using a conveyor belt) and root length quantification. OtherDelta-T products quantify plant canopy parameters such as leafarea index and measure stomatal conductance.REPRESENTATIVE: Lea Dodds Dick Jenkins

Gary Lock

Dynamax Inc.10808 Fallstone #350Houston, TX 77099Phone: 281-564-5100Fax: 281-564-5200www.dynamax.com Booth 407, 409Dynamax, Inc. provides key measurements for plant water re-lations, and carbon - water flux. As the exclusive distributor forADC Bioscientific and Delta-T Devices, we have coordinatedthree exhibits side by side to offer the widest array of soil, crop,and environmental measurement available. Dynamax is theworld-leading producer of sap flow instrumentation and sensors,and introduces new Probe12 sap flow system. We will demon-strate crop hydraulic conductance measurements with an ultra-portable HPFM and a new soil respiration chamber for automaticCO2 Flux.REPRESENTATIVE: Michael McClung Roy Newman

Ecological Chambers ENCONAIR477 Jarvis Ave.Winnipeg, MB R2W 3A8 CANADAPhone: 204-589-8900Fax: 204-582-1024www.enconair.com Booth 207, 209ENCONAIR will display one of its popular “Bigfoot” PlantGrowth Chambers specially enhanced for agronomy applica-tions. Please stop by our display to pick up the latest informa-tion.REPRESENTATIVE: Bill Porter Patti Porter

Marc Theroux



Elementar Americas520 Fellowship Rd, Ste. B-204Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054Phone: 856-787-0022Fax: 856-787-0055www.chnos.com Booth 329The vario Max CNS elemental analyzer with automatic ash re-moval will be shown. The Max can run from milli-gram to multi-gram samples of liquids or solids—2.5 gram soil samples or 4mL water samples are typical. The Max may also be coupled withIsotope Ratio Mass Spectrometers. The vario Max IRMS systemhas the ability to determine isotopic ratios of C, N and S simul-taneously. We are also featuring the vario MACRO CNS analyzer,which has a high level of performance at a modest cost. REPRESENTATIVE: Scott Hughes Rudolf Haas

Jean Bernius

Elsevier360 Park Ave. SouthNew York, NY 10010Phone: 212-633-3656Fax: 212-633-3112www.elsevier.com Booth 128, 130Elsevier, including Academic Press, is a worldwide leader in sci-entific and technical publishing. Please stop by our booth to ex-plore the breadth, depth and diversity of our extensive publica-tions. See our latest titles, Development of Pedotransfer Func-tions in Soil Hydrology, Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, SecondEdition, Vital Soil, Plant Systematics, Plant Pathology, Fifth Edi-tion, Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology,ThirdEdition, the latest in the Advances in Agronomy series, plus manymore! Take advantage of conference savings and sample jour-nals. Visit books.elsevier.com or www.elsevier.com for furtherinformation on all our products.REPRESENTATIVE: Jennifer Pfau Judith Taylor

Keri Witman Kelly Sonnack

Environmental Growth Chambers510 East Washington St.Chagrin Falls, OH 44022-4440Phone: 800-321-6854Fax: 440-247-8710www.egc.com Booth 225Environmental Growth Chambers (EGC) has over fifty years ex-perience in the design and manufacture of controlled environ-ment chambers. EGC has the largest selection of plant growthchambers for agriculture research of any company worldwide.We also produce tissue culture chambers; walk-in controlled en-vironment rooms, lighted and refrigerated incubators, day-litchambers, root zone cabinets, microprocessor, and central com-puter systems for control and monitoring. Please stop by to dis-cuss your upcoming projects.REPRESENTATIVE: Brian Cook

ESRI380 New York St.Redlands, CA 92373Phone: 909-793-2853Fax: 909-307-3072www.esri.com Booth 218Since 1969, ESRI has been giving customers the power to thinkand plan geographically. The market leader in geographic in-formation systems (GIS), ESRI software is used in more than300,000 organizations worldwide, including each of the 200

largest U.S. cities, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and over 5,000 colleges anduniversities. ESRI applications, running on over one milliondesktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, providethe backbone for the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. ESRIis the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions fordesktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. REPRESENTATIVE: Chris Boatman

EST Analytical503 Commercial Dr.Fairfield, OH 45014Phone: 513-642-0100Fax: 513-642-0106www.estanalytical.com Booth 121Since 1990, EST has supplied analytical laboratories throughoutthe U.S. with advanced analytical instrumentation solutions. ESThas grown dramatically over the past several years by creatinga culture of commitment to our customer’s success. Our inno-vative approaches to improving laboratory throughput and prof-itability within the environmental laboratory are the results of thiscommitment and have become standards in the industry. We ap-preciate your interest in our products and we hope to have anopportunity to serve you. It is our goal to provide you with thebest product solution for your needs. We want to earn your busi-ness and keep you coming back for years to come.REPRESENTATIVE: Larry Anderson Melanie Geaslin

Giddings Machine Co., Inc.631 Technology CircleWindsor, CO 80550Phone 970-674-0259Fax 970-674-0542www.soilsample.com Booth 302REPRESENTATIVE: Doug Mohrlang Dari Mohrlang

Jake Mohrlang

High-Purity Standards4741 Franchise StreetCharleston, SC 29481Phone: 843-767-7900Fax: 843-767-7906www.hps.net Booth 421High-Purity Standards manufactures single and multielementstandards of extremely high purity for the calibration of analyt-ical instruments such as the AAS, ICP, ICP-MS, Ion Chromatog-raphy and CNS elemental analysis. HPS welcomes requests forcustom made mixtures from nanogram to milligram concentra-tions. We would be pleased to quote you a price for a standardthat meets your laboratory needs. Certified Reference Materi-als such as drinking water, waste water, sea water, soils, sludges,biological products, foods, and air filters are available for qual-ity control and method development.REPRESENTATIVE: Connie Rains Hayes

Barbara Ann Brown Adams

Hoffman Manufacturing, Inc.PO Box 547Albany, OR 97321Phone: 541-926-2920Fax: 541-926-3949www.hoffmanmfg.com Booth 309Hoffman Manufacturing is your one stop source for seed labo-ratory supplies and equipment. Custom controlled environ-



mental chambers; Germinators, Walk-in germination rooms,Incubators; Plant growth chambers, Walk-In plant growth roomsand arabidopsis chambers. Seed Counters, Vacuum counting andplanting systems, Seed Blowers, Microscopes, Probes, Magni-fiers, Scales and Lamps.Visit us on line at www.hoffmanmfg.com.REPRESENTATIVE: Sherri Bartosz Mike Bartosz

Holland Scientific5011 South 73rd StreetLincoln, NE 68516Phone: 402-488-1226Fax: 402-488-1226www.hollandscientific.com Booth 327REPRESENTATIVE: Kyle Holland Carla Holland

IntelliTech Microsystems, Inc.1279 Gulph Creek DriveRadnor, PA 19087Phone: 610-225-2604Fax: 610-225-3781www.imicro.biz Booth 129IntelliTech Microsystems, Inc. (www.Imicro.biz) displays thenew Ag-Scanner™ Precision Ag System, designed to save timeand reduce cost by revealing where you need water and agri-cultural chemicals, and where you don’t. Flying on an inex-pensive, self-guided hand-launched unmanned aircraft, the on-board imaging system with GPS captures ultra-high resolutionmulti-spectral images of your crops. Our Ag-Scanner softwarerapidly compiles and analyzes the image data, revealing plantstress and growth, delivering information rapidly in almost anyweather at a substantial cost-savings over alternatives. TheAgScanner is simple to use and maintain, and is available for de-livery prior to the 2006 growing season.REPRESENTATIVE: David W. Yoel Lanny Herron

David Yost

International Marketing & Design13802 Lookout Rd, Ste. 200San Antonio, TX 78233Phone 210-655-7171Fax: 210-655-7551www.seedcounters.com Booth 208REPRESENTATIVE: Bob Decker

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.The Atrium, Southern GateChichester West Sussex, P919 85Q UK EnglandPhone: 00 44 (0)1243 770582Fax; 00 44 (0)1243 770154www.interscience.wiley.com/jsfa Booth 412Come and visit the Wiley booth and browse through some ofour renowned agronomy related journals and books. Why notpick up a FREE sample copy of the Journal of Science of Foodand Agriculture and discover the high caliber of papers whichare published in every issue of this prestigious, peer-reviewedjournal. Interested in submitting a paper? Come and find out howeasy it is via the new Wiley InterScience online submissionservice.REPRESENTATIVE: Sally Harvey

Juniper Systems, Inc.1132W. 1700N.Logan, UT 84341Phone: 435-774-8964www.junipersys.com Booth 402, 404Headquartered in Logan, Utah, Juniper Systems, Inc. designs,manufactures and sells ultra-rugged handheld field computersand data acquisition systems for natural resources, agriculture,industry, land survey and other rugged markets.REPRESENTATIVE: Keith Hunt Ron Campbell

Allen Wilson

Kincaid Equipment Manufacturing210 W. 1st St., PO Box 400Haven, KS 67543Phone: 620-465-2204Fax; 620-465-3509www.kincaidequipment.com Booth 408, 410Kincaid has manufactured seed research equipment for over 38years and prides itself in building high quality planting, thresh-ing, and harvesting equipment with centralized distribution forfast reliable service. Kincaid is the leader in “Twin-Plot” har-vesting technology and continues to develop new ideas in plant-ing and harvest equipment. We will be featuring our new Kin-caid 8-XP Non-Stop Harvesting plot combine at this year’s showalong with a new Twin-Plate precision planter and the verypopular Kincaid/Great Plains No-till plot seeding drill. We aretaking plot harvesting into the next decade and would enjoy vis-iting with you about it. Contact us for Kincaid 8-XP small plotcombines, Kincaid-2065 foundation seed combines, PrecisionPlanters, Drills, Threshers and Harvest Master Data Collectionsystems. REPRESENTATIVE: Ron Proffitt

Leco Corporation3000 Lakeview Ave.St. Joseph, MI 49085Phone: 269-985-5755Fax: 269-985-08977Booth 111Since the introduction of the first rapid carbon determinator in1936, industries around the world have trusted LECO Corpora-tion to deliver technologically advanced products and solutionsfor organic and inorganic analysis. Today LECO is recognizedglobally as a leader in the development of high-quality analyt-ical instrumentation, next generation mass spectrometers andchromatographs, metallography equipment, and consumables.Whether it is a diverse array of analytical instrumentation, a newway to look at gas and liquid chromatography, rugged metal-lography products, or dedicated service support after the sale,LECO stands by a commitment of helping you achieve the rightresults.REPRESENTATIVE: Bob Higley Dave Valens

LI-COR Biosciences4421 Superior St.Lincoln, NE 68504Phone: 402-467-3576Fax: 402-467-2819www.licor.com Booth 108, 110, 112Visit LI-COR’s booth to see the latest instrumentation for envi-ronmental research, including portable photosynthesis systems,dataloggers, radiation sensors, leaf area measurement equip-ment, and gas analyzers, including the LI-840, LI-7000, and LI-



7500 CO2/H2O analyzers. Also featured is the LI-8100 Auto-mated Soil CO2 Flux System, an automated system dedicatedsolely to measurements of soil CO2 flux. The LI-8100 is a ver-satile system that allows you to make both short-term survey, andlong-term unattended measurements of soil CO2 flux with in-terchangeable chambers. The LI-8100 now features a new 20 cmSurvey Chamber for rapid survey measurements over a larger sur-face area.REPRESENTATIVE: Jim Amen Steve Karmazin

Larry Middendorf Bill MillerRick Garcia Chris MantziosJon Welles John WurmWayne Zhang

LIGNIN, LLC440 Maple Street NEAlbuquerque, NM 87106Phone: 505-765-5742Fax: 505-765-8168www.ligninusa.com Booth 226Committed to helping soil testing laboratories increase theirproductivity, LIGNIN, LLC offers products to help with scoop-ing, weighing, dispensing, and grinding. It is also a distributorof flow injection analyzers from FIALab, Inc. An 840-postion au-tosampler will be on display with this fast, compact, and eco-nomical analyzer. Based on Cartesian-style industrial robots, theweighing system and scooper relieve tedium and monotonywhile improving consistency and productivity. Multi-channelmetering pumps drastically improve precision and accuracy ofresults. With 0.5% accuracy and 0.1% precision they offer thehighest performance available. A three-channel dispensing wandand pump will be on display.REPRESENTATIVE: Keith Hensley Scot Peller

Martin Machine CompanyPO Box 25Ivesdale, IL 61851Phone: 217-564-2440Fax: 217-564-2440www.blockdigester-magnum.com Booth 210Martin Machine Company manufactures the Magnum KjeldahlBlock Digesters for Elemental Analysis. Magnum Digesters fea-ture 4” deep places to allow more digesting surface with neareven heat transfer. There are 2 models to choose from the Mag-num 56 and the Magnum 120 for 100mL tube size. And the 20place 250 mL or 40 place 250 mL blocks can also be drilled fora combination of both sizes. Magnum Digesters are controlledby the F-4 controller which has 40 profiles and 256 steps thatcan be stored in the profile memory. The F-4 also features AutoState, Name your Profile and as built-in Serial Capability forComputer Interface and data acquisition. Software is available.Also Digestion Glassware and other Accessory items. For moreinformation visit our website.REPRESENTATIVE: David Martin Stella Martin

The Noble FoundationPO Box 2180Ardmore, OK 73402Phone: 580-22406231Fax: 217-654-2440www.noble.org Booth 417The Plant Biology Division’s mission blends one of humanity’sage-old needs—plant productivity—with cutting-edge basic sci-ence. Its research programs focus on plant-microbe interac-tions, plant natural products and cellular/developmental biology,

using the latest techniques in genomics, genetics, molecular bi-ology, biochemistry and microscopy. The Forage ImprovementDivision has four main program areas: breeding and genetics ofgrasses such as tall fescue and tall wheatgrass; breeding and ge-netics of legumes such as alfalfa and white clover; applicationof molecular markers/genomics to identify useful genes; and tis-sue culture/transformation technologies to incorporate value-added traits. The overall group is driven by the needs of the breed-ing programs. REPRESENTATIVE: Jane Nance Gayle Donica

PP Systems110 Haverhill Rd. Ste. 301Amesbury, MA 01913Phone: 978-834-0505Fax: 978-834-0545www.ppsystems.com Booth 418Stop by and see the PP Systems’ fully integrated, CIRAS-2Portable Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Mea-surement System for simultaneous measurement of leaf gas ex-change and chlorophyll fluorescence as well as our range of an-alyzers for soil and canopy CO2 flux and portable remote sens-ing instrumentation for vegetation reflectance including theUniSpec-SC and UniSpec-DC. Also on display will be our highlyacclaimed products from Hansatech Instruments includingHandy-PEA chlorophyll fluorometer, FMS2 pulse modulatedfluorometer and CL-01 chlorophyll content meter. The Gill In-struments range of ultrasonic anemometers and Skye Instru-ments range of light sensors and loggers will also be on display. REPRESENTATIVE: Mike Doyle Jeff Browinski

Tim Doyle

Plant Management Network3340 Pilot Knob RoadSt. Paul, MN 55121Phone: 651-994-3860Fax: 651-454-0766www.plantmanagementnetwork.org Booth 320The PLANT MANAGEMENT NETWORK (PMN) is a not-for-profit, online resource of applied agricultural information. PMNpublishes four applied science journals—Applied Turfgrass Sci-ence, Crop Management, Forage and Grazinglands, and PlantHealth Progress—and includes an image database, three fieldtrials publications, a plant science database of more than 4,000fact sheets and other web-based resources, a soybean rust in-formation center, and a monthly newsletter. PMN also offers con-tinuing education units to Certified Crop Advisers through its ed-ucation and training center. Information available through PMNis supplied only by qualified authors and PMN’s partner organ-izations. Learn more about PMN and the PMN Partners Programat our booth.REPRESENTATIVE: Miles Wimer Brian Simdars

