Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 9:25 AM
Convention Center, Room 203, Second Floor
239: Symposium--Past, Present, & Future of Research in Controlled Environments
Sponsor:A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling
Presiding:Oscar Monje, NASA
9:25 AM Introductory Remarks
9:30 AM239-1Controlled Environments on Earth for Controlled Environments in Space.
Raymond M. Wheeler, NASA
9:50 AM239-2Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Research (SPAR) Chambers: Systems for Defining Crop Responses to the Environment in An Era of Global Climate Change.
Leon Hartwell Allen Jr., USDA-ARS-SAA-CMAVE, Kenneth Boote, University of Florida
10:10 AM239-3Open-Top Chambers for Investigating Ecological Responses to Atmospheric and Climatic Change.
Richard J. Norby, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
10:30 AM239-4FACE Experiments with Crops: A Quantitative Review of Results.
Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, USDA-ARS Photosynthesis Research Unit, Andrew A.B. Leakey, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Stephen P. Long, Departments of Plant Biology and of Crop Sciences, Donald R. Ort, USDA-ARS, Alistair Rogers, Brookhaven National Laboratory
10:50 AM Break
11:05 AM239-5Canopy Gas Exchange Measurements in Controlled Environments: Principles and Data Interpretation.
Marc van Iersel, University of Georgia
11:25 AM239-6Controlled Environment Facilities for Plant Process Quantification and Modeling: Advantages and Limitations.
K. Raja Reddy, Mississippi State University, Vangimalla Reddy, USDA-ARS
11:45 AM239-7An Open System for Measuring Canopy Gas Exchange.
Jeffrey Baker, USDA-ARS, Robert Lascano, Texas A&M University, Dennis Gitz, USDA-ARS, Paxton Payton, USDA-ARS, R. Scott Van Pelt, USDA-ARS, Richard L. Garcia, LI-COR
12:05 PM239-8Using Data from Controlled-Environment and Face Experiments for Developing and Testing Crop Models.
Kenneth Boote, University of Florida
12:25 PM Lunch Break
1:25 PM239-9High night temperature: A hidden stress for the rice crop.
Shaobing Peng, International Rice Research Institute, Lixiao Nie, International Rice Research Institute, Rebecca C. Laza, International Rice Research Institute, Romeo M. Visperas, International Rice Research Institute, Jianliang Huang, Huazhong Agricultural University
1:45 PM239-10Electric Lighting in Controlled Environments: Misperceptions about the importance of Spectral Quality.
Bruce Bugbee, Utah State University
2:05 PM239-11Controlled Environment Studies in Advanced Life Support.
Cara Ann Wehkamp, University of Guelph, Michael Stasiak, University of Guelph, Jamie Lawson, University of Guelph, Michael Dixon, University of Guelph
2:25 PM239-12Lessons from Space Farming: Future of Controlled Environment Research.
Oscar Monje, Dynamac Corp
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM239-13Canopy Evapotranspiration Measurements on Soybean and Maize in An Open-Air Controlled Experiment.
Carl Bernacchi, Illinois State Water Survey, Devin R. Quarles, University of Illinois, Donald R. Ort, USDA-ARS, Stephen P. Long, Departments of Plant Biology and of Crop Sciences, Bruce Kimball, U.S. Water Conservation Lab
3:15 PM239-14The Georgia Envirotron: A Multidisciplinary Controlled Environment Facility.
Gerrit Hoogenboom, University of Georgia, Ian Flitcroft, University of Georgia, Axel Garcia y Garcia, University of Georgia, Keith T. Ingram, University of Florida
3:30 PM239-15Design and Evaluation of a Temperature Increment Chamber.
Albert Weiss, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, T.J. Arkebauer, University of Nebraska, Madhavan Soundararajan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Amit Agrawal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3:45 PM239-16Effect of Extreme High Temperatures on Photosynthesis and Transpiration of Sweet Corn.
Jiftah Ben-Asher, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Axel Garcia, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, The University of Georgia, Stan Thain, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, The University of Georgia, Gerrit Hoogenboom, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, The University of Georgia
4:00 PM Adjourn

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