Wednesday, January 3, 2018: 12:30 PM-3:15 PM

Salon I (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)

Presidings:

B. Todd Campbell and Hillary L. Mehl

Organizers:

B. Todd Campbell and Hillary L. Mehl

12:30 PM

Welcoming Remarks

12:35 PM

Re-Surging Seed-Borne Diseases: The Old Bacterial Blight and the New Fusarium Wilts
Robert L. Nichols, Cotton Incorporated

12:40 PM

Bacterial Blight Agronomy/Pathology
Terry A. Wheeler, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

1:10 PM

Breeding for Bacterial Blight Resistance In Cotton
Fred M. Bourland, University of Arkansas-NEREC

1:40 PM

Discussion

1:55 PM

Fusarium Wilt Race 4: The California Experience
Robert B. Hutmacher, University of California; Mauricio Ulloa, USDA-ARS

2:25 PM

Breeding for Resistance to Fusarium Race 4
Mike Olvey, O&A Enterprises; Jim Olvey, O&A Enterprises

2:55 PM

Discussion 2

Cotton Improvement & Cotton Disease Council Joint Session: Emerging Diseases Symposium