Title: Symposium--Crop Modeling and Plant Breeding: Intersecting Disciplines for a Resilient Agriculture
Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism, ASA Section: Climatology and Modeling, SSSA Division: Soil and Water Management and Conservation
Community Cosponsor: Precision Agriculture Systems Community, Agroclimatology and Agronomic Modeling Community, Model Applications in Field Research Community
Format: Oral Symposium
Keywords: climate change, crop modeling and plant breeding
Session Description: The goal of this symposium is to highlight recent advances in the merging of crop models into crop breeding programs. There are recent examples of sophisticated, agricultural systems oriented approaches being used to breed resilient crop plants for current and future cropping systems. These include a unique collaboration among crop modelers, plant physiologists, remote sensing experts, and plant breeders.