Monday, 7 November 2005: 7:55 AM
Convention Center,, Room 150G, Lower Level
26: Weather and Crop Production
Sponsor:A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling
Presiding:E. John Sadler, USDA-ARS
7:55 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:00 AMAn Agro-Climate Tool for the Icarda Mandate Region.
Steven A. Mauget, USDA-ARS Plant Stress and Water Conservation Lab, Eddy DePauw, International Center fro Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
8:15 AMExploring the Use of Environmental Productivity Index for Crop Production and Modeling. 
K. Raja Reddy, Mississippi State University, Vijaya G. Kakani, Mississippi State Univeristy
8:30 AMA Global Agroclimatology Data Archive (Satellite and Model Inferred Parameters). 
James Hoell, SAIC/Langley Research Center, Paul Stackhouse, NASA Langley Research Center, Charles Whitlock, SAIC/Langley Research Center, William Chandler, SAIC/Langley Research Center, Taiping Zhang, Analytical Services and Materials, Inc.
8:45 AMUnderstanding the Decision-Making in Soybean Production Systems of the Argentinean Pampas: the Role and Usability of Climate Information.
Federico E. Bert, Catedra de Cerealicultura, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Guillermo P. Podestá, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Miami, Emilio H. Satorre, Catedra de Cerealicultura, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires
9:00 AMClimate Forecasts for Thermal Units Prediction: Chilling Accumulation and Winter Crop Development in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
John Bellow, Florida State University
9:15 AMBreak
9:30 AMThe Impact of Weather Conditions on Growth and Development of Sweet Corn. 
Axel Garcia y Garcia, The University of Georgia, Larry C. Guerra, The University of Georgia, Gerrit Hoogenboom, The University of Georgia
9:45 AMUse of Seasonal and Sequence Analysis Program of Dssat in Predicting the Management Options for Sustainable Production of Rice-Wheat System in Eastern India.
Reshmi Sarkar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, S Kar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal
10:00 AMA GIS-Based Water and Nitrogen Management Model (WNMM) and Agricultural Decision Support Tool (ADST) for Irrigated Wheat and Maize in the North China Plain.
Deli Chen, The University of Melbourne, Yong Li, The University of Melbourne, Robert White, The University of Melbourne, Robert Edis, The University of Melbourne
10:15 AMIrrigation in Northern Australia - Is It Worth the Risk ?. 
Keith L. Bristow, CSIRO Land and Water, Bart Kellett, CSIRO Land and Water, Cuan Petheram, CSIRO Land and Water
10:30 AMSimulation of Modern Day Corn Yields for Weather That Occurred during the past Century for 11 Corn Belt, 1 Oklahoma and 7 Texas Locations.
Edward C. Runge, Texas A&M University, John Benci, Consultant
10:45 AMDiscussion
11:00 AMAdjourn

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