Friday, January 12, 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Napoleon A (Sheraton New Orleans)
Cotton Improvement - Friday Morning Session
Presidings:B. T. Campbell, USDA-ARS, Florence, SC and Peng Chee, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Organizer:Dawn Fraser, Research, Delta & Pine Land Co., Hartsville, SC
8:00 AM 
2. Association Genetics for Quantitative Characters in Tetraploid cotton (G. hirsutum L.) 
Gerald O. Myers and A. Badigannavar, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA
8:15 AM 
Reniform Nematode Resistance – Marker Development and Cytogenetics of Gossypium longicalyx Introgression Products   
Nilesh Deoram Dighe1, Alois Bell2, A. F. Robinson3, Monica Menz1, Roy Cantrell4 and David M. Stelly1, (1)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, College Station, TX, (3)USDA-ARS, College Station, TX, (4)Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
8:30 AM 
Variability in Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Fiber Quality Following Chemically Induced Mutation   
Justin C. Duncan1, Cynthia C. Lowery2, C. W. Smith3, P. M. Thaxton4, Steve Hague3, C. Souder3 and Dick L. Auld5, (1)Cotton Improvement Lab, College Station, TX, (2)Lubbock, TX, (3)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (4)Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, (5)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
8:45 AM 
MYB Genes, a Family of Transcription Factors: SNPs Characterization, Chromosomal Location and Phylogenetic Analysis 
Chuanfu An1, Sukumar Saha2, Johnie N. Jenkins2, Brian Scheffler3, Din-Pow Ma4 and David M. Stelly5, (1)Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (2)USDA-ARS, Crop Science Research Laboratory, Mississippi State, MS, (3)USDA-ARS-CGRU, Stoneville, MS, (4)Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (5)Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
9:00 AM 
Reproducibility of Check Cultivar Performance as Affected by Seed Source 
Jimmy X. Zumba and Gerald O. Myers, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA
9:15 AM 
Identification and Analysis of Candidate Genes for Fiber Traits   
Mingxiong Pang1, Richard G. Percy2, Mauricio Ulloa3, Roy Cantrell4 and Jinfa Zhang1, (1)New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, (2)USDA-ARS, Maricopa, AZ, (3)USDA-ARS, WICS Res. Unit, Cotton Enhancement Program, Shafter, CA, (4)Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
9:30 AM 
Effects of Heterozygosity and Heterogeneity on Lint Yield Stability   
Clay B. Cole, North Carolina State Universtiy, Raleigh, NC and Daryl T. Bowman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
9:45 AM Break 
10:15 AM 
Molecular Diversity and Determination of Possible Natural Hybridization among the Australian Arid Zone Gossypium Species (australe, bickii, and nelsonii)   
James Stewart and Rashmi Sharma Tiwari, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
10:30 AM 
Chlorophyll Fluorescence as an Indicator of Plant Water Status in Cotton 
Polly S. Longenberger1, C. Wayne Smith1, John J. Burke2, Bobbie L. McMichael2 and Sara E. Duke3, (1)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, (3)USDA-ARS, College Station, TX
10:45 AM 
Evaluation of Introgressed Chromatins in Sealand Cotton Cultivars   
Pawan Kumar1, Edward L. Lubbers1, Stephen Walker1, Andrew H. Paterson2 and Peng W. Chee1, (1)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (2)University of Georgia, Athens, GA
11:00 AM 
Investigation of Methods to Evaluate Drought Tolerance Among Selected Cotton Lines   
Kermit Price1, David Becker1, Jane Dever2, Robert J. Wright3 and John R. Gannaway4, (1)Bayer CropScience, Lubbock, TX, (2)AgriLife Research, Lubbock, TX, (3)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, (4)Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX
11:15 AM 
The Evaluation and Inheritance of Several Traits Associated with Lint Percent in Cotton   
E. Margaret Hamill, Bayer CropScience, Lubbock, TX, Delbert Hess, Bayer CropScience, Abilene, TX and J. R. Gannaway, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX
11:30 AM 
Inheritance of Root Morphology in a Population of Cross Between Gossypium hirsutum x Gossypium barbadense   
Muhammad Babar, Sajid ur-Rahman, Xinlian Shen and Peng W. Chee, University of Georgia - Tifton campus, Tifton, GA
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