Cotton Improvement - Thursday Afternoon Session

Thursday, January 7, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:15 PM
Mardi Gras Ballroom Salons F, G & H (New Orleans Marriott)
Presidings:
Lori Hinze and Michael Gore
Organizer:
Peng Chee
1:30 PM
Determination of Optimum Data Sets to Employ for Choosing Cotton Cultivars
Archie Flanders, University of Arkansas; Fred Bourland, University of Arkansas - Northeast Research and Extension Center
1:45 PM
Regional Breeders Testing Network [RBTN]: An Update
Don C. Jones, Cotton Incorporated; Ted P. Wallace, Mississippi State University
2:00 PM
Conventional Breeder Seed Increase Program
Don C. Jones, Cotton Incorporated; Fred Bourland, University of Arkansas - Northeast Research and Extension Center; Gerald O. Myers, LSU AgCenter; Jay Subramani, University of Arizona
2:15 PM
GlyTolTM and GlyTolTM + LibertyLink® Cotton Technologies and Their Tolerance to Multiple Glyphosate Formulations
Gary Henniger, Bayer CropScience; Scott Baker, Bayer CropScience; Robert Humphries, Bayer CropScience; Mark Rinehardt, Bayer CropScience; Linda Trolinder, Bayer CropScience; Jonathan Holloway, Bayer CropScience
2:30 PM
Performance of GlyTolTM + LibertyLink® Cotton Technologies - a US Cotton Belt Perspective
Gary Henniger, Bayer CropScience; Jonathan Holloway, Bayer CropScience; Mark Rinehardt, Bayer CropScience; Scott Baker, Bayer CropScience; Robert Humphries, Bayer CropScience; Linda Trolinder, Bayer CropScience
2:45 PM
The Construction of a Gossypium AD-Genome-Wide Comprehensive Reference Map Based On Diverse Data Resources
Jing Yu, USDA-ARS/TAMU; Russell J. Kohel, USDA-ARS; C. Wayne Smith, Texas A&M
3:00 PM
Development of Core SSR Markers for Gossypium Germplasm Characterization
John Z. Yu, USDA-ARS; David Fang, USDA-ARS; Mauricio Ulloa, USDA-ARS; Richard G. Percy, USDA-ARS; Russell J. Kohel, USDA-ARS; Lori L. Hinze, USDA-ARS; James Frelichowski, USDA-ARS; Jaemin Cho, USDA-ARS; Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS; Peng Chee, University of Georgia; Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State University; Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov, Institute of Genetics and Plants Experimental Biology; Abdusattor Abdukarimov, Institute of Genetics and Plants Experimental Biology; Don C. Jones, Cotton Incorporated
3:15 PM
Genetic Diversity of Diploid and Tetraploid Cottons Determined by SSR Markers
Yuksel Bolek, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University; Adem Bardak, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
3:30 PM
Break
4:00 PM
Comparison of G. Hirsutum and G. Barbadense Clarifies Potential Roles of Cell Wall-Mediated Fiber Bundling in Fiber Development and Quality Characteristics
Candace H. Haigler, North Carolina State University; Bir Singh, North Carolina State University; Utku Avci, Univ. of Georgia/Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
4:15 PM
Auxin Is Involved Inttranscriptional Regulation of Gossypium Hirsutum Cellulose Synthase Catalytic Subunit 4 in Transgenic Arabidopsis and Cultured Cotton Fibers
Hee Jin Kim, Louisiana State University; Norimoto Murai, Louisiana State University; David Fang, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center; Barbara A. Triplett, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center
4:30 PM
Toward Identification of the Complete Aquaporin Gene Family in Cotton – A Possible Way to Improve Cotton Production
Wonkeun Park, USDA-ARS; Brian Scheffler, USDA-ARS-CGRU, MSA Genomics Laboratory; Phil J. Bauer, USDA-ARS; B. Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS
4:45 PM
Production and Testing of Transgenic Cotton That Expresses Transcription Factors for Enhanced Seed Traits and Productivity Under Drought Stress
Aman Mittal, Dept. Biological Sciences; Qingjun Luo, Dept. Biological Sciences; Craig Bednarz, Texas Tech University; John J. Burke, USDA-ARS; Chris Rock, Dept. Biological Sciences
5:00 PM
Business Meeting
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