Monday, 20 June 2005: 7:55 AM
Holiday Inn Riverwalk, Tango Ballroom, 7th Floor
5: Crops--Forage, Sugarcane, Rice, and Cotton
Presiding:Craig W. Bednarz, The University of Georgia
7:55 AM Introductory Remarks
8:00 AM Case studies using stockpiled bermudagrass and ryegrass for winter feeding programs: The agronomic perspective.
Larry Redmon, Texas A&M University, Jason Cleere, Texas A&M University, Gerald Evers, Greg Clary, Texas A&M University
8:15 AM *Impact of Planting Date on Small Grain and Forage Yields in Texas.
Jacob Shaffer
8:30 AM *Improved Use of Pastures for Phytoremediation of P Imported areas.
Yoana Newman, Martin Adjei, Johannes Scholberg, John Rechcigl, Carrol Chambliss
8:45 AM A Model for Browse Legumes in Forage-Based Meat Goat Grazing Systems: Leucaena and Bahiagrass.
Ike Ezenwa, Robert Kalmbacher, Mimi Williams, USDA-STARS, Lockie Gary, UF/IFAS County Extension Office, John Arthington, Range Cattle Research & Ed. Center
9:00 AM Sugarcane Genotype Emergence Response to Flood Duration.
Barry Glaz, Serge Edme
9:15 AM Rice Growth, Yield and Photosynthetic Responses to Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration and Drought.
Jeffrey Baker
9:30 AM Break
10:00 AM Straighthead with Flag Leaf Macro- and Micro-elements in Rice.
Wengui Yan, James Gibbons, Richard Cartwright, University of Arkansas, Ronnie W. McNew, University of Arkansas, Nathan Slaton
10:15 AM Trends in Arkansas Rice Production.
C.E. Wilson Jr., University of Arkansas, Jeff Branson, University of Arkansas, Stewart K. Runsick, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
10:30 AM Yield Components and Fiber Quality of Cotton Produced at Varying Plant Densities.
Craig Bednarz
10:45 AM Effect of Skippy Cotton Stand on Yield.
Philip Jost, Alexander Stewart, Lousianna State University
11:00 AM Cotton Yield and Fiber Quality Response to Spindle Picker Narrow and Wide Row Systems.
Normie Buehring, Herb Willcutt, Misssissippi State University, Eugene Columbus, Mississippi State University, Robert Dobbs, Mississippi State University, Mark Harrison, Mississippi State University, Tim Needham, Mississippi Sate University, Jay Phelps, Mississippi State University, Ann Ruscoe, Mississippi State University
11:15 AM Cotton Response to Nitrogen Management and Mepiquat Pentaborate.
M. W. Ebelhar, S. P. Nichols, Delta Research and Extension Center
11:30 AM Adjourn

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