C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism Session: Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerances: Strategies for a Sustainable Planet (ASA, CSSA and SSSA Annual Meetings (Cincinnati, OH- Oct. 21

Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerances: Strategies for a Sustainable Planet

Oral Session

C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism

This session examines physiological mechanisms of abiotic and biotic stress tolerance with emphasis on how such tolerances can contribute to sustainable agricultural production. It includes adaptations to climate change.

Cosponsor(s):

C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism

Wednesday, October 24, 2012: 7:55 AM-10:30 AM

Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 235, Level 2

Organizer:

Jeffrey W. White

Presider:

Maria Balota

7:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:00 AM

360-1

Evaluation of Wheat Chromosome Translocation Lines for High Temperature Stress Tolerance At Grain Filling Stage.
Gautam P. Pradhan, Kansas State University; P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State University; Bikram Gill, Kansas State University

8:15 AM

360-2

High Day and Night Temperature Tolerance in Rice.
Onoriode Coast, University of Reading; Alistair J. Murdoch, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading; Richard H. Ellis, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading; Krishna S. Jagadish, International Rice Research Institute

8:30 AM

360-3

Effect of Post-Flowering Drought On Flavonoid Composition and Antioxidant Activity in Vigna Unguiculata.
Joseph Awika, Texas A&M University; Archana Gawde, Texas A&M University; Bir B. Singh, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Ehlers, University of California-Riverside

8:45 AM

360-4

Living Cortical Area in Roots Influences Root Respiration and Drought Tolerance in Maize.
Eric Nord, Penn State; Kathleen Brown, The Pennsylvania State University; Jonathan Lynch, Penn State

9:00 AM

360-5

Root Biomass and Morphology of the Pavon 76 Bread Wheat - Rye Translocations 1RS.1AL, 1RS.1BL and 1RS.1DL.
Ruth J. Kaggwa -Asiimwe, University of Arizona; John G. Waines, University of California, Riverside; Guangyao Wang, University of Arizona

9:15 AM

Break

9:30 AM

360-6

Conserving Water Through the Use of Antitranspirants in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.): Effects On Gas Exchange, Yield, and Quality in a Production Field Environment.
Diane Rowland, Univ. of Florida; John Nordgaard, Black Gold; Blaire Colvin, Univ. of Florida; Seth Byrd, Univ. of Florida

9:45 AM

360-7

Effects of Silicon Supplementation in the Cucumber-Anthracnose (Colletotrichum orbiculare) Pathosystem.
Sarah K. Taber, University of Florida; Jessica Palenchar, University of Florida; Jodie V. Johnson, University of Florida; Robert McGovern, NBD Research Co.; Lawrence Datnoff, LSU AgCenter; Bala Rathinasabapathi, University of Florida

10:00 AM

360-8

Investigation of Compositional Differences in Epicuticular Wax Between Wheat Lines.
Francis W. Beecher, Texas A&M University; Chris Chick, Texas A&M University; Richard Jeannotte, University of California Davis; Marek Domin, Boston College; Amir M. Ibrahim, Texas A&M University; Dirk B. Hays, Texas A&M University

10:15 AM

Discussion

10:30 AM

Adjourn

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