Session: Climate Change and Agroecosystems: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation: I

Monday, November 2, 2009: 9:55 AM-12:35 PM

Convention Center, Room 325, Third Floor

Organizers:

Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig

9:55 AM

Climate Change and Agroecosystems: Key Issues and Research Directions.
Daniel Hillel, Columbia Univ.; Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA

Audio File Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

Crop Yield Potential, Crop Yield Trends, and Global Food Security in a Changing Climate.
K. G. Cassman, Univ. of Nebraska

10:15 AM

Dynamic Interactions of Agriculture, Ecosystems and Development.
Ian R. Noble, World Bank

10:30 AM

Carbon-Nitrogen Interactions and Feedbacks Between Climate and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle.
Jerry M. Melillo, Marine Biological Lab.

10:45 AM

Linking Physiology, Genetics, and Ecology in Predicting Crop Responses to Climate Change.
Steve Tonsor, Univ. of Pittsburgh

11:00 AM

Discussion

11:10 AM

Break

11:20 AM

Effects of CO2 and Temperature On Crops: Lessons From Growth Chambers.
David Fleisher, USDA-ARS, Crop Systems and Global Change Lab.; Dennis Timlin, USDA-ARS, Crop Systems and Global Change Lab.; K. Raja Reddy, Mississippi State Univ.; Vangimalla Reddy, USDA-ARS, Crop Systems and Global Change Lab.; Yang Yang, Univ. of Maryland; Soo-H. Kim, Univ. of Washington

Audio File Recorded presentation

11:35 AM

Lessons From FACE: CO₂ Effects and Interactions with H₂O, N, and Temperature.
Bruce A. Kimball, U.S. Arid-Land Agric. Res. Center

Audio File Recorded presentation

11:50 AM

Testing Effects of Climate Change in Crop Models.
Kenneth Boote, Univ. of Florida; Leon Hartwell Allen Jr., USDA-ARS, SAA-CMAVE; P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State Univ.

Audio File Recorded presentation

12:05 PM

Use of Crop Models for Climate-Agricultural Decisions.
James W. Jones, Univ. of Florida; Clyde Fraisse, Univ. of Florida; Kenneth Boote, Univ. of Florida; Gerrit Hoogenboom, Univ. of Georgia

12:20 PM

Discussion

12:35 PM

Adjourn

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