Wednesday, 9 November 2005: 8:25 AM
Convention Center,, Room 250F, Upper Level
226: Emerging Nutrient Technologies
Sponsor:A09 Professional Practitioners
Cosponsor:A06 International Agronomy
Presiding:Terry Tindall, J.R. Simplot Company
8:25 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:30 AMCorn Production and Water Use Efficiency under Subsurface Drip Irrigation. 
Renae G. Pablo, Navajo Agricultural Products Industry, Michael K. O'Neill, New Mexico State University, B. D. McCaslin, New Mexico State University, M. D. Remmenga, New Mexico State University, J. Keenan, Wilbur Ellis at Navajo Agricultural Product Industry
8:45 AMLimitations to Grain Yield within the Female Block of a Maize Hybrid Seed Field. 
Mark Westgate, Iowa State University Agronomy Department, Esteban Schneider, Pioneer Hi-Bred Int,. Inc., Mohammad Ghaffarzadeh, Pioneer Hi-Bred Int,. Inc.
9:00 AMModeling Source and Sink Limitations to Kernel Set in Hybrid Seed Production.
Esteban Schneider, Pioneer Hi-Bred Int,. Inc, Jon I. Lizaso, University of Florida, Mark Westgate, Iowa State University Agronomy Department, Mohammad Ghaffarzadeh, Pioneer Hi-Bred Inc,. Inc.
9:15 AMAlternative Approaches to Estimate the Dynamic of Silk Exsertion in Maize1. 
Esteban Schneider, Pioneer Hi-Bred Int., Inc., Mark Westgate, Iowa State University, Mohammad Ghaffarzadeh, Pioneer Hi-Bred Int,. Inc.
9:30 AMBreak
9:45 AMDo You Speak My Language?: Scientists Share Information with Non-Scientists.
Ann D. Jabro, Robert Morris University, Jalal Jabro, United States Department of Agriculture
10:15 AMAchieving the Hunger Millennium Development Goal at the Global Level.
Pedro Sanchez, Tropical Agriculture Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Jeffrey Sachs, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, John McArthur, United Nations Development Programme
10:45 AMThe MDG Centre: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals at the National Level.
Glenn Denning, The MDG Centre, Pedro Sanchez, Tropical Agriculture Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
11:15 AMMillennium Villages: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals at the Local Level.
Patrick Mutuo, Tropical Agriculture Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Cheryl Palm, Tropical Agriculture Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Pedro Sanchez, Tropical Agriculture Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Vijay Modi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
11:45 AMDiscussion
11:55 AMAdjourn
Cosponsor:A06 International Agronomy

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