ASA Section: Agronomic Production Systems Session: Overcoming Production Barriers: Crops II (ASA, CSSA and SSSA Annual Meetings (Cincinnati, OH- Oct. 21

Overcoming Production Barriers: Crops II

Oral Session

ASA Section: Agronomic Production Systems

The purpose of this session is to provide a forum for discussing the state-of-the art in overcoming production barriers. We are tasked with attempting to double food production over the next 30 years. This session will discuss the status of this research.

Cosponsor(s):

Precision Agriculture Systems Community

Tuesday, October 23, 2012: 2:25 PM-3:45 PM

Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 205, Level 2

Community Leader:

David Clay

2:25 PM

Introductory Remarks

2:30 PM

194-1

Higher Grain Yields with Wider Row Spacing Under No-till: Is It Possible?.
Guy Lafond, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; William May, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Christopher B. Holzapfel, Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation

2:45 PM

194-2

Yield Map Interpretation: A Need for a System Approach.
Bruno Basso, Michigan State University; Davide Cammarano, University of Florida; Costanza Fiorentino, University of Basilicata

3:00 PM

194-3

Active Sensing for Rapid Evaluation of Apparent Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Winter Wheat Genotypes.
Mohammed A. Naser, Colorado State University; Raj Khosla, Colorado State University; Louis Longchamps, Colorado State University; Marc Moragues, Colorado State University; Scott Haley, Colorado State University; Robin Reich, Colorado State University; Gregory McMaster, USDA-ARS; Gerald Buchleiter, USDA-ARS, Water Management Research Unit

3:15 PM

194-4

Evaluation of Vegetation Indices (VI) for Their Sensitivity to Corn Biomass and Chlorophyll Content Changes Associated with Nitrogen Fertilization.
Miguel Torino, Auburn University; Brenda V. Ortiz, Auburn University; John Fulton, Auburn University; Kipling Balkcom, USDA-ARS; Charles W. Wood, Auburn University

3:30 PM

194-5

Early Detection of Nitrogen Deficiency in Corn Using Fluorescence.
Louis Longchamps, Colorado State University; Raj Khosla, Colorado State University; Dwayne Westfall, Colorado State University

3:45 PM

Adjourn

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