Cotton Quality Measurements - Tuesday Early Afternoon

Tuesday, January 7, 2014: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Galerie 4 (New Orleans Marriott)
1:30 PM
Effect of the Trash Content on the Quality of AFIS Data
Eric F. Hequet, Texas Tech University; Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University
1:45 PM
Weatherization Study of Botanical Cotton Trash with Fluorescence Imaging
Adnan Mustafic, University of Georgia; Changying Li, University of Georgia
2:00 PM
Development of an Experimental Method to Measure Fiber Bundle Friction
Farzad Hosseinali, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University; Alex Thomasson, Texas A&M University; Yufeng Ge, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University
2:15 PM
Cotton Fibre Elongation – Measurement and Role in Spinning
Shouren Yang, CSIRO; Stuart Gordon, CSIRO
2:30 PM
The Importance of within Sample Distribution of Cotton Fiber Properties for Improving Yarn Quality
Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University; Eric F. Hequet, Texas Tech University
2:45 PM
Impact of Storage Condition on Fiber Quality and Color
Christopher D. Delhom, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Chanel Angelique Fortier, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Gary Gamble, USDA-ARS; Xiaoliang Cui, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Alfred D. French, USDA-ARS; Vikki Martin, Cotton Incorporated; James Rodgers, USDA-ARS
3:00 PM
AFIS Seed Coat Neps Baseline Response from Diverse Mediums
Joe Montalvo, Jr., USDA-ARS-SRRC; Terri M. Von Hoven, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Clif Boykin, USDA-ARS, Cotton Ginning Research Unit; Doug J Hinchliffe, USDA-ARS SRRC; Robert Hardin, USDA-ARS, Cotton Ginning Research Unit
3:15 PM