Cotton Quality Measurements - Wednesday Early Afternoon

Wednesday, January 6, 2016: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Galerie 4 (New Orleans Marriott)
1:30 PM
Influence of Fiber Quality on Draftometer Measurements
Christopher D. Delhom, USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center; Devron P. Thibodeaux, FIBER PHYSICS,LLC
1:45 PM
Evaluation of the Relationship Between HVI Leaf Grade and MDTA3 Measured Percent Trash
Derek P. Whitelock, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Vikki B. Martin, Cotton Incorporated; Ed M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated
2:00 PM
Calibration of the High Volume Instrument (HVI) Elongation Measurement
Kolby M McCormick, Texas Tech University; Eric Hequet, Texas Tech University; Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University
2:15 PM
Extracting Cotton Fiber Maturity and Fineness Parameters from the AFIS Length Distribution
Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University; Eric Hequet, Texas Tech University
2:30 PM
Analyzing Afis' Maturity Distributions of 104 Reference Cottons
Bugao Xu, University of Texas at Austin; Wenbin Ouyang, University of Texas at Austin
2:45 PM
An Evaluation of Cotton Fiber Cross-Sections with the Fiber Image Analysis Software (FIAS)
Suman Lamichhane, Texas Tech University; Eric Hequet, Texas Tech University; Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University