Programme and timetable

Download the programme for accompanying persons.

Sunday, 28 June 2009 [where do we meet on Sunday?]: Evening; 18:00 - 20:00 Registration of participants; 19:30 - 21:00 Welcome aperitivo
Monday, 29 June 2009 [where do we meet on Monday?]: Morning; 08:00 - 08:30 Registration of participants; 08:30 - 09:00 Opening session; 09:00 - 09:30 Opening invited presentation; Liliana Cortellini, Italian Ministry of Environment (Italy)
Strenghtening cooperation between science and policy to address the challenges for sustainable agriculture; Session 1: From processes to efficiency; Chairman: Philippe Rochette, Soils and Crop Research and Development Centre, Canada; 09:30 - 10:00 Invited speaker; Jan Willem van Groenigen, Wageningen University (Netherlands)
The greenhouse gas balance of the soil: controlled by more than man and microbes; 10:00 - 11:00 Oral presentations; Peter Dörsch, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
The stoichiometry of N₂O emissions: from processes to efficiency; David Buchan, University of Gent (Belgium)
Quantifying the contribution of free-living nematodes to nitrogen mineralization; Christine Bosshard, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon (ART) (Switzerland)
Incorporation of ¹⁵N-labeled amendments into physically seperated soil organic matter fractions; Alina Premrov, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) & Teagasc, Johnstown Castle (Ireland)
Over-winter green cover in a spring barley system: Role in exporting dissolved organic carbon to shallow groundwater and implications for denitrification; 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break; 11:30 - 12:45 Oral presentations; Hong Di, Lincoln University (New Zealand)
Gaseous and leaching losses: improving nitrogen cycling efficiency of intensively grazed pastures using a nitrification inhibitor technology; Rachel Matthews, North Wyke Research (United Kingdom)
Nitrous oxide and methane emissions from small-scale farmland features in livestock systems; Julia Drewer, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (United Kingdom)
Comparison of greenhouse gas fluxes from soil under bioenergy and conventional crops; Jens Petersen, Aarhus University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Denmark)
Residual effect of mineral nitrogen fertilizer; Josefine Nylinder, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
Influences by cropping system and management on nitrogen loss on a clay soil; Lunch; 13:00 - 14:00 Buffet; Afternoon; 14:00 - 15:00 Posters (Sessions 1 - From processes to efficiency and Session 4 - From research to education); Session 2: From research to management; Chairman: Josep Maria Villar, University of Lleida, Spain; 15:00 - 15:30 Invited speaker; Nicolas Tremblay, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Canada)
Research on Integrated Management of Nitrogen: State of the Art; 15:30 - 16:15 Oral presentations; Henning Kage, Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding (Germany)
Developing an advisory system for N fertilisation of winter wheat at www.isip.de: I. Non-destructive measurement of Canopy parameters and simulation modelling; Andrew J. Macdonald, Rothamsted Research (United Kingdom)
Efficiency of Soil N Use by Arable Crops; Jean-Marie Machet, INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France)
Sulphur mineralization in soils in relation with C and N mineralization; 16:15 - 16:45 Coffee break; Chairman: Ardell Halvorson, USDA-ARS, USA; 16:45 - 17:15 Invited speaker; Peter Sørensen, Aarhus University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Denmark)
Transformations and plant availability of animal manure N – A review; 17:15 - 18:00 Oral presentations; Sofia Delin, Swedish Univeristy of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
Potential methods for analysing nitrogen value of different organic fertilisers; Reynald L. Lemke, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (Canada)
Nitrogen loss and agronomic performance of land applied anaerobically digested swine manure on the Canadian prairies; J. Mark Powell, USDA-ARS (United States)
Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Dairy Production
Tuesday, 30 June 2009 [where do we meet on Tuesday?]: Morning; Session 3: From field to watershed and region; Chairman: Carlo Giupponi, University of Venice, Italy; 08:30 - 09:00 Invited speaker; Kurt-Christian Kersebaum, Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (Germany)
Nitrogen modelling from field to watershed and region; 09:00 - 09:45 Oral presentations; Sylvia Duretz, INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France)
NitroScape: an integrated model of nitrogen fluxes and transformation at the landscape scale; Franz Feichtinger, Federal Agency for Water Management (Austria)
