6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Social Mixer – Radisson Hotel Atrium

8:00 am to 8:30 am

Opening Ceremony to ISCO 18

Scott Van Pelt¹ and Bill Hargrove²

¹ USDA-ARS, TX

² University of Texas at El Paso

Plenary I Moderator: R. S. Van Pelt (USDA-ARS)

8:30 am to 9:25 am

Plenary I

For much of the world: It is all about the water

B. A. Stewart¹

¹ West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX

9:25 am to 9:45 am

BREAK

Session I

Conservation Agriculture

Moderator: G. Sigua (USDA-ARS)

9:50 am to 10:10 am

Effects of soil organic carbon, glomalin and aggregate stability in degraded soils of a semiarid Mediterranean region

L. Luna-Ramos¹, M. Gispert², M. C. Andrenelli³, N. Vignozzi³, S. Pellegrini³, A. Solé-Benet¹

¹ EEZA-CSIC, Almería, Spain

² Escola Politècnica Superior, Universitat de Girona, Spain

³ ICRA, Firenze, Italy

10:10 am to 10:30 am

Addressing multiple, interactive land and soil degradation processes

S. A. El-Swaify¹

¹ Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management University of Hawai`i at Manoa

10:30 am to 10:50 am

Developing high efficiency agriculture of soil and water conservation for the Loess Plateau to mitigate and adapt to climate change

J. Gao¹

¹ Northwest A&F University; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, China

10:50 am to 11:00 am

BREAK

Session II

Conservation Agriculture (cont.)

Moderator: G. Sigua (USDA-ARS)

11:00 am to 11:20 am

Test planting of leguminous crops as green manure for carbon sequestration: case study at Tigray Region in Northern Ethiopia

M. Yamada¹, G. Girmay², K. Takenaka¹, and T. Kobayshi¹

¹ Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Division

² Mekelle University, Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection

11:20 am to 11:40 am

Effect of tillage methods on productivity of winter wheat in the irrigated conditions Central Asia and the Caucasus

A. Nurbekov¹, A. Kassam², A. Musaev³, D. Sydyk⁴, Z. Ziyadullaev⁵, D. Feindel ⁶, H. Muminjanov⁷, J. Turok¹

¹ International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Central Asia and the Caucasus Regional Office, Uzbekistan

² University of Reading, London, United Kingdom

³ Agrarian Scientific Centre, Azerbaijan

⁴ South-Western Research Institute of Livestock and Crop Production, Kazakhstan

⁵ Kashkadarya Research Institute of Breeding and Seed Production of Cereals, Uzbekistan

⁶ Crop Development Centre North, and Head, Pest Surveillance Branch at Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

⁷ FAO/SEC, Turkey

11:40 am to 12:00 pm

Predominant microbial assemblages and enzyme activities during record drought and heat in agricultural soils

V. Acosta-Martinez¹, J. Cotton¹, T. G. Gardner², J. Moore-Kucera³, J. C. Zak³, and D. B. Wester⁴

¹ USDA-ARS, TX
² Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University
³ Texas Tech University
⁴ Dept. of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences & Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

LUNCH BREAK

Session III

Impacts of soil erosion and conservation on soil health and organic carbon sequestration

Moderator: V. Acosta-Martinez (USDA-ARS, TX)

1:30 pm to 1:50 pm

Rangeland soil health in the U.S.

D. E. Stott¹, B. Moebius-Clune²

¹ USDA-NRCS Soil Health Division, IN

² USDA-NRCS Soil Health Division, Washington, D.C

1:50 pm to 2:10 pm

Effect of subsoil ventilation processes on net ecosystem CO₂ exchange: consequences for semiarid carbonate ecosystem carbon balances

F. Domingo¹, E. P. Sánchez-Cañete^2,3, P. Serrano-Ortiz^2,3, O. Pérez-Priego⁶, A. López-Ballesteros^1,2, C. Oyonarte⁴, M. J. Moro⁷, Y. Cantón⁴, L. Villagarcia ⁸, A. Solé-Benet¹, and A. S. Kowalski^2,5

