Monday, November 5, 2007: 12:55 PM
Convention Center, Room 221, Second Floor
61: Symposium--Yield Response to Water: Physiological Analysis of Crop Water Use and Efficiency
Sponsor:C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism
Cosponsor:A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling
Presiding:Diane Rowland, USDA-NRCS
12:55 PM Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM61-1The Dynamics of Soil Water Capture and Use: Experimental and Modelling Studies in Grain Crop Water Use Efficiency.
Graeme Hammer, The University of Queensland, Erik van Oosterom, The University of Queensland
1:20 PM61-2Leaf Hydraulic Conductance and Increased Crop Water-Use Efficiency.
Thomas Sinclair, University of Florida, Maciej A. Zwieniecki, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, N. Michele Holbrook, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Andrew Fletcher, University of Florida, Thomas Carter, ARS-USDA
1:40 PM61-3Parsing Components of Transpiration Efficiency in Sorghum.
Robert Aiken, Kansas State University, Zhanguo Xin, USDA-ARS, Kenneth Kofoid, Kansas State University -, M.B. Kirkham, Kansas State University, Vara Prasad, Kansas State University
2:00 PM61-4Yield Response to Water: Physiological Analysis (Witten).
Ty Witten, Monsanto
2:20 PM Break
2:35 PM61-5Irrigation in Water Restricted Regions: Managing Water Use Efficiency with Limited Available Water.
Diane Rowland, USDA-NRCS, Giovanni Piccinni, Texas A&M University, Terry A. Howell, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Jonghan Ko, Texas A&M University, Thomas Marek, Texas A&M University, Wilson Faircloth, USDA-ARS, Paxton Payton, USDA-ARS, David Tissue, Texas Tech University
2:55 PM61-6Understanding Genotypic Variability for Water Use Efficiency in Peanuts.
Vijaya Gopal Kakani, University of Florida, Kenneth Boote, University of Florida, Peter Craufurd, ENGLAND,Univ. of Reading, Timothy R. Wheeler, University of Reading
3:15 PM61-7Evaluating EPIC-based Harvest Index Approach for Yield Prediction and Response to Soil Water.
Gregory McMaster, USDA-ARS-NPA-SPNRU, James C. Ascough II, USDA-ARS-NPA ASRU, Allan Andales, USDA-ARS, Deborah A. Edmunds, USDA-ARS, Agricultural Systems Res Unit
3:35 PM Panel Discussion
3:55 PM Adjourn
Cosponsor:A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling

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