Joan Quam

Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI) 655 Engineering Drive, Suite 110 Norcross, GA 30092 Phone: 770-825-8080 Fax: 770-448-0439www.ppi-ppic.org Booth 311 The exhibit will highlight the agronomic research and educationprograms of the Potash & Phosphate Institute and the Founda-tion for Agronomic Research (FAR). Better Crops with PlantFood magazine, the PPI Catalog of educational material, andother publications will be distributed free of charge. The web-



sites www.ppi-ppic.org, www.ppi-far.org, and ww.FARmre-search.com will also be featured. PPI scientific staff from vari-ous regions will be present at the exhibit on a rotating sched-ule. REPRESENTATIVE: Terry Roberts Paul Fixen

Don Armstrong

Qubit Systems4000 Bath Rd., 2nd FloorKingston, ON CANADA K7M 4Y4Phone: 613-384-1977Fax: 613-384-9118www.qubitsystems.com Booth 127Qubit Systems Inc. provides accurate, low cost equipment formeasuring biological activity in plants and soils, and for moni-toring environmental conditions Our new chlorophyll fluores-cence imaging systems can be used in the lab and field forscreening photosynthetic performance of leaves, plants andcrops. Our complete lab packages include all the hardware, soft-ware and experimental protocols required to investigateprocesses such as CO2 exchange (photosynthesis and respira-tion), O2 exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and nitrogen fix-ation. Our CO2 analyzers start at $1195 and our O2 sensors areonly $420! Complete laboratory packages start at only $1330.REPRESENTATIVE: Steve Hunt Jason Curtis

Regent Instruments, Inc.2672 Chemin Sainte-FoySainte-Foy, QC, CANADA, G1V 1V4 Tel: 418-653-1347Fax: 418-653-1357 www.regentinstruments.com Booth107Regent Instruments Inc. develops and markets image analysis sys-tems for simple to complex precise morphological analysis ofplant leaves, seeds, needles and roots. These systems performalso color analysis and can quantify insect and disease damage.We also develop systems specialized for wood cell anatomy,tree-ring and forest canopy analysis. Our products are exportedin more than 60 countries worldwide. Since its establishment in1991, Regent Instruments has been committed to deliveringproducts of high performance and technological advance. Getmore information by visiting our booth and our web site.REPRESENTATIVE: Diane Garant

Seed Research Equipment Solutions408 North Poplar StreetSouth Hutchinson, KS 67505Phone: 620-728-1280Fax: 620-728-1270www.sresweb.com Booth 330, 429Seed Research Equipment Solutions LLC (SRES) builds, designs,and modifies agriculture seed research equipment. Our primaryproduct line is the SRES/Monsosem precision vacuum plantersetup for research test plots. We build research planters, con-figured to customer specifications, in both mounted and pull typemodels. These planters are driven by the Big John hydraulic sys-tem with a HammerHead Computer display for the viewingand recording of planted plot data. We will be displaying aSRES/Monsosem precision vacuum planter.REPRESENTATIVE: Carrol C. Langenhorst Stacy Unruh

Ted Essex

Soil Measurement Systems7090 N. Oracle Rd., Ste. 178-170Tucson, AZ 85704Phone: 520-742-4471Fax: 520-544-2192www.soilmeasurement.com Booth 308We will display the following equipment Air Permeater (NEW),Cone Penetrometer with GPS, Tension Infiltrometers, all stain-less steel Suction Lysimeters,Tensiometers with Tranducers, in-strumentation for soil column studies, including Flow Cells (soilcolumns) for water retention curves, hydraulic conductivitystudies and movement of chemicals through soil.REPRESENTATIVE: Annemarie Wierenga Mark Wierenga

Amber Wieranga

SoilMoisture Equipment Corp.801 S. Kellogg Ave.Goleta, CA 93117Phone: 805-964-3525 x237Fax: 805-683-2189www.soilsmoisture.com Booth 101Soilmoisture is the international leader in manufacturing equip-ment for extracting and measuring water in soils and plants. Ourdistinctive porous ceramic technology is used in a variety ofproducts for field/laboratory applications: tensiometers, pressureplate extractors, and lysimeters. We carry Eijkelkamp equipment,and now the new ICT Smart Logger. A new generation of mon-itoring solutions for agriculture/environment. The new SmartLogger/Smart Sensor system is an advanced electronics package,powered by a sophisticated microprocessor in every sensor. Nocomplicated hard wiring or custom programming. Your time isdedicated to quickly and confidently collecting data for re-search or real time decision making.REPRESENTATIVE: Megan Cullen Whitney Skaling

Albert Knol Walle Van Calker

Spectrum Technologies, Inc.12360 S Industrial Drive EastPlainfield, IL 60544Phone: 815-436-4440www.specmeters.com Booth 230 REPRESENTATIVE: Doug Kieffer Mike Thurow

Springer333 Meadowlands ParkwaySecaucus, NJ 07094Phone 201-348-4033 x 600Fax 201-348-4505www.springeronline.com Booth 310Springer is one of the leading international scientific publishingcompanies, publishing over 1,200 journals and more than 3,000new books. Its publications cover a wide range of subjects in-cluding an excellent selection in agronomy and crop and soilsciences. Stop by our booth to browse our publications, pick upfree journal sample issues and to meet with our publishers. Visitspringeronline.com for a complete overview of our publications.REPRESENTATIVE: Maryse Walsh Jacco Flipsen

Steve Ciccolini



SST Development Group824 N. Country Club RoadStillwater, OK 74075Phone: 405-377-5334Fax: 405-377-5746www.ssstsoftware.com Booth 319SST offers the agriculture industry the first complete agriculturalsoftware system. From GPS mapping, data collection, andrecord keeping to advanced analysis and web-delivered data pro-cessing SST is changing the way agriculturalists use farm data tohelp customers make better decisions. SSToolbox® is the lead-ing GIS in agriculture designed for mapping, creating fertility rec-ommendations, and analyzing field level data. SST Summit® Pro-fessional and SST Stratus® are GIS software for the desktop andhandheld computer for importing nutrient recommendations, ex-porting product recommendations, GPS mapping, crop planningand budgeting, intensive record-keeping, detailed reporting,and seamless data transfer.REPRESENTATIVE: Curt Woolfolk

Swift Machine1881 Chaplin Street WestSwift Current SK CANADAPhone: 306-773-2222Fax: 306-773-2215www.swiftmachine.com Booth 123Swift Machine manufactures Forage Plot Harvesters (Ride-Onand Walk- Behind), Swathers and now we are manufacturing anew Seeder. We are able customize our equipment to meetspecific requirements.REPRESENTATIVE: Evelyn Dyck Ken Dyck

Dave Fehn

Systea Scientific, LLC900 Jorie Blvd., Suite 35Oak Brook, IL 60523Phone: 630-645-0600Fax: 630-645-0601www.easychem.com Booth 322Nutrient analysis made easy! A new generation of laboratory an-alyzer for ion analysis, the EasyChem utilizes the most advanceddiscrete technology available for environmental applications.EasyChem has been specifically designed with respects to USEPAmethods, dynamic ranges, MDL’s, PQL’s, and a wide variety ofsample matrices. EasyChem offers flexibility to perform multi-ple parameters on selected samples with no operator interven-tion with easy to use Windows based software. EasyChem haslow operation costs with minimal reagent usage and waste gen-eration. Major time and labor saving advantages over segmentedflow and flow injection analysis. Sample preparation (i.e., blockdigesters) and microbiology equipment.REPRESENTATIVE: Craig Chinchilla

US Borax, Inc.PO Box 1093Forrest City, AR 72336Phone: 870-630-0895Fax: 870-630-0896www.borax.com/agriculture Booth 430REPRESENTATIVE: Jim Woodruff Phil Petersen

Larry Jayroe

USDA-NRCS100 Centennial Mall N. Rm. 152Lincoln, NE 68510Phone: 402-437-4148Fax: 402-437-5336http: soils.usda.gov Booth 229The exhibit introduces the new Web Soil Survey. The Web SoilSurvey allows users to select a geographic area of interest andto view soil maps, reports, soil interpretations, and suitabilities.Information can be viewed online, downloaded to a local com-puter, or sent directly to a printer. Information is available onmore than 90 percent of the country’s private lands.REPRESENTATIVE: Gary Muckel Jim Fortner

Joyce Scheyer

USDA-NRCS Plant Materials ProgramBuilding 509, BARC-EASTBeltsville, MD 20705Phone: 301-504-8175Fax: 301-504-8741http://Plant-Materials.nrcs.usda.gov Booth 228The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Ma-terials Program focuses on using plants as a natural way to ad-dress today’s natural resource challenges. Through a nation-wide network of Plant Materials Centers and Specialists, the PlantMaterials Program selects conservation plants and develops in-novative planting technology. The Program cooperates with a va-riety of public, private and Tribal partners; provides new tech-nology for national conservation initiatives such as the Farm Bill;and works one-on-one with public and private landowners tosolve critical land management challenges like drought, wild-fire restoration and invasive species.REPRESENTATIVE: Scott Edwards Paul Salon

Mike Hubbs

Vaisala, Inc.10-D Gill StreetWoburn, MA 01801Phone: 781-933-4500Fax; 781-933-8029www.vaisala.com Booth 211Vaisala, a leader in environmental measurement, develops,manufactures and markets state-of-the-art carbon dioxide, rel-ative humidity, dewpoint, barometric pressure transmitters, sen-sors, and hand-held meters for ecological, industrial process,HVAC, and OEM applications. Vaisala’s CARBOCAP® carbondioxide transmitters, meters and probes provide excellent ac-curacy and reliability in measuring CO2 in applications such assoil respiration, ambient CO2 monitoring, and plant growthchambers. The body of the GMP343 probe is IP67-classified,weighs less than one pound, and consumes less than one wattof power. The diffusion-aspirated design eliminates the need forsampling systems and measurement errors caused by pressuredifferences. REPRESENTATIVE: Penny Legrow Bruce McDuffee

Veris Technologies601 N. BroadwaySalina, KS 67401Phone: 785-825-1978Fax: 785-825-6983www.veristech.com Booth 105Veris Technologies produces in situ soil sensors and controls forprecision agriculture. Current commercially available systems



measure soil pH and soil electrical conductivity on-the-go.Under development is a system to rapidly collect field near-in-frared spectroscopy measurements.REPRESENTATIVE: Eric Lund Colin Christy

Wescor The Environmental Products Division459 South MainLogan, UT 84321Phone: 435-752-6011Fax: 435-753-6756www.wescor- epd.com Booth 126Wescor Environmental Products Division is dedicated to theprogress of science by providing high-quality environmentalinstrumentation to the science community. The EnvironmentalProducts division is the leader in water potential determinationof soils, water, and plant material. We also manufacture general-purpose datalogger and environmental sensor products. Comevisit the Wescor booth to see our newest instruments: the eight-channel water potential logger, PSYPRO, and our remote radiotwo-channel logger, DPX2-R.REPRESENTATIVE: Kathi Abel Dennis Briscoe

Wayne Barlow

Western Ag Innovations#3-411 Downey RoadSaskatoon, SK S7N 0R4 CANADAPhone: 306-978-1777Fax: 306-978-4140www.westernag.com Booth 125Western Ag Innovations markets the use of Plant Root Simula-tor (PRS)™-probes. The PRS™-probe consists of either cation- oranion-exchange resin membrane encased in a plastic probe,which is inserted into the soil to measure nutrient supply in situwith minimal disturbance. Since the early 90’s, the PRS™-probehas been used to study soil nutrient dynamics by more than 200researchers in over 20 countries. The PRS™-probes are a con-venient and economical means of quantifying both spatial andtemporal variations in nutrient supply rates for all nutrient ionssimultaneously, making them an essential tool in agronomic, turf,forestry, and environmental research.REPRESENTATIVE: Ken Greer Dillon Chrimes

Fred Mensah

Willamette Exporting, Inc.7330 SW 86th Ave.Portland, OR 97223Phone: 503-246-2671Fax: 503-246-8675www.europa.com/wex/ Booth 312Willamette Exporting, Inc. provides crop binders and headthreshing track combines, commercial harvesting equipmentthat can be adapted to meet the needs of specialized research.We also supply threshers, hullers and polishers for grain finish-ing and rice transplanters for precision planting.REPRESENTATIVE: Max Webster Sara Webster

Wintersteiger217 Wright Brothers DriveSalt Lake City, UT 84116Phone: 801-924-5707Fax: 801-355-6541www.wintersteiger.com Booth 221, 219, 217, 118Wintersteiger is the worldwide leading manufacturer for agri-cultural research equipment. Our product range includes 4 dif-ferent size plot combines ranging from our Classic combine forsmall plots to the Split combine for harvesting 4 rows of corn orsoybeans. We have our newest product the Delta combine ondisplay. Features include a cab with air conditioning, the Har-vestmaster electronic data recording system and several op-tions for harvesting anything from small grain to row crops in-cluding a row crop header. New for this year is also our no-tillversion of the Hege 1000 seeder. It is equipped with no-tillFlexicoil openers and is also on display. Smaller equipment likestationary threshers, seed treaters and seed counters are also partof our product range. We are looking forward to talking to youat our booth.REPRESENTATIVE: Fritz Hoeckner Ron Flynn

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ASA–CSSA–SSSAAwards Programs

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Crop Science Society of America Awards & Fellows 40American Society of Agronomy Awards & Fellows 46

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ASA-CSSA-SSSA Student AwardsStudent Speech Contest

The Student Speech Contest, initiatedin 1961, is a way for students to improvetheir public speaking abilities. The con-test takes place at the Annual Meetingswhere contestants prepare a speech onone of three topics selected approxi-mately six hours prior to the contest.They are rated on voice, physical man-ner, speech structure, development, lan-guage, and value and effectiveness. Thefinal contest will be held on 6 November,7–8 pm, in the Convention Center, Room251DEF. Cash prizes are given to the topsix finalists and a cash award is given tothe top soil and water conservationspeech by Division S-6 Soil and WaterManagement and Conservation.

Manuscript ContestThe Manuscript Contest, started in

1933, provides students with experiencein researching, organizing, and writingarticles on agronomy, crops, soils, andenvironmental science topics. The firstplace winner in the 2005 contest wasAmy Troyer, University of Illinois, forher manuscript, Urban Sprawl: A Grow-ing Concern for Agriculture. Daina Kli-manis, University of Maryland, placedsecond for her manuscript, Anthro-pogenic Sulfur Effects on Marshland Sul-fate Sources. Julie Hill, University ofMaryland, placed third for her manu-script, Inhibition of Vesicular-Arbuscu-lar Mycorrhizae on Soybean Roots fol-lowing Brassica Cover Crop. Joel Wilkin-son, Texas A&M University, placedfourth for his manuscript, EvaluatingPotato Quality using Refractometry toMeasure Brix. Nathan Schnettgoecke,University of Illinois, placed fifth for hismanuscript, Integrating Beef and CropProduction. Cash awards are given tothe top five finalists through the ASFDarrel S. Metcalfe Manuscript ContestFund.

National Soil Judging ContestThe National Soil Judging Contest

has been held at a different host institu-tion each year since 1961. Undergradu-ate teams are expected to correctly iden-tify, evaluate, classify, and describe foursoil profiles. Twenty-two universitiesand 140 undergraduate students partic-

ipated in the 2005 contest hosted byAuburn University. In the team compe-tition, the Virginia Tech University wonfirst place; the University of Arizonaplaced second; University of Rhode Is-land placed third; University of Georgiaplaced fourth; and the University of Wis-consin, Platteville placed fifth. DougFrisco, Virginia Tech, took first place inthe individual competition. The firstplace team was presented a travelingtrophy and the top five teams receivedtrophies. The five highest scoring indi-viduals received plaques.