¹ Departamento de Desertificación y Geoecología, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain

² Instituto Interuniversitario del Sistema Tierra en Andalucía, Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente (IISTA-CEAMA), Spain

³ Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Granada, Spain

⁴ Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Almería, Spain

⁵ Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Granada, Spain

⁶ Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany

⁷ Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante, Spain

⁸ Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain

2:10 pm to 2:30 pm

Biotechnical engineering with the use of propagated wetland mats in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA

J. Etra¹

¹ Western Botanical Services Inc., Reno, NV

2:30 pm to 2:50 pm

Effects of conocarpus biochar and organic farming residues on yield and quality of tomato under drip irrigation

A. Alomran¹, A. Usman^1,2, M. Al-Wabel¹, A. al-Harbi³

¹ Soil Sciences Department, College of Food & Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

² Department of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

³ Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

2:50 pm to 3:10 pm

Biocrusts influence on C-assimilation and C-losses by respiration and erosion in drylands soils

Y. Cantón¹, S. Chamizo², I. Miralles³, E. Rodríguez-Caballero⁴, R. Ortega⁵ , M. Ladrón⁶, R. Lázaro⁶

¹ Agronomy Department. University of Almeria, Spain

² Applied Physics Department. University of Granada, Spain

³ Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

⁴ Max-Plank-Institute for Chemistry., Germany

⁵ CAESG. University of Almeria, Spain

⁶ Experimental Station of Arid Zones (CSIC)., Spain

3:10 pm to 3:30 pm

BREAK

Session IV

Soil conservation for mitigation and adaptation to a changing climate: sustainable solutions

Moderator: D. E. Stott ( USDA-NRCS Soil Health Division, IN )

3:30 pm to 3:50 pm

Assessment of baseline soil carbon stock on subsistence farming systems in Tigray: The Case of Mount Alaje, Northern Ethiopian Highlands

G. Girmay¹, M. Yamada², S. Hirouchi², K. Takenaka², and T. Kobayshi²

¹ Mekele University, Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection

² Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Division

3:50 pm to 4:10 pm

How soil erosion affects soil quality and corn yield in the Mollisol region of Northeast China

F. Zheng¹, X. Zhang¹, W. Yang¹

¹ Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, China

4:10 pm to 4:30 pm

Use of the Nitrogen Index Tier Zero, an international tool, for quick assessment of nitrogen dynamics in management systems in Asia, Africa, and North and South America

J. A. Delgado¹

¹ USDA-ARS, Soil Plant Nutrient Research Unit, CO

4:30 pm to 4:50 pm

The effectiveness of soil conservation measures at landscape scale in the West Usambara highlands, Tanzania

G. Sterk¹, J. Wickama², R. Masselink³

¹ Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

² Agricultural Research Institute-Mlingano, Tanzania

³ Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

4:50 pm to 5:20 pm

Panel discussion with keynote and members of ISCO board/committees

5:20 pm to 6:00 pm

Beverages and Group I Posters

6:00 pm

Dismissed

Plenary II Moderator: M. A. Nearing ( USDA-ARS, AZ)

8:30 am to 9:25 am

Plenary II

Global implications of neglecting soil erosion dynamics for a changing world

A. Chappell¹

¹ CSIRO Land & Water National Research Flagship, Australia

9:25 am to 9:45 am

BREAK

Session V

Basic soil erosion: processes, mechanisms, and modeling

Moderator: C. Baffaut (USDA-ARS, MO)

9:50 am to 10:10 am

Quantifying decadal-scale erosion rates and their short-term variability on ecological sites in a semi-arid environment

V. O. Polyakov¹, M. A. Nearing¹, J. J. Stone¹, C. D. Holifield Collins¹, and M. H. Nichols ¹

¹ Southwest Watershed Research Center, USDA-ARS, AZ

10:10 am to 10:30 am

Gully erosion processes in a small, ephemeral channel in a semiarid watershed

M. Nichols¹ and M. Nearing¹

¹ USDA-ARS

10:30 am to 10:50 am

Sensitivity analysis of soil erosion on catchment scale

J. Schmidt¹ and M. Schindewolf¹

¹ Technical University Freiberg

10:50 am to 11:00 am

BREAK

Session VI

Basic soil erosion: processes, mechanisms, and modeling (cont.)

