702 Models and Processes in Agronomy

Oral Session
A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 8:25 AM-11:45 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 362DE

Presiding:
Dennis Timlin
8:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM
Discriminating Degree of Water Stress and Soil Information in a 3D CWSI.
Jessica Torrion, Texas Tech Univ.; Stephan Maas, Texas Tech University
8:45 AM
Modeling Crop Responses to Initial Soil Water in the High Plains.
Saseendran Anapalli, Agricultural Systems Research Unit; David Nielsen, USDA-ARS; Drew Lyon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Liwang Ma, Agriculture Systems Research Unit; Lajpat Ahuja, Agricultural Systems Research Unit
9:00 AM
Effectiveness of Using Solar Radiation Derived from Temperature for Corn Yield Simulation in US High Plains Region.
Haishun Yang, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jinsheng You, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; K.G. Hubbard, Univ. of Nebraska; Kenneth Cassman, Univ. of Nebraska
9:15 AM
Geospatio-Temporal Weather Generator Based on Correlation Matrix Factorization.
Guillermo Baigorria, Univ. of Florida; James Jones, University of Florida
9:30 AM
Modeling Leaf Photosynthesis of Evening Primrose Crop (Oenothera spp).
Arturo Chong, MEXICO, Univ. Autonom Chapingo; J.L. Morison, Univ. of Essex
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
Modeling Carbon Partitioning of Radish.
Oscar Monje, Dynamac Corp.
10:30 AM
Evaluating Economic Impacts of Various Irrigation Strategies for Cotton.
Shyam Sivankutty Nair, Texas Tech University; Stephan Maas, Texas Tech University
10:45 AM
Predictability of CERES-Maize for Flowering Date.
Jun Wei, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; Carlos Messina, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; Steven Langton, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; Zhisheng Qing, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc; Antonio perdomo, Pioneer Hi-Bred (Switzerland) S.A..; Carlos Loffler, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
11:00 AM
Evaluation of CERES-Wheat Under Variable Plant Population, Nitrogen, and Irrigation Treatments in Arizona.
Kelly Thorp, USDA-ARS, PWA-USALARC; Douglas Hunsaker, USDA-ARS-PWA-USALARC; Andrew French, USDA-ARS-PWA-USALARC; Jeffrey White, USDA-ARS-PWA-USALARC
11:15 AM
Evaluation of a New Sweet Corn Model.
Axel Garcia y Garcia, Univ. of Georgia; Tomas Persson, Univ. of Georgia; Jon Lizaso, Univ. of Florida; Kenneth Boote, Univ. of Florida; Gerrit Hoogenboom, University of Georgia
11:30 AM
Testing a Module in CROPGRO-Tomato for Predicting Fresh Weight and Size of Individual Fruits on a Cohort Basis.
Maria Rybak, University of Florida; Kenneth Boote, Univ. of Florida; Johannes Scholberg, University of Florida; Cheryl H. Porter, University of Florida; James Jones, University of Florida
11:45 AM
Adjourn