264 Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Food Security: I

Oral Session
ASA Section: Global Agronomy
The session will focus on identifying and mitigating abiotic stresses on farms, with a global scope.
Cosponsor(s):

U.S.-Sino Agricultural Research Forum Community

Global Agronomy

US-Sino Agricultural Research Forum Community
Field Diagnosis for Smallholder Agriculture Community

Tuesday, November 4, 2014: 8:00 AM-10:20 AM
Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Seaview A

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Community Leader:
Qingwu Xue
Presider:
Qingwu Xue
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
Diazotrophic Endophytes Symbiosis to Stimulate Growth in Rice.
Shyam Kandel, University of Washington; Nicholas K Herschberger, University of Washington; Sharon Lafferty Doty, University of Washington
8:20 AM
Above and below Ground Indicators for Stress Induced By Compacted Soils of Small Grain Cereals and Soybean.
Tino Colombi, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; Norbert Kirchgessner, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; Thomas Keller, Agroscope; Achim Walter, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
8:35 AM
Polyamine Content Regulation Associated with Salt Stress of Creeping Bentgrass.
Yingmei Ma, Michigan State University; Emily B. Merewitz, Michigan State University
8:50 AM
Break
9:05 AM
Is Corn Yield Increasingly Limited By Water Availability?.
Amelie CM Gaudin, University of California-Davis; Ralph C Martin, University of Guelph; Bill Deen, University of Guelph
9:20 AM
Progress in Delivering Drought Tolerant Maize to Farmers in Southern Africa.
Peter S. Setimela, CGIAR (Consultative Group on Intl Agricultural Research); Thokozile Ndlela, Crop Breeding Institute; Oswell Ndoro, CIMMYT
9:35 AM
Evaluation of Late Corn Planting with Early Maturity Hybrids in the Texas High Plains.
Qingwu Xue, Texas Agrilife Research-Amarillo; Baozhen Hao, Texas A&M Agrilife Research; Kirk E Jessup, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Thomas H Marek, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Xiaobo Hou, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Jacob D. Becker, NextSteppe Seeds
9:50 AM
An Important Step Toward Solving Maize Lodging: Engineering Failure Analysis Identifies a Consistent Stalk Weakness.
Douglas Cook, New York University; Brian W. Gardunia, Monsanto Company - USA; Daniel Robertson, New York University; Margaret Julias, New York University
10:20 AM
Adjourn