Cotton Engineering-Systems - Thursday Morning Session

Thursday, January 7, 2010: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Preservation Hall Studios 9 & 10 (New Orleans Marriott)
Organizer:
John Wanjura
8:00 AM
Cotton Fiber Properties Associated with Narrow-Row and Twin-Row Planting
J. Clif Boykin, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Krishna N. Reddy, USDA ARS
8:15 AM
Effect of Mechanical Actions On Cotton Fiber Quality and Foreign-Matter Particle Attachment to Cotton Fibers
Ruixiu Sui, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; J. Alex Thomasson, Texas A&M University, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering; Richard K. Byler, USDA-ARS; J. Clif Boykin, USDA, ARS, Cotton Ginning Lab; Edward M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated
8:30 AM
Improvement of a Harvester Based, Multispectral, Seed Cotton Fiber Quality Sensor
Vince P. Schielack III, Texas A&M University, Bio. & Ag. Engineering; J. A. Thomasson, Texas A&M University, Bio. & Ag. Engineering; Ruixiu Sui, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Cristine Morgan, Texas A&M University, Soil & Crop Sciences Department; Eric F. Hequet, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University
8:45 AM
Cotton Fiber Quality Characterization with Vis-NIR Reflectance Spectroscopy: Toward An Optimal Sensor
Yufeng Ge, TAMU - BAEN Dept.; Ruixiu Sui, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Research Unit; J. Alex Thomasson, Texas A&M University, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering
9:00 AM
PM10 Sampler Bias
Mary K. Thelen, Texas A&M University; William B. Faulkner, Texas A&M University; B. W. Shaw, Texas A&M University; C. B. Parnell, Texas A&M University
9:15 AM
Comparison of AERMOD and ISCST3 Emissions Factors for PM From Cotton Harvesting
Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Texas A&M University; John D. Wanjura, USDA-ARS Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit; Russell O. McGee, Texas A&M University; Calvin B. Parnell , Jr., Texas A&M University
9:30 AM
Improving Water Quality with Better Management Practices in Midsouth Cotton
Daniel Robert Sappington, Ecotoxicology Research Facility; Teresa Brueggen, Arkansas State University; Jennifer L. Bouldin, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Steve Green, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Calvin Shumway, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Tina Gray Teague, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station