Assessment of water and nitrogen fluxes based on monitoring and modelling; Rodney B. Thompson, University of Almeria (Spain)
Regional model of nitrate leaching and drainage for a localised intensive vegetable production system; 09:45 - 11:00 Posters (Sessions 2 - From research to management and Session 3 - From field to watershed and region); 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break; 11:30 - 12:00 Invited speaker; Eunice Lord, ADAS (United Kingdom)
Scaling up: assessing the impact of mitigation measures at catchment scale; 12:00 - 12:45 Oral presentations; Francesco Morari, University of Padova (Italy)
Influence of upflux from shallow groundwater on nitrate balance in the Low plain of Veneto Region; Marina Azzaroli Bleken, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Use of material flow analysis to evaluate the N use efficiency of farming systems; Françoise Vertès, INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France)
Meeting technical, economic and environmental efficiency in vulnerable areas; Lunch; 12:45 - 13:45 Buffet; Afternoon; 14:00 - 19:00 Field trips; Evening; 19:00 - 22:00 Social dinner
Wednesday, 1^st July 2009 [location of working groups will be communicated later]: Morning; 08:30 - 10:45 Parallel working groups; Demonstration, dissemination and education. Chairman: Stewart Ledgard, AgResearch (New Zealand), Rapporteur: Laura Zavattaro, University of Turin (Italy); Virginie Parnaudeau, INRA-Agrocampus-Ouest (France)
A dynamic model to develop the diagnosis of N losses at rotation scale, by the stakeholders; Elena Bortolazzo, C.R.P.A – Research Centre on Animal Production (Italy)
Sim.Ba-N: a tool for dynamic fertilisation management; Elizabeth Sagoo, ADAS (United Kingdom)
PLANET – The National Standard Decision Support System for Nutrient Management on Farms in England; Mark Shepherd, Agresearch Ltd (New Zealand)
Identifying the decision making processes for application of N fertiliser to an individual paddock; Mark Theobald, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain)
Development of effective tools to engage the public with nitrogen science; Willem van Weperen, Fair Dairy Consult (Netherlands)
Making the flip: Dutch Dairy farmers reconnect with the soil; Finn Pilgaard Vinther, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Denmark)
Reduction of N surplus and leaching: restrictions and possibilities; Maria Teresa Dell’Abate, CRA- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura (Italy)
Is Communication the missing link in the soil-plant-environment-society relationship? Actual and potential contribution of soil scientists; Short and long term modelling of nitrogen and carbon. Chairman: Marco Acutis, University of Milan (Italy), Rapporteur: Francesco Morari, University of Padova (Italy); Christen Duus Børgesen, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Denmark)
N losses at field-, farm- and regional scale using different models. A case study from Norsminde Fjord Catchment, Denmark; Carolin Cordova, Rothamsted Research (United Kingdom)
Using spatial variation and modelling to improve nitrogen mineralisation predictions at the field scale; Mattia Fumagalli, University of Milano (Italy)
Modelling nitrate leaching from sewage sludge; Elodie Philippe, Ecole des Mines (France)
Improvement of nitrate transfer modelling in a drainage basin: consideration of water table fluctuations in the unsaturated zone; Rogier Schulte, Teagasc, Johnstown Castle Environment Research Centre (Ireland)
The good, the bad and the ugly: which strategies for N-efficiency in grassland systems can pay their keep?; Sandra Wochele, Karslruhe Research Center (Germany)
Modelling and assessing the effects of N-deposition in forest ecosystems in Germany; Manure processing for sustainable nitrogen management. Chairmen: Peter Sørensen, Aarhus University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Denmark), João Coutinho, C. Química - UTAD (Portugal), Rapporteur: Luca Bechini, University of Milan (Italy); Elio Dinuccio, Università di Torino (Italy)
Emission of ammonia from the land application of raw pig slurry and of the output products (solid and liquid fractions) of a chemical-mechanical solid-liquid separator; David Fangueiro, Instituto Superior de Agronomia – Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal)
Effect of pig slurry treatment by acidification followed by solid-liquid separation on nitrogen mineralization after application to soil; Claudia M d S Cordovil, TU Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Portugal)
Influence of cumulative pig slurry application on nitrate leaching during maize crop; Nyncke Hoekstra, Teagasc (Ireland)
The effect of application method on slurry ¹⁵NH₄-N recovery in herbage and soil; Tien Minh Tran, Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute (Viet Nam)
Nitrogen use efficiency of fresh and composted pig manure in a maize-rice-rice-maize crop sequence in northern Vietnam; Antje Herrmann, Christian-Albrechts-University (Germany)
