T. Babu and N.B Prakash. xxxx Status of silicon and cadmium in paddy soils of South India and their effect on growth, yield and uptake by rice. (In progress). T. Babu, T., B. Tubana, B. White, P. Dupree and J. Yzenas. xxxx. Survey of the plant-available silicon status of agricultural soils in Louisiana. (In progress) T. Babu, B. Tubana, B. White, L. Datnoff and J. Yzenas. xxxx. Release and adsorption pattern of monosilicic acid in different soils of Louisiana treated with silicon fertilizer: A laboratory incubation study. (In progress). T. Babu, B. Tubana, L. Datnoff, B. White, and J. Yzenas.xxxx. Establishing soil silicon test procedure and critical silicon level for rice in Louisiana soils. (In progress). T. Babu, B. Tubana, L. Datnoff and J. Yzenas. xxxx. Review of silicon in USA agriculture. (In progress). PAPERS IN PROCEEDINGS B. Tubana, L. Datnoff, C. Narayanaswamy, B. White, T. Babu, and J. Yzenas. 2014. Changes on plant- available silicon level of selected soils from the Midwest and South USA applied with different rates of silicate slag. In 6th International Conference on Silicon in Agriculture, Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 26-31, 2014. T. Babu, B. Tubana, L. Datnoff, J. Yzenas, and J. Wang. 2014. Dynamics of monosilicic acid in solid and solution phases of different soils of Louisiana. In 6th International Conference on Silicon in Agriculture, Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 26-31,2014. T. Babu and N.B Prakash. 2014 Status of silicon and cadmium in paddy soils of South India and their effect on growth, yield and uptake by rice. In 20th World Congress of Soil Science 2014, Jeju, Korea. PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS Babu, T. B. Tubana, L. Datnoff, J. Wang, and J. Yzenas. 2014. Release pattern of monosilicic acid from different sources of silicon in soils of Louisiana. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. November 2-5, 2014, Long Beach, CA. White, B., H. Mascagni, Jr., P. Dupree, T. Babu, and B. Tubana. 2014. Effect of varying rates of silicon and nitrogen fertilizer on grain yield, yield components, and nutrient uptake of wheat. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. November 2-5, 2014, Long Beach, CA. Tubana, B., M. Martins, P. Dupree, B. White, M. Dalen, S. Chanda, T. Babu, D. Munoz, F. Agostinho, R. Frazier, and D. Burns. 2014. Analysis of within-field variability in cotton on large-scale field tests in north Louisiana. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. November 2-5, 2014, Long Beach, CA. Chanda, S., J. Hoy, P. Dupree, M. Dalen, T. Babu, and B. Tubana. 2013. Population stand monitoring of cane using coefficient of variance among canopy reflectance-based vegetation index readings. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. November 3-6, 2013, Tampa, FL. Tubana, B., M. Kongchum, T. Babu, J.M. Rabasse, and L. Datnoff. 2014. Effect of foliar formulation of bio-available on grain yield and silicon uptake of rice. 66th International Symposium on Crop Protection. Ghent, Belgium, May 20, 2014. Tubana, B., Kongchum, M., L. Datnoff, and T. Babu. 2013. Effect of silicon sources on rice biomass silicon uptake and grain yield. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. November 3-6, 2013, Tampa, FL. Tubana, B., T. Babu, and L. Datnoff. 2013. Silicon dynamics in soils under different cropping systems in Louisiana. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. November 3-6, 2013, Tampa, FL. Babu, T., L. Datnoff, J. Yzenas, and B. Tubana. 2013. Silicon status of Louisiana soils grown to different field crops. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. November 3-6, 2013, Tampa, FL. PRESENTATIONS Oral presentation on the topic "Status of Silicon and Cadmium in Paddy Soils of South India and Their Effect on Growth,Yield and Uptake by Rice" at The Society of Wetland Scientists Meet,2013, Louisiana. Poster presentation on "Silicon Dynamics in Soils Under Different Cropping Systems in Louisiana" at Agronomy Society of America meet 2013, Tampa, Florida. Poster presentation on "Silicon Status of Louisiana Soils Grown to Different Field Crops" at Agronomy Society of America meet 2013, Tampa, Florida. Oral presentation on the topic "Dynamics of Monosilicic Acid in Solid and Solution Phases of Different Soils of Louisiana"in Silicon in agriculture 6th International Conference, 2014, Stockholm, Sweden. Oral presentation on the topic "Release Pattern of Monosilicic Acid from Different Soils of Louisiana" at Agronomy Society of America meet 2014, Long Beach, California.
