Cotton Quality Measurements - Tuesday Early Morning

Tuesday, January 6, 2015: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Salon D (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Presiding:
Joe Montalvo, Jr
8:00 AM
Comparative Fiber Evaluation of the Mesdan Aqualab Microwave Moisture Measurement Instrument
James Rodgers, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Christopher D Delhom, USDA-ARS-SRRC
8:15 AM
Preliminary Thermal Imaging of Cotton Impurities
Michael Easson, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Joe Montalvo, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Terri Von Hoven, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Brian Condon, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Robert G Hardin, IV, USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Unit; Richard K Byler, Cotton Ginning Research Unit
8:30 AM
Within Canopy Variation in Cotton Fiber Fineness and Maturity
Matthew O Indest, LSU Agcenter; Gerald O Myers, LSU Agcenter; Bikash Bhandari, LSU Agcenter; James Rodgers, USDA-ARS-SRRC
8:45 AM
Evaluation of Cotton Maturity Distributions By AFIS
Wenbin Ouyang, University of Texas at Austin; Bugao Xu, University of Texas at Austin
9:00 AM
Within Plant Variability of Cotton Fiber Quality
Addissu G. Ayele, Texas Tech University; Eric F Hequet, Texas Tech University; Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University
9:15 AM
Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging of Cotton Trash Mixtures
Chanel Angelique Fortier, USDA-ARS; Michael Santiago Cintrón, USDA-ARS-SRRC; James Rodgers, USDA-ARS-SRRC
9:30 AM
Infrared Imaging of Cotton Fibers Using a Focal-Plane Array Detector
Michael Santiago Cintrón, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Chanel Angelique Fortier, USDA-ARS; Doug J Hinchliffe, USDA-ARS SRRC; James Rodgers, USDA-ARS-SRRC