PS16stlouis

Sponsored by the Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

10:00 Roser Matamala
Studying differences in the biotic responses to environmental variables of three distinct crop systems in the Midwest US.

10:30 Andy Suyker
Cumulative carbon exchange in maize-based agricultural crops over twelve years

11:00 Marcelo Galdos
Spatio-temporal dynamics of soil carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions in bioenergy crops in Brazil

11:30 Gail Taylor
The ELUM project: A network of UK sites to understand land-use transitions to bioenergy and their implications for greenhouse gas balance and carbon cycling

12:00 Evan DeLucia (Chair)
Food and fuel from plant biomass – will there be enough to go around?


The carbon cycle is driven by relative rates of photosynthesis and respiration. The balance between these processes is fundamentally affected by patterns of land use, vegetation type, and management practices, and ultimately determines total photosynthate available to feed and fuel humanity. Using empirical, simulation, and theoretical approaches, this symposium will explore the regulation of ecosystem carbon balance and the capacity of global photosynthesis to feed an ever-growing human population.