Cotton Agronomy & Physiology - Thursday Early Afternoon - Session A

Thursday, January 5, 2012: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Crystal Ballroom J1 (Orlando World Center Marriott)
1:30 PM
Two Year Evaluation of Cucurbit Crops (Cantaloupe and Watermelon) and Cotton Intercropping to Determine Economic Feasibility and Growth Compatibility
T. Brian Tankersley, UGA Cooperative Extension -Tift County; Guy Collins, University of Georgia; A. Stanley Culpepper, University of Georgia; Amanda R. Smith, University of Georgia; Phillip Roberts, University of Georgia
1:45 PM
Abiotic Stresses and Cotton Growth and Development
K. Raja Reddy, Mississippi State University
2:15 PM
Forty Years of Ag. Research Funding At Cotton Incorporated
Kater Hake, Cotton Incorporated; Bob Nichols, Cotton Incorporated; Pat O'Leary, Cotton Incorporated; Don Jones, Cotton Incorporated; Tom Wedegaertner, Cotton Incorporated; Jeanne Reeves, Cotton Incorporated; Ed Barnes, Cotton Incorporated; Janet Reed, Cotton Incorporated
2:30 PM
The Effects of Early Season Physical Injury on Cotton Growth, Maturity, and Yield
Guy D. Collins, University of Georgia; Jared R. Whitaker, University of Georgia
2:45 PM
Impact of Elevated CO2 and Temperature On Cotton Growth, Physiology and Biochemistry
Paxton Payton, USDA/ARS; Michael Bange, CSIRO Plant Industry; Renee Smith, University of Western Sydney; Katie Broughton, CSIRO Cotton Research Unit - Myall Vale; Remko Duursma, University of Western Sydney; David Tissue, University of Western Sydney
3:00 PM
Cytokinin Amelioration of Yield Losses From Drought and Nematodes
John J. Burke, USDA-ARS, SPA, Cropping Systems Research Laboratory