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Symposium--Enhancing Understanding and Quantification of Soil-Root Growth Interactions: II

Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 1:20 PM-4:20 PM
Convention Center, Room 325, Third Floor
Organizer:
Dennis Timlin
1:20 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:25 PM
Modeling of Experimental Soil-Plant Root Interactions.
Jan W. Hopmans, Univ. of California
Audio File Recorded presentation
1:50 PM
Toward Mechanistic Modeling of Root Growth and Nutrient Uptake in CROPGRO.
Kenneth Boote, Univ. of Florida; James W. Jones, Univ. of Florida; Cheryl Porter, Univ. of Florida; Fernando Villegas, Univ. of Florida; Gerrit Hoogenboom, Univ. of Georgia
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:15 PM
Steep, Cheap, and Deep: An Ideotype for Efficient Acquisition of Water and Nitrate by Maize Root Systems.
Jonathan P. Lynch, Pennsylvania State Univ.
2:40 PM
Break
2:55 PM
The Use of Simulation Modelling to Explore Interactions Between Root Systems and Environments and Its Implications for Resource Use Efficiency.
Lianhai Wu, Crop and Soil System Res., SAC; Ian J. Bingham, Crop and Soil System Res., SAC
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:20 PM
Tragedy of the Commons in the Field.
Erin E. O'Brien, Dixie State College of Utah
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:45 PM
Coupling Dynamic Root Growth with a Water and Solute Transport Model to Estimate Water and Nutrient Uptake by Maize Plants.
Annette Dathe, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Jouke Postma, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Jonathan Lynch, Pennsylvania State Univ.
4:00 PM
Discussion
4:20 PM
Adjourn
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