Friday, January 12, 2007 - 8:15 AM

Effect of Varying Levels of Boll Feeding Bug Damage on Fiber Quality of Machine Picked Cotton Processed at the UGA MicroGin

Phillip Roberts1, Andy K. Knowlton1, John R. Ruberson1, Jack Bacheler2, Dan W. Mott2, David E. Morrison2, Thomas Pegram2, Jeremy Greene3, Dan Robinson4, Tommy Walker5, Sam Turnipseed4, Mike Sullivan4, Ronald Smith6, and Craig W. Bednarz7. (1) University of Georgia, PO Box 1209, Tifton, GA 31793, (2) North Carolina State University, Box 7613, Raleigh,, NC 27695, (3) Clemson, Edisto Res. & Edu. Center, 64 Research Rd., Blackville, SC 29817, (4) Clemson University, Edisto Research & Education Center, 64 Research Rd., Blackville, SC 29817, (5) Clemson University, PO Box 1089, Ridgeland, SC 29936, (6) Auburn University, 206 Extension Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (7) Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Box 42122, Lubbock, TX 79409-2122

Field trials were conducted in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama to establish the effect of boll feeding bug damage on cotton fiber quality. Treatments included protected plots (weekly treatments initiated at bloom), untreated, and plots of varying treatment intensities. Seedcotton was processed at the University of Georgia MicroGin and fiber samples were submitted to Cotton Incorporated for HVI and AFIS quality measures. Varying levels of bug damage were observed between and within trials. Fiber quality and yield data will be summarized.

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