Cotton Improvement - Thursday Late Afternoon

Thursday, January 5, 2012: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Crystal Ballroom C (Orlando World Center Marriott)
4:00 PM
Introgression of the Ultra-Low Gossypol Seed Trait Into Elite Cotton Germplasm
Rosa N. Jauregui, Texas A&M University; Steve Hague, Texas A&M University; Keerti Rathore, Texas A&M University
4:15 PM
Analysis of Mitochondrial Genes and the Association with Cytoplasmic Male Sterility - RNA Editing
Hideaki Suzuki, New Mexico State University; Jiwen Yu, Cotton Research Institute, CAAS,Key Laboratory of Cotton Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, P R China; Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State University; James McD Stewart, University of Arkansas
4:30 PM
Changes In Gene Expression During Reniform Nematode Infestation of Cotton Seedlings As Determined by Deep Sequencing of cDNA Libraries
Ruijuan Li, Auburn University; Shankar Pant, Auburn University; Hongtao Hu, Auburn University; Roelof B. Sikkens, Auburn University; David Weaver, Auburn University; Nardendra K. Singh, Auburn University; Robert Locy, Auburn University
4:45 PM
Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci for Resistance to Verticillium Wilt (Verticillium Dahliae) Using a Recombinant Inbred Line Population
Hui Fang, New Mexico State University; Huping Zhou, New Mexico State University; S. Sanogo, Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science, New Mexico State University; Michael Gore, USDA-ARS, US Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center; Robert P. Flynn, New Mexico State University; Richard G. Percy, USDA-ARS, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Crop Germplasm Research Unit; David Fang, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State University
5:00 PM
Identification of Heat Tolerance in Cotton Using Chlorophyll Fluorescence
Tingting Wu, Auburn University; David B. Weaver, Auburn University; Roelof Berend Sikkens, Auburn University; Rachel R. Sharpe, Auburn University
5:15 PM
Identification of Cotton Germplasm and Molecular Markers for Salt Tolerance
Rashmi S. Tiwari, New Mexico State University; Michael D. Gill, New Mexico Department of Agriculture; Don C. Jones, Cotton Incorporated; James Mac Stewart, University of Arkansas; S. E. Hughs, Southwest Cotton Ginning Lab, USDA-ARS; Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State University
5:30 PM
Segregation Analysis and Improvement of Mutation-Based Herbicide Resistance In Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
G.S. Cutts, Texas A&M University; Jane K. Dever, Texas AgriLife Research; Dick Auld, Texas Tech University