Optimizing Soybean Yield by Better Management of Radiation and Water Use!
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The Iowa State University Integrated Crop Management Conference is Iowa's premier crop production education event. No other program in Iowa brings together the diverse range of topics, slate of expert presenters and results of the latest University research.
The ICM Conference offers workshops focusing on the latest in crop production technology. Experts from Iowa and surrounding states will provide research updates and results in soil fertility, soil and water management, crop production and pest management.
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Humans grow crops to harvest the sun. This might seem like a simplistic statement, but plants are the only living species on this planet that can directly convert solar energy into chemical energy in the form of food, fiber, or fuel. The photosynthetic production of vegetative and seed biomass can be described with this simplified reaction: