Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 9:25 AM
Convention Center, Room 203, Second Floor
137: Advances in Water Use and Water Use Efficiency
Sponsor:A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling
Presiding:Judy A. Tolk, USDA-ARS
9:25 AM Introductory Remarks
9:30 AM137-1Water- and Radiation-Use Efficiency Models for Estimating Biomass Production.
Claudio Stockle, Washington State University, Armen R. Kemanian, Texas AgriLife Research, Cristian Kremer, University Of Chile, Terry Howell, USDA-ARS
9:45 AM137-2Performance of a Runoff Irrigated Olive Orchard with Trees Planted in Trenches.
Pedro Berliner, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Doron Barkan, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Yves Rutten, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
10:00 AM137-3Penman-Monteith Equation Coefficients for Greenhouse Tomatoes.
Allan Matthias, University of Arizona, Paula Costa, University of Arizona, Chieri Kubota, University of Arizona, Gene A. Giacomelli, University of Arizona
10:15 AM137-4Estimation of Evapotranspiration Over Wheat Using Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing and Modeling with DSSAT/ CERES.
Andrew French, U.S. Water Conservation Lab, Douglas Hunsaker, U.S. Water Conservation Lab, Kelly Thorp, U.S. Water Conservation Lab, Tom Clarke, U.S. Water Conservation Lab
10:30 AM137-5The Role of Weed Competition in Crop Water Use Efficiency.
Andres Berger, Cornell University, Andrew McDonald, Cornell University, Susan Riha, Cornell University
10:45 AM137-6Managing Field Water Supply to Increase Water Use Efficiency.
Judy Tolk, USDA-ARS, Terry Howell, USDA-ARS
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM137-7Evaluation of the FAO-56 Grass Reference Evapotranspiration for Humid and Semi-Arid Climates.
Ala'a Homaidan, University of Jordan, Ayman Suleiman, University of Jordan, Gerrit Hoogenboom, University of Georgia
11:30 AM137-8A Weighing Lysimeter for Crop Water Use Determination in Jordan.
Steven Evett, USDA-ARS, Mohammed A. Jitan, National Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer, Naem Th. Mazahrih, National Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer, Mahmoud H. Sawalha, National Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer
11:45 AM137-9Preliminary Crop Coefficients for Cotton in Northeast Louisiana.
Sean Hribal, Louisiana State University, Ernest L. Clawson, LSU AgCenter
12:00 PM137-10Hourly and Daily Evapotranspiration of Alfalfa under Regional Advection.
Terry A. Howell, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Judy A. Tolk, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Steven R. Evett, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Karen S. Copeland, Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS
12:15 PM137-11Assessing the Crop Water Use of Silage Corn and Forage Sorghum Using Remote Sensing and Crop Modeling.
Nithya Rajan, Texas Tech University, Stephan Maas, USDA-ARS
12:30 PM137-12Enhancing Accuracy of Weighing Lysimeters by Real-Time Data Filtering.
Peter J. Vaughan, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, James E. Ayars, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center
12:45 PM Adjourn

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