David T.W. Chun, USDA-ARS, Cotton Quality Research Station, P.O. Box 792, Clemson, SC 29633
Cotton becomes sticky when insect honeydew contaminates seed cotton in the field or during harvest. In a study that attempts to use a yeast spray application to remediate this sticky cotton condition, a method to create on demand levels of sticky cotton was developed. This method blends sticky and non-sticky cottons to create a graded series of sticky cotton. This procedure can be useful for other studies involving sticky cotton.