Forestry presentations (MU)
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Items in this collection represent public presentations made by Department of Forestry faculty, staff, and students, either alone or as co-authors, and which may or may not have been published in an alternate format.
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Item Forests and greenhouse gases: a science primer(2010) Pallardy, Stephen G.Professor Stephen Pallardy of the Forestry department at the University of Missouri-Columbia delivers a summary lecture on the topic of greenhouse gases, forest growth, and global climate change from the perspective of a biological scientist.Item Spatial Analysis of Woody Biomass for Bioenergy Production in Missouri [abstract](2009) Stelzer, H. E. "Hank"; Barnett, Chris; University of Missouri (System); Missouri Energy Summit (2009 : University of Missouri--Columbia)Before regional economic and environmental impacts from combining renewable energy production and sustained forest management can be assessed, one must first be able to spatially determine how much woody biomass is located where and its potential availability. Supported by a $50,000 grant from the Missouri Forest Foundation, a team of MU foresters and spatial analysts have integrated forest biomass data from the US Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) database and deciduous forest cover data from the Missouri Resource Analysis Project (MoRAP) into an interactive online geographical information database. This user-friendly spatial analysis tool allows potential bioenergy entrepreneurs, community leaders, and policy makers to develop customized reports that will not only provide them with available woody biomass information, but also information on relative harvesting pressure within their area of interest and community resource data. The team used the tool to identify three communities in the Missouri Ozarks for potential bioenergy development and was awarded a $44,000 USDA Forest Service Jump-Start Energy grant to facilitate a series of town hall meetings that have begun to build community and regional wood-to-energy partnerships.Item Plant Adaptation to Drought --- Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Missouri [abstract](2009) Sharp, Bob (Robert E.); Fritschi, Felix B., 1969-; Galen, Candace Elizabeth; Kallenbach, Robert L.; Liscum, Emmanuel; Nguyen, Henry T.; Oliver, Melvin J.; Pallardy, Stephen G.; Shannon, J. Grover; Sleper, D. A.; Xiong, Xi; University of Missouri (System); Missouri Energy Summit (2009 : University of Missouri--Columbia)Drought is the most important cause of crop failure in Missouri and limits plant productivity in large parts of the US and the world. Drought induces severe reductions in average annual crop yields on a regional scale and can have devastating effects at the farm level. Regional droughts can also strikingly reduce net primary productivity of natural ecosystems. Research on plant adaptation to drought is a long-standing, important component of MU faculty members, who comprise a strong, collaborative team of university and USDA-ARS scientists and are among the international leaders in drought research. Group members represent expertise from a broad range of disciplines, including plant physiology, agronomy, forestry, plant breeding, molecular biology, biotechnology, entomology, plant pathology, and soil science. Areas of research span from basic to applied aspects of plant adaptation to drought, fostering the translation of basic discoveries of underlying mechanisms to the delivery of more drought-tolerant crops at the doorsteps of American farmers. In addition to local collaborations, the team interacts with other scientists in the state of Missouri (e.g. Danforth Plant Sciences Center and Washington University in St. Louis) and at the national and international levels (including Australia, England, India, Mexico [CIMMYT], and The Philippines [International Rice Research Institute]). Active research projects conducted by the drought community at MU include research funded by state, federal, commodity group (e.g. Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, United Soybean Board, Cotton Inc.) and private (Monsanto, Syngenta) sources. Of particular note, members of the group were recently awarded over $1.5 million from the Missouri Life Sciences Research Board to establish “rainout shelters” that will allow control of precipitation under field conditions. The ability to manage the timing, duration, and intensity of water deficit stress under field conditions is essential to examine plant responses to drought and interactions of drought and biotic stresses in mid-western environments. The track record of excellence in drought research and the broad range of expertise of the interdisciplinary group provide fertile grounds for creative and productive research endeavors that are directed to optimize crop and woody plant biomass production.