2012 Symposium Info

 

Symposium Materials

Below are materials related to the 2012 Biofuels, Climate Change and Mitigation: Annual Research Symposium, held August 15 and 16, 2012 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.

Symposium Agenda

Symposium Information Booklet

Event Photos

Posters

Agricultural land management for reduction of N2O emissions: Meta-analysis 
Miguel Arango, Aavudai Anandhi, Charles W. Rice

Biofuel Feedstocks: Implications for Sustainability and Ecosystem Services    
Habib Diop, Charles W. Rice, Scott Staggenborg

Demand for corn from ethanol plants and feedlots related to corn cropping intensification in Kansas
J. Christopher Brown, Vijay Barve, Eric Hanley, Dana Peterson, Nathaniel Brunsell

Effects of Increased Corn Prices on Water Quality
Nathan Hendricks, Sumathy Sinnathamby, Aaron Smith, Lorinda Bejot, Kyle Douglas-Mankin, Daniel A. Sumner

Environmental Impacts of Biofuels and Climate Change in Kansas: Stage 1 – Model setup and Inputs 
Lindsey Witthaus, Sumathy Sinnathamby, Lorinda Bejot, Belinda S. M. Sturm, Kyle Douglas-Mankin

Environmental Impacts of Biofuels and Climate Change in Kansas: Stage 2 – Model Calibration and Future Applications 
Sumathy Sinnathamby, Lindsey Witthaus, Lorinda Mollenkamp, Kyle Douglas-Mankin

Farmers and Their Communities: Exploring Reciprocal Relationships  
Stacey Swearingen White

Idealized modeling of precipitation intermittency and feedbacks
Kathryn Clark, David Mechem, Nathaniel Brunsell

Infrastructure and Capacity Building:  Creating an Enterprise GIS for Multi-scale, Interdisciplinary Analysis of Farmers' Land Use Decisions 
Chris Brown, Stephen Egbert, Dana Peterson, Kevin Dobbs, Jude Kastens, Chris Bishop, Vijay Barve

Livelihood, Lifestyle, or Both? Off-Farm Employment and Decision Making by Kansas Farmers
Sarah S. Beach, László J. Kulcsár

Long-term spatial and temporal trends in frost day indices in Kansas, USA 
Sriram Perumal, Aavudai Anandhi, Mary Knapp, Stacy Hutchinson, John Harrington, Jr., Peter Tomlinson, Mary B. Kirkham, Charles Rice

Modeling the Sensitivity of Climatic and Genetic Parameters using CERES-Sorghum 
Abhishes Lamsal, Aavudai Anandhi, Kraig L. Roozeboom, Charles Rice

Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Bioenergy Cropping Systems: Implications for Life Cycle Assessment
Andrew McGowan, James Inouye, Aavudai Anandhi, Scott Staggenborg, Charles Rice

Sensitivity of Agro-ecosystem Model to Uncertainty in Agronomic and Soil parameters
Abhishes Lamsal, Aavudai Anandhi

Soil Organic Carbon Chemistry and Mineralogy of Soil Aggregates in Soils from a Temperate Continuous Corn System - Effects of Different Management Practices 
Pavithra S. Pitumpe Arachchige, Allison Edgerley, Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Leila Maurman, Charles Rice

Soil Quality Indicators in Dedicated Energy Crops: Perennials and Annuals 
Jenna Platt, DeAnn Presley, Peter Tomlinson, John Holman, Michelle Busch

'Til the Well Runs Dry': Farmers' Perceptions of Aquifer Depletion and Climate Change in Western Kansas 
Benjamin J. Gray, Dr. Jane W. Gibson

Trend Analysis of Annual and Seasonal Rainfall in Kansas
Vahid Rahmani, Stacy L. Hutchinson, Shawn Hutchinson, Aavudai Anandhi

Understanding Life Cycle Aspects of Health Care and Agriculture in Kansas in a Warming Environment, Adaptation, and Feedback Effects
Janet Twomey, Michael Overcash, Evan Griffing, Charles Rice

Yield Trends and Variability in Four Major Crops in Kansas
Yared Assefa, Kraig L. Roozeboom, Charles Rice



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