Cotton Improvement Graduate Student Competition - Tuesday Morning

Tuesday, January 6, 2015: 9:00 AM-12:15 PM
Conf. Rooms 17 & 18 (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel)
Presiding:
Steve Hague
9:00 AM
Chromosome Substitution Line Analysis Using SNP Kasp Assays
Chi Yao, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Fei Wang, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Dwaine A Raska, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; David M Stelly, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
9:15 AM
Towards a Cluster File for Automated Genotyping of Germplasm Introgressed from Gossypium Diploids
Ammani N. Kyanam, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Amanda M Hulse-Kemp, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Fei Wang, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Kelli J Kochan, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Penny K. Riggs, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; David M. Stelly, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
9:30 AM
Identification of Drought Tolerant Cotton Germplasm and Associated Markers in the U.S. Upland Germplasm Pool
Abdelraheem Abdelraheem, New Mexico State Univ; Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State Univ; Priyanka Tyagi, Department of Crop Science; V. Kuraparthy, Department of Crop Science; S. E. Ed Hughs, USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory
9:45 AM
Identification of Robust Microsatellite Markers for Fiber Length in Gossypium Spp
Kari Hugie, Texas A&M University; David Fang, Cotton Fiber Bioscience Research Unit; Ping Li, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center; Wayne Smith, Texas A&M University; Steve Hague, Texas A&M University; Hongbin Zhang, Texas A&M University; Don C Jones, Cotton Incorporated
10:00 AM
Break
10:45 AM
Impact of Natural Drought on Extra Long Staple Upland Genotypes in South Texas
Drutdaman Singh Bhangu, Texas A&M; Wayne Smith, Texas A&M University; Steve Hague, Texas A&M University
11:00 AM
Evaluation of New Glandless Cotton Lines for Thrips and Verticillium Wilt Resistance
Zachary Larson, New Mexico State Univ; Brian Barrick, New Mexico State Univ; Abdelraheem Abdelraheem, New Mexico State Univ; Soum Sanogo, New Mexico State Univ; Jane Pierce, New Mexico State Univ; Robert Flynn, New Mexico State University; John Idowu, New Mexico State Univ; Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State Univ; Tom Wedegaertner, Cotton Incorporated
11:15 AM
Breeding Value of Host Plant Thrips Resistance for New Cultivar Development
Dylan Q Wann, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Texas Tech University; Jane K Dever, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Mark D Arnold, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
11:30 AM
RNA-Seq Transcriptome Profiling in Upland Cotton Under Cotton Fleahopper (Pseudatomoscelis seriatus) Feeding Pressure
Laura Ann McLoud, Texas A&M University; Steve Hague, Texas A&M University; Don C Jones, Cotton Incorporated
11:45 AM
Performance Screening Results for Barbren-713 Derived Lines
Huawei Wang, Auburn University; David Weaver, Auburn University; Roelof Sikkens, Auburn University; Kathy Lawrence, Auburn University; Ruijuan Li, Auburn University
12:00 PM
A Study on the Effects of Combining Genes from Lonren and Barbren on Reniform Resistance, Fiber Quality, and Yield
Amanda Gaudin, Mississippi State University; Ted P. Wallace, Mississippi State University; Jodi Scheffler, USDA-ARS; Sally Stetina, USDA-ARS