339 Water Conservation in Irrigated Cropping Systems

Oral Session
S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation
The objective of this is to address key elements in the soil, plant, water relationship for conservation of water in irrigated cropping systems. One emphasis will be limited irrigation cropping systems for enhancing water use efficiency and water conservation. Other topic areas are water production functions, irrigation management, and the environmental and economic considerations of deficit irrigation.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 12:55 PM-4:00 PM
Convention Center, Room 308, Third Floor

Presiding:
Kendall DeJonge
Organizers:
James Ascough II and Neil Hansen
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM
Crop Response to Limited Irrigation in No-till Cropping Systems.
Gary Hergert, Univ. of Nebraska; Rex Nielsen, Univ. of Nebraska; Jim Margheim, Univ. of Nebraska; Gary Stone, Univ. of Nebraska
1:15 PM
Partitioning of Evapotranspiration of Irrigated Wheat as Affected by Rice Straw Mulch.
Balwinder Singh, Charles Sturt Univ.; E. Humphreys, Intl. Rice Res. Inst. (IRRI); P.L. Eberbach, Charles Sturt Univ.; A. Katupitiya, Murray-Darling Basin Authority; Yadvinder Singh, Punjab Agricultural Univ.; S.S. Kukal, Punjab Agricultural Univ.
1:30 PM
Grain Yield and Root Distribution Under Limited Irrigation Management.
Troy Bauder, Colorado State Univ.; Neil Hansen, Colorado State Univ.; Doug Wilson, Colorado State Univ.
1:45 PM
Canola and Camelina Yield and Water Use Under Limited Irrigation.
Alexander Pavlista, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Gary Hergert, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jim Margheim, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Drew Lyon, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Paul Burgener, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln
2:00 PM
Rice Production with a Center Pivot Irrigation System.
William Stevens, Univ. of Missouri Delta Res. Center; Earl Vories, USDA-ARS, Cropping Systems & Water Quality Res. Unit; James Heiser, Univ. of Missouri Delta Res. Center; Matthew Rhine, Univ. of Missour; David Dunn, Univ. of Missouri, Delta Center
2:15 PM
Optimizing Subsurface Drip Irrigation in the Texas High Plains.
Vinicius Bufon, Texas Tech Univ.; Robert Lascano, USDA-ARS, Cropping Systems Res. Lab.; Jill Booker, USDA-ARS
2:30 PM
Break
2:45 PM
Calibration and Evaluation of CERES-Maize in Full and Limited Irrigation Scenarios for Corn in a Semiarid Environment.
Kendall DeJonge, Colorado State Univ.; Allan Andales, Colorado State Univ.; James Ascough II, USDA-ARS, NPA ASRU; Neil Hansen, Colorado State Univ.
3:00 PM
Land Use Change: Impact of Vegetative Cover On Rainfall Interception and Groundwater Recharge Dynamics.
Mack Naber, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; William Bland, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Birl Lowery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
3:30 PM
Relative Water Uptake Rate as a Criterion for the Design of Trickle Irrigation Systems.
Shmulik Friedman, ARO; Gregory Communar, Agricultural Res. Org.
3:45 PM
Carbon Sequestration in No-till Soils Managed Under Different Levels of Sprinkler Irrigation in the Central Great Plains.
Humberto Blanco, Kansas State Univ.; Norman Klocke, Kansas State Univ.; Alan Schlegel, Kansas State Univ.; Loyd Stone, Kansas State Univ.
4:00 PM
Adjourn