Cotton Improvement - Friday Late Morning

Friday, January 7, 2011: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Marquis - 103 - 105 (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)
10:30 AM
Use of GGE Biplot to Evaluate Variety Performance In the Mid-South and Southeast
Mustafa McPherson, Phytogen Seed Company, LLC; Joe Johnson, Phytogen Seed Company, LLC; John Pellow, Phytogen Seed Company, LLC; Dru Rush, Phytogen Seed Company, LLC
10:45 AM
Length Distribution as a Breeding Tool to Improve Multiple Fiber Properties
Carol M. Kelly, Texas AgriLife Research; Jane K Dever, Texas AgriLife Research; Eric F. Hequet, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University
11:00 AM
Q - Score: Improvement In Predictive Value
Don C. Jones, Cotton Incorporated; William C. Bridges, Clemson University - Department of Applied Economics and Statistics; Elizabeth L. Crouch, Clemson University - Department of Applied Economics and Statistics
11:15 AM
Effects of Exogenously Applied Indole-3-Acetic ACID (IAA) to Cotton
Jenny D. Clement, Texas A&M University; Steve Hague, Texas A&M University; Jean H. Gould, Texas A&M University
11:30 AM
Water Deficit Stress Induced Gene Expression
B.Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS; Wonkeun Park, USDA-ARS; Phil J. Bauer, USDA-ARS; Brian E. Scheffler, USDA-ARS Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit
11:45 AM
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