360 Models and Model Processes

Oral Session
A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling
Papers on research describing simulation models for plants, plant-atmosphere, radiation interception, water uptake, carbon assimilation and soil. Papers on whole models and model components are welcome.
Thursday, November 5, 2009: 8:25 AM-11:05 AM
Convention Center, Room 411, Fourth Floor

Organizer:
David Fleisher
8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:45 AM
Modeling Gaseous Emissions From Liquid Swine Waste.
Sang Ryong Lee, North Carolina State Univ.; Wayne Robarge, North Carolina State Univ.; John Walker, U.S. EPA (Environ. Protection Agency)
9:00 AM
Modeling Carbon and Leaf Area Allocation in Plant Canopies Using Optimization.
David Fleisher, USDA-ARS, Crop Systems and Global Change Lab.; Dennis Timlin, USDA-ARS, Crop Systems and Global Change Lab.; Yang Yang, Univ. of Maryland; Jong Ahn Chun, USDA-ARS; Vangimalla Reddy, USDA-ARS, Crop Systems and Global Change Lab.
9:15 AM
Evaluating the Influence of Weather On Yield and Profitability of Cotton Under Deficit Irrigation.
Shyam Sivankutty Nair, Texas Tech Univ.; Stephan Maas, Texas Tech Univ.; Chenggang Wang, Texas Tech Univ.
9:30 AM
Modeling Resource Use Efficiency of Transplanted Rice for Irrigated Conditions in a Semiarid Environment.
Shakeel Ahmad, Bahauddin Zakariya Univ.; Ashfaq Ahmad, Univ. of Agriculture; Abid Hussain, Univ. of Agriculture; Tasneem Khaliq, Univ. of Agriculture; Shaheen Iqbal, Univ. of Agriculture; Gerrit Hoogenboom, Univ. of Georgia
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Crop Growth and Two Dimensional Modeling of Soil Water Transport in Drip Irrigated Potatoes.
Finn Plauborg, Univ. of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences; Bo Iversen, Univ. of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences; Mikkel Mollerup, Univ. of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences; Per Abrahamsen, Univ. of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences; Seyed Hamid Ahmadi, Univ. of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences; Mathias N. Andersen, Univ. of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences; Soren Hansen, Univ. of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences
10:15 AM
Predicting Soybean Root Growth by Water Depletion in the Soil Profile.
Jessica Torrion, Univ. of Nebraska; Tri D. Setiyono, Univ. of Nebraska; James Specht, Univ. of Nebraska; Kenneth G. Cassman, Univ. of Nebraska; Richard B. Ferguson, Univ. of Nebraska; Daniel Walters, Univ. of Nebraska; Suat Irmak, Univ. of Nebraska
10:45 AM
Simulation of Aerenchyma Function in Phosphorus Deficient Maize and Bean.
Jouke Postma, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Jonathan Lynch, Pennsylvania State Univ.
11:00 AM
Concluding Remarks
11:05 AM
Adjourn