What’s Going on with Dual Gene Bt Cotton? Why Are We Spraying More for Caterpillar Control?

Wednesday, January 5, 2011: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Atrium - 706 & 707 (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)
Presidings:
R. E. Jackson and Jeff Gore
Organizers:
R. E. Jackson , Jeff Gore , Gus M. Lorenz and John J. Adamczyk
1:35 PM
University and USDA-ARS Panel Presentations
1:36 PM
First Hand Experiences with Dual Bt Cottons In the MidSouth
J. Gore, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; D. R. Cook, Mississippi State University; Gus M. Lorenz, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; B.R. Leonard, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Research Station; Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee
2:05 PM
Farmscape Changes Affecting Bollworms In Bt Cottons
Roger Leonard, Louisiana State University
2:20 PM
Increased Survival of Bollworms on Bollgard II Cotton Compared to Lab Based Colony
R. E. Jackson, USDA-ARS, SIMRU; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; J. Gore, Mississippi State University; Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee
2:35 PM
University and USDA-ARS Panel Discussion
3:05 PM
Monsanto Co. Technical Presentation
Timothy J. Dennehy, University of Arizona
3:19 PM
Cotton Consultants Panel Presentations and Discussion
3:44 PM
Break
4:14 PM
Industry Panel Presentations
4:15 PM
Dow AgroScience Technical Presentation
M.W. Siebert, Dow AgroSciences LLC
4:30 PM
Industry Panel Discussion and New Bt Cottons in Development (Monsanto Co., Dow AgroScience, and Bayer CropScience)
5:00 PM
Final Question and Answer Session
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks - Don Parker, National Cotton Council