Cotton Improvement - Thursday Early Morning

Thursday, January 7, 2016: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Preservation Hall Studios 7 & 8 (New Orleans Marriott)
8:00 AM
Phytohormonal Networks Promote Differentiation of Fiber Initials on Pre-Anthesis Cotton Ovules Grown in Vitro and in Planta
Hee Jin Kim, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center; Doug J Hinchliffe, Cotton Chemistry and Utilization Research Unit, USDA ARS; Barbara Triplett, USDA; Jeffrey Z. Chen, The University of Texas at Austin; David Stelly, Texas A&M University; Kathleen Yeater, USDA-ARS; Hong S. Moon, USDA-ARS; Matthew K Gilbert, USDA-ARS; Gregory N Thyssen, Cotton Chemistry and Utilization Research Unit, USDA ARS; Rickie B Turley, Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA ARS; David D Fang, Cotton Fiber Bioscience Unit, USDA ARS
8:15 AM
Within-Plant Variation in the Number of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Fibers per SEED Surface Area
Addissu G Ayele, Texas Tech University; Eric F Hequet, Texas Tech University; Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University
8:30 AM
Perspectives on Boll Sampling
Fred M Bourland, University of Arkansas-NEREC; Don Jones, Cotton Incorporated; William C. Bridges, Clemson University
9:00 AM
Divergent Selection in Gossypium for Fiber Length and Strength
Kari Hugie, Texas A&M University; C. Wayne Smith, Texas A&M University; Eric Hequet, Texas Tech University; Kolbyn Joy, Monsanto Company
9:30 AM
New Breeding Data and Tools in Cottongen: The Community Resource for Cotton Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Research
Dorrie Main, Washington State University; Jing Yu, Washington State University; Chun-Huai Cheng, Washington State University; Sook Jung, Washington State University; Taein Lee, Washington State University; Ping Zheng, Washington State University; Richard Percy, USDA-ARS; B. Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS; Don Jones, Cotton Incorporated
9:45 AM
40 Years of Ag Research Funding at Cotton Incorporated - an Update
Kater Hake, Cotton Incorporated; Robert L. Nichols, Cotton Incorporated; Ed M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated; Tom Wedegaertner, Cotton Incorporated; Don Jones, Cotton Incorporated; Ryan W Kurtz, Cotton Incorporated