Thursday, January 11, 2007: 1:15 PM-5:30 PM
Napoleon A (Sheraton New Orleans)
Cotton Improvement - Thursday Afternoon Session
Presidings:E. L. Lubbers, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA and E. Margaret Hamill, Bayer CropScience, Lubbock, TX
Organizer:Dawn Fraser, Research, Delta & Pine Land Co., Hartsville, SC
1:15 PM
Comparative Field Performance of Acala 1517 Cultivars Released Since the 1930s   
Jinfa Zhang1, Robert P. Flynn2, Carroll A. French2, H. Gatica-Palermo3, S. Bajaj3, S. E. Hughs4 and R. G. Cantrell5, (1)Las Cruces, NM, (2)New Mexico State University, Artesia, NM, (3)NMSU, Las Cruces, NM, (4)USDA-ARS, Mesilla Park, NM, (5)Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
1:30 PM
Combining Ability and Genetic Distance Among American Pima Cultivars   
Richard G. Percy, USDA-ARS, Maricopa, AZ and Jinfa Zhang, Las Cruces, NM
1:45 PM
Production and Confirmation Analysis of Partial Interspecific Hybrids of G. barbadensex G. hirsutum 
Stella Kantartzi1, Demetrios Roupakias2, Brian W. Gardunia3, Monica Menz4 and David Stelly3, (1)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, (2)Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece, (3)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (4)Dept. Soil and Crop Sciences, College Station, TX
2:00 PM
Development and Release of C5 Breeding Populations of Cotton Developed Through Random Mating   
Osman A. Gutierrez1, Johnie N. Jenkins2, Jack C. McCarty2, Daryl T. Bowman3, Clarence E. Watson4, Don. C. Jones5 and Roy Cantrell5, (1)Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (2)USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS, (3)North Carolina State University, Department of Crop Science, Raleigh, NC, (4)Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, (5)Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
2:15 PM
Agronomic Evaluations of VipCot ™ Containing Cotton Genotypes: Vip 3A, Cry 1Ab, and Stacked Combinations 
Jay S. Mahaffey1, Janet Burgess2, Kevin Howard1 and Thomas A. Kerby3, (1)Delta and Pine Land Company, Scott, MS, (2)Delta and Pine Land Company, Vero Beach, FL, (3)Delta and Pine Land Company, West Jordan, UT
2:30 PM
Evaluation of Yield and Fiber Trait Responses Across Irrigation Treatments   
Carol Mason Kelly1, John R. Gannaway2, Robert Wright3 and Eric Hequet3, (1)Texas Tech University / Texas A&M Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX, (2)Lubbock, TX, (3)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2:45 PM
Historical Versus Recent Yield and Fiber Quality Trends 
Thomas A. Kerby1, Bill Hugie2, Dave Albers2 and Ken E. Lege3, (1)Delta and Pine Land Company, West Jordan, UT, (2)Delta and Pine Land Company, Scott, MS, (3)Delta and Pine Land Company, Piedmont, AL
3:00 PM
Genotype Response to Supplemental Irrigation within the Pee Dee Germplasm   
B. T. Campbell and P. J. Bauer, USDA-ARS, Florence, SC
3:15 PMBreak 
3:45 PM
History of Cotton Breeding & Genetics in Louisiana   
W. D. Caldwell, LSU AgCenter, Bossier City, LA and Jack E. Jones, LSU AgCenter, LA
4:00 PM
Development of COTVAR, a Computer Program for Comparing Performance of Cotton Varieties in State Variety Tests   
Fred M. Bourland, University of Arkansas-NEREC, Keiser, AR and Don C. Jones, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
4:15 PM
Root Knot and Reniform Nematode Infection of Cotton Hairy Roots   
Martin J. Wubben and Franklin E. Callahan, USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS
4:30 PM
Evaluation of Cotton Plant Growth Regulators in Arizona 
Erin L. Taylor and Patrick A. Clay, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
4:45 PM
Evidence that Cellulose is a Heteropolymer   
Allen K. Murray, Glycozyme, Inc., Irvine, CA and Robert L. Nichols, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
5:00 PM
Screening Obsolete Race Stocks and Other Wild Cottons for Thrips Resistance at the Crops Genetic Research Facility at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center at Lubbock, Texas   
M. D. Arnold, J. R. Gannaway and M. A. Sheehan, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX
5:15 PM
Development of High (+)-Gossypol Stocks and Genetic Control of the Character   
Alois A. Bell, Robert D. Stipanovic and Lorraine S. Puckhaber, USDA-ARS-SPARC, College Station, TX
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