168 Crop Ecophysiology (Includes Div. C02/C04 Graduate Student Competition)

Oral Session
C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism
The session covers crop ecophysiology in the broadest sense. Narrower fields of crop ecophysiology will be covered in separate sessions. The session includes the oral part of the graduate student competition in Divisions C02 and C04.
Cosponsor(s):

C04 Seed Physiology, Production & Technology

Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 12:55 PM-3:30 PM
Convention Center, Room 306, Third Floor

Presiding:
Bjorn Martin
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM
Leaf Spectral and Pigment Responses to Phosphorus and Nitrogen Deficiencies in Wheat.
Mohammad Shamim Ansari, Univ. of Melbourne; Ken R. Young, Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA); Marc E. Nicolas, Univ. of Melbourne
1:15 PM
Leaf Water Potential Estimated through Hyperspectral Reflectance Indices.
Lee Tarpley, Texas AgriLife Res. & Ext. Center; K. Raja Reddy, Mississippi State Univ.; John Read, USDA-ARS; Abdul Mohammed, Texas AgriLife Res. & Ext. Center
1:30 PM
High Temperature Inhibits Fertilization Efficiency, Carbohydrate Metabolism, and Energy Levels in Cotton Pistils.
John Snider, Univ. of Arkansas; Derrick Oosterhuis, Univ. of Arkansas; Briggs W. Skulman, Univ. of Arkansas; Eduardo Kawakami, Univ. of Arkansas; Diana Storch, Univ. of Arkansas
1:45 PM
Effect of Ethylene Inhibitor 1-MCP (Methyl Cyclopropene) On Soybean Flower and Pod Abortion Under High Temperature Stress.
Djanaguiraman Maduraimuthu, Kansas State Univ.; P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State Univ.; Kassim Al-Khatib, Kansas State Univ.
2:15 PM
Break
2:30 PM
2:45 PM
Improved Weed Competitiveness in Soybean: Screening Tactics and Traits of Interest.
George Place, North Carolina State Univ.; Thomas Carter Jr., USDA-ARS; Samuel Christopher Reberg-Horton, North Carolina State Univ.
3:00 PM
Elevated Carbon Dioxide and Ozone Effects On Above- and Belowground Growth and Decomposition in a No-till Soybean-Wheat System.
Fitzgerald Booker, USDA-ARS, Plant Science Res. Unit; Kent Burkey, USDA-ARS, Plant Science Res. Unit; Edwin Fiscus, USDA-ARS, Plant Science Res. Unit; Lei Cheng, North Carolina State Univ.; Shuijin Hu, North Carolina State Univ.
3:15 PM
Efficiency of Potassium Uptake and Utilization in Cotton Cultivars Differing in Maturity.
C. Owen Gwathmey, Univ. of Tennessee; Christopher L. Main, Univ. of Tennessee; Xinhua Yin, Univ. of Tennessee
3:30 PM
Adjourn