1:30 PM

Welcoming Remarks

1:45 PM

The Importance of Fiber and Yarn Quality in Breeding Programs
Carol Mason Kelly, Texas Tech University / Texas A&M Experiment Station; Eric F. Hequet, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; John R. Gannaway, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station; Jane Dever, AgriLife Research

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2:00 PM

Comparative Gene Expression Between Semigamatic and Non-Semigamatic Pima Cotton
Jessica Curtiss, New Mexico State University; Laura Rudriguez-Urbe, New Mexico State University; Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State University; James Mac Stewart, CSES University of Arkansas

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2:15 PM

Investigation of Methods to Evaluate Drought Tolerance among Selected Cotton Lines
Kermit A. Price, Bayer CropScience; Robert J. Wright, Texas Tech University and AgriLife Research; David Becker, Bayer CropScience; Jane Dever, AgriLife Research; John Gannaway, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station

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2:30 PM

Association of Chlorophyll Fluorescence with Heat and Drought Tolerance Among Accessions in the USDA Cotton Germplasm Collection
Amy W. Sellers, Auburn University; Sam L. Frederick, Auburn University; David B. Weaver, Auburn University; Narendra Singh, Auburn University; Robert D. Locy, Auburn University

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2:45 PM

Diallel Analysis of Improved Cotton Germplasm with High Quality Fiber
Benjamin Beyer, Texas A&M University; Gregory Berger, Texas A&M University; C. Wayne Smith, Texas A&M University; Steve Hague, Texas A&M University

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3:00 PM

Association Mapping of Reniform Nematode Resistance in Gossypium hirsutum with SSR Markers
Megha V. Sharma, University of Arkansas; Stella Kantartzi, University of Arkansas; James McD Stewart, University of Arkansas

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3:15 PM

Performance of Selected 94L-25 Mutated Lines
Jenny D. Clement, Texas A&M; Steve S. Hague, Texas A&M; C.Wayne Smith, Texas A&M

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3:30 PM

Break: Refreshments at Poster Session (RC Salon H)

4:00 PM

Relationship of Different Seed Measurements for Estimating Seed Surface Area and Certain Yield Components
Frank E. Groves, University of Arkansas Cooperative Ext; Fred Bourland, University of Arkansas - Northeast Research and Extension Center

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4:15 PM

Ring-Spinning Performance of Extra Long Staple Upland Cotton
Kolbyn S. Joy, Texas A&M; C. Wayne Smith, Texas A&M; Eric F. Hequet, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; Ed Hughs, USDA-ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Laboratory; Steve Hague, Texas A&M

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4:30 PM

Development of Hybrid Cotton (Gossypium spp.) Using Honey Bees as Pollinators and Roundup Ready® Gene as an Indicator Trait
Jimmy X. Zumba, LSU AgCenter; Gerald O. Myers, LSU AgCenter

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4:45 PM

Cotton Varietal Performance in Relation to Plot Width During Yield and Fiber Evaluation Trials in a Cotton Breeding Program
Tyson Andrew Phillips, LSU AgCenter; Gerald O. Myers, LSU AgCenter; J. Byron Witty, Croplan Genetics

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5:00 PM

Winter Cotton Nursery - Tecoman, Mexico
Wesley Joseph Malloy, National Cotton Council of America; Alfonso Palafox, National Cotton Council of America

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5:15 PM

Is the Cotton Winter Nursery Appropriate for Evaluating Fiber Quality?
Lori Hinze, USDA/ARS; Richard Percy, USDA/ARS; Don C. Jones, Cotton Incorporated

5:30 PM

The Genetics of Cotton Fiber Initiation
Rickie B. Turley

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5:45 PM

Phenotypic Characterization of im Fibers
Neha Kothari, Texas A&M University; Noureddine Abidi, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; Eric F. Hequet, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; Thea Wilkins, Plant & Solid Science Texas Tech University

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Cotton Improvement - Wednesday Afternoon Session