2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Environmental Biology of Field Crops

779 Environmental Biology of Field Crops



Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:55 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 381B
Presiding:
Jim Kiniry
9:00 AM
Energy Balance of Irrigated and Dryland Cotton in the Southern High Plains.
Terry A. Howell, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; Steven R. Evett, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; Judy A. Tolk, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; Paul D. Colaizzi, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; Prasanna H. 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 University
9:30 AM
Growth and Water Relations of Corn (Zea mays L) as Influenced by Relative Humidity.
Jiftah Ben Asher, Ben Gurion university Israel; Axel Garcia Y Garcia, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, The University of Georgia; Stan Thain, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, The University 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; Scott Van Pelt, USDA-ARS; Richard Garcia, USDA-ARS
10:00 AM
Irrigation Scheduling for Improved Water Use Efficiency at Crop Field Level.
Adel T. Zeggaf 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