Thursday, 5 January 2006: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Salon E/F (Marriott Riverwalk Hotel)
Cotton Physiology Conference - Session A
Physiological research in cotton.
1:30 PM			Welcoming Remarks
1:45 PM			Photosynthesis: The Path to Higher Yield and Quality   Randy Wells, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2:15 PM			Presentation of the 2005 Research Award in Physiology
2:30 PM			TBA
2:45 PM			Style elongations and stigmas beyond the anthers: Comparative studies examining varieties and calcium fertilizers   Michael D. Rethwisch, D. Michael Ramos, Manuel Luna and Jessica Wellman, University of California Cooperative Extension - Riverside County, Blythe, CA
3:00 PM			Gossypol Pathway in Cotton: Purification and Characterization of (+)-Gossypol-Forming Dirigent Protein from Moco Cotton   Jinggao Liu, Robert D. Stipanovic, Alois A. Bell and Lorraine S. Puckhaber, USDA-ARS-SPARC, College Station, TX
3:15 PM			Analysis of cotton ovule ESTs reveals enrichment of transcription factors and hormonal regulators implicated in fiber cell development S. Samuel Yang1, Cheung Foo2, Ning E. Wei1, Jinsuk J. Lee3, Sing-Hoi Sze1, David M. Stelly1, Peggy Thaxton4, Barbara Triplett5, Christopher D. Town2 and Z. Jeffrey Chen3, (1)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)The Institute for Genome Research, Rockville, MD, (3)The University of Texas, Austin, TX, (4)Delta Research and Extension Center, Stoneville, MS, (5)USDA-ARS, New Orleans, LA
3:30 PM			Break
4:00 PM			Genetic Variability in Cotton Growth and Development under Drip Irrigation   Bobbie L. McMichael1, D.C. Gitz1, R. J. Lascano2, J. R. Mahan1 and D. F. Wanjura1, (1)USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, (2)Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX
4:15 PM			Effect of alternate-row subsurface drip irrigation pattern on cotton root distribution   D.C. Gitz1, Bobbie McMichael1, J. R. Mahan1, R. J. Lascano2 and D. F. Wanjura1, (1)USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, (2)Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX
4:30 PM			Rainfall Use by Cotton Irrigated With Buried Drip   Robert J. Lascano1, Aart Koster2, Jill Booker1, Dennis Gitz3, James R. Mahan3, Bobbie L. McMichael3 and Don F. Wanjura3, (1)Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX, (2)Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, (3)USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX
4:45 PM			Variable rate irrigation on cotton lint yield and fiber quality   Jill D. Booker1, Jim Bordovsky2, Robert J. Lascano1 and Eduardo Segarra3, (1)Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX, (2)Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Plainview, TX, (3)Texas Tech University Agricultural and Applied Economics, Lubbock, TX
5:00 PM			Weighing Lysimeters for Measurement of Cotton Water Use in Louisiana Ernest L. Clawson1, Daniel K. Fisher2, Alphonse B. Coco1, Roger Husser3, Robert L. Hutchinson1 and Dan Thomas4, (1)LSU AgCenter, St. Joseph, LA, (2)USDA, ARS, Stoneville, MS, (3)LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA, (4)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
5:15 PM			High Temperature and Water Stress: Fruit Retention in Acala Cotton Robert Hutmacher, Univ. of California, Shafter CA, Shafter, CA and Mark Keeley, University of California Dept Plant Sciences, Shafter, CA
5:30 PM			Break
5:45 PM			Business Meeting
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