Moderator: R. Li ( Northwest A&F University, China )

11:00 am to 11:20 am

Gully erosion assessment model with linear or areal development rate on the Loess Plateau

Z. Li¹, Y. Zhang¹, Q. Zhu¹, S. Yang¹, H. Li¹, H. Ma¹

¹ Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Combating, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, China

11:20 am to 11:40 am

A quantitative study of the hydraulic erosion rate in Peru

M. A. Rosas¹, R. R. Gutierrez²

¹ Graduate Student, School of Civil Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

² Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

11:40 am to 12:00 pm

The effect of land use and hillslope position on the magnitude and rate of runoff and soil loss in Rwizi catchment, Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda

Y. Bamutaze¹ and H. Opedes¹

¹ Department of Geography, Geo-Informatics and Climatic Sciences, Makerere University

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

LUNCH BREAK

Session VII

Basic soil erosion: processes, mechanisms, and modeling (cont.)

Moderator: A. Chappell (CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, Australia )

1:30 pm to 1:50 pm

The new 2015 Soil Erosion map of Europe

P. Panagos¹, P. Borrelli¹, K. Meusburger², J. Poesen³, C. Alewell² , L. Montanarella ¹

¹ European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Italy

² University of Basel, Environmental Geosciences, Switzerland

³ Division of Geography, KU Leuven, Belgium

1:50 pm to 2:10 pm

WEPP model implementation project with the USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service

D. C. Flanagan[1], J. R. Frankenberger², E. C. Theller³, N. L. Widman⁴, B. A. Engel⁵

[1]Research Agricultural Engineer, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, IN

² Information Technology Specialist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, IN

³ Student Programmer, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, IN

⁴ National Agronomist, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, D.C.

⁵ Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University, IN

2:10 pm to 2:30 pm

User friendly tools to target vulnerable areas at watershed scale: evaluation of the soil vulnerability and conductivity claypan indices

C. Baffaut¹, R. Chan², A. Thompson², E. J. Sadler¹

¹ USDA-ARS Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit, MO

² Bioengineering Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

2:30 pm to 2:50 pm

Challenges in soil erosion research and prediction model development

C. Huang¹ and S. Nouwakpo²

¹ USDA-ARS, IN

² University of Nevada

2:50 pm to 3:10 pm

Determination of surface soil properties and estimation of soil loss by wind erosion at Igdir-Aralık (Turkey)

M. Karaoğlu¹, U. Şimşek¹, E. Erdel¹, F. Tohumcu¹

¹ Igdir University, Agricultural Faculty, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Section, Iğdır-Türkiye

3:10 pm to 3:30 pm

BREAK

Session VIII

Soil degradation: salinization, sodification, and desertification

Moderator: L. Baumhardt (USDA-ARS, TX)

3:30 pm to 3:50 pm

Advances in the evaluation and diagnosis of soil salinization and sodification under dryland and irrigated conditions

I. Pla-Sentís¹

¹ Universitat de Lleida, Spain

3:50 pm to 4:10 pm

Salinity assessment using electro-magnetic induction technique and soil salinity management in the Chamizal National Memorial Park

G. Ganjegunte¹

¹ Texas A&M University

4:10 pm to 4:30 pm

Restoring hydrological function on landscapes through the removal of Western Juniper

T. W. Esgate and E. Carey

4:30 pm to 4:50 pm

The multiple causes of the Dust Bowl

T. E. Gill¹ and J. A. Lee²

¹ Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso

² Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University

4:50 pm to 5:10 pm

Flat residue rearrangement and loss by wind under a range of crop residue conditions