BIOGAS-EXPERT: model-assisted management of matter flows in biogas production systems; Assessment of nitrogen efficiency and diagnostic tools. Chairman: Carlo Grignani, University of Turin (Italy), Rapporteur: Nicolas Tremblay, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Canada); Adrijana Majic, Faculty of agriculture and food technology, University of Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegowina)
Chlorophyll meter as diagnostic tool for nitrogen fertilization management in potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.); Anna Maria Stellacci, Università di Bari (Italy)
Relationship between N concentration and plant mass accumulation in processing tomato under different N and water regimes; Koen Willekens, ILVO, Plant Unit (Belgium)
Nitrogen dynamics on horticultural land with a late season leek crop; Alicja Pecio, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – National Research Institute (Poland)
Winter wheat nitrogen nutrition status estimation by four methods; Hein ten Berge, Plant Research International (Netherlands)
Is crop nitrogen requirement affected by attainable yield?; Julie Constantin, INRA Laon (France)
Cumulative effects of catch crops on nitrogen mineralization in cropping systems; N fertilization management and crop quality. Chairmen: Amedeo Reyneri, University of Turin (Italy), Pietro Marino, University of Milan (Italy), Rapporteur: Josep Maria Villar, University of Lleida (Spain); Massimo Blandino, University of Turin (Italy)
Nitrogen fertilization for high quality production of different soft wheat technological categories; Maria Begoña Gonzàlez Moro, Universidad del País Vasco UPV-EHU (Spain)
Effect of nitrogen fertilizer management on wheat grain yield, quality and ¹⁵N natural abundance; Jon González, Public University of Navarre (Spain)
Effect of wheat flour nitrogen on gliadin content and breadmaking quality; Nunzio Fiorentino, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy)
Nitrogen management in a mediterranean cropping system: the role of green manure; Wim van Dijk, Applied Plant Research (Netherlands)
Yield and N uptake of arable and horticultural crops at decreased N fertilization; Noura Ziadi, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Canada)
Controlling nitrate pollution by using controlled release nitrogen in potato produced in eastern Canada; Sylvain Hennart, Walloon Agricultural Research centre (Belgium)
Link between the organic fraction of grazed grasslands nitrogen fertilisation and the nitrate leaching risk; Nitrogen management at farm and regional scale. Chairmen: Carlo Giupponi, University of Venice (Italy), Marina Azzaroli Bleken, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway), Rapporteur: Paolo Mantovi, Research Centre on Animal Production CRPA (Italy); Atul Haria, Teagasc (Ireland)
Drainflow and its impact on surface runoff, nutrient transport and GHG emissions from agricultural grasslands; Janjo de Haan, Wageningen UR (Netherlands)
Can intensive arable farming systems on sandy soils in the Netherlands meet the targets in the nitrate directive?; Ralf Loges, University of Kiel (Germany)
Comparative analysis of nitrogen surpluses and nitrogen losses of conventional and organic farms in Northern Germany; Katherine Cherry, University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)
Using farm nitrogen efficiency as a measure to assess the effectiveness of actions to mitigate N loss to water; Elisa Sacchi, Università di Pavia (Italy)
Stable isotopes of dissolved nitrate as indicators of the origin and the mechanisms of transport to/removal from groundwater: results from the western Po plain (Northern Italy); Roberto Orsini, Polytechnic University of Marche (Italy)
Long term dynamics of nitrate concentration in runoff water as influenced by EU agro-environmental scheme; Nick J. Hutchings, University of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Denmark)
The effect of regional changes in the structure of agricultural production on losses of nitrogen; Gaseous losses. Chairman: Philippe Rochette, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Canada), Rapporteur: Chiara Bertora, University of Turin (Italy); Tony Van der Weerden, AgResearch (New Zealand)
The effect of excreta type on nitrous oxide emissions from grazed pastures; Albrecht Neftel, Agroscope ART (Switzerland)
Ammonia flux measurements over an intensively managed grassland; Akinori Mori, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science (Japan)
Short-term effects of grassland renovation on N₂O emission from a volcanic grassland soil in Nasu, Japan; James MacDonald, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Canada)
Ploughing reduced N₂O Emissions from Forage Fields Compared to Chemical Fallow; Chiara Bertora, Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy)