Collegiate Crops ContestThe Collegiate Crops Contest is held

each year. Students are judged on graingrading, plant and seed identificationand seed analysis. For the sixth straightyear, Kansas State University won boththe Kansas City Board of Trade andChicago Collegiate Crops Contests inNovember 2004. The University of Wis-consin, Platteville placed second and theUniversity of Minnesota, Crookstonplaced third in both contests. The KansasCity Board of Trade was the primarysponsor of the 71st Annual Kansas CityCollegiate Crops Contest. The ChicagoBoard of Trade was the primary sponsorof the 75th Annual Chicago CollegiateCrops Contest. The contests are also sup-ported by ASA and CSSA.

National Visual PresentationContest

The National Visual PresentationContest develops a student's ability toprepare visual presentation materialsthrough electronic presentation soft-ware. Students demonstrate the abilityto communicate an idea to a small groupaudience while showcasing their pho-tography and communication skills.Judging is conducted approximatelythree weeks before the annual meetings.Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. pro-vides cash awards to the top three win-ners and their affiliated clubs.

National Student ResearchSymposium Contest

The National Student Research Sym-posium Contest is held at the AnnualMeetings each year. Students conductresearch and competitively present thosefindings through oral and poster pre-sentations. Papers are judged on title,abstract, organization and content, pres-entation, visual aids, research qualityand response to questions. Contestantsmust complete the research as an un-dergraduate. The oral sessions will bejudged on Sunday, 6 November from1:00–3:30 pm in the Convention Center,Rooms 251AB and 251 DEF, and theposter session will be judged on 7 No-vember from 8:00–10:00 am in the Con-vention Center, Exhibit Hall ABC. Thetop three contestants in each session re-ceive cash prizes.

National Poster PresentationContestThe National Poster Presentation Con-test showcases undergraduate workthrough club activities, and gives clubsrecognition for promoting agronomy,crops, soils and environmental scienceson their college campus or local com-munities. The contest will be judged dur-ing the annual meetings on Sunday, 6November from 1:00–2:30 pm in theConvention Center, East Lobby, UpperLevel. Posters will be on display duringconvention week.

Outstanding Student AwardThe ASA–CSSA–SSSA Outstanding

Student Award annually recognizes anoutstanding senior in agronomy, cropscience, soil science, or environmentalscience at each four-year and two-yearinstitution that has an active club withSASES. Students are selected on the basisof their scholarship, leadership and par-ticipation in campus organizations.Thirty-eight stu-dents were recog-nized and an-nounced in theApril issue of CSANews. Students re-ceive an engravedplaque as part oftheir recognition.

SSSA Awards ProgramPresented Tuesday, 8 November 2005, 11:30am–1:15pm *

Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon ABCD, Lobby Level

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President-Elect2005–2006

Rattan LalRattan Lal is a professor of soil

physics in the School of Natural Re-sources and Director of the CarbonManagement and Sequestration Cen-ter, FAES/OARDC at The Ohio StateUniversity. Prior to joining OSU in1987, he was a soil physicist for 18 yearsat the International Institute of TropicalAgriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria. Dr. Lal isa fellow of SSSA, ASA, Third WorldAcademy of Sciences, American Association for the Ad-vancement of Sciences, Soil and Water Conservation Soci-ety, and Indian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is therecipient of the International Soil Science Award, the SoilScience Applied Research Award, and Soil Science ResearchAward of SSSA, the International Agronomy Award, Agro-nomic Services Award, and Environment Quality ResearchAward of ASA, and the Hugh Hammond Bennett Awardof the Soil and Water Conservation Society, and the BorlaugAward. He is the recipient of an honorary degree of Doc-tor of Science from Punjab Agricultural University, Indiaand of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas,Norway. He is past president of the World Association ofthe Soil and Water Conservation and the International SoilTillage Research Organization. He was a member of the U.S.National Committee on Soil Science of the National Acad-emy of Sciences (1998–2002). He has served on the Panel onSustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the HumidTropics of the National Academy of Sciences. He has au-thored and co-authored about 1,100 research publications;in addition, he has written nine and edited or co-edited 43books.

Newly Elected Division OfficersSSSAThe Society is pleased to present and recognize the following newly elected Division Officers for 2006:

* Purchase Awards Luncheon tickets at Registration in the East Lobby of the Salt Palace Convention Center. There is limited space at the event to attend the awards program only.

Representatives to the SSSA Board of Directors

SSSA President-ElectRattan Lal, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus

Div. S-3, Soil Biology & Biochemistry Richard P. Dick, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus

Div. S-6, Soil & Water Management & ConservationDiane E. Stott, USDA-ARS, West Lafayette, IN

Div. S-9, Soil Mineralogy Randal J. Southard, Univ. of California, Davis

Div. S-10, Wetland Soils David L. Lindbo, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh

Certified Professional Soil Scientist Daniel G. Neary, USDA-Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ

SSSA Division Chairs-ElectDiv. S-1, Soil Physics

Jiri Simunek, Univ. of California, Riverside

Div. S-2, Soil Chemistry Stephen A. Boyd, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing

Div. S-3, Soil Biology & Biochemistry Cindy H. Nakatsu, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

Div. S-4, Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition David W. Franzen, North Dakota State Univ., Fargo

Div. S-5, Pedology Philip J. Schoeneberger, USDA-NRCS, Lincoln, NE

Div. S-6, Soil & Water Management & Conservation Ted M. Zobeck, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX

SSSA Election Results for 2006

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Thomas M. DeSutterTom DeSutter is

a Post-Doctoral Re-search Agronomistwith the USDA-ARS National SoilTilth Laboratory inAmes, IA. Dr.DeSutter earned hisB.S. and M.S. de-grees from SouthDakota State University, and his Ph.D.degree from Kansas State University. Hisprogram currently focuses on air qualityand developing a subsurface-gradienttechnique to continuously monitor car-bon dioxide fluxes from soil.

Francis and Evelyn ClarkSoil Biology Scholarship

The Francis and Evelyn Clark Soil Bi-ology Scholarship was established to rec-ognize the importance of soil biologyand the understanding of soil, plant, andmicrobial interactions and of nutrientcycling in terrestrial ecosystems.

The scholarship is supported by a giftfrom Dr. and Mrs. Francis Clark to theAgronomic Science Foundation. The se-lection process is administered by SSSA.

Peter TomlinsonPeter Tomlinson

will be a Ph.D. can-didate and seniorgraduate researchassistant workingwith Mary C. Savinin the Crop, Soil andEnvironmental Sci-ences Departmentat the University ofArkansas. Mr. Tomlinson earned his B.S.degree from the University of Connecti-cut in 2000 and his M.S. degree in 2005under the direction of Dr. Savin at theUniversity of Arkansas. His master’sthesis research focused on the dynamicsand structure of microbial communitiesin soils with a history of eight years ofannual poultry litter additions. Mr. Tom-linson’s dissertation research will in-volve an examination of microbial com-munity structure in relation to gross Cand N dynamics in earthworm burrowsas model biological systems.

L.R. Ahuja Ag SystemsModeling FellowshipThe L.R. Ahuja Ag Systems Modeling

Fellowship was designed to encourageand train upcoming young scientists forusing computer models of agriculturalsystems in their field research. The fel-lowship is supported by a gift from Dr.Lajpat Ahuja to the Agronomic ScienceFoundation; the selection process is ad-ministered by SSSA.

Jennifer GilbertJennifer Gilbert

is a USDA NationalNeeds Fellow work-ing on her Ph.D. inthe Plant and SoilSciences Depart-ment at the Univer-sity of Delaware.She earned her B.S.at the State Univer-sity of New York at Buffalo in environ-mental science and her masters from theUniversity of Connecticut in the NaturalResources Management and Engineer-ing department with a focus on urbanstormwater. Jennifer is an active memberof the Soil Science Society of Americaand the SERA-17 phosphorus workgroup. Her current research focus is onmodifying vegetated filter strip (VFS)design to increase phosphorus (P) trap-ping capabilities, and then modeling Ptransport through filter strips to improveVFS placement.

Emil Truog Soil Science Award

The Emil Truog Award is presentedby SSSAand is supported through fundsoriginally derived from Society mem-bers and a bequest from Dr. Truog’s es-tate. Dr. Truog served as Chair of the SoilScience Department at the University ofWisconsin from 1939 to 1953 and wasone of the founding members of SSSA.

The Emil Truog Award is given to aPh.D. recipient who has made an out-standing contribution to soil science asevidenced by his or her Ph.D. disserta-tion. The awardee must have receivedthe Ph.D. degree during the precedingcalendar year.

Don & Betty KirkhamSoil Physics Award

The Don and Betty Kirkham SoilPhysics Award recognizes midcareer soilscientists who have made outstandingcontributions in the area of soil physics.The principal criteria for the award aresignificance and originality of basic andapplied research in soil physics, qualityand impact of teaching soil physics atundergraduate and graduate levels, andtotal impact of contributions on soil sci-ence and other fields, nationally and in-ternationally, as well as on the worldcommunity at large.

The Don and Betty Kirkham SoilPhysics Award is supported by the Lenaand Maria Van der Ploeg Fund and theDon and Betty Kirkham Funds, bothfunds of which have been established inthe Agronomic Science Foundation.

Jirka SimunekJirka Simunek is

a Professor and Hy-drologist in the De-partment of the En-vironmental Sci-ences at the Univer-sity of CaliforniaRiverside. Dr.Simunek earned hisM.S. degree fromthe Czech Technical University inPrague, Czech Republic, and his Ph.D.degree from the Academy of Sciences ofthe Czech Republic in Prague. His pro-gram focuses mainly on mathemati-cal/numerical modeling of various va-dose zone processes and development ofHYDRUS models. Dr. Simunek servedas an associate editor for Vadose ZoneJournal and is serving as an associatededitor for Water Resources Research andHydrological Sciences Journal. He is amember of the American GeophysicalUnion, International Association of Hy-drological Sciences, and SSSA.



Marion L. & Chrystie M.Jackson Soil Science

AwardThe Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jack-

son Soil Science Award recognizes mid-career soil scientists who have made out-standing contributions in the areas ofsoil chemistry and mineralogy. The prin-cipal criteria for the award are signifi-cance and originality of research, excel-lence in creative reasoning, quality ofteaching, and total impact of contribu-tions on soil science and other fields.

The award is administered by SSSAand supported through a contributionby Dr. and Mrs. Marion L. Jackson to theAgronomic Science Foundation.

Douglas W. MingDoug Ming is a

Space Scientist andSoil Mineralogist inthe AstromaterialsResearch and Ex-ploration ScienceDirectorate at theNASA JohnsonSpace Center. Dr.Ming earned hisB.S. and M.S. degrees from ColoradoState University, and his Ph.D. fromTexas A&M University. His research fo-cuses mainly on the mineralogy andchemistry of surface materials on Marsand the development of plant growthsystems for space flight. Dr. Ming servedas Division Chair for S-9 and an associ-ate editor for SSSAJ. He is active in theClay Minerals Society, Mineralogical So-ciety of America, American GeophysicalUnion, and The Meteoritical Society. Dr.Ming has served as the president of theInternational Natural Zeolite Associa-tion.

Soil Science Distin-guished Service Awards

The Soil Science Distinguished Ser-vice Award is presented in recognition ofoutstanding service to soil science. Se-lection is based on the nominee’s contri-butions during his or her career. Mem-bers eligible for the award must have 25years or more of active membership inthe Society and have ceased full-timeprofessional employment.

B.L. AllenB. L. Allen is

Rockwell ProfessorEmeritus of Soil Sci-ence in the Plantand Soil Science De-partment at TexasTech University. Dr.Allen earned a B.S.degree from TexasTech University andM.S. and Ph.D. degrees from MichiganState University. Dr. Allen taught coursesin Basic Soils, Soil Classification, Pedol-ogy, and Soil Mineralogy at Texas Tech.His research interests were mostly inpedology and soil mineralogy, prima-rily in soils of semiarid and arid regions.He directed more than 40 M.S. and Ph.D.students. He is a Fellow of SSSA, ASA,and AAAS. He is a former recipient ofthe SSSA Education Award.

Stanley W. Buol Stan Buol is a

Distinguished Pro-fessor Emeritus inthe Soil Science De-partment at NorthCarolina State Uni-versity. After receiv-ing a B.S., M.S. andPh.D. at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin,Dr. Buol joined the faculty at the Uni-versity of Arizona in 1960, and in 1966 atNorth Carolina. He served as major pro-fessor for 42 Ph.D. and 35 M.S. studentsand in 1990 received an Alumni Distin-guished Graduate Professorship and in1992 received a William Neal ReynoldsDistinguished Professorship. He is a fel-low of ASA and SSSA (1978) and re-ceived the SSSA International Soil Sci-ence Award(1989). In addition to nu-merous research publications, Dr. Buolco-authored five editions of the graduatetext, Soil Genesis and Classification.

John LeteyJohn Letey, Jr. is

Distinguished Pro-fessor of Soil Sci-ence, Emeritus atthe University ofCalifornia-River-side. Dr Leteyearned his B.S. de-gree at ColoradoState University andPh.D. at the University of Illinois. His re-search lead to 300 publications and the

Irrometer ProfessionalCertification Service

AwardThe Irrometer Professional Certifica-

tion Service Award recognizes an out-standing certified professional who hasdemonstrated adherence to the certifi-cation goals and personal growth, im-pact on associates and the public at large.Service involving consulting, coopera-tion with industry, community devel-opment, and/or public extension andresearch programs is strongly solicited.

The award is administered by SSSAand supported by the Irrometer Com-pany to the Agronomic Science Founda-tion.

Brad L. InmanBrad Inman has

firm-wide responsi-bilities as a SeniorSoil Scientist,Agronomist for theGlobal Water Busi-ness Group ofC H 2 M H I L L .CH2M HILL is aproject consultingdelivery firm with over 15,000 employ-ees and 200 offices world-wide thathelps their clients apply technology andsafeguard the environment. He currentlyis a Principal Technologist in the Agri-cultural Services technology group. Hemanages and conducts soil and agro-nomic investigations for a wide rangeof projects including irrigation develop-ment, wetland treatment and restora-tion, wastewater and biosolids site in-vestigations. He served as a Congres-sional Science Fellow where he analyzedand promoted legislative issues con-cerning agriculture and the environmentfor U.S. Senator Max Baucus as part ofthe ASA-CSSA-SSSA Fellowship pro-gram in 1994–1995. He also served asmember of the Board of Directors ofCouncil for Agricultural Science andTechnology (CAST) from 1997 to 2000representing the ASA, and was electedby the Board and served as CAST Pres-ident, 2001–2002. He earned his B.S. inGeneral Agronomy and Agricultural Ed-ucation from Purdue University and hisM.S. in Soil Science from Cornell Uni-versity. He is a Certified Professional SoilScientist and Agronomist with ARC-PACS.

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Soil Science Industry Award

Raymond C.WardRaymond C.

Ward is the Presi-dent and owner ofone of the Mid-west’s largest andmost successfulagricultural testinglaboratories, WardLaboratories, Inc. inKearney, NE. Dr.Ward earned his B.S. and M.S. from theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln and hisPh. D. in soil fertility from South DakotaState University. Throughout his profes-sional career, Dr. Ward has focused onproviding agricultural producers withthe best possible soil fertility and nutri-ent management recommendations andinformation by offering state of the artsoil, plant and water testing. Further, Dr.Ward’s expertise is highly sought afterby the agricultural community as is ev-idenced by more than 50 speaking en-gagements he makes annually.

Soil ScienceResearch Award

Sridhar KomarneniSridhar Komar-

neni is a Professor ofClay Mineralogy inthe Department ofCrop and Soil Sci-ences at The Penn-sylvania State Uni-versity. Dr. Komar-neni earned his B.Sfrom A.P. Agricul-tural University, M.S from the IndianAgricultural Research Institute andPh.D. from University of Wisconsin. Hehas a joint appointment with the Mate-rials Research Institute. He has beenserving as the Editor-in-Chief of J. PorousMaterials since 1994. He has publishedmore than 425 refereed papers, received9 patents and edited/written 13 books.He has received numerous awards suchas election as Fellow to five societies in-cluding SSSA, ASA, European Academyof Sciences and World Academy of Ce-ramics.

Soil ScienceEducation Award

Gary M. PierzynskiGary M. Pierzyn-

ski is a professor ofsoil and environ-mental chemistry inthe Department ofAgronomy atKansas State Uni-versity with a teach-ing and research ap-pointment. He re-ceived his B.S. in crop and soil science(1982) and his M.S. in soil environmen-

tal chemistry (1985) from Michigan StateUniversity in East Lansing, MI. Heearned his Ph.D. in soil chemistry (1989)from The Ohio State University, Colum-bus. He currently serves as editor of theJournal of Environmental Quality. Dr.Pierzynski teaches courses on environ-mental quality, plant nutrient sources,soil and environmental chemistry, andadvanced soil chemistry. He is the seniorauthor on the textbook Soils and Envi-ronmental Quality, now in the third edi-tion. Dr. Pierzynski is a Fellow of ASAand SSSA, has received the Outstand-ing Teaching and Outstanding ResearchAwards from Gamma Sigma Delta, andhas been twice named Faculty of the Se-mester and received the OutstandingAcademic Advisor Award from the Col-lege of Agriculture at Kansas State Uni-versity.

Soil Science AppliedResearch Award

Gerald E. SchumanJerry Schuman is

a Supervisory SoilScientist at the HighPlains GrasslandsResearch Station,with the Agricul-tural Research Ser-vice, USDA inCheyenne, WY. Healso serves as Ad-junct Professor, Department of Renew-able Resources, University of Wyoming.Dr. Schuman received his B.S. from theUniversity of Wyoming, M.S. from theUniversity of Nevada-Reno, and hisPh.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research program focusesmainly on land reclamation and soil car-bon sequestration in rangelands as it re-lates to global climate change and serveson the Wyoming Governors CarbonStorage Task Force. Dr. Schuman servedas associate editor of the Journal of RangeManagement and Journal of Soil and WaterConservation and has been active inSSSA, ASA, Soil and Water Conserva-tion Society, American Society of Miningand Reclamation, and Society for RangeManagement.

Soil Science Achievement AwardsThe Society recognizes the following individuals with the

Industry Award, Research Award, Education Award, Ap-plied Research Award, Professional Service Award, and In-ternational Soil Science Award for their outstandingachievements in soil science through education, research,and national and international service.

Recipients of these awards are productive, competent in-dividuals known for original and significant research andfor an outstanding ability to inspire the qualities of sound thinking, objectivity,integrity, and cooperativeness in students and others with whom they associate.

Soil Science Research Award. Dr. Leteywas instrumental in establishing one ofthe first undergraduate environmentalscience degree programs in the U.S. andtaught the Introductory EnvironmentalScience and Water Resources courseswithin that program. He served as Chairof the Department of Soil and Environ-mental Sciences, Director of the Univer-sity of California Kearney Foundationof Soil Science, and Director of the Uni-versity of California Center for WaterResources. Dr. Letey served on the Na-tional Academy of Science by being onthe Water Science and Technology Boardand making presentations to two NASsponsored workshops in Tunisia.

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Soil Science ProfessionalService Award

Raymond AllmarasRaymond All-

maras is ProfessorEmeritus in the Soil,Water, and ClimateDepartment, Uni-versity of Min-nesota. Dr. Allmarasearned his B.S., M.S.and Ph.D. fromNorth Dakota StateUniversity, University of Nebraska, andIowa State University. He served for 44years with USDA-Agricultural ResearchService in Nebraska, Minnesota, andOregon; researched and gave outreach inmany aspects of soil and water conser-vation; and provided 25 editor-years forfour journals including Soil Science Societyof America Journal and Agronomy Journal.

International Soil Science Award

Ahmet R. MermutAhmet Mermut

is a Professor in theDepartment of SoilScience at HarranUniversity inTurkey and AdjunctProfessor in the De-partment of Soil Sci-ence at the Univer-sity ofSaskatchewan, Canada. Dr. Mermutearned his B.S. and Ph.D. from the Uni-versity of Ankara, Turkey with the sup-port from The Agricultural Universityin Wageningen, the Netherlands. His re-search focuses mainly in the area ofpedology, land resources especially fordeveloping countries, and arid zones.Dr. Mermut served as an associate editorand editor for Canadian Journal of Soil Sci-ence, Clays and Clay Minerals, and Scien-tific World and has been active in Cana-dian Society of Soil Science, SSSA, andmany developing countries.

Stephen H. Anderson Stephen H. An-

derson is a Profes-sor of Soil Physicsand Chair of the De-partment of Soil,Environmental andAtmospheric Sci-ences at the Univer-sity of Missouri. Heis also an AdjunctProfessor in the Department of Agron-omy. Dr. Anderson earned his B.S. inAgronomy from Brigham Young Uni-versity and his M.S. and Ph.D. in SoilScience from North Carolina State Uni-versity. His research focuses on the useof x-ray computed tomography forquantifying soil physical properties andprocesses. He teaches Soil Physics andAdvanced Soil Physics, and co-teachesboth Watershed Modeling Using GISand Advanced Turf Management. He re-cently completed serving 14 years as theDirector of Graduate Studies for the de-partment. Dr. Anderson has served onseveral ASA and SSSA committees, aseditor of the SSSA Special PublicationTomography of Soil-Water-Root Processes,and as associate editor of Soil Science So-ciety of America Journal.

Mark B. DavidMark David is a

Professor in the De-partment of NaturalResources and Envi-ronmental Sciencesat the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr.David earned hisB.S. from the Penn-sylvania State University, M.S. from theUniversity of Maine, and his Ph.D. fromthe State University of New York, Col-

SSSA FellowsThe Society is continuing a time-honored tradition this year with the

presentation of Fellows. The Society has been electing out-standing members to the position of Fellow since 1976.

Fellows are active members of the Society who havebeen nominated to receive the honor of Fellow by other ac-tive members, recommended by the Fellows Committee,and elected by the SSSA Executive Committee. Up to 0.3% ofthe active members may be elected Fellow of SSSA

SSSA has chosen 14 individuals, based on their professional achieve-ments and meritorious service, to receive this honor in 2005.

lege of Environmental Science andForestry. His research is focused on thebiogeochemistry of nutrients in agricul-tural, forested, and aquatic ecosystems,with an emphasis on the role of soils. Hehas conducted interdisciplinary researchto study complex systems from a varietyof approaches. David served as an asso-ciate editor for the Soil Science Society ofAmerica Journal, is currently as associateeditor for the Journal of EnvironmentalQuality, and has frequently served as aproposal panel member for the USDAand NSF.

Jorge A. DelgadoJorge Delgado is

a Senior Soil Scien-tist with the USDA-ARS Soil Plant Nu-trient ResearchUnit, Fort Collins,Colorado. He is alsoa Faculty Affiliatewith Colorado StateUniversity and “AdHonorem” Professor with the ChineseAcademy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang In-stitute of Agricultural Modernization.He serves as co-research advisor for M.S.and Ph.D. students and on graduate stu-dent committees. Dr. Delgado earned hisB.S. degree from the University of PuertoRico, Mayaguez, and his M.S. and Ph.D.from Louisiana State University, BatonRouge, Louisiana. His research programfocuses on improving nutrient manage-ment and soil and water conservationusing new tools including GIS and mod-eling to maximize N recoveries and pro-tect ground water. He has contributed toimprove nitrogen management on veg-etable – small grain rotations of irrigatedsystems and reduce nitrate leaching.Delgado contributed to the developmentof a new version of the NLEAP 1.20model and correlated rooting depths

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with N use efficiencies, showing the po-tential to recover NO3–N from ground-water. His research has contributed tothe use of winter cover crops by farmersresulting in increased nutrient use effi-ciencies and a reduction of nitrate leach-ing and wind erosion. Delgado demon-strated originality by leading the con-ceptualization, design, and implemen-tation of isotopic chemistry studies (35Sand 15N) that have been used to conductnutrient research studies describingtransport in soils, uptake and cycling.He has been invited to collaborate withscientists from the Chinese Academy ofSciences, University of Puerto Rico, Uni-versidad del Este and INIFAP-Mexico,among others. Delgado also serves asResearch Editor of the Journal of Soil andWater Conservation and Chair of the Soiland Water Conservation Society Editor-ial Board. He is a member of SSSA andSoil and Water Conservation Society Li-aison Committee. Delgado has signifi-cantly contributed to strengthen the co-operation between the SSSA and SWCS.

Alan J. Franzluebbers Alan Franzlueb-

bers is a researchecologist with theUSDA-AgriculturalResearch Service inWatkinsville, GA.He also holds an ad-junct faculty posi-tion with the De-partment of Agron-omy and Soils at Auburn University andhas a pending application with the De-partment of Crop and Soil Sciences atthe University of Georgia. Dr. Fran-zluebbers earned his B.S. and M.S. fromthe University of Nebraska (1985, 1991)and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M Univer-sity (1995). His research program focuseson soil organic matter management fordevelopment of sustainable agriculturalsystems. Conservation tillage, pasturemanagement, and integrated crop-live-stock production are topics of currentinterest. Franzluebbers has served onseveral ASA and SSSA committees, hasbeen an ad-hoc reviewer for AgronomyJournal and Journal of Environmental Qual-ity, has been an associate editor for theSoil Science Society of America Journal, hasbeen on the editorial board of Soil Biology& Biochemistry, and is currently on theeditorial board of Renewable Agricultureand Food Systems and serving as a jointEditor-in-Chief of Soil and Tillage Re-search. He has helped to organize three

symposia at ASA–CSSA–SSSA AnnualMeetings.

Satish C. GuptaSatish Gupta is a

Professor of SoilPhysics and SoilHydrology in thedepartment of Soil,Water, and Climateat the University ofMinnesota. He is amember of the SoilScience and WaterResources Science Graduate Faculty. Dr.Gupta earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. fromthe Punjab Agricultural University inIndia and his Ph.D. from Utah State Uni-versity. His research focus has been onwater quality, landscape hydrology, un-saturated soil mechanics, soil structure,and waste utilization. Dr. Gupta teachesContaminant Hydrology, Vadose ZoneHydrology, and Advance Soil Physicscourses at the University of Minnesota.He has advised or co-advised 14 Ph.D.and 15 M.S. degree students and 13 post-doctoral research associates. He has au-thored or co-authored 135 research arti-cles and 17 book chapters. Gupta is anassociate editor of the Journal of Environ-mental Quality and has served as an as-sociate editor of the Soil Science Society ofAmerica Journal and an editor-in-chief ofSoil Tillage Research. He is also an associ-ate fellow of the supercomputing insti-tute at the University of Minnesota.

Willie G. HarrisWillie Harris is a

professor in the Soiland Water ScienceDepartment, Uni-versity of Florida,with research andteaching responsi-bilities. He receivedhis Ph.D. from Vir-ginia Tech. His gen-eral research activities relate to mineralstability and transformations in soils andsediments; properties of soil minerals;mineral distributions as related to sta-bility and genetic processes; and soilproperties as related to mineralogy.

Rainer HornRainer Horn is a

full Professor of theInstitute of PlantNutrition and SoilScience at the Agri-cultural and FoodScience Faculty ofthe Christian Al-brechts Universityzu Kiel, Germany.In 1973, Dr. Horn earned his Diplomadegree in horticulture at the Universityof Hannover, followed by his Ph.D. inSoil Science in 1976 from the same uni-versity. His habilitation thesis in Soil Sci-ence was accepted by the Technical Uni-versity Berlin. His research programmeincludes the analysis of physical, me-chanical, and hydraulic processes instructured unsaturated agricultural andforest soils at various scales (from singleaggregates to the landscape) and fur-thermore deals with the quantification ofstress (mechanical and hydraulic) de-pendent changes in soil functions. Fur-thermore, he developed a long termrigid and impermeable waste depositsealing system by also including theswell shrink dependent changes in porerigidity and functioning. Horn serves atpresent as the President of ISTRO, as acommission chair in IUSS, and as an ed-itorial advisory board member of morethan 10 international journals.

Jeffrey S. JacobsenJeff Jacobsen is

Professor and Deanof the College ofAgriculture and Di-rector of the Mon-tana AgriculturalExperiment Stationat Montana StateUniversity. Dr. Ja-cobsen earned hisB.S. from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, M.S.at Colorado State University and Ph.D.from Oklahoma State University. His re-search, academic, and Extension pro-gram focuses on nutrient cycling in agri-cultural and natural systems, waterquality and environmental sciences. Ja-cobsen has been active in the ICCA Pro-gram, and on committees with ASA andSSSA. He was named a Fellow of ASA in2000.



Wesley M. JarrellWes Jarrell is

Professor of Soil Sci-ence and Head, De-partment of NaturalResources and Envi-ronmental Sciences,University of Illi-nois at Urbana-Champaign. Heearned his B.A. inBiological Sciences at Stanford Univer-sity, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Soil Sci-ence at Oregon State University, andheld earlier positions at University ofCalifornia–Riverside, the Oregon Grad-uate Institute, and the University of Wis-consin.

John J. MeisingerJohn (Jack)

Meisinger is a SoilScientist in the Ani-mal and Natural Re-source Institute atthe USDA BeltsvilleAgriculture Re-search Center. Healso serves as Ad-junct Associate Pro-fessor in Soil Science in the Departmentof Natural Resource Sciences at the Uni-versity of Maryland College Park. His re-search has focused on the agriculturalnitrogen cycle and on developing im-proved nitrogen management practices.Dr. Meisinger has served as an officer inthe Northeast Branch of ASA, as Divi-sion Chairman in SSSA, and been activein the Soil and Water Conservation So-ciety of America.

Per Moldrup Per Moldrup is

an Associate Profes-sor in the Life Sci-ences Departmentat Aalborg Univer-sity, Denmark. Dr.Moldrup earned hisM.S. and Ph.D. de-grees at AalborgUniversity; with thePh.D. study in collaboration with Uni-versity of California-Davis. His programfocuses on applied soil physics in envi-ronmental engineering, with emphasison gas, solute and colloid transportprocesses in soils. Moldrup has served asan associate editor for Soil Science Societyof America Journal and is on the editorial

board of Soil Science. He has served onand chaired the SSSA S-1 Early CareerAward Committee.

Daniel G. NearyDan Neary is a

Project Leader andResearch Soil Scien-tist for the Water-shed and RiparianEcosystems Project,USDA Forest Ser-vice, Rocky Moun-tain Research Sta-tion, Flagstaff, Ari-zona. He is also an Adjunct Professor inthe School of Natural Resources, Uni-versity of Arizona, the Soil and WaterSciences Department, the University ofFlorida, and the School of Forestry,Northern Arizona University. Dr. Nearyearned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. at Michi-gan State University. His research pro-gram focuses on the effects of wildfires,prescribed fires, and forest fuels treat-ments on soils and watersheds. Neary isa member of the American Water Re-sources Association, the Association forFire Ecology, the International ErosionControl Association, and the Interna-tional Wildland Fire Association. He isthe USA national team co-leader of theInternational Energy Agency, BioenergyTask 31: “Biomass Production for En-ergy from Sustainable ConventionalForestry.”

Bal Ram Singh Bal Ram Singh is

a professor in theDepartment of Plantand EnvironmentalSciences, Norwe-gian University ofLife Sciences. Dr.Singh earned hisM.Sc. degree fromthe Indian Agricul-tural Research Institute, New Delhi, andhis Ph.D. from G.B. Pant University ofAgriculture & Technology, Pantnagar,India. His program focuses on sorptionand mobility of heavy metals in the soiland their plant availability in relation tosoil and climatic conditions, fertilitymanagement and agricultural sustain-ability in soils of the tropics and soil car-bon sequestration under different landuses. He has served as Chairman of theExecutive board for “The Research Pro-gram on Plants and Soils” of the Re-search Council of Norway and of the Re-

search and Higher Education Commit-tee in the department. He has been amember of the University Research andHigher Education Committee, the Exec-utive Board of the International Societyof Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements,the International Editorial Board of En-cyclopedia of Soil Science, and the na-tional committee on Geomedicine of theNorwegian Academy of Science and Let-ters. He has participated in several COSTprograms of EU and is a coordinator ofa EU project. He is on the editorial boardof two journals and a reviewer for 19 in-ternational journals including SSSAJ andJEQ. Dr. Singh is also a fellow of ASA.

Jon M.WraithJon Wraith is a

Professor of Soil andE n v i r o n m e n t a lPhysics and Head ofthe Department ofLand Resources andEnvironmental Sci-ences at MontanaState University. Dr.Wraith earned hisB.S. from Humboldt State University,and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Utah StateUniversity. His program focuses on soilphysical properties and processes; fateand transport of soil water and chemi-cals; soil and plant water relationshipsincluding agronomic and invasivespecies; soil microbial biophysics; anddeveloping new or improved measure-ments and instrumentation. He has beena leader in the development and appli-cations of time-domain reflectometry(TDR) techniques. Dr. Wraith served asan associate editor for Soil Science Societyof America Journal, as member and chairof the Soil Science Teaching Award andSoil Science Research Award commit-tees, has organized symposia for annualmeetings, and will serve as chair for di-vision S-1 Soil Physics during 2005–2006.


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* Tickets are not required to attend the CSSA Awards Program, which begins at 3pm. The Klepper Lecture begins at 3:40pm, immediately following the Awards Program.

CSSA Election Results for 2006

CSSA Awards ProgramPresented Tuesday, 8 November 2005, 3:00–3:40pm *

Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon EF, Lobby Level


Henry L. ShandsHenry L. Shands is Director

for the USDA-ARS NationalCenter for Genetic ResourcesPreservation in Fort Collins,Colorado. He earned his B.S.from the University of Wiscon-sin and M.S. and Ph.D. degreesfrom Purdue University. Previ-ously, Shands was the Agricul-tural Research Service's Assis-tant Administrator for Genetic Resources in Wash-ington, DC after serving for 12 years on the USDA-ARS National Program Staff as Program Leader andAssociate Deputy Administrator for Genetic Re-sources. Shands has been active in international re-search activities, including serving as Acting Direc-tor of the ARS International Programs Office and anAdvisor with the Rural Development Department atthe World Bank. He recently coordinated the WorldBank's Genebank Upgrading Program for theCGIAR's International Agricultural Research Cen-ters. His previous research focused on plant breed-ing and genetics of major food crops. Dr. Shands isa Fellow of CSSA, ASA, and the American Associa-tion for the Advancement of Science, and recipientof the Frank N. Meyer Medal for Plant Genetic Re-sources. In 2004, he was awarded the William L.Brown Medal for Excellence in Genetic ResourcesConservation.

Newly Elected Division OfficersCSSAThe Society is pleased to present and recognize the followingnewly elected Division Officers for 2006:

Representatives to the CSSA Board of Directors

CSSA President-ElectHenry L. Shands, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO

Div. C-2, Crop Physiology & Metabolism Thomas J. Gerik, Texas Agric. Exp. Stn., Temple

Div. C-5, Turfgrass Science Anthony J. Koski, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins

CSSA Division Chairs-ElectDiv. C-1, Crop Breeding, Genetics & Cytology

Kimberly Garland Campbell, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA

Div. C-2, Crop Physiology & Metabolism Mary Beth Kirkham, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan

Div. C-3, Crop Ecology, Management & Quality Perry R. Miller, Montana State Univ., Bozeman

Div. C-4, Seed Physiology, Production & Technology Paul R. Beuselinck, USDA-ARS, Columbia, MO

Div. C-5, Turfgrass Science Roch E. Gaussoin, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln

Div. C-6, Forage & Grazing Lands Robert L. Kallenbach, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia

Div. C-7, Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology Mark E. Sorrells, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

Div. C-8, Plant Genetic Resources William F. Tracy, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison


Geoffrey C. HawtinGeoff Hawtin is

currently SeniorAdvisor to theGlobal Crop Diver-sity Trust, an inter-national fund hehelped establish tosupport long-termex situ conservationaround the world.Prior to that, he was Director General ofthe International Plant Genetic Re-sources Institute in Rome, Italy. He ob-tained both his M.A. and Ph.D. fromCambridge University, U.K. Geoff hasbeen involved throughout his career inthe conservation and use of plant ge-netic resources for development, livingin Uganda, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria,Canada and Italy.

NCCPB Genetics andPlant Breeding Award

for IndustryThe Genetics and Plant Breeding

Award for Industry is administered byCSSA and is financially supported bythe National Council of CommercialPlant Breeders. The award is presentedto a crop scientist who has made signif-icant contributions in genetics and plantbreeding during his or her career in theprivate sector. These contributions toplant science may be made throughbasic, applied, or developmental re-search in genetics and plant breeding.

Andrew D. Brede Doug Brede is

Research Directorand one of three op-erating officers forJacklin Seed by Sim-plot, Post Falls, ID.He received his B.S.,M.S., and Ph.D. atPenn State Univer-sity in turfgrassagronomy. He is the developer of over 60popular turf varieties. He has authoredpeer-review and magazine articles and abook on reducing turf maintenance. Dr.Brede is an ASA Fellow and has been ac-tive in ASA and CSSA for 27 years. Hehas twice served as associate editor forAgronomy Journal and has published 88%of his technical articles in ASA–CSSA–SSSA periodicals.

Monsanto Crop ScienceDistinguished Career

AwardThe Monsanto Crop Science Distin-

guished Career Award is presented bythe CSSAand is financially supported byMonsanto Company. The award consistsof an honorarium and a certificate. Theaward is presented to a crop scientistwho has exhibited an outstanding recordof service during a minimum of 25 years.

Sant S.VirmaniSant S. Virmani

recently retired asPrincipal Scientistfrom InternationalRice Research Insti-tute (IRRI), Manila,Philippines. He ledIRRI’s hybrid riceprogram and wasthe Team Leader ofthe Project “Genetic Enhancement forYield, Grain Quality and Stress Resis-tance in Rice.” Concurrently, he workedas Adjunct Professor of Agronomy, Uni-versity of the Philippines at Los Banos,Philippines. Dr. Virmani obtained hisB.S. and M.S. from Vikram University,Ujjain, India in 1961 and 1963, respec-tively and Ph.D. from Punjab Agricul-tural University, Ludhiana, India in 1969.Subsequently, he worked at IRRI(1970–1972, 1979–2005) and IITA(1973–1979). At IRRI, he pioneered re-search on developing hybrid rice tech-nology for the tropics. For his contribu-tions Virmani received: Pravasi BhartiyaSamman (Non-Resident Indian Honor)Award for Agriculture from the Presi-dent of India (2005); Koshihikari Inter-national Rice Prize from Japan (2005);International Service in Crop ScienceAward from CSSA(2002); the 2000 ThirdWorld Network of Scientific Organiza-tion Award in Agriculture (2002); Agri-culture and Rural Development Medalfrom the Ministry of Agriculture, Viet-nam (2002); and Gold Medal and aPlaque of appreciation from the Asia Pa-cific Seed Association (2000). He is Fel-low of: National Academy of Agricul-tural Sciences, India (1995); AmericanSociety of Agronomy (1999); Crop Sci-ence Society of America (2001); Crop Sci-ence Society of the Philippines (2001);and American Association of Advance-ment of Sciences (2002). He is a memberof the editorial board of Journal of PlantBreeding (EUPHYTICA) since 1987.

Gerald O. Mott Scholarship

The Gerald O. Mott Scholarship isprovided to a meritorious student whohas completed at least one year of grad-uate work leading to an M.S. or Ph.D. de-gree in a field of emphasis within cropscience and who has outstanding po-tential for leadership. The scholarship issupported through a contribution byMrs. Lorraine Mott and family, and con-tributions to the Agronomic ScienceFoundation.

Flavio BreseghelloFlavio Bre-

seghello is a re-searcher and ricebreeder in the Na-tional Research Cen-ter for Rice andBeans, of the Brazil-ian Institute of Agri-cultural Research –Embrapa. Heearned his B.S. and M.S. from the FederalUniversity of Goias (Brazil) and hisPh.D. from Cornell University. At Cor-nell, Dr. Breseghello studied associationanalysis with microsatellite markers, amethod that he plans to apply to Em-brapa’s rice breeding program to in-crease the efficiency of selection of quan-titative traits.

Frank N. Meyer Medal forPlant Genetic Resources

The Frank N. Meyer Medal for PlantGenetic Resources is presented in com-memoration of Frank N. Meyer whoserved for 13 years as Agricultural Ex-plorer in the Office of Foreign Seed andPlant Introduction and who died whileexploring in China. The memorial awardwas created in recognition of his contri-bution to the economic horticulture ofAmerica and service in the field of for-eign plant introduction.

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Young Crop ScientistAward

This award is designed to recognizea young scientist who has made an out-standing contribution in any area of cropscience by the age of 37. Specifically, therecipient is cited for teaching abilities, ef-fectiveness in extension and service ac-tivities, significance and originality ofbasic and applied research, and effec-tiveness in administrative areas.

Stacy BonosStacy Bonos is an

Assistant Professorand Extension Spe-cialist of TurfgrassBreeding and Ge-netics in the PlantBiology and Pathol-ogy Department atRutgers University.Dr. Bonos earnedher B.S. from Gettysburg College andher M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers Uni-versity. Bonos’ research program focuseson the development of turfgrass culti-vars with improved pest and stress tol-erance using both molecular and classi-cal breeding techniques. Recent accom-plishments include the development ofseveral turfgrass cultivars with im-proved disease resistance and the de-velopment of a genetic linkage map ofcreeping bentgrass. Bonos advises andteaches both graduate and undergradu-ate students. Her outreach program in-cludes numerous extension publicationsand presentations per year in the form ofresearch field days and educational sem-inars. Bonos has served as an associateeditor for Applied Turfgrass Science Jour-nal and section editor for the Interna-tional Turfgrass Society Research Journal.She is active in the C-5 Division of CSSA,International Turfgrass Society and theTurfgrass Breeders Association whereshe has served on the board of directorsfor the past three years.

Fred V. Grau TurfgrassScience Award

The Fred V. Grau Turfgrass ScienceAward is presented by CSSA and is sup-ported by a fund developed by DivisionC-5 Turfgrass Science.

The award is presented in recogni-tion of significant career contributionsin turfgrass science. The principal crite-ria for selecting the recipient are signifi-cance and originality of research, teach-ing effectiveness, implementation of pro-grams in extension and/or industry, ad-ministrative effectiveness, and total im-pact on turfgrass science.


Research Directorand one of three op-erating officers forJacklin Seed by Sim-plot, Post Falls,Idaho. He receivedhis B.S., M.S., andPh.D. at Penn StateUniversity in turf-grass agronomy. Dr. Brede is the devel-oper of over 60 popular turf varieties.He has authored peer-review and mag-azine articles and a book on reducingturf maintenance. Brede is an ASA Fel-low and has been active in ASA/CSSAfor 27 years. He has twice served as as-sociate editor for Agronomy Journal andhas published 88% of his technical arti-cles in ASA-CSSA-SSSA periodicals.

Seed Science AwardThe Seed Science Award is presented

by CSSA and is financially supported byPioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

The award is presented in recogni-tion of distinctive service to the devel-opment and use of quality seeds in agri-culture. The principal criteria for theaward are significance and originalityof research, contributions to extensionand service activities, educational activ-ities relative to training seed scientists,international contributions, and profes-sional interactions with seed-related or-ganizations.

Norman HopperNorman Hopper

is a Piper Professorin the Departmentof Plant and Soil Sci-ence at Texas TechUniversity andholds a joint ap-pointment with theTexas AgriculturalExperiment Stationat Texas A&M University. He also servesas Associate Dean for Academic and Stu-dent Programs in the College of Agri-cultural Sciences and Natural Resourcesat Texas Tech University. Dr. Hopperearned his B.S. and M.S. from Texas TechUniversity, and his Ph.D. from IowaState University. His program focusesmainly on means of assessing variousseed quality factors in cotton. Hopperhas served in several positions withCSSA (Chair of Div. C-4, various com-mittees, etc.) and has also been active inthe ASA and the Beltwide Cotton Con-ferences.

International Servicein Crop Science Award

The International Service in Crop Sci-ence Award recognizes creativity and in-novation in bringing about specificchanges in practices, products, and/orprograms in the crops area at the inter-national level.

Bent SkovmandBent Skovmand

is director of theNordic Gene Bank(NGB), Sweden. Heholds an appoint-ment as AdjunctProfessor for PlantGenetic Resourcesat the Royal Veteri-nary and Agricul-tural University in Copenhagen, Den-mark. Dr. Skovmand earned his B.S.,M.S., and Ph.D. from University of Min-nesota. He is a citizen of Denmark. Skov-mand manages the NGB, an institutionunder the Nordic Council of Ministers;NGB is a regional center for conservationand utilization of plant genetic resources(PGR) and supports several regionalprograms in Africa. Before his appoint-ment at NGB, Bent Skovmand was aPrincipal Scientist at the International



ment from Purdue University. His teach-ing efforts have focused on developingcomputer integrated multimedia pro-grams to improve student learning ofagronomic principles for on-campus anddistance students, improving curriculathrough learner outcomes assessment,and improving global agriculture aware-ness in students. His research focuses onthe effects of environmental and biolog-ical stresses on seed yield and quality ofsoybeans and factors affecting sustain-able agriculture and community devel-opment. He is an ASA and CSSA Fellowand a recipient of the ASA Resident Ed-ucation Award.

Crop Science ExtensionEducation Award

The Crop Science Extension Educa-tion Award is presented in recognition ofexcellence in extension teaching activi-ties in the area of crop science. Theaward criteria are based on educationalinnovation developed and used suc-cessfully and include demonstrated abil-ity to communicate client attitudes, in-fluence client attitudes, and motivatechange in client or audience action.

James E. BeuerleinJim Beuerlein is a

Professor of Agron-omy in the Horti-culture and CropScience Departmentat The Ohio StateUniversity. Heserves as the StateExtension Specialistfor soybean andsmall grain. Dr. Beuerlein earned his B.S.and M.S. from the University of Ten-nessee, and his Ph.D. degree from theUniversity of Illinois. His extension andresearch programs focus on profitablecrop production. He has been an ASA,and CSSA member for 35 years andserves on the Board of Directors of theOhio Soybean Association, the OhioWheat Growers Association, and OhioFoundation Seeds.

Crop Science Research Award

The Crop Science Research Award ispresented for excellence in research. Theprincipal criteria for choosing the recip-ient are significance and originality ofbasic and applied research contributionsin crop science; excellence in creativereasoning and skill in obtaining signifi-cant data; and total impact of contribu-tions on crop science and other fields, na-tionally and internationally.

Major M. GoodmanMajor Goodman

is a William NealReynolds Professorand DistinguishedUniversity Professorin the Departmentof Crop Science atNC State University.He received his B.S.in Math from IowaState, his M.S. and Ph.D. in Geneticsfrom NC State, and held an NSF Post-doctoral Fellowship at ESALQ of theUniversity of Sao Paulo in Piracicaba,Brazil. His program specializes in thestudy and utilization of tropical maizegermplasm and the education of field-oriented plant breeding graduate stu-dents. His maize breeding efforts haveresulted in the release of over 100 inbredlines, many of which are 50% to 100%tropical but adapted to the US. He hasstudied and characterized most of theraces of maize of Latin America. Dr.Goodman pioneered the use of multi-variate and molecular-marker analysesfor racial studies in maize. He is a mem-ber of the Society for Economic Botanyand the National Academy of Sciences.

Maize and Wheat Improvement Center,Mexico. Since 1988 he was Head ofWheat Genetic Resources and from 1999,Coordinator of all genetic resources ac-tivities at the center. His research focusedon wheat, rye and triticale, directed to-wards the conservation and utilizationof Triticum genetic resources. He hasserved on a number of internationalcommittees and has supported the CSSAas Chair of Section C-8 and as member ofseveral other CSSA committees. Dr.Skovmand is a Fellow of ASAand CSSA,a recipient of the Frank N. Myer Medalfor Plant Genetic Resources, and he wasawarded the Knight Order of Dannebrogby Queen Magrethe II of Denmark.

