Managing Global Resources for a Secure Future

2017 Annual Meeting | Oct. 22-25 | Tampa, FL

39 Symposium--Advances in Crop Modeling Applications to Secure Food and Environmental Sustainability

Oral Session
ASA Section: Climatology and Modeling
Crop models play an important role in understanding the effects of soil, weather, genetics and management interactions in securing food and improving environmental sustainability.  This session presents different applications of crop models, illustrating the state of the art, advances, limitations and critical future improvements.

Approved for CM 3.0 CEUs

Cosponsor(s):

Agroclimatology and Agronomic Modeling Community

ASA Section: Climatology and Modeling

Agroclimatology and Agronomic Modeling Community

Monday, October 23, 2017: 8:10 AM-11:30 AM
Tampa Convention Center, Ballroom A

Organizer:
Bruno Basso
Moderator:
Bruno Basso
8:10 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
Modeling Record Corn Yields, Water Use and Transpiration Efficiency.
Joe T. Ritchie, Michigan State University; Bruno Basso, Michigan State University
8:55 AM
Phenotypic Prediction Augmented through Crop Model-Whole Genome Prediction.
Carlos D. Messina, DuPont Pioneer; Tom Tang, DuPont Pioneer; Randy Clark, DuPont Pioneer; Carla Gho, DuPont Pioneer; Belay Kassie, DuPont Pioneer; Mark Cooper, ZenRun42 Inc
9:35 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Agroecosystem Modeling and Decision Support for California's Soil Health Initiative.
Keith Paustian, Colorado State University; Mark Easter, Colorado State University; Amy Swan, Colorado State University; Kevin D Brown, Colorado State University; Adam Chambers, USDA/NRCS
10:50 AM
Discussion
11:10 AM
Break
11:15 AM
Community Planning Session
11:30 AM
Adjourn