CO₂, N₂O and CH₄ fluxes from maize-based forage systems; Andreas Pacholski, Inst. of Crop Science and Plant Breeding (Germany)
Measurement and modelling of NH₃ emissions from field-applied biogas residues in North German energy crop rotations; Sergio Menéndez, University of the Basque Country (Spain)
Nitrous oxide emissions from different forest stands in the Basque Country; Leaching and gaseous losses. Chairmen: Peter Dörsch, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway), Eunice Lord, ADAS (United Kingdom), Rapporteur: Dario Sacco, University of Turin (Italy); Muhammad Riaz, The University of York (United Kingdom)
The importance of ammonium mobility in nitrogen-impacted unfertilized grasslands: A critical reassessment; Michela Farneselli, University of Perugia (Italy)
Potential N leaching under several fertilisation strategies in processing tomato; Michal Brozyna, University of Aarhus (Denmark)
Grass-clover management in organic cropping systems: effects of anaerobic digestion vs. in-field decomposition on nitrogen cycling and losses; Ross Monaghan, AgResearch Ltd (New Zealand)
The effectiveness of a granular formulation of dicyandiamide (DCD) for reducing nitrate leaching from a grazed dairy pasture; Diogenes L Antille, Cranfield University (United Kingdom)
Nitrogen budget following application of nutrient enriched biosolids to agricultural land: a lysimeter case study; Mehmet Senbayram, University of Kiel (Germany)
The effect of organic C supply on denitrification-derived N₂O emission from soils; Iris Klara Palmer, Universität Hohenheim (Germany)
Spatiotemporal variability of N₂O concentrations in soil under vegetable production as influenced by N-fertilization; Karl Richards, Teagasc Environment Research Centre (Ireland)
Denitrification potential and N₂/N₂O ratio in subsoils under Irish grazed grasslands; Interactions between nitrogen and other agricultural practices. Chairman: Ardell Halvorson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service (USA), Rapporteur: Francesco Alluvione, University of Turin (Italy); Witold Grzebisz, University of Life sciences (Poland)
Maize response to zinc application: concept of growth rate and yielding potential; C. Mariano Cossani, Universitat de Lleida (Spain)
Nitrogen and water co-limitation in wheat and barley under a Mediterranean environment; Jean-Marie Machet, INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France)
Tillage effects on fertilizer ¹⁵N dynamics and recovery in soil and Winter Wheat crop; Md. Ekram ul Haque, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) (Bangladesh)
Nitrogen fixation by legumes and residual N benefits to succeeding rice in High Ganges River Floodplain soils of Bangladesh; Martina Sturm, Jozef Stefan Institute (Slovenia)
Uptake and isotopic composition of nitrogen in cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. Capitata) under different fertilization and irrigation practices; Patricia Fraser, Plant & Food Research (New Zealand)
Nitrate leaching as affected by tillage and winter cover crop management, during a seven-year arable rotation in Canterbury, New Zealand; Astrid Oberson, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland)
Symbiotic di-nitrogen fixation in grass-clover mixtures of organic and conventional cropping systems estimated by the natural ¹⁵N abundance method; 10:45 - 11:30 Coffee break; 11:30 - 12:30 Plenary meeting with summaries from working groups and discussion; 12:30 - 13:00 Closing session; Lunch; 13:00 - 14:00 Buffet

Social dinner

The social dinner will be held on Tuesday, June 30^th. It will be an informal dinner that will take place in a beautiful old farm about 50 minutes far from the centre of Turin. Buses will be organised to convey there people coming from the city and from the different destinations of the field trips that will take place on Tuesday afternoon.

Food will be prepared using local products, and the dinner will be an opportunity to taste high-quality typical products that are protected and guaranteed by a special project of the Province of Turin. These products are known as the "Basket of typical products from the province of Turin". "Typical" means that their production technology, generally handmade, is tied to a documented historic tradition and ingredients are produced locally using local genotypes of plants and animal.

Links to websites:

The chef (in Italian)
The location (in Italian)
Basket of typical products from the province of Turin (in English)

Registration and welcome aperitivo

The registration of participants and the welcome aperitivo will take place in the prestigious main building of the University of Turin - Via Giuseppe Verdi, 8 - 10124 Turin

Here you can access a map showing where the building is.

Last modified by Luca Bechini, 24 June 2009.

http://www.nitrogenworkshop2009.org