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Symposium--Improving Crop Water Productivity Through Innovative Irrigation and Dryland Management

Oral Session

ASA Section: Agronomic Production Systems

Competition for finite or declining water resources is growing. Deficit irrigation strategies can utilize unallocated water resources from dryland production-areas and water conservation practices to transform irrigation management. This symposium will feature research reports on deficit irrigation, residue management with dryland and irrigated crops, and crop rotations to optimize water productivity. Research on integrating dryland water conservation for use with alternative irrigation strategies provides a more holistic solution toward improved water productivity and optimal water resource allocation.

Cosponsor(s):

Crop Irrigation Strategies and Management Community
Semiarid Dryland Cropping Systems Community
Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 14
Community Leaders:
R. Louis Baumhardt and Calvin L. Trostle
Organizers:
R. Louis Baumhardt , David Brauer and Calvin L. Trostle
Presiders:
R. Louis Baumhardt and David Brauer
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:45 PM
Contrasting Tillage Effects On Infiltration, Stored Soil Water and Yield At Two Locations.
Robert C. Schwartz, USDA-ARS Conservation & Production Research Laboratory; Alan J. Schlegel, Kansas State University; R. Louis Baumhardt, USDA-ARS; Steven R. Evett, USDA-ARS Conservation & Production Research Laboratory; Jourdan M. Bell, Texas A&M University
2:05 PM
Optimizing No-Till Cropping Systems Under Limited Irrigation.
Alan J. Schlegel, Kansas State University; Loyd R. Stone, Kansas State University; Troy Dumler, Kansas State University; Freddie R. Lamm, Kansas State University
2:25 PM
Developing Irrigation Strategies for Cotton-Corn Production Systems in Southwest Kansas.
Lucas A. Haag, Kansas State University; Jason Waite, Kansas State University; Joshua Morris, Kansas State University
2:40 PM
Break
2:55 PM
The Best Farm-Level Irrigation Strategy Changes Seasonally With Fluctuating Water Availability.
Donald Gaydon, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences; Holger Meinke, University of Tasmania; Daniel Rodriguez, University of Queensland
3:15 PM
Screening Production Strategies for Declining Irrigation Capacity and Predictable Climate Conditions.
R. Louis Baumhardt, USDA-ARS; Steve Mauget, USDA-ARS; David Brauer, USDA-ARS
3:35 PM
Maximizing Grain Sorghum Water Use Efficiency Under Deficit Irrigation.
Jourdan M. Bell, Texas A&M University; Robert C. Schwartz, USDA-ARS Conservation & Production Research Laboratory; Kevin J. McInnes, Texas A&M University; Terry A. Howell, USDA-ARS Conservation & Production Research Laboratory; Cristine L. S. Morgan, Texas A&M University
3:55 PM
Water Conservation Strategies Utilizing Primed Acclimation.
Diane L. Rowland, University of Florida; Paxton Payton, USDA-ARS; Wilson Faircloth, Syngenta; Seth Byrd, University of Florida; David Forbes, Texas Agrilife; Bethany Speer, Texas Agrilife
4:15 PM
Jeff Mitchell Paper for Symposium On “Improving Crop Water Productivity.
Jeffrey Mitchell, UC Davis; Theodore Hsiao, University of California, Davis
4:35 PM
Improving Crop Water Productivity In Dryland and Limited Irritation Cropping Systems In The West Central Great Plains.
Neil C. Hansen, Brigham Young University; Lajpat R. Ahuja, USDA-ARS; Kendall DeJonge, USDA-ARS Water Management Research Unit
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
5:00 PM
Adjourn