Session: Symposium --Drought Resistance and Water-Use Efficiency: Experiments and Models

638 Symposium --Drought Resistance and Water-Use Efficiency: Experiments and Models
(C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism)

Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:40 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 372F

Presiding:

Bjorn Martin

8:40 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:45 AM

Physiological Traits in Temperate Cereals to Breed New Cultivars in Water–Scarce Environments.
Richard Richards, CSIRO Plant Industry; Greg Rebetzke, CSIRO Plant Industry; Tony Condon, CSIRO Plant Industry; John Passioura, CSIRO Plant Industry

9:15 AM

Water Use Efficiency in Soybean – Variation, Physiological Basis, and Surrogate Traits.
Hugh J. Earl, University of Guelph; Alison E. Walden, University of Guelph

9:45 AM

Challenges of Phenotyping.
Matthew Reynolds, CIMMYT

10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Root Growth Under Water Deficits: Physiological Complexity and Genetic Diversity.
Robert E. Sharp, University of Missouri

11:00 AM

Assessing Impact of Trait Modification Using Crop Models.
Thomas Sinclair, University of Florida

11:30 AM

Panel Discussion

11:45 AM

Adjourn

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