J. Zhang¹, L. E. Wagner² and K. Talley³

¹ State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, China

² USDA-ARS Agricultural Systems Research Unit, CO

³ Former USDA-ARS Engineering and Wind Erosion Research Unit, KS

5:10 pm to 5:30 pm

Panel discussion with keynote and members of ISCO board/committees

5:30 pm to 6:10 pm

Beverages and Group II Posters

6:10 pm

Dismissed

7:30am for ALL DAY

FIELD TRIP: Busses load in front of Radisson Hotel @ 7:30am

Plenary III Moderator: J. A. Delgado ( USDA-ARS, CO)

8:30 am to 9:25 am

Plenary III

The perspectives and adaptation to soil conservation with the stress of climate change in Asia

R. Li¹, Z. Li² and F. Wang¹

¹ Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, China

² College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, China

9:25 am to 9:45 am

BREAK

Session IX

Soil conservation in non-agricultural settings: i.e. urban and forestry

Moderator: S. A. El-Swaify (University of Hawai`i at Manoa )

9:50 am to 10:10 am

Forests fed by cities: burning of biomass as a source of nitrogen for the soils through fog deposition in southern Chile

I. F. Benavides¹, C. Oyarzún¹, and D. Vargas¹

¹ Laboratorio de Sedimentología e Hidrología – Universidad Austral de Chile

10:10 am to 10:30 am

Comparison of methods to distinguish the impact of human activities and climate variability on runoff and sediment load of river

F. Wang^{1, 2}, X. Mu^{1, 2}, G. Zhao^{1, 2}, P. Gao^{1, 2} and R. Li^{1, 2}

¹ Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, China

² Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, China

10:30 am to 10:50 am

Watershed management & mismanagement: examples from India & Kenya

W. Mahoney¹

¹ SOIL Fund Ambassador, International Erosion Control Association

10:50 am to 11:00 am

BREAK

Session X

Sustainable intensification of food production

Moderator: G. F. Sassenrath ( Kansas State University)

11:00 am to 11:20 am

The effect of land use change on soil properties of high Andean ecosystems in southern Colombia

F. Benavides ^{1, 2}, M. E. Solarte ², V. Pabón², A. Ordoñez², S. Rosero², E. Beltrán²

¹ Laboratorio de Hidrología y Sedimentología – Universidad Austral de Chile

² Grupo de investigación en Biología de Páramos y Ecosistemas Andinos – Universidad de Nariño

11:20 am to 11:40 am

Hydrologic and soil erosion research at the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, southeastern Arizona

M. Nearing¹

¹ Scientist, USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, AZ

11:40 am to 12:00 pm

Growing grain sorghum in clumps to improve microclimate and grain yield

S. Thapa¹, B. A. Stewart¹, Q. Xue², Y. Chen³, and P. Pokhrel¹

¹ West Texas A&M University

² Texas AgriLife Research

³ China Agricultural University, China

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

LUNCH BREAK

Session XI

Basic soil erosion: processes, mechanisms, and modeling

Moderator: H. Chi-Hua (USDA-ARS)

1:30 pm to 1:50 pm

Geomorphic and land cover characterization of dust storm sources in the Chihuahuan Desert: A decadal assessment of events

M. D. Acosta¹, T. E. Gill², M. Baddock³, S. S. Solis¹

¹ Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Departamento de Ingenieria Civil y Ambiental

² University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Geological Sciences

³ Loughborough University, Department of Geography

1:50 pm to 2:10 pm

Experimental investigation on turbulence burst over different roughness in the wind tunnel

W. Sun¹ and N. Huang¹

¹ Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China

2:10 pm to 2:30 pm

Soil erosion resisting efficiency of “Grain for Green” measures under extreme rainfall on the Loess Plateau, China

J. Jiao^{1, 2}, Z. Wang¹, Y. Su², Q. Wang²

¹ Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources

² Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, China

2:30 pm to 2:50 pm

Modeling within field variability in the Wind Erosion Prediction System

F. Fox¹

¹ USDA-ARS

2:50 pm to 3:10 pm

Application of the rangeland hydrology and erosion model to burned rangeland and forested hillslopes in the southwestern United States

M. Hernandez¹

¹ University of Arizona

3:10 pm to 3:30 pm

BREAK

Session XII

Basic soil erosion: processes, mechanisms, and modeling (cont.)