Crop Science Teaching Award

The Crop Science Teaching Award ispresented for resident classroom teach-ing of crop science at the undergraduateand graduate levels. The principal crite-ria for selecting the recipient are class-room skills as evidenced by peer andstudent evaluations, innovative andunique approaches to teaching, influ-ence of the recipient on the professionalperformance of former students, effec-tiveness in counseling students, contri-butions to the overall effectiveness ofundergraduate and graduate teachingprograms, professional publications andpresentations related to crop scienceteaching, contributions in professionalsocieties that emphasize excellence incrop science teaching, and recognitionof accomplishments as a classroomteacher.

Russell E. Mullen Russell Mullen is

Professor of Agron-omy and a facultymember of theGraduate Programin Sustainable Agri-culture at Iowa StateUniversity. Heteaches courses incrop production,crop quality and utilization, and inter-national agriculture. He advises studentsin agronomy and seed science, and con-ducts research in seed physiology andsustainable agriculture. Dr. Mullen re-ceived his M.S. in Education from North-west Missouri State University and hisPh.D. in Crop Physiology and Manage-



Rex BernardoRex Bernardo is

a professor and en-dowed chair in cornbreeding and genet-ics in the Depart-ment of Agronomyand Plant Genetics,University of Min-nesota. He obtaineda B.S. in agricultureat the Visayas State College of Agricul-ture in the Philippines in 1984, and aPh.D. in plant breeding and genetics atthe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988. Dr. Bernardo’s re-search focuses on the use of quantitativegenetics theory and molecular markersto improve the efficiency of plant breed-ing methods, particularly for corn.Bernardo teaches a graduate course onthe application of quantitative geneticsto plant breeding and a graduate courseon publishing in plant science journals.He is currently director of the AppliedPlant Sciences graduate program at theUniversity of Minnesota. Bernardo hasserved as associate editor and technicaleditor of Crop Science. He received theCSSA Young Crop Scientist Award in1999 and is the incoming chair of CSSADivision C-1.


Research Directorand one of three op-erating officers forJacklin Seed by Sim-plot, Post Falls,Idaho. He receivedhis B.S., M.S., andPh.D. at Penn StateUniversity in turf-grass agronomy. Dr. Brede is the devel-oper of over 60 popular turf varieties.He has authored peer-review and mag-azine articles and a book on reducingturf maintenance. Brede is an ASA Fel-low and has been active in ASA andCSSA for 27 years. He has twice servedas associate editor for Agronomy Journaland has published 88% of his technicalarticles in Society periodicals.

Paul R. CarterPaul Carter is Di-

rector, AgronomySciences, with Pio-neer Hi-Bred Inter-national. Dr. Carterearned his B. S. de-gree at NorthDakota State Uni-versity and his M. S.and Ph. D. from theUniversity of Minnesota. Paul’s team atPioneer provides technical support toPioneer field sales agronomists and con-ducts agronomic field research. Beforejoining Pioneer he was Professor and Ex-tension Agronomist at the University ofWisconsin-Madison.

Paul Gepts Paul Gepts is a

Professor and Ge-neticist in the De-partment of PlantSciences at the Uni-versity of Califor-nia, Davis. He is anative of Belgiumwhere is earned adegree in Plant Pro-tection at the Faculté des SciencesAgronomique of Gembloux. He earnedhis Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and PlantGenetics from the University of Wiscon-sin-Madison, and pursued postdoctoralstudies at the University of California-Riverside.

James E. Hill Jim Hill is Exten-

sion Specialist andcurrently AssociateDean for Interna-tional Programs inthe College of Agri-culture and Envi-ronmental Sciencesat UC Davis. He re-ceived his B.S. fromCal Poly San Luis Obispo and his Ph.D.from the University of California. Hisresearch and extension programs fo-cused on the evaluation, managementand adoption of semidwarf rice in Cali-fornia. His work also included researchand education programs to mitigate off-site environmental effects related to riceproduction, including water and airquality. Dr. Hill has served as Chair ofthe Department of Agronomy andRange Science and Vice Chair for Out-reach and Extension in the Departmentof Plant Sciences at UC Davis. He alsowas Program Leader for Irrigated Riceand Division Head of Crop, Soil andWater Science at the International RiceResearch Institute. He has been Chair ofthe USA Rice Technical Working Groupand the International Temperate RiceConference. He is active in and a chair-elect of Division A-4 and an ASA Fel-low.

CSSA FellowsThe Society is continuing a time-honored tradition this year

with the presentation of Fellows. The Society has beenelecting outstanding members to the position of Fellowsince 1985.

Friends and colleagues within the Society nominateworthy members and the CSSA Committee on the Nom-ination of Fellows, with the CSSA Past President acting asnonvoting chair, carefully ranks the nominees. The CSSA ExecutiveCommittee ratifies the election.

CSSA has chosen 10 individuals, based on their professional achieve-ments and meritorious service, to receive this honor in 2005.

FELLOW



Frederick L. KolbFrederick L. Kolb

is a Professor ofPlant Breeding inthe Department ofCrop Sciences at theUniversity of Illi-nois. Dr. Kolbearned his B.S. de-gree in Biology atPennsylvania StateUniversity and his M.S. and Ph.D. inAgronomy - Plant Breeding also at Penn-sylvania State University. Kolb’s re-search on soft red winter wheat andspring oats is focused on development ofimproved wheat and oat varieties, scabresistance in wheat, barley yellow dwarfvirus tolerance in oat, and identificationof molecular markers associated withgenes for resistance to these diseases.For the past five years, Kolb has alsoserved as the Teaching Coordinator forthe Crop Sciences Department. He hasserved on several ASA and CSSA com-mittees, as Chair of the CSSA Crop Reg-istration Oat Subcommittee, and asChair of Division C-1. Dr. Kolb is an ASAFellow.

Shaobing Peng Shaobing Peng is

a Senior Crop Phys-iologist at the Inter-national Rice Re-search Institute anda Chang Jiang ChairProfessor (ChangJiang Scholars Pro-gram, Ministry ofEducation) ofHuazhong Agricultural University,China. He earned his B.S. fromHuazhong Agricultural University, hisM.S. degree from the University of Cal-ifornia, Davis, and his Ph.D. degree fromTexas Tech University. Dr. Peng’s re-search focuses on crop management andphysiology of rice yield potential in theirrigated ecosystem. He currently serveson the editorial boards of Crop Science,Field Crops Research, and Plant Produc-tion Science. Peng is a Fellow of theAmerican Society of Agronomy.

Ravi P. Singh Ravi P. Singh is a

Principal Scientist atthe InternationalMaize and WheatImprovement Cen-ter (CIMMYT),Mexico, where he isleader of springbread wheat im-provement for in-tensive agro-ecosystems. He earned hisB.S.(Hons.) and M.S. degrees from Ba-naras Hindu University, Varanasi, India,and Ph.D. from the University of Sydney,Australia. Singh’s research focuses ongenetics and breeding of wheat with em-phasis on durable resistance to rust dis-eases. He has developed, or contributedto the development of, wheatgermplasm that has resulted in the re-lease of over 160 cultivars in numerousdeveloping countries. Singh also is anAdjunct Professor at Kansas State Uni-versity.

J. Stephen C. Smith Stephen Smith

holds the position ofResearch Fellowand Germplasm Se-curity Coordinatorat Pioneer Hi-BredInternational, Inc.,in Johnston, Iowa.Dr. Smith earned hisB.S. at Wye College,the University of London and his M.S.and Ph.D. at University of Birminghamin the United Kingdom. Stephen joinedPioneer in 1980 as a post-doctoral re-search fellow and soon after completedthe first peer-reviewed research apply-ing molecular methods to the evolutionof maize. His work accelerated effortsto conserve teosinte, the historical an-cestor of modern corn. An expert ingermplasm security, he has employedmolecular tools to describe and authen-ticate varieties, characterize genetic di-versity and determine plant pedigrees.In addition, Stephen’s published re-search has provided justification tostrengthen and broaden the genetic baseof U.S. corn.

Richard R.C.WangRichard R.-C.

Wang is a ResearchGeneticist at theUSDA-ARS Forageand Range ResearchLaboratory, Logan,Utah. He earned hisB.S. from NationalTaiwan Universityand his M.S. andPh.D. from Rutgers University. Dr.Wang’s research focuses on moleculargenome analysis and germplasm devel-opment of forage species includingperennial grasses and kochia. He led thegermplasm development research andis now actively involved in technologytransfer of salt-tolerant wheat to worldcommunities. He served as member andthen Chair of the CSSA Crop Science Re-search Award Committee and serves asa member of International Crop ScienceCommittee and the Chair of the Soci-eties Minorities in Agronomy Commit-tee.


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Jerry L. HatfieldJerry Hatfield received his

Ph.D. from Iowa State Universityin 1975 in Agricultural Climatol-ogy and Statistics (minor), a B.S.degree in Agronomy from KansasState University in 1971, and aM.S. degree in Agronomy fromthe University of Kentucky in1972. He served as the Biometeo-rologist at the University of Cali-fornia-Davis from 1975-1983 and Research Leader ofthe Plant Stress and Water Conservation Unit in Lub-bock, TX from 1983–1989. In 1989 he became the Lab-oratory Director of the USDA-ARS National Soil TilthLaboratory in Ames, Iowa. He has developed severalwatershed scale projects to address concerns aboutthe spatial and temporal impacts of farming practiceson environmental quality. His research focuses on theinteraction of water, nutrients, carbon, and light incrop response to management systems across varyinglandscapes. He integrates remotely sensed informationinto agricultural management decisions to enhanceagricultural production efficiency. He is recognized asone of the international authorities on the impact ofcrop and livestock components of agricultural sys-tems on air, water, and soil quality. He is a Fellow ofASA, CSSA, and SSSA, and a recipient of the ArthurS. Flemming Award for Outstanding Federal service in1997, ARS Outstanding Scientist of the Year Award in1999, and the Distinguished Service Award for Re-search from Kansas State University in 2002. He is theco-editor of the recent ASA-CSSA-SSSA Monograph,Micrometeorology in Agricultural Systems, along withnine other monographs and over 330 referred publi-cations.

Newly Elected Division OfficersASAThe Society is pleased to present and recognize the followingnewly elected Division Officers for 2006:

* Purchase Awards Luncheon tickets at Registration in the East Lobby of the Salt Palace Convention Center. There is limited space at the event to attend the awards program only.

Representatives to the ASA Board of DirectorsASA President-Elect

Jerry L. Hatfield, USDA-ARS Natl. Soil Tilth Lab., Ames, IADiv. A-2, Military Land Use & Management

Robert M. Lacey, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Develop-ment Center, Champaign, IL

Div. A-4, Extension Education Robert N. Klein, Univ. of Nebraska, North Platte

Div. A-6, International Agronomy Roland J. Buresh, Intl. Rice Research Inst., Manila, Philippines

Div. A-8, Integrated Agricultural Systems Newell R. Kitchen, USDA-ARS, Columbia, MO

ASA Division Chairs Elect Div. A-1, Resident Education

Lee Burras, Iowa State Univ., AmesDiv. A-2, Military Land Use & Management

Heidi R. Howard, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Develop-ment Center, Champaign, IL

Div. A-3, Agroclimatology & Agronomic ModelingSteven R. Evett, USDA-ARS, Bushland, TX

Div. A-4, Extension EducationJames E. Hill, Univ. of California, Davis

Div. A-5, Environmental QualityStephen R. Kaffka, Univ. of California, Davis

Div. A-6, International AgronomyJ. Mark Powell, USDA-ARS, Madison, WI

Div. A-7, Agricultural Research Station ManagementRick M. Bottoms, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces

Div. A-8, Integrated Agricultural SystemsPatrick M. Carr, North Dakota State Univ., Dickinson

Div. A-9, Professional PractionersJeffrey A. Bunting, GROWMARK Inc., Bloomington, IL

ASA Election Results for 2006

ASA Awards ProgramPresented Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 11:30am–1:15pm *



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Frank D. Keim Graduate FellowshipThe Frank D. Keim Graduate Fel-

lowship was established to honor andrecognize the unparalleled academic ad-vising of the late Frank D. Keim, whosestudents and work have reached aroundthe world. Criteria for the Fellowshipinclude academic excellence, leadershipactivities, and future plans related to theagronomic sciences. The Fellowship isfunded through contributions to theAgronomic Science Foundation and theselection process is administered byASA.

Courtney M.ThomasCourtney M.

Thomas is a seniorin her final semesterat Colorado StateUniversity. She willgraduate in Decem-ber 2005 with a B.S.in Soil and Crop Sci-ences with a con-centration inBiotechnology, Plant Breeding, and Ge-netics. In January 2006, Thomas willbegin working towards an M.S. at theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln in PlantBreeding and Genetics. During her un-dergraduate studies at Colorado State,she has served as the president of theAgronomy Club and as a teaching as-sistant for the beginning Crops Labora-tory. In 2003-2004 Thomas was electedpresident of the Students of Agronomy,Soils, and Environmental Sciences,which is the undergraduate organiza-tion of ASA-CSSA-SSSA.

Harry J. Larsen/ YaraMemorial ScholarshipThe Harry J. Larsen/Yara Memorial

Scholarship is provided to a meritoriousgraduate student studying practical soilfertility and crop production. Funds forthe scholarship are provided throughthe Agronomic Science Foundation byYara America, Inc.; the scholarship is ad-ministered by ASA.

The scholarship was established inrecognition of the 50th anniversary ofYara America and in memory of Harry J.Larsen, a former employee dedicated toagronomy and the economics of fertil-izer management in commercial cropproduction.

Fabian FernandezFabian Fernan-

dez is a Ph.D. can-didate in Soil Fertil-ity and Plant Nutri-tion in the Depart-ment of Agronomyat Purdue Univer-sity. He has alsobeen a teaching as-sistant of severalgraduate and undergraduate courses.Mr. Fernandez earned his B.S. and M.S.from Brigham Young University. His re-search focuses on advancing the under-standing of interactions between soilwater status, soil K availability, soybeanroot and shoot development, and soy-bean K requirements in rain-fed pro-duction with stratified soil test K.

J. Fielding Reed Scholarship

The J. Fielding Reed Scholarship wasestablished in recognition of Dr. Reed’slife-long commitment to advancing theknowledge of agriculture through hiswork in soil science and natural re-sources and his passion for educatingstudents. Funds for the scholarship areadministered by the Agronomic ScienceFoundation and the selection process isadministered by the ASA. The purposeof this scholarship is to honor an out-standing undergraduate senior pursinga career in the soil or plant sciences.

Eric RiedemanEric Riedeman

graduated from theUniversity of Wis-consin at Plattevillein May of 2005 witha degree in Soil andCrop Science. He iscurrently attendingthe University ofWisconsin-Madisonin pursuit of his M.S. in Plant Breeding.Riedeman’s Masters research is directedtowards quantifying pest and disease re-sistance of sweet corn with early andlate transitions of juvenile wax to adultwax. He has been actively involved withASA and the Soil and Water Conserva-tion Society.

Hank Beachell FutureLeader Scholarship

The Hank Beachell Future LeaderScholarship was established in recogni-tion of Dr. Beachell’s commitment to ad-vancing the knowledge of agriculturethrough his work in rice breeding anddevelopment. The purpose of this schol-arship is to expand the agriculturalknowledge of undergraduate studentsparticipating in activities that enhancetheir university studies. Funds for thescholarship are administered by theAgronomic Science Foundation and theaward is administered by ASA.

Jason HaegeleJason Haegele is

a senior undergrad-uate student in theDepartments ofAgronomy andAgricultural andBiosystems Engi-neering at IowaState University.Throughout his col-lege career, Haegele has held numerousleadership positions through his in-volvement in the Agronomy Club,Alpha Zeta, the College of Ag StudentCouncil, Ag Ambassadors, and the In-ternational Agriculture Club. Addition-ally, he has had many work experiencesin agronomy including internships withPioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., theInternational Corn and Wheat Improve-ment Center, and Golden Harvest.

