Media Highlights 
Awards Presented in Houston
Dozens of distinguished scientists and students received awards and scholarships during the 2008 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings in Houston, TX. View the Awards Program (PDF)>>
View the overview Press Releases:
- American Society of Agronomy Presents Awards in Houston
- Crop Science Society of America Presents Awards in Houston
- Soil Science Society of America Presents Awards in Houston
- American Society of Agronomy Presents the 2008 Fellows
- Crop Science Society of America Presents the 2008 Fellows
- Soil Science Society of America Presents the 2008 Fellows
Photos taken at the Joint Annual Meeting Awards Ceremonies are available to view and download.
Press Releases
- Soil Carbon Storage is Not Always Influenced by Tillage Practices
- Ultra-fine Coatings on Sediment Grains Influence Nitrate and Sulfate Storage in Soil
- Patience Pays Off with Methanol for Uranium Bioremediation
- Will Large Amounts of Soil Carbon be Released to the Atmosphere if Grasslands are Converted to Energy Crops?
- Plant Soybean Early to Increase Yield
- Understanding Phosphorus in Soils Is Vital to Proper Management
- Dry Beans Inhibit Development of Mammary Cancer
- Tracking Poultry Litter Phosphorus: Threat of Accumulation?
- New Book Confronts Challenges of Producing Crops with Depleted Water Supplies
- Like Herding Cats: Collaborative Learning across Multiple Institutions
- Soil Maps Generate Reliable Quaternary Geologic Map
- Organic Soils Continue to Acidify Despite Reduction in Acidic Deposition
- Preventing Soil Erosion in Continuous Corn
- Low Level Herbicide Use Can Damage Potato Reproduction
- Describing Soils: Calibration Tool for Teaching Soil Rupture Resistance
- Models Simulate Nitrate Dynamics in Garonne, Southwest France
- Improving Soybean Digestibility
- Oil Spray Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Pig Finishing Barns
- Strange Travels
- Managing Carbon Loss
- 3-D Laser Scanning: A New Soil Quality Measurement
- Urban Trees Enhance Water Infiltration
- A Model to Measure Soil Health in the Era of Bioenergy
- Tillage, Rotation Impacts Peanut Crops
- Where Have All the Students Gone?
- ASA, CSSA, SSSA Present Scholarships in Houston
- American Society of Agronomy Presents Awards
- Crop Science Society of America Presents the 2008 Fellows
- Soil Science Society of America Presents 2008 Fellows
- Soil Science Society of America Presents Awards in Houston
- Biosolids Microbes Pose Manageable Risk to Workers
- American Society of Agronomy Presents 2008 Fellows
- Crop Science Society of America Presents Awards in Houston
- Nitrous Oxide Emissions Respond Differently to No-Till Depending on the Soil Type
- Scientists Map Soils on an Extinct American Volcano
- Pesticide Concentrations Decreasing
- Estimate Soil Texture-by-Feel
- Pickleweed Tolerates Irrigation with Seawater and High Levels of Boron
- Agricultural Research Highlighted in Houston
- Scientists Keep an Eye on Texas
- Experiment Demonstrates 110 Years of Sustainable Agriculture
- Allan Romander Selected International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year
Press Pick Ups
Media Coverage of "Low Level Herbicide Use Can Damage Potato Reproduction" (Journal of Environmental Quality, Nov-Dec 2008)- UPI, 1/8/2009
- Science Daily, 1/7/2009
- HULIQ News, 1/8/2009
- Environmental Expert, 1/8/2009
- Farms.com, 1/13/2009
- GreenRightNow.com, 1/8/2009
- ScientificBlogging.com, 1/7/2009
Experts
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Meetings & Events
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