Cotton Improvement - Thursday Morning Session

Thursday, January 8, 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Conf. Rooms 1-4 (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Organizer:
Joseph Johnson
8:30 AM
Genetic Correlations among Agronomic and Fiber Quality Traits in Six Upland Cotton Populations
David B. Weaver, Auburn University; Rachel Badger, Auburn University; Edzard van Santen, Auburn University
8:45 AM
Improvement of Upland Cotton with Interspecific Introgression
Steve Hague, Texas A&M University; C. Wayne Smith, Texas A&M University; David Stelly, Texas A&M University
9:00 AM
Characterizing the Pee Dee Cotton Germplasm Resources
B. T. Campbell, USDA-ARS; V. E. Williams, Medical University of South Carolina; W. Park, USDA-ARS
9:30 AM
Evaluation of Short Season Cotton Genotypes on the High Plain of Texas
Carlos Alberto Rauer Demant, Texas Tech University; Dick Auld, Texas Tech University; Steve Oswalt, Texas Tech University; Efrem Bechere, USDA; Jane K. Dever
9:45 AM
Screening Methods to Determine Drought Tolerant Cotton
Steve Hague, Texas A&M University; C. Wayne Smith, Texas A&M University; Jane Dever, Texas A&M University
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
Drought Tolerance in Cotton Plants Expressing an Osmotin Gene from Tobacco
Vilas Parkhi, Texas A&M University; Vinod Kumar, Texas A&M University; Ganesan Sunilkumar, Texas A&M University; LeAnne M. Campbell, Texas A&M University; Keerti S. Rathore, Texas A&M University; Narendra Singh, Auburn University
10:45 AM
Effects of High Rates and Tank Mix Applications on GlyTol™ + LibertyLink® Cotton
Mark Rinehardt, Bayer CropScience; Linda Trolinder, Bayer CropScience; Scott Baker, Bayer CropScience; Gary Henniger, Bayer CropScience; Robert Humphries, Bayer CropScience; Jonathan Holloway, Bayer CropScience
11:00 AM
GlyTol™ and GlyTol™ + LibertyLink® Cotton Performance – a US Cotton Belt Perspective
Gary Henniger, Bayer CropScience; Scott Baker, Bayer CropScience; Robert Humphries, Bayer CropScience; Mark Rinehardt, Bayer CropScience; Linda Trolinder, Bayer CropScience; Jonathan Holloway, Bayer CropScience
11:15 AM
Development of BG2RRF Advanced Cotton Genotypes Using CP4 EPSPS, Cry1Ac And Cry2Ab Proteins at Mississippi State University
P. M. Thaxton, Mississippi State University; Ted P. Wallace, Mississippi State University; Jim Nichols, Mississippi State University; Susan Shi, Mississippi State University
11:30 AM
Development of New Cotton Genotypes Resistant to the Reniform Nematode Utilizing Marker BNL 3279
Ted P. Wallace, Mississippi State University; Peggy Thaxton, Mississippi State University; Brian Scheffler, USDA-ARS-CGRU; Jodi Scheffler, USDA-ARS; Alois A. Bell, USDA-ARS; Jim Nichols, Mississippi State University; Susan Shi, Mississippi State University
11:45 AM
Within Boll Yield Components of Mutated TAM 94L-25
Nino Brown, Texas A&M University; C. Wayne Smith, Texas A&M; Steve Hague, Texas A&M; Dick L. Auld, Texas Tech University