Greenhouse Screening of Cotton for Fusarium Wilt Race 4 Resistance in New Mexico

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
JW Grand Salons 7-8 (JW Marriott Austin Hotel)
Thursday, January 9, 2020
JW Grand Salons 7-8 (JW Marriott Austin Hotel)
Friday, January 10, 2020
JW Grand Salons 7-8 (JW Marriott Austin Hotel)
Jinfa Zhang , New Mexico State University
Abdelraheem Abdelraheem , New Mexico State University
Yi Zhu , New Mexico State University
Terry Wheeler , Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center
Robert L. Nichols , Cotton Incorporated
Tom Wedegaertner , Cotton Incorporated
This presentation reports results from a number of repeated tests in the greenhouse for evaluating cotton for Fusarium wilt race 4 (FOV4) resistance. More than 2000 cotton germplasm lines have been evaluated for FOV4 resistance. Factors affecting a successful screening for FOV4 resistance will be discussed.