Friday, January 12, 2007: 1:15 PM-5:30 PM
Napoleon A (Sheraton New Orleans)
Cotton Improvement - Friday Afternoon Session
Presidings:Dawn E. Fraser and Cynthia C. Green, Delta and Pine Land Company, Hartsville, SC
Organizer:Dawn Fraser, Research, Delta & Pine Land Co., Hartsville, SC
1:15 PM 
Molecular Mapping of Restorer Gene, Rf2 and RFLP Analysis of MtDNA in CMS-D8 Cotton   
Fei Wang1, Mary O'Connell1, James Stewart2 and Jinfa Zhang1, (1)New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, (2)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
1:30 PM 
Survey of 42,000 Gossypium hirsutum cv. Maxxa BAC-End Sequences and Frequency, Type, and Annotation of BAC-derived SSRs   
Michael B. Palmer1, James Frelichowski2, Dorrie Main1, Mauricio Ulloa3, Roy Cantrell4, Stephen Ficklin1 and Jeffrey P. Tomkins1, (1)Clemson University, Clemson, SC, (2)USDA-ARS, Shafter, CA, (3)USDA-ARS, WICS Res. Unit, Cotton Enhancement Program, Shafter, CA, (4)Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
1:45 PM 
Identification of an Apoplastic Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase in Developing Cotton Fibers   
Hee Jin Kim1, Naohiro Kato2, Sunran Kim3 and Barbara A. Triplett3, (1)University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, (2)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, (3)USDA-ARS, New Orleans, LA
2:00 PM 
Analysis of Semigamous Cotton Using Stain-Cleared Nucelli   
George L. Hodnett, College Station, TX and David Stelly, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2:15 PM 
Control of Preharvest Aflatoxin Contamination in Transgenic Cottonseeds   
K. Rajasekaran, USDA, ARS, SRRC, New Orleans, LA
2:30 PM 
Variety Performance Comparisons across Nematode Populations 
Ken E. Lege, Delta and Pine Land Company, Piedmont, AL, David W. Albers, Delta and Pine Land Company, Scott, MS, Tom R. Speed, Delta and Pine Land Company, Lubbock, TX, James C. Bosch, Delta and Pine Land Company, Victoria, TX and Thomas A. Kerby, Delta and Pine Land Company, West Jordan, UT
2:45 PM 
Performance of Cotton Lines in a Root-knot Nematode Infested Field 
Mustafa McPherson, Frank Bordelon and John Pellow, Phytogen Seed Co. / Dow AgroSciences, LLC, Leland, MS
3:00 PM 
A Glimpse into the Cotton Genome   
Brian Scheffler, USDA-ARS-CGRU, Stoneville, MS
3:15 PM 
Novel Genes for Improving Fiber Quality Validated Through Tomato Seed Hair as a Unique Model System   
Hagai Karchi, Sharon Ayal, Laura Bakerman, Evgenia Gold and Assaf Oron, Evogene, Rehovot, Israel
3:30 PM Break 
3:45 PM 
Confirmation of a Fiber Length QTL on Chromosome 1 of Cotton   
Peng W. Chee1, Xinlian Shen1, Edward Lubbers1 and Andrew H. Paterson2, (1)University of Georgia - Tifton campus, Tifton, GA, (2)University of Georgia, Athens, GA
4:00 PM 
Determination of Chromosome Effects for Cotton Cultivars Crossed with Chromosome Substitution Lines and TM-1   
Jixiang Wu, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, Johnie N. Jenkins, USDA-ARS-GAPARU, Mississippi State, MS, Jack C. McCarty, USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS, Sukumar Saha, USDA-ARS, Crop Science Research Laboratory, Mississippi State, MS and Ted P. Wallace, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS
4:15 PM 
Engineering of a Cotton Plant with Normal Levels of Protective Terpenoids but with Significant Reduction in the Seed-gossypol: Overcoming the Major Weakness of Glandless Cotton   
Keerti S. Rathore1, Ganesan Sunilkumar1, Campbell M. LeAnne1, Lorraine S. Puckhaber2 and Robert D. Stipanovic2, (1)Institute for Plant Genomics & Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)USDA-ARS-SPARC, College Station, TX
4:30 PM 
Evaluation of Seed Technologies and Production Systems   
D.E. McGriff, University of Georgia Extension Service, Douglas, GA, M.D. Von Waldner, University of Georgia Extension Service, Pearson, GA and P. H. Jost, University of Georgia, Statesboro, GA
4:45 PM 
Low Seed Gossypol Content in Glanded G. hirsutum Lines   
Gabriela Romano and Jodi Scheffler, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS
5:00 PM 
Low Gossypol Doesn't Always Mean Low Yield and Low Quality   
Jodi Scheffler1, Michael K. Dowd2 and Gabriela Romano1, (1)USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS, (2)USDA-ARS, New Orleans, LA
5:15 PM Business Meeting 
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