225 General Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality: I



C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality
Tuesday, October 18, 2011: 7:55 AM-11:00 AM
Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 212A
Organizer:
Jeffrey Edwards
Presider:
Robert Duncan
8:00 AM
Using 13c Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Estimate Biochemical Stocks and Biofuel Feedstock Quality.
Morgan E. Gallagher, Rice University; William C. Hockaday, Baylor University; Caroline Masiello, Rice University; Jeffrey A. Baldock, CSIRO; Sieglinde Snapp, Michigan State University; Claire P. McSwiney, Michigan State University
8:15 AM
A Reevaluation of the Effects of Increasing Monocultural Crop Size On Pest Damage.
Moran Segoli, University of California – Davis; Jay Rosenheim, University of California – Davis
8:30 AM
Classification of Maize Into Maturity Groups.
Morakinyo A. Fakorede, Obafemi Awolowo University; A. Oluwaranti, Obafemi Awolowo University; Baffour Badu-Apraku, IITA; Abebe Menkir, IITA
9:00 AM
Legume Contributions to Soil and Yield of High-Biomass Sorghum Cropping Systems.
Clark B. Neely, Texas A&M University; Francis Rouquette Jr., Texas AgriLife Research; Gerald Smith, Texas AgriLife Research; Cristine Morgan, Texas A&M University; Frank Hons, Texas A&M University; William Rooney, Texas A&M University; Bill Higginbotham, Texas AgriLife Research
9:15 AM
9:30 AM
Are You Kidding Me? Dryland Sugarbeet Production In Semi-Arid Western Nebraska.
Drew Lyon, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; John Smith, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
9:45 AM
10:00 AM
Web-Based Tools to Assist Growers Manage Cotton Crops.
Carlos Fernandez, Texas AgriLife Research; Juan A. Landivar, Texas AgriLife Research; Juan C. Correa, Texas AgriLife Research; Daniel Fromme, Texas AgriLife Research
10:15 AM
Effect of Planting Practices On Light Interception, Growth and Yield of Grain Sorghum.
Alassane Maiga, Kansas State University; Kraig Roozeboom, Kansas State University; P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State University
10:30 AM
Canopy Temperature and CWSI As Affected by Alternative Dryland Corn and Grain Sorghum Planting Geometries.
Lucas Haag, Kansas State University; Alan Schlegel, Kansas State University; Scott Staggenborg, Kansas State University
10:45 AM
Pigeonpea: A New Food and Feed Legume Crop for the Southern USA.
Glenn Chappell, Virginia State University; Harbans Bhardwaj, Virginia State University
11:00 AM