Moderator: D. C. Flanagan (USDA-ARS, IN)

3:30 pm to 3:50 pm

Adoption of No-till in North Kazakhstan: constraints and perspectives

K. Akshalov¹

¹ Barayev Kazakh Research Institute of Grain Farming

3:50 pm to 4:10 pm

Sediment yield estimation in a small watershed on the Northern Loess Plateau, China

G. Zhao^1,2,3, A. Klik³, X. Mu^1,2, F. Wang^1,2, P. Gao^1,2, W. Sun^1,2

¹ Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, China

² Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, China

³ Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, Department of Water Atmosphere & Environment, University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences, Austria

4:10 pm to 4:30 pm

Simulating rill erosion of unfrozen soil by meltwater flow

Y. Y. Ban¹, T. W. Lei^{1, 2}, C. Chen¹, Z. Q. Liu¹

¹ College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University

² State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Science and Ministry of Water Resources, China

4:30 pm to 4:50 pm

Hydrological response of two tropical runoff units with different degrees of degradation in Southeastern Mexico

E. Ventura Ramos¹, C. A. G. Isaza¹, and J. Baumann¹

¹ School of Engineering, University of Querétaro, Querétaro, MEX

4:50 pm to 5:20 pm

Panel discussion with keynote and members of ISCO board/committees

5:20 pm to 5:30 pm

Short Break

5:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Closing and announcement of host country for ISCO 19

6:00 pm

Load busses to State Line BBQ

POSTER GROUP I

Poster #1

Sediment regime changes in Hekou-Longmen region of the Yellow River under climate and anthropogenic activities, Loess Plateau, China

P. Gao^1,2, X. Mu^1,2, F. Wang^1,2, G. Zhao^1,2, W. Sun^1,2

¹ Institute of Soil and Water Conservation of Northwest A&F University, China

² Institute of Soil and Water Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, China

Poster #2

Interrill erosion and roughness parameters of vegetation in rangelands

F. P. M. Silveira¹, J. R. B. Cantalice¹, V. P. Singh², Y. J. A. B. Silva¹, D. M. Cavalcante ¹, C. Gomes¹

¹ Soil Conservation Engineering Laboratory, Agronomy Department, Rural Federal of Pernambuco University

² Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department & Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Poster #3

A Modified RUSLE model to estimate the sediment yield in the Huangfuchuan Watershed

T. Peng¹, Z. Guangju^2,3

¹ College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, China

² Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, China

³ Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy and Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, China

Poster #4

Influence of slope gradient on the behavior of saltating sand particles in a wind tunnel

W. Sun¹, N. Huang²

¹ Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, China

² Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, China

Poster #5

The Wind Erosion Prediction System for planning conservation systems

J. Tatarko¹, L. Wagner¹, F. Fox¹

¹ USDA-ARS, Agricultural Systems Research Unit

Poster #6

Horizontal sand-dust flux and particle size characteristics during an intense sandstorm in Minqin oasis

K. Zhan¹, W. He¹, N. Huang¹

¹ Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Western Disaster and Environment in China (Ministry of Education), Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University

Poster #7

Using ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb to investigate recent historical sedimentation records of heavy metals in river floodplains

P. Du¹, D. Ning¹, Z. Liu²

¹ International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation,

China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China

² Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Ministry of Water Resources, China

Poster #8

Soil and surface runoff losses in perennial coffee plantation in Southern Brazil

G. H. Merten¹, R. L. Rufino², A. Mondardo³, A.G. Araújo², G. M. C. Barbosa ²

¹ IAPAR Consultant for Soil Erosion, Agricultural Research Institute of Paraná State (IAPAR), Brazil

² Researchers, Agricultural Research Institute of Paraná State (IAPAR)

³ Independent Consultant for Agriculture Planning and Rural Development, Brazil

Poster #9

A national wind erosion research network

N.P. Webb¹, J.E. Herrick¹, C.H. Hugenholtz², T.M. Zobeck³, G.S. Okin⁴

¹ USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM

² Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Alberta

³ USDA-ARS Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research

⁴ Department of Geography, University of California Los Angeles

Poster #10

Partitioning between historic water and wind induced soil redistribution rates using direct measurements and anthropogenic radioisotopes

R. S. Van Pelt¹, S. X. Hushmurodov², R. L. Baumhardt¹,

A. Chappell³, M. A. Nearing¹, and V. O. Polyakov¹

¹ USDA-ARS

² Samarkand State University

³ CSIRO Land and Water Flagship

POSTER GROUP II

Poster #11

Effects of vegetation patterns on soil and water losses from a purple soil in China

L. Li^1,2, J. G. Liu²

¹ University of Arizona

² Chang Jiang River Scientific Research Institution, China

Poster #12

Natural wind erosion events sediment flux compared with field wind tunnel tests on the same field

T. M. Zobeck¹, R. S. Van Pelt², J. Strack², D. Holder¹

¹ USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Wind Erosion & Water Conservation Research Unit

² USDA-ARS, Wind Erosion & Water Conservation Research Unit

Poster #13

Usefulness of kinetic energy as a predictor of rainfall erosivity and sediment yield in a small catchment In Southern Brazil

J. P. G. Minella¹, R. Ramon¹, T. Canale¹, G. H. Merten¹, A. Schlesner¹, C. A. P. Barros¹

¹ Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Poster #14

The impact of land disturbance/restoration on runoff and sediment yield in semi-arid loess region

Q. Zhu¹, N. Ai¹, T. Wei¹, F. Qiang², Y. Zhang¹, H. Ma¹, Y. Wang ¹

^[1] School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University , China

² School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, China

Poster #15

A computational research on the optimal design for a living system with artificial facilities in desert areas

H. Dun¹, N. Huang¹

¹ Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China, Lanzhou University

Poster #16

An experimental study of gully widening processes via cross-sectional gully analysis

B. Li^1,2, L. Huang¹, Z. Li³, L. Feng¹, P. Li³, J. Yao³, F. Liu ¹ and J. Li¹

¹ Department of Information Engineering, Engineering University of CAPF, China

² Process of Soil Erosion in the Loess Plateau and Control Laboratory of Ministry of Water Resources, China

³ College of Water Resources and Hydro-electric Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, China

Poster #17

Biocrusts effects on water soil erosion in arid ecosystems: a matter of scale

Y. Cantón¹, E. Rodriguez-Caballero², S. Chamizo³, F. Domingo⁴, A. Solé-Benet ⁴

¹ Agronomy Department. University of Almeria

² Max-Plank-Institute for Chemistry. Mainz, Germany

³ Applied Physics Department. University of Granada

⁴ Experimental Station of Arid Zones (CSIC), Almeria

Poster #18

Soil microbial communities and porosity from restored soils with organic amendments and mulches

L. Luna-Ramos¹, N. Vignozzi², R. Pastorelli², A.Solé-Benet¹

¹ EEZA-CSIC, Almería, Spain

² ABP-CRA, Firenze, Italy

Poster #19

Soil health for long term productive capacity in southeast Kansas

G. F. Sassenrath¹, V. J. Alarcon²

¹ Southeast Agricultural Research Center, Kansas State University

² Civil Engineering School, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile

Poster #20

Manipulation of soil microbes using higher biomass cropping systems to sustain soil health in cotton-based agroecosystems

J. Cotton¹ and V. Acosta-Martinez¹

¹ USDA-ARS, Cropping Systems Research Laboratory

Poster #21

Mycorrhizal populations in saline-sodic soils in the irrigated area at “El Barril” Villa De Ramón, San Ramos, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

J. R. Legorreta¹, C. Loredo², H. Mendez², J. L. Lara², S. Beltrán³

¹ Graduate Student Master Degree

² Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi-Mexico

³ Inagrotec, SC, México

Poster #22

Precipitation transition probabilities as a function of area size represented

Y. Zhao¹

¹ School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona