Event Details

In this exciting joint workshop between Lancaster Environment Centre and the China Agricultural University, current research and issues of resource use efficiency in crops will be discussed from an international and multidisciplinary perspective.

PROGRAMME

Coffee available from 1000

0930-1030 - Session: NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY - Chair: Bill Davies

• Keynote Lecture - Fusuo Zhang (CAU) Improving Crop Nutrient Use Efficiency in China

1030-1100 COFFEE BREAK

1100-1200 - Session: UP IN THE AIR: SOURCES & LOSSES OF NITROGEN

• Mariana Rufino (LEC) Minimising nitrous oxide emissions to improve the nutrient use efficiency of agricultural systems
• Xuejun Liu (CAU) Progress on atmospheric N deposition in China in relation to air pollution control

1200-1300 LUNCH

1300-1430 - Session: NUTRIENT FLUXES - Chair: Fusuo Zhang

• Phil Haygarth (LEC) Long term changes in the phosphorus cycle
• Jianbo Shen (CAU) Improving crop phosphorus use efficiency
• Hao Zhang (LEC) Better measurements of plant-available phosphorus

1430-1500 COFFEE BREAK

1500-1630 - Session: SOIL AND WATER - Chair: Mariana Rufino

• Rachel Marshall (LEC) Alternative nutrient sources for crops
• Jaime Puertolas (LEC) Introducing RECIRCULATE: Driving eco-innovation in Africa: capacity-building for a safe circular water economy – Water for Food Production
• Ian Dodd (LEC) Introducing SHui: Soil Hydrology research platform underpinning innovation to manage water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping systems.