Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 9:25 AM
Convention Center, Room 214, Second Floor
162: Symposium--Agronomic Aspects of Biofuel Crop Production: I
Sponsor:C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality
Cosponsors:A04 Extension Education; A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems
Presidings:Kurt D. Thelen, Michigan State University
Emerson D. Nafziger, University of Illinois
9:25 AMIntroductory Remarks
9:30 AMBiofuel Crops and National Energy Policy.
Bruce E. Dale, Michigan State University
10:00 AMStarch-Based Energy: Rotational Aspects and Hybrid Variability for Corn Ethanol.
Chad Lee, University of Kentucky, Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
10:15 AMSweet Fuel for the U.S.
Jorge Da Silva, Texas A&M University - Soil & Crop Sciences, Luis Ribera, Texas A&M University
10:30 AMCellulose-Based Energy: Dedicated Energy Crops.
Kenneth J. Moore, Iowa State University, Emily Heaton, Ceres, Inc.
10:45 AMBreak
11:00 AMCellulose-Based Energy: Crop Residue.
Robin L. Graham, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Richard Nelson, Kansas State University, John Sheehan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Robert Perlack, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lynn Wright, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:15 AMUsing Marginal Land for Biofuel Cropping Systems.
Kurt Thelen, Michigan State University
11:30 AMDesigning Bioenergy Crops of the Future.
Wilfred Vermerris, University of Florida Genetics Institute and Agronomy department
11:45 AMDiscussion
12:00 PMAdjourn
Cosponsors:A04 Extension Education; A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems

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