Water Conservation in Irrigated Cropping Systems

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 12:55 PM-4:00 PM
Convention Center, Room 308, Third Floor
Presiding:
Kendall C. DeJonge
Organizers:
James C. Ascough II and Neil Hansen
1:00 PM
Crop Response to Limited Irrigation in No-till Cropping Systems.
Gary W. Hergert, Univ. of Nebraska; Rex Nielsen, Univ. of Nebraska; Jim Margheim, Univ. of Nebraska; Gary Stone, Univ. of Nebraska
1:15 PM
Partitioning of Evapotranspiration of Irrigated Wheat as Affected by Rice Straw Mulch.
Balwinder Singh, Charles Sturt Univ.; E. Humphreys, Intl. Rice Res. Inst. (IRRI); P.L. Eberbach, Charles Sturt Univ.; A. Katupitiya, Murray-Darling Basin Authority; Yadvinder Singh, Punjab Agricultural Univ.; S.S. Kukal, Punjab Agricultural Univ.
1:30 PM
Grain Yield and Root Distribution Under Limited Irrigation Management.
Troy Bauder, Colorado State Univ.; Neil Hansen, Colorado State Univ.; Doug Wilson, Colorado State Univ.
1:45 PM
Canola and Camelina Yield and Water Use Under Limited Irrigation.
Alexander D. Pavlista, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Gary W. Hergert, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jim Margheim, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Drew Lyon, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Paul Burgener, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln
2:00 PM
Rice Production with a Center Pivot Irrigation System.
Gene Stevens, Univ. of Missouri Delta Res. Center; Earl Vories, USDA-ARS, Cropping Systems & Water Quality Res. Unit; James W. Heiser, Univ. of Missouri Delta Res. Center; Matthew Rhine, Univ. of Missour; David Dunn, Univ. of Missouri, Delta Center
2:15 PM
Optimizing Subsurface Drip Irrigation in the Texas High Plains.
Vinicius Bufon, Texas Tech Univ.; Robert J. Lascano, USDA-ARS, Cropping Systems Res. Lab.; Jill Booker, USDA-ARS
2:30 PM
2:45 PM
Calibration and Evaluation of CERES-Maize in Full and Limited Irrigation Scenarios for Corn in a Semiarid Environment.
Kendall C. DeJonge, Colorado State Univ.; Allan A. Andales, Colorado State Univ.; James C. Ascough II, USDA-ARS, NPA ASRU; Neil Hansen, Colorado State Univ.
3:00 PM
Land Use Change: Impact of Vegetative Cover On Rainfall Interception and Groundwater Recharge Dynamics.
Mack R. Naber, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; William L. Bland, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Birl Lowery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
3:30 PM
Relative Water Uptake Rate as a Criterion for the Design of Trickle Irrigation Systems.
Shmulik Friedman, ARO; Gregory Communar, Agricultural Res. Org.
3:45 PM
Carbon Sequestration in No-till Soils Managed Under Different Levels of Sprinkler Irrigation in the Central Great Plains.
Humberto Blanco, Kansas State Univ.; Norman Klocke, Kansas State Univ.; Alan Schlegel, Kansas State Univ.; Loyd Stone, Kansas State Univ.
4:00 PM