National Cotton Council of America
Beltwide Cotton Conferences
January 8-11, 2008
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
Nashville, Tennessee
The Cotton Foundation

Recorded Presentations

Wednesday, January 9, 2008 - 1:40 PM

New FiberMax Varieties with Stacked Technologies for Texas: FM 9180B2F, FM 1880B2F, FM 840B2F, FM 835LLB2

Gary Henniger, David Becker, and Margaret Shields. Bayer CropScience, 4711 - 102 nd Street, Lubbock, TX 79424

FiberMax brand cotton seed from Bayer CropScience will be introducing new varieties for the Texas cotton market with stacked trait technologies.  FM 9180B2F is an early to early-mid maturity, normal leaf cotton variety adapted for the Plains geography.  FM 1880B2F is a mid-full to full maturity, normal leaf variety with a fit in the Southern High Plains and South Texas geographies.  FM 840B2F and FM 835LLB2 are medium-full, okra-leaf varieties adapted to the southern cotton producing regions of Texas.