Cotton Quality Measurements - Wednesday Late Afternoon

Wednesday, January 9, 2013: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Conf. Room 12 (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
4:00 PM
4:15 PM
Investigation On Cotton Fiber Breakage
Brendan Kelly, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; Eric F. Hequet, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; Noureddine Abidi, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University; Roji Manandhar, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute - Dept. Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University
4:30 PM
Experience of the Fibrotest for Measuring Cotton Fiber Length and Strength Properties
Xiaoliang "Leon" Cui, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Chris Delhom, USDA-ARS-SRRC; James E. Rodgers, SRRC-ARS-USDA; Yiyun Cai, Louisiana State University; Vikki B. Martin, Cotton Incorporated; Michael D. Watson, Cotton Incorporated
4:45 PM
An Assessment of Alternative Cotton Fiber Quality Attributes and Their Influence On Yarn Strength
R. L. Long, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering; Michael Bange, CSIRO Plant Industry; Jeffrey S. Church, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering; Greg A. Constable, CSIRO Plant Industry; Christopher D. Delhom, USDA-ARS-SRRC