Friday, January 11, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Governor's D (Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center)
Cotton Improvement - Friday Morning Session
Presiding:	Dawn Fraser, Research, Delta & Pine Land Co., Hartsville, SC
Organizer:	Mauricio Ulloa, USDA-ARS, Shafter, CA
Part 1
8:00 AM			Improving the Efficiency of the Breeding Programs for Fiber and Yarn Quality Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation Carol Mason Kelly, Texas Tech University / Texas A&M Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX, Eric Hequet, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX and John R. Gannaway, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX
8:15 AM			Agronomic Performance of ELS Upland Cotton Recorded presentation Audio File Nino Brown, C. W. Smith and S. Hague, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
8:30 AM			Performance of Sea Island X Upland Progeny Recorded presentation Audio File Gregory L. Berger1, C. Wayne Smith2 and S. Hague1, (1)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)Texas A and M University, College Station, TX
8:45 AM			Spinning Performance of Extra Long Staple Upland Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation Kolbyn S. Joy1, C. Wayne Smith1, Steve Hague1 and Eric Hequet2, (1)Texas A&M, College Station, TX, (2)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
9:00 AM			Combining Ability of TAM Extra Long Staple Upland Gossypium hirsutum Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation Jenny Clement-Bailey, Steve Hague and C. Wayne Smith, Texas A&M, College Station, TX
9:15 AM			Evaluation of the Red Anther Trait of Gossypium armourianum Introgressed into G. hirsutum Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation Emiliano Jozami and James McD. Stewart, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
9:30 AM			High Tannin Cotton Lines as a Source of Resistance to Bacterial Blight, Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation Raymond M. Kennett1, C. W. Smith2, P. M. Thaxton3 and S. Hague2, (1)Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, (2)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (3)Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS
9:45 AM			Comparison of the Efficacy of the Bispecific and Trispecific Pathways to Exploit Australian Wild Diploid Species for the Genetic Improvement of Upland Cotton Recorded presentation Audio File Guy Gustave Mergeai, Djibril Sarr, Fatimata H. Diouf and Jean-Pierre Baudoin, Gembloux Agricultural University, Gembloux, Belgium
10:00 AM			Break
Part 2
10:30 AM			Identification of Association Between SSR Markers and Fiber Traits in an Exotic Germplasm Population Derived from Multiple Crosses Among Gossypium Tetraploid Species Recorded presentation Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation Linghe Zeng and William R. Meredith, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS
10:45 AM			Chromosome Substitution Lines (CS-B) Revealed the Presence of Cryptic Beneficial Alleles in G. barbadense with Potential to Increase Lint and Seedcotton Yield in Upland Cotton Sukumar Saha1, Jixiang Wu2, Johnie N. Jenkins3, Jack C. McCarty3 and D.M. Stelly4, (1)USDA/ARS, Mississippi State, MS, (2)Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (3)USDA/ARS, Mississippi State, MS, Albania, (4)Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
11:00 AM			Group Behavior of Cotton Fiber During Elongation Provides New Perspectives on Possible Mechanisms of Control of Fiber Quality Candace H. Haigler1, Utku Avci1, Mark J. Grimson2 and Bir Singh1, (1)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
11:15 AM			The Wild Gossypium hirsutum of Paraguay Recorded presentation Audio File Presentation James McD. Stewart, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR and Santiago Bertoni, Estación Experimental Chaco Central, Cruce de los Pioneros, Paraguay
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