Cotton Quality Measurements - Thursday Morning Session

Thursday, January 8, 2009: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Conf. Room 12 (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Presiding:
C. D. Delhom
Organizer:
Gary R. Gamble
8:00 AM
Fiber Properties of Saw and Roller Ginned Naturally Colored Cotton
Paul A. Funk, USDA-ARS-Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Gary Gamble, USDA-ARS-Cotton Quality Research Station
8:20 AM
Categorization of Extraneous Matter in Cotton using Machine Vision Systems
Murali Siddaiah, New Mexico State University; D. P. Whitelock, USDA, ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Michael A. Lieberman, USDA, ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; S. E. Hughs, USDA, ARS, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory; Steve Grantham, USDA, AMS, Cotton Program
8:40 AM
Optimizing the Use of the AFIS for Breeders: Effect of Sample Preparation
Eric F. Hequet, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; Noureddine Abidi, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; Carol Mason, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
9:00 AM
Favimat Analysis of Fiber Fineness Distributions
C. D. Delhom, USDA-ARS-SRRC; X. Cui, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Devron P. Thibodeaux, USDA-ARS-SAA; James E. Rodgers, USDA ARS, SRRC
9:20 AM
A Study on the Hidden Portion of the Fiber Beard in Cotton Length Measurements
Yiyun Cai, Louisiana State University; Xiaoliang Cui, USDA ARS, SRRC; James E. Rodgers, USDA ARS, SRRC; Vikki B. Martin, Cotton Incorporated; Michael D. Watson, Cotton Incorporated
9:40 AM
The Advantage of Lower Half Mean Length in Characterizing Short Fibers
Xiaoliang Cui, USDA ARS, SRRC; Yiyun Cai, Louisiana State University; James E. Rodgers, USDA ARS, SRRC; Devron P. Thibodeaux, USDA-ARS-SAA; Vikki B. Martin, Cotton Incorporated; Michael D. Watson, Cotton Incorporated