779 Environmental Biology of Field Crops

Oral Session
A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling
Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:55 AM-10:30 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 381B

Presiding:
James Kiniry
8:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
9:00 AM
Energy Balance of Irrigated and Dryland Cotton in the Southern High Plains.
Terry Howell, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; Steven Evett, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; Judy Tolk, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; Paul Colaizzi, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; Prasanna Gowda, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; Jose L. Chávez, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; Karen S. Copeland, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory
9:15 AM
Acclimation of Crops to Soil Water Availability.
Nithya Rajan, Texas Tech University; Stephan Maas, Texas Tech Univ.
9:30 AM
Growth and Water Relations of Corn (Zea mays L) as Influenced by Relative Humidity.
Jiftah Ben-Asher, Ben Gurion Univ. Israel; Axel Garcia Y Garcia, Univ. of Georgia, Dep. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Stan Thain, Univ. of Georgia; Gerrit Hoogenboom, University of Georgia
9:45 AM
An Open System for Measuring Canopy Gas Exchange.
Jeffrey Baker, USDA-ARS; Robert Lascano, USDA-ARS; Dennis Gitz, USDA-ARS; Paxton Payton, USDA-ARS; Robert Van Pelt, USDA-ARS; Richard Garcia, USDA-ARS
10:00 AM
Irrigation Scheduling for Improved Water Use Efficiency at Crop Field Level.
Adel Zeggaf Tahiri Jr., Centre Manzanar pour le developpement et l'environnement
10:15 AM
Influence of Temperature on Effectiveness of Hardlock Disease Management.
Pratibha Srivastava, University of Florida; Daniel Mailhot, University of Florida; Jim Marois, University of Florida; David Wright, University of Florida
10:30 AM
Adjourn