Advances In High Quality Conventional Cottons

There has been a resurgent interest in conventional cotton production due to high technology fee costs, the elimination or reduction in historical pests (e.g. boll weevil, budworms and bollworms), and for weed resistance management. Few, new conventional cotton varieties are available from commercial companies. Public institutions have, however, developed several new varieties and germplasm lines that could meet the interest. Fiber yields from these new development efforts are competitive and fiber quality is high. This presentation will briefly introduce the materials available from several institutions.