9-12 July, 2012, Tsukuba Japan
Scope and objectives
Program
Free-Air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiment in the agricultural
fields provides us with a unique experimental platform for the
global change studies. Currently, however, there are only six
large-scale FACE experiments on agricultural crops running
(see maps) in the world, despite our major challenges to feed
the population that is projected to reach 9 billion before 2050.
Atmospheric CO2 concentration is expected to rise all around the
world, but the magnitude of the effects on agriculture will depend
on various factors including climate, crops, soil and agricultural
practices, so that tighter collaborations are urgently needed
amongst crop FACEs. The World Crop FACE Workshop 2012 is
going to be the first opportunity for all the active crop FACE
groups to get together. In the workshop, participants are
expected to introduce their results and discuss about future
collaboration This workshop is held as a satellite meeting of the
collaboration.
MARCO（http://www.niaes.affrc.go.jp/marco/index.html）
symposium.
Period: 9 - 12 July, 2012
Venue: International Conference Center, Epochal
Tsukuba.
Host: National Institute for Agro-Environmental
Sciences Japan
Sciences,
Participants :
Tsukuba FACE (Japan), FAL FACE (Germany),
China Rice-wheat FACE (China), Soy FACE (USA),
AGFACE (Australia), Grazed grassland FACE (NZ),
Durum wheat FACE (Italy), Hochenheim mini FACE
(Germany), IRRI
China FACE
July 9 (9:30-17:15)
I. A brief introduction of each FACE site
activity and challenge
II. Methodological challenges
1. Brief introduction of FACE control
2. Challenges for controlling other
environmental
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July 10 (9:00-17:15)
III. Scientific challenges
1. Genotype and CO2 interaction
2. CO2 x other environmental factors
(T, H2O, O3 etc)
July 11 (9:00-17:15)
3 Agro-ecosystem
3．Agro
ecosystem responses
4. Modelling CO2 responses
July 12 (9:00-12:00)
IV. Future collaboration
(13:00-)
V. Excursion (to the Japan FACE site).
July 13-15
Optional long-distance excursion to China
FACE at Jiangdu, Jansu Province
Soyy FACE
Tsukuba FACE
FAL FACE
NZ FACE
Durum FACE
AGFACE
Contact: [email protected]