8:00 AM

Murukesan, Vazhaveli*,1, 1 Agricultural Experiment Station, Colonia, Yap Island, Micronesia, Enhanced vegetable production in small islands utilizing simplified hydroponics.

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8:20 AM

Piha, Markus*,1, Ekroos, Johan2, Holopainen, Jyrki3, Tiainen, Juha3, 1 Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland2 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland3 Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland, Effects of organic farming on abundance and species richness of birds, lepidopterans, and bumblebees in a boreal agricultural landscape.

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8:40 AM

Miller, Perry1, Buschena, David2, Jones, Clain1, Smith, Richard1, Hulting, Andy3, 1 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT2 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT3 Penn State University, University Park, PA, Agroeconomic analyses of organic and no-till diversified cropping systems in the northern Great PlainS.

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9:00 AM

Baquera, Noemi*,1, Herrick, Jeff2, Ayarza, Miguel3, 1 The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas2 USDA / Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico3 CIAT- Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Determining vegetation coverage and changes in land use under the Quesungual slash and mulch agroforestry system.

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9:20 AM

Jabbour, Randa*,1, Barbercheck, Mary1, 1 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Habitat complexity effects on the persistence and movement of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae.

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9:40 AM

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9:50 AM

Biernacki, Maciej*,, , Heat accumulation and plant phenology.

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10:10 AM

Mills, Aaron*,1, Adl, Sina1, 1 Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, The effects of pasture intensive grazing management on soil community ecology.

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10:30 AM

Meredith, Annette*,1, 1 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, Linking ecosystem services and agricultural productivity: the role of wild bees in sustainable agriculture.

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10:50 AM

Pollnac, Fredric*,1, Maxwell, Bruce1, Menalled, Fabian, Rew, Lisa1, 1 Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, Spatial distribution of weeds in conventional and organic agroecosystems.

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11:10 AM

Leslie, Timothy*,1, Hoheisel, Gwen-Alyn2, Biddinger, David1, Rohr, Jason1, Fleischer, Shelby1, 1 Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA2 Washington State University, Prosser, WA, USA, Transgenic vegetable production and its impact on epigeal coleopteran biodiversity.

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