Estimating nitrogen mineralization for improved nitrogen fertilizer recommendations in Alberta Symon Mezbahuddin, Len Kryzanowski, Ross H. McKenzie, Adil Akbar, Craig Sprout, Germar Lohstraeter, Leigh-Anne Powers and John O’Donovan More Carbon may not be Better for Scoring Functions to Assess Soil Health in Long-Term Manure Plots Ben W. Thomas, Jessica L. Stoeckli, Courtney Elisha Jones, Xiying Hao, Kui Liu and Sherry A.E. Fillmore Broad spectrum biocontrol potential exhibited by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria native to diverse agro-ecological regions Saira Ali, Sohail Hameed, Asma Imran, George Lazarovits and Mazhar Gonadal Thursday, February 22, 2018 Morning – Concurrent Technical Sessions AM Land Reclamation Land Use and Rangelands Auditorium Multipurpose Room H1-16 8:00 - Chair: Deo A. Heeraman Chair: Karen Raven 8:05 Wood Alberta Agriculture and Forestry 8:05 Biochar affects aspen seedling Big Data, Earth Observation and – 8:25 growth and function of reclaimed Innovation: Importance of Networks & soils in the Athabasca oil sands Asking the Right Questions region Shane Patterson1 Sebastian T. Dietrich1 and M. Derek 1Conservation and Reclamation Policy, MacKenzie1 Alberta Environment and Parks, Edmonton, AB 1Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB 8:25 Optimization of cost and Data Access for Innovation: Open – 8:45 functionally effective vegetation Data Alberta management solutions for forest Erik Holmlund1 reclamation: Project set up and 1Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd., Edmonton, first year results AB Amanda Schoonmaker1, Stefan Schreiber1 and Trevor Floreani1 1Boreal Research Institute, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Peace River, AB
Estimating nitrogen mineralization for improved nitrogen fertilizer recommendations in Alberta Symon Mezbahuddin, Len Kryzanowski, Ross H. McKenzie, Adil Akbar, Craig Sprout, Germar Lohstraeter, Leigh-Anne Powers and John O’Donovan More Carbon may not be Better for Scoring Functions to Assess Soil Health in Long-Term Manure Plots Ben W. Thomas, Jessica L. Stoeckli, Courtney Elisha Jones, Xiying Hao, Kui Liu and Sherry A.E. Fillmore Broad spectrum biocontrol potential exhibited by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria native to diverse agro-ecological regions Saira Ali, Sohail Hameed, Asma Imran, George Lazarovits and Mazhar Gonadal Thursday, February 22, 2018 – Morning Concurrent Technical Sessions AM Land Reclamation Auditorium Land Use and Rangelands Multipurpose Room H1-16 8:00 - 8:05 Chair: Deo A. Heeraman Wood Chair: Karen Raven Alberta Agriculture and Forestry 8:05 – 8:25 Biochar affects aspen seedling growth and function of reclaimed soils in the Athabasca oil sands region Sebastian T. Dietrich1 and M. Derek MacKenzie1 1Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Big Data, Earth Observation and Innovation: Importance of Networks & Asking the Right Questions Shane Patterson1 1Conservation and Reclamation Policy, Alberta Environment and Parks, Edmonton, AB 8:25 – 8:45 Optimization of cost and functionally effective vegetation management solutions for forest reclamation: Project set up and first year results Amanda Schoonmaker1, Stefan Schreiber1 and Trevor Floreani1 1Boreal Research Institute, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Peace River, AB Data Access for Innovation: Open Data Alberta Erik Holmlund1 1Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd., Edmonton, AB