Abscission Rate of Dual-Toxin Bt Cotton Reproductive Tissues from Bollworm

Thursday, January 7, 2016: 10:15 AM
Galerie 3 (New Orleans Marriott)
Dominic Reisig , North Carolina State University
Arun Babu , North Carolina State University
Mohammad-Amir Aghaee , North Carolina State University
Mike Caprio , Mississippi State University
Don Cook , Mississippi State University
Jeremy K Greene , Clemson University
Fred Musser , Mississippi State University
Francis Reay-Jones , Clemson University
Research objectives were to 1) compare the abscission rate of reproductive tissue among a non-Bt variety and commercial Bt varieties, 2) compare the percentage of abscised tissue with bollworm injury between varieties, and 3) estimate and compare the proportion of different bollworm injury types on the abscised reproductive tissue of non-Bt variety and commercial Bt varieties.