W.L. Nelson Awardfor Diagnosis of

Yield-Limiting FactorsThe Werner L. Nelson Award for Di-

agnosis of Yield-Limiting Factors recog-nizes outstanding performance in thedevelopment, acceptance, and/or im-plementation of diagnostic techniquesand approaches in the field. Identifica-tion and correction of yield-limiting fac-tors in crop production are emphasized.The principal criteria used in the selec-tion process are the creativity and inno-vation of the nominee. The award is ad-ministered by ASA and supportedthrough a contribution by the late Dr.Nelson to the Agronomic Science Foun-dation.



Agronomic ResidentEducation Award

Mary H.Wiedenhoeft Mary Wieden-

hoeft is an AssociateProfessor in Agron-omy in the Agron-omy Department atIowa State Univer-sity. Dr. Wieden-hoeft earned herB.S. degree fromIowa State Univer-sity and her M.S. and Ph.D. Degreesfrom Washington State University. Hermajor responsibility is in teachingcourses in plant science, crop manage-ment, agroecology, experimental design,and sustainable agriculture. She haspublished in the areas of experientiallearning, learner outcomes, learningcommunities, forage management, andmanure management in forage produc-tion. Wiedenhoeft has been active inAmerican Society of America, servingas A-1 chair and on the Board of Direc-tors.

Agronomic ExtensionEducation Award

William J.Wiebold

Bill Wiebold is aProfessor in the Di-vision of Plant Sci-ences and the stateextension specialistfor soybean andcorn at the Univer-sity of Missouri. Dr. Wiebold earned his

B.S. and M.S. degrees from Iowa StateUniversity and his Ph.D. degree fromthe University of Georgia. His extensionand applied research program improvescrop productivity and enhances yieldstability while protecting the environ-ment. Wiebold has been an active sup-porter of the Certified Crop Advisor pro-gram and has served the Missouri Boardin several capacities including boardchair. He is Associate Editor of Crop Sci-ence and the ASA Board Representativefor the C-3 division of CSSA.

Agronomic ServiceAward

Darrell W. NelsonDarrell Nelson

recently retired asDean for Agricul-tural Research andDirector of the agri-cultural experimentstation at the Uni-versity of Nebraskaand is currently Pro-fessor Emeritus ofAgronomy and Horticulture. He previ-ously served as Head of the Universityof Nebraska Department of Agronomyand as Professor of Soil Science at Pur-due University. His research focused onthe impact of agricultural practices onenvironmental quality. Nelson earnedhis B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Uni-versity of Illinois and his Ph.D. degreefrom Iowa State University. He is a for-mer president of the American Society ofAgronomy and the Soil Science Societyof America.

Agronomic AwardsThe Society recognizes the following individuals with the

Agronomic Resident Education, Agronomic Extension Educa-tion, Agronomic Service, Carl Sprengel Agronomic Research,International Service in Agronomy, Environmental QualityResearch, Agronomic Industry Awards for their outstandingcontributions to agronomy through education, national and international serv-ice, and research. In addition, Monsanto presents the Professional CertificationAward in recognition of outstanding certified professional.

These agronomic awards are given to productive, capable individualsknown for original and significant research and for an outstanding ability toinspire in students and others with whom they associate the qualities of soundthinking, objectivity, integrity, and cooperativeness.

Alfred M. BlackmerAlfred M. Black-

mer is a Professor inthe Agronomy De-partment at IowaState University. Hisre s p o n s i b i l i t i e sfocus on researchand graduate-levelteaching in soil fer-tility. Dr. Blackmerreceived his B.S. and M.S. degrees fromthe University of Massachusetts and hisPh.D. degree from Iowa State Univer-sity. His program focuses on nitrogenmanagement in soil-plant systems. Hehas developed several tools and pro-grams that enable on-farm evaluationand improvement of nitrogen manage-ment practices during corn production.

Syngenta Crop ProtectionRecognition Award

Syngenta presents the Syngenta CropProtection Recognition Award in recog-nition of outstanding service to one ormore of the agronomic professions. Apaid European trip to Syngenta facili-ties is included in the award.

Rajiv Khosla Rajiv Khosla is

an Associate Profes-sor and ExtensionSpecialist of Preci-sion Agriculture atColorado State Uni-versity. He earnedhis B.S. from Uni-versity of Alla-habad, India, andM.S. and Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. Dr.Khosla has established a comprehensiveresearch and extension program in Pre-cision Agriculture. In addition, he hasdeveloped and directs a unique under-graduate degree program, “Applied In-formation Technology in Agriculture.”Khosla has received numerous awardsincluding the Outstanding Young Sci-entist Award 2003 and 2004 from Divi-sion S-6 and A.A.S.I.O. respectively. Hewas recognized with the highest teach-ing award in the College of Agricultureat CSU, the Charles N. ShepardsonTeaching Award. Dr. Khosla actively par-ticipates in Society activities. He is anAssociate Editor of the Soil Science Soci-ety of America Journal and is the Presi-dent of Gamma Sigma Delta Honor So-ciety of Agriculture at CSU.



Carl Sprengel AgronomicResearch Award

Rattan LalRattan Lal is a

Professor of Soil Sci-ence in the School ofNatural Resources,and Director of theCarbon Manage-ment and Seques-tration Center atThe Ohio State Uni-versity. He is alsothe Faculty Director of the Clusters ofInter-Disciplinary Research on Interna-tional Themes: Climate Change (CIRIT-CC). Lal earned his B.S. degree fromPunjab Agricultural University, Ludhi-ana, India, M.S. degree from Indian Agri-cultural Research Institute, New Delhi,India, and Ph.D. from The Ohio StateUniversity. His research program fo-cused on sustainable management of soiland water resources in the tropics be-tween 1970 and 1987, and on soil carbonsequestration and climate change since1988. Lal has been active in developingregional research networks on soil car-bon sequestration, soil quality and agro-nomic productivity in Latin America,Central Asia and South Asia.

International Service inAgronomy Award

W. Ronnie CoffmanRonnie Coffman

is an InternationalProfessor of PlantBreeding at CornellUniversity. He alsoserves as Chair ofthe Department ofPlant Breeding &Genetics and Direc-tor of InternationalPrograms for the College of Agriculture& Life Sciences. Coffman earned his B.S.and M.S. degrees from the University ofKentucky and his Ph.D. from CornellUniversity. His work has focused oncrop improvement (especially rice) andinternational development. He is cur-rently Co-Director of the AgriculturalBiotechnology Support Project (ABSPII).

EnvironmentalQuality Research Award

George A. O’ConnorGeorge A. O’-

Connor is Professorof EnvironmentalSoil Chemistry inthe Soil and WaterScience Departmentat the University ofFlorida. Dr. O’Con-nor earned his B.S.from the Universityof Massachusetts, and his M.S. and Ph.D.Degrees at Colorado State University.O’Connor’s program focuses on the ap-plication of basic soil chemistry to issuesassociated with the land application ofnon-hazardous wastes (primarilybiosolids) and the determination andcontrol of the fate and transport of wasteconstituents.

Agronomic IndustryAward

Kim R. PolizottoKim Polizotto is

Chief Agronomistfor the Potash Cor-poration ofS a s k a t c h e w n(PotashCorp/PCSSales U.S.). Dr. Poli-zotto earned his B.S.degree from ButlerUniversity, his M.S.from Indiana State University, and hisPh.D. from Purdue University. Polizottoprovides agronomic and technical sup-port and services about fertilizers to re-search personnel, fertilizer dealers andfarmers around the world. He commu-nicates research needs, develops proj-ects and proposals, follows researchprogress, and helps interpret and com-municate research findings from uni-versities and the USDA to the agricul-tural industry.

Monsanto ProfessionalCertification Service

AwardVivan M. Jennings

Vivan Jennings isthe CEO of AsoyiaLLC, a farmer-owned Iowa com-pany producing anew trans-fat freesoybean oil to thefoodservice indus-try. Prior to joiningAsoyia, Dr. Jenningsspent 31 years with the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture’s Cooperative States Re-search, Education, and Extension Ser-vice. He was deputy administrator forthe agency in Washington, D.C., as wellas an agricultural extension specialist inIowa. Jennings served as associate di-rector and associate dean of the IowaState University Extension Service. Hisexperience in international agriculturalpolicy and trade, sustainable agriculture,organizational development, and strate-gic planning prepared him to lead in thestart-up of Asoyia. Owned by 25 farmer-owners, the company’s innovative mar-keting model provides for all of the com-pany’s growers to share in the profits.Asoyia’s Ultra Low Lin Soybean Oil iscurrently marketing its first year’s pro-duction to restaurants, distributors, foodmanufacturers and processors, and foodservice operations in the Midwest andthroughout the world. Jennings receivedundergraduate and graduate degreesfrom Iowa State University. He operatesa farm in Louisa County, Iowa, ownsElm Grove International, an agriculturaladvisory service, and is a certified pro-fessional agronomist.



Sylvie M. BrouderSylvie Brouder is

a Professor in Pur-due University’sDepartment ofAgronomy, Crops,Soils, and Environ-mental Sciences.She also serves as anExtension Specialistof Plant Nutritionand Soil Fertility. Dr. Brouder earned herB.A. in Biology from Harvard Universityand her Ph.D. in Ecology from Univer-sity of California–Davis. Her programfocuses on crop nutrient balance withan emphasis on both crop productivityand environmental loss. Brouder servesas an associate editor for Soil Science So-ciety of America Journal, has served as A-8 Division Chair, and has been active inmany ASA-CSSA-SSSA affiliated pro-fessional opportunities.

Alan J. FranzluebbersAlan Franzlueb-

bers is a researchecologist with theUSDA-AgriculturalResearch Service inWatkinsville, GA.He also holds an ad-junct faculty posi-tion with the De-partment of Agron-omy and Soils at Auburn University andhas a pending application with the De-partment of Crop and Soil Sciences atthe University of Georgia. Dr. Fran-zluebbers earned his B.S. and M.S. de-grees from the University of Nebraska(1985, 1991) and his Ph.D. degree fromTexas A&M University (1995). His re-search program focuses on soil organicmatter management for development ofsustainable agricultural systems. Con-servation tillage, pasture management,and integrated crop-livestock produc-tion are topics of current interest. Fran-zluebbers has served on several ASAand SSSA committees, has been an ad-hoc reviewer for Agronomy Journal andJournal of Environmental Quality, has beenan associate editor for the Soil Science So-ciety of America Journal, has been on theeditorial board of Soil Biology & Bio-chemistry, and is currently on the edito-rial board of Renewable Agriculture andFood Systems and serving as a joint Edi-tor-in-Chief of Soil and Tillage Research.He has helped to organize three sym-posia at the Annual Meetings.

Stephen H. Anderson Stephen H. An-

derson is a Profes-sor of Soil Physicsand Chair of the De-partment of Soil,Environmental andAtmospheric Sci-ences at the Univer-sity of Missouri.He is also an Ad-junct Professor in the Department ofAgronomy. Dr. Anderson earned his B.S.degree in Agronomy from BrighamYoung University and his M.S. and Ph.D.degrees in Soil Science from North Car-olina State University. His research fo-cuses on the use of x-ray computed to-mography for quantifying soil physicalproperties and processes. He teaches SoilPhysics and Advanced Soil Physics, andco-teaches both Watershed ModelingUsing GIS and Advanced Turf Manage-ment. He recently completed serving 14years as the Director of Graduate Stud-ies for the department. Anderson hasserved on several ASA and SSSA com-mittees, as editor of the SSSA SpecialPublication Tomography of Soil-Water-Root Processes, and as associate editor ofthe Soil Science Society of America Journal.

Rex N. BernardoRex Bernardo is

a professor and en-dowed chair in cornbreeding and genet-ics in the Depart-ment of Agronomyand Plant Genetics,University of Min-nesota. He obtaineda B.S. degree in agri-culture at the Visayas State College ofAgriculture in the Philippines in 1984,and a Ph.D. degree in plant breedingand genetics at the University of Illinoisat Urbana-Champaign in 1988. Dr.Bernardo’s research focuses on the use ofquantitative genetics theory and molec-ular markers to improve the efficiency ofplant breeding methods, particularly forcorn. Bernardo teaches a graduatecourse on the application of quantita-tive genetics to plant breeding and agraduate course on publishing in plantscience journals. He is currently directorof the Applied Plant Sciences graduateprogram at the University of Minnesota.Bernardo has served as associate editorand technical editor of Crop Science. Hereceived the CSSAYoung Crop ScientistAward in 1999 and is the incoming chairof CSSA Division C-1.

ASA FellowsThe Society is continuing a time-honored tradition this

year with the presentation of 28 individuals as Fellows. TheSociety has been electing outstanding members to the positionof Fellow since 1924. Colleagues within the Society nominateworthy members and the ASA Committee on the Nomination ofFellows, with the ASA Past President acting as nonvoting chair, carefully rankthe nominees. Final election is made by the ASA Executive Committee. Cho-sen for their professional achievements and meritorious service, the 2005 Fel-lows bring the total number to 1570.

FELLOW



Abul Kalam Samsul HudaSamsul Huda is

an associate profes-sor, agroclimatolo-gist/ modeler andSystems AgricultureProgram Advisor atHawkesbury cam-pus of the Univer-sity of Western Syd-ney (UWS), Aus-tralia. Dr. Huda earned his B. Sc (Agri-culture) Honors degree from Visva-Bharati University, India; M.Sc (Ag) inSoils with Late Professor B.P. Ghildyalfrom G.B. Pant University of Agricul-ture and Technology, India; and Ph.D.in Agronomy with Professor EdwardRunge from the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. He is now at the fore-front of practicing and promoting re-search-led teaching programs in agri-culture with particular emphasis inagronomy, agroclimatic risk/ opportu-nity management, and modeling. His re-search program focuses on develop-ing/adapting and using decision/dis-cussion support tools, nationally and in-ternationally, utilizing participative ap-proaches to help growers make im-proved tactical and strategic farm deci-sions (crop production, nutrient andwater applications, forward selling, cropdisease management, reduced environ-mental pollution). Huda has an out-standing record of achievement in thefield of climate related risk and oppor-tunity analysis, modeling and participa-tive decision making for food crop pro-duction, and water management as wellas the scientific manager’s role in na-tional and international project leader-ship. In recent years through his leader-ship five major international work-shops/conferences were organized.

Roch E. GaussoinRoch Gaussoin is

a Professor ofAgronomy andHorticulture andExtension TurfgrassSpecialist at the Uni-versity of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Gaus-soin received hisB.S. and M.S. de-grees from New Mexico State Univer-sity and his Ph.D. from Michigan StateUniversity. His research program fo-cuses on turfgrass weed managementand the management and constructionof golf greens. He provides state-widesupport of turfgrass extension programsand also serves as the departmental Ex-tension Coordinator for Horticulture.Gaussoin served as an editor for the In-ternational Turfgrass Research Society Jour-nal from 1998 to 2005. He currentlyserves as an Associate Editor for CropScience and is the outgoing board repre-sentative and the in-coming Chair-Electfor the Turfgrass Science division ofCSSA.

Satish C. GuptaSatish Gupta is a

Professor of SoilPhysics and SoilHydrology in theDepartment of Soil,Water, and Climateat the University ofMinnesota. Dr.Gupta earned hisB.Sc. and M.Sc. de-grees from the Punjab Agricultural Uni-versity in India and his Ph.D. degreefrom Utah State University. His researchfocus has been on water quality, land-scape hydrology, unsaturated soil me-chanics, soil structure, and waste uti-lization. Gupta teaches ContaminantHydrology, Vadose Zone Hydrology,and Advance Soil Physics courses at theUniversity of Minnesota. He has advisedor co-advised 14 Ph.D. and 15 M.S. de-gree students and 13 post-doctoral re-search associates. He has authored orco-authored 135 research articles and 17book chapters. Gupta is an associate ed-itor of the Journal of Environmental Qual-ity and has served as an associate editorof the Soil Science Society of America Jour-nal and an editor-in-chief of the SoilTillage Research. He is also an associatefellow of the supercomputing institute atthe University of Minnesota.

Wayne H. Hudnall Wayne H. Hud-

nall is the B.L. AllenEndowed Professorof Pedology in thePlant and Soil Sci-ence Department atTexas Tech Univer-sity. Dr. Hudnallearned his B.S. andM.S. degrees fromTexas Tech University and his Ph.D.from the University of Hawaii, Manoa.His principal areas of focus include soilgenesis, classification, mineralogy, hy-dric soils, wetland delineation and agro-nomic requirements. He has beenawarded research grants to study the re-mediation of drastically disturbed land;identification and delineation of hydricsoils and wetlands; and carbon seques-tration within the coastal marsh, naturaloccurring prairies within the KisatchieNational Forest and soil moisture andtemperature regimes of southern Verti-sols. Dr. Hudnall is the chairperson ofthe USDA-NRCS International Com-mittee on Soil Moisture and Tempera-ture Regimes (ICOMMOTR). Dr. Hud-nall is a SSSA Fellow and board rep forDivision S-9. He serves as a member ofthe ASA-CSSA-SSSA awards and fel-lows committee. Dr. Hudnall served asEditor-in-Chief for The Clay MineralsSociety.

R. César IzaurraldeCésar Izaurralde

is a Laboratory Fel-low in the JointGlobal Change Re-search Institute, acollaboration of thePacific NorthwestNational Labora-tory and the Uni-versity of Maryland.He is also an Adjunct Professor in theDepartment of Geography and an Ad-junct Associate Professor in the Depart-ment of Natural Resource Sciences andLandscape Architecture at the Univer-sity of Maryland. Dr. Izaurralde earnedhis Agronomist Engineer degree fromUniversity of Córdoba (Argentina) andhis M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from KansasState University. Dr. Izaurralde’s re-search focuses in three areas: 1) sustain-able agriculture, 2) climate change im-pacts on agriculture and water resourcesand 3) climate change mitigationthrough soil carbon sequestration and


John J. Meisinger John (Jack)

Meisinger is a SoilScientist in the Ani-mal and Natural Re-source Institute atthe USDA BeltsvilleAgriculture Re-search Center. Healso serves as Ad-junct Associate Pro-fessor in Soil Science in the Departmentof Natural Resource Sciences at the Uni-versity of Maryland College Park. His re-search has focused on the agriculturalnitrogen cycle and on developing im-proved nitrogen management practices.Dr. Meisinger has served as an officer inthe Northeast Branch of ASA, as Divi-sion Chairman in SSSA, and has beenactive in the Soil and Water Conserva-tion Society of America.

Ahmet R. MermutAhmet Mermut

is a Professor in theDepartment of SoilScience at HarranUniversity inTurkey and AdjunctProfessor in theDepartment of SoilScience at theUniversity ofSaskatchewan, Canada. Dr. Mermutearned his B.S. and Ph.D. from the Uni-versity of Ankara, Turkey with the sup-port from The Agricultural Universityin Wageningen, the Netherlands. His re-search focuses mainly in the area ofpedology, land resources, carbon cycle,and sustainable development in aridzones. Mermut served as an associateeditor and editor for Canadian Journal ofSoil Science, Clays and Clay Minerals, andScientific World and has been active inCanadian Society of Soil Science, SSSA,and many developing countries.


reductions in soil emissions of nitrousoxide. Dr. Izaurralde has been an activemember of the American Society ofAgronomy and the Soil Science Societyof America since 1982. He is also an ac-tive member of the American Associa-tion for the Advancement of Science, theAmerican Geophysical Union, and theAmerican Society for Photogrammetryand Remote Sensing.

Drew J. Lyon Drew Lyon is a

Professor and theExtension DrylandCropping SystemsSpecialist at the Uni-versity of NebraskaPanhandle Researchand Extension Cen-ter located in Scotts-bluff. Dr. Lyonearned his B.S. degree from the Univer-sity of Illinois and his M.S. and Ph.D.degrees from the University of Ne-braska-Lincoln. His research and Exten-sion responsibilities include the investi-gation and development of resource ef-ficient cropping systems for drylandcrops that emphasize water manage-ment, weed control, and soil conserva-tion. Lyon has served as an associate ed-itor for Agronomy Journal, currentlyserves as the ASA-CSSA-SSSA liaisonwith the Weed Science Society of Amer-ica, and has served in elected positionswith the Crop Science Society of Amer-ica and the Western Society of Weed Sci-ence. He has served as the chair of the W.L. Nelson Award for Diagnosis of Yield-Limiting Factors committee, a memberof the Agronomic Extension EducationAward committee, and as a judge for theASA Educational Materials Awards Pro-gram.

Liwang MaLiwang Ma is a

Soil Scientist withUSDA-ARS, GreatPlains Systems Re-search Unit in FortCollins, Colorado.He earned his B. S.and M. S. degreesfrom Beijing Agri-cultural University(now China Agricultural University)and his Ph.D. degree from LouisianaState University. His research interestson agricultural system modeling extendfrom water/chemical transport in soils,

to soil carbon and nitrogen dynamicsand plant growth. He has contributedsignificantly to our understanding ofpesticide-soil interactions by publishinga series of papers with Dr. H. M. Selim.Dr. Ma has contributed to and improvedseveral components of the USDA-ARSRoot Zone Water Quality Model(RZWQM), including soil water move-ment, pesticide transport, plant growth,and soil carbon/nitrogen dynamics. Heis a key contact for RZWQM and is de-veloping information databases and de-cision support systems (DSS) for con-servation planning and water qualityprotection by combining experimentaland model simulation results. Ma is anAssociate Editor of Soil Science Society ofAmerica Journal (SSSAJ). He is a facultyaffiliate of Colorado State University anda guest Research Professor of the Chi-nese Academy of Sciences.

Antonio P. MallarinoAntonio P. Mal-

larino is Professor ofAgronomy at IowaState University. Hiswork involves re-search, extensioneducation, graduatestudent training,and some teaching.Dr. Mallarino initi-ated his professional career at the Uni-versity of Uruguay and joined the IowaState University Faculty in 1993. His re-search interests are in soil fertility andnutrient management. His efforts focuson improving the agronomic and envi-ronmental efficiency of phosphorus andpotassium management through workon soil and plant-tissue testing, fertilizerand manure placement methods, nutri-ent management for conservation tillage,use of precision agriculture technolo-gies, and new environmental phospho-rus assessment tools. Mallarino has au-thored or coauthored 53 refereed journalarticles or book chapters, 85 other tech-nical papers, and 50 extension articlesor publications. He serves or has servedas Associate Editor of Agronomy Journaland Soil Science Society of America Journal,as Chair of the CSREES North-CentralRegional Committee for Soil Testing andPlant Analysis (NCR-13), and as repre-sentative of SSSA to the North AmericanProficiency Testing Program.

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Robert J. MikkelsenR o b e r t

Mikkelsen is cur-rently the WesternDirector of thePotash & PhosphateInstitute, located inDavis, CA. Heearned his B.S. fromBrigham YoungUniversity and aPh.D. from the University of California-Riverside. Dr. Mikkelsen worked as aResearch Scientist with the National Fer-tilizer Development Center of the Ten-nessee Valley Authority. He was re-sponsible for nutrient management is-sues involving fertilizers and irrigationand received a patent for new fertilizerinnovations. He joined the Soil ScienceDepartment faculty at North CarolinaState University, where he was very ac-tive in graduate education and receivedthe College Excellence in TeachingAward. His research at NCSU focusedon managing fertilizers and manures incropping systems to maximize nutrientefficiency and productivity. He nowworks with PPI throughout the WesternU.S. and Canada to promote science-based education and research in the agri-cultural community and to train practi-tioners on appropriate nutrient use. Heprovides active leadership in many na-tional professional societies. He hasserved on editorial boards of numerousinternational journals as well as Associ-ate Editor for Agronomy Journal and theJournal of Environmental Quality. He cur-rently serves as Associate Editor of theSoil Science Society of America Journal.

Phillip N. MiklasPhil Miklas is a

Research Geneticistwith USDA-ARS atthe Vegetable andForage Crops Re-search Unit inProsser, Washing-ton. He also servesas an Adjunct Fac-ulty Member in theCrop and Soil Sciences Department atWashington State University. Dr. Miklasearned his B.S. degree from Mesa StateCollege, M.S. degree from ColoradoState University, and his Ph.D. degreefrom North Dakota State University. Hisprogram develops enhanced germplasmlines and improved cultivars of dry ed-ible bean. Research efforts focus prima-

rily on genetics of disease resistance. Heserves as associate editor for Crop Scienceand is an active member of the Bean Ge-netics, Phaseolus Crop Germplasm, andBean Improvement Cooperative Coor-dinating Committees. Miklas also servesas a Principal Investigator for the US-AID Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Re-search Support Program in East andSouthern Africa, and is an active partic-ipant in the USDA-ARS Sclerotinia Ini-tiative.

Cheryl A. Palm Cheryl Palm is a

Senior Research Sci-entist at the TropicalAgricultural andRural EnvironmentProgram, The EarthInstitute, ColumbiaUniversity. She alsoserves as a SeniorAdvisor to the UNMillennium Project. She received her B.S.and M.A. degrees in Zoology at the Uni-versity of California-Davis and her Ph.D.in Soil Science at North Carolina StateUniversity. Dr. Palm’s research focuseson the ecology of tropical agricultureand land use change in the tropics. Sheis also the Director of the MillenniumVillage Project of the Earth Institute andthe UN Millennium Project. She hasspent most of her research career work-ing in the tropics in the humid forestzones of Latin America, Southeast Asia,and Africa. Most recently her researchhas focused on restoration of depletedsoils of SubSaharan Africa. She is leadeditor of the recently released book, Slashand Burn: The Search for Alternatives, Co-lumbia University Press.

Srinivas C. Rao Srinivas C. Rao is

a Research Agrono-mist with theUSDA-ARS, Graz-inglands ResearchLaboratory, in ElReno, Oklahoma.Dr. Rao earned hisB.S. degree fromAndhra PradeshAgricultural University, Hyderabad,India, M.S. from Texas A& M University,and his Ph.D. from Oklahoma State Uni-versity. His research has contributed sig-nificantly to the understanding of nitro-gen fertilizer management and tillagepractices for cropping and grazing sys-

tems for continuous winter wheat in thesouthern Great Plains. Rao has intro-duced summer grain legumes in thesouthern Great Plains to provide high-quality forage year-round, to fill the for-age deficit gaps, and reduce costs of stor-ing and purchasing forage or concen-trate feeds. Rao organized and chairedthe symposia entitled “Food Securityand Sustainable Agricultural Develop-ment for the 21st Century in India” forthe 1998 annual meeting and “Chal-lenges and Strategies of Dryland Agri-culture into the Next Millennium” forthe 2002 annual meeting. In addition toorganizing each symposium, the sym-posium proceedings were published bythe CSSA and ASA as a special publica-tion, with Rao serving as proceedingseditor. Rao also served as president ofthe Association of Agricultural Scientistsof Indian Origin for 1998 to 2000.

K. Raja ReddyK. Raja Reddy is

a Research Profes-sor and Plant Phys-iologist in the Plantand Soil SciencesDepartment at Mis-sissippi State Uni-versity. Dr. Reddyearned all his de-grees from SriVenkateswara University, Tirupati,Andhra Pradesh, India. His research fo-cuses on environmental control of plantgrowth and development, crop simula-tion model development and applica-tions and global change biology and re-mote sensing applications in natural re-source management. In addition, heteaches graduate courses in the Plantand Soil Sciences Department in Envi-ronmental Plant Physiology and GlobalChange Biology. Reddy has been activein ASA, CSSA, Biological Systems Sim-ulation Workgroup, Association of Agri-cultural Scientists of India Origin, andthe Beltwide Cotton Conferences.

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Kenneth S. SajwanKenneth Sajwan

is a Professor andDirector of the En-vironmental ScienceProgram in the De-partment of NaturalSciences and Mathe-matics at SavannahState University. Dr.Sajwan earned hisB.S. in Agriculture and Animal Hus-bandry from G.B. Pant University ofAgricultural and Technology, M.S. De-gree in Agronomy from JawaharlalNehru Agricultural University in India,and his Ph.D. in Agronomy from Col-orado State University. His teaching andresearch programs focus on the phy-toremediation of toxic elements fromcontaminated soils; sediments and wastestreams; and co-disposal of coal com-bustion byproducts with biosolids suchas sewage sludge and animal manure assoil amendments. Sajwan serves as anassociate editor for the Journal of Envi-ronmental Monitoring and Restoration, andhas been actively serving the ASA as amember of the Membership and SocietyIdentity Committee.

John F ShanahanJohn Shanahan is

a Research Agrono-mist in the Soil andWater ConservationResearch Unit withUSDA – ARS in Lin-coln, Nebraska. Dr.Shanahan earnedhis B.S. degree fromUniversity of Ne-braska and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Col-orado State University. His research pro-gram focuses on developing site-specificmanagement tools for more efficient ap-plication of crop production inputs.Shanahan has served as associate editorfor Agronomy Journal and Journal of Pre-cision Ag, and has been active in ASA,North Central Extension-Industry, GreatPlains Soil Fertility, and InternationalPrecision Ag Conferences.

Charles A. ShapiroCharles Shapiro

is a Professor in theAgronomy andHorticulture De-partment at the Uni-versity of Nebraska-Lincoln. He servesas Extension Spe-cialist in Crop Nu-trition and is locatedat the Haskell Agricultural Laboratory.Dr. Shapiro earned his B.S. at CornellUniversity and his M.S. and Ph.D. at theUniversity of Nebraska. His program fo-cuses mainly on nitrogen and manuremanagement with an emphasis on waterquality. Dr. Shapiro serves as Division S-4 chair and represents ARCPACS on theASA board.

Thomas J. SmythJot Smyth is a

Professor in the SoilScience Departmentat North CarolinaState University. Heearned his B.S. fromTexas Tech Univer-sity and his M.S.and Ph.D. fromNorth CarolinaState University. His program focuseson increasing crop production and effi-ciency in tropical soils through im-proved soil nutrient management. Dr.Smyth has actively participated in theSoil Management Collaborative Re-search Support Program since its incep-tion in 1981 as a joint effort among U.S.universities, developing countries andthe U.S. Agency for International Devel-opment.

Don L.TanakaDonald L.

Tanaka is a Soil Sci-entist at the USDA-ARS NorthernGreat Plains Re-search Laboratoryin Mandan, ND. Heearned his B.S. de-gree from ChadronState College andhis M.S. and Ph.D. from the Universityof Nebraska. Dr. Tanaka’s research fo-cuses on developing long-term drylandintegrated agricultural systems for theNorthern Great Plains. He served as as-sociate editor for Agronomy Journal, onthe Soil Science Applied ResearchAwards Committee and on the ResearchAwards Committee for SSSA.

Bertrand D.Tanner Bertrand D. Tan-

ner is a vice-presi-dent and micro-me-teorologist atCampbell ScientificInc., Logan, UT andhas been a corporatedirector since 1980.He received his B.S.at the University ofWisconsin-Madison and his M.S. at UtahState University. Since joining the com-pany in 1978, he has been involved withenvironmental instrumentation andmeasurement practices, and with sup-porting applications in a variety of re-search disciplines. Early emphasis in-cluded the development of automatedweather stations, widely deployed todayin networks serving both agricultural re-search and producers. He has authoredtwo invited chapters on automatedweather stations. A primary focus hasbeen the development and field opera-tion of sensors for measuring the sur-face-atmosphere exchange of heat, watervapor, CO2 and other trace gases. He isa Certified Consulting Meteorologistwith the American Meteorological Soci-ety (AMS) and is a member of the Mete-orology Subcommittee of the AmericanSociety for Testing and Materials. Heserved six years on the Council of Agri-cultural Science and Technology (CAST)Board of Directors as the AMS represen-tative.


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