Session: Crop Responses to Abiotic Stress

Association Between Water Spectral Indices and Plant Water Status in Spring Wheat Under Water Stress Conditions.
Mario Gutierrez, Oklahoma State Univ.; Matthew Reynolds, CIMMYT; Arthur R. Klatt, Oklahoma State Univ.

The Response of Maize to Water Stress: The Effect of Abscisic Acid and Benzylaminopurine.
Vaclav Hejnak, Czech Univ. of Life Sciences Prague; Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources

The Effect of Water Deficit On Gas Exchange of Juvenile Hop Plants (Humulus lupulus L.).
Frantisek Hnilicka, Czech Univ. of Life Sciences Prague; Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources; Helena Hnilickova, Czech Univ. of Life Sciences Prague; Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources; Vaclav Hejnak, Czech Univ. of Life Sciences Prague; Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources; Petr Svoboda, Czech Univ. of Life Sciences Prague; Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources; Milan Skalicky, Czech Univ. of Life Sciences Prague; Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources

Why Does Dark Adapated Leaf Conductance Predict Water Use Efficiency of Soybean?.
Hugh J. Earl, Univ. of Guelph; Alison E. Walden, Univ. of Guelph

Sugarcane Growth and Physiological Responses to Water Deficit Stress On Organic and Sand Soils.
Duli Zhao, USDA-ARS; Barry Glaz, USDA-ARS; Jack Comstock, USDA-ARS

Effects of Temperature and/or Drought Stress On Physiology, Growth and Yield of Wheat Plants.
P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State Univ.; Sudha Pisipati, Kansas State Univ.; Ivana Momčilović, Inst. for Biological Res.; Zoran Ristic, Kansas State Univ.

Winter Wheat Yield Formation as Affected by Water Availability in Colorado.
Marc Moragues, Colorado State Univ.; Scott Haley, Colorado State Univ.; Pat Byrne, Colorado State Univ.; Gregory McMaster, USDA-ARS, NPA-SPNRU; Gerald Buchleiter, USDA-ARS; T.J. Trout, USDA-ARS

Comparative Salinity Response of African and Asian Rice.
Clyde Wilson, USDA-ARS

Effect of Endophyte On Growth Characteristics, Oligosaccharides, and Proline Responses in Continental and Mediterranean Tall Fescue (Lolium arundinaceum) Under Cold Temperatures.
Ryan M. Dierking, Univ. of Missouri; Robert Kallenbach, Univ. of Missouri

Ethylene Production around Silking in Maize: Response of Two Hybrids with Contrasting Tolerance to Increased Stand Density.
Martin Uribelarrea, FAUBA-CONICET; Maria Otegui, FAUBA-IFEVA CONICET

Physiological Properties Influencing Floret Dynamics Under Stress in a Maize Hybrid and Its Parental Inbred Lines.
Lin Li, Univ. of Guelph; Matthijs Tollenaar, Univ. of Guelph

Effect of Selenium On Leaf Senescence of Sorghum Grown Under High Temperature Stress.
Djanaguiraman Maduraimuthu, Kansas State Univ.; P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State Univ.; Kassim Al-Khatib, Kansas State Univ.

Agronomic and Grade Characteristics of the Virginia-Type Peanut Grown in Virginia – Carolina Region.
Maria Balota, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Tidewater AREC; Thomas Isleib, North Carolina State Univ.