9452 Weed Management and Crop Tolerance in GlyTol™ and GlyTol™ + LibertyLink® Cotton in the Southeast US

Wednesday, January 7, 2009: 3:30 PM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Rebekah Wallace1, Lynn M. Sosnoskie1, A. Stanley Culpepper1, Alan York2, K. L. Edmisten3, Michael Patterson4, Michael A. Jones5, Gary Cloud6, Lane Crooks7, Jon Pierson8 and Mark Rinehardt9, (1)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (2)NC State University, Raleigh, NC, (3)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (4)Auburn University, Auburn, AL, (5)Clemson University, Florence, SC, (6)Ag Research Associates, Tallahassee, FL, (7)Carolina Ag-Research Service, Inc., Elko, SC, (8)Bayer CropScience, Molina, FL, (9)Bayer CropScience, Sellers, SC
Bayer CropScience has developed in-house glyphosate tolerant GlyTol™ cotton and stacks of GlyTol™ with LibertyLink® cotton.  Contingent upon regulatory approval, GlyTol™ cotton is planned for commercial release in 2009 and will provide US cotton growers with new cotton varieties with season-long tolerance to various formulations of glyphosate herbicide.  GlyTol™ + LibertyLink® cotton is planned for commercial release in 2010, pending regulatory approval, and will provide US cotton growers with new cotton varieties with season-long tolerance to glyphosate herbicides as well as tolerance to Ignite® herbicide. 

 Field trials were conducted to evaluate the crop tolerance and some potential weed management scenarios with GlyTol™ and GlyTol™ + LibertyLink® cotton.  Results of the trials conducted in the Southeast region of the United States will be presented.