2:05 PM

Introductory Remarks

2:10 PM

Using Cottongen for Crop Improvement
Dorrie Main, Washington State University; Jing Yu, Washington State University; Sook Jung, Washington State University; Chun-Huai Cheng, Washington State University; Taein Lee, Washington State University; Jodi Humann, Washington State University; Ping Zheng, Washington State University; Deah McGaughey, Washington State University; Morgan Frank, Washington State University; Kristen Scott, Washington State University; Heidi Hough, Washington State University; B. Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS; Amita Mohan, Washington State University; Josh Udall, Washington State University; Richard Percy, USDA-ARS; Don Jones, Cotton Incorporated

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2:15 PM

Engineering Cotton for Increased Drought/Salt Tolerance and Improved Fertilizer Use Efficiency
Maheshika Menike, Texas Tech University; Li Sun, Texas Tech University; Nardana Esmaeili, Texas Tech University; Jennifer Smith, Texas Tech University; Hong Zhang*, Texas Tech University

2:20 PM

Correlation and Path Analysis of High-Throughput Phenotyping Traits, Lint Yield and Yield Components in an Exotic Cotton Population
Kari L. Hugie, USDA-ARS; Philip J. Bauer, USDA-ARS; Kenneth C. Stone, USDA-ARS; Adam Landon, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois; B. Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS

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2:25 PM

Development of a PCR-Based Genome-Wide Interspecific SNP Library to Advance Introgressed Lines
Robert Vaughn, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

2:30 PM

Yield and Economic Evaluation of Cotton Varieties from Large-Block on-Farm Tests in Northeast Arkansas
Allison Howell, University of Arkansas; Bill Robertson, University of Arkansas; Andy Vangilder, FarmSource Ag; David Cagle, University of Arkansas; Barbi Anderson, Graves Gin

2:35 PM

Evaluation of Cotton in Large-Plot on-Farm Variety Testing in Arkansas
Bill Robertson, University of Arkansas; Robert L. Nichols, Cotton Incorporated

2:40 PM

Diversity Among Gossypium hirsutum Accessions from Africa
Fatimata Bintou Hassedine Diouf, Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research; James Frelichowski, USDA-ARS; Lori Hinze, USDA-ARS

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2:45 PM

A Genome-Wide Association Study of Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in a MAGIC Population of Upland Cotton
Abdelraheem Abdelraheem, New Mexico State University; Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State University; Gregory N. Thyssen, Cotton Fiber Bioscience Research Unit, USDA-ARS-SRRC; David D. Fang, Cotton Fiber Bioscience Research Unit, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Johnie N. Jenkins, USDA-ARS; Jack C. McCarty, USDA-ARS

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2:50 PM

Progress in Breeding for Glandless Cotton in New Mexico
Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State University; John Idowu, New Mexico State University; Robert Flynn, New Mexico State University; Tom Wedegaertner, Cotton Incorporated

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2:55 PM

Cotton Fiber Quality Improvement By Introducing Sucrose Synthase (SuS) Gene into Gossypium hirsutum L.
Ahmad Ali Shahid, Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab; Mukhtar Ahmed, Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab

3:00 PM

Pyramiding of New QTL LOCI into a Single Genotype in Cotton
Mukhtor Muxammadovich Darmanov, Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics; F N Kushanov, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; A Kh Makamov, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; Ozod Sunnatalievich Turaev, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; B K Rakhmanov, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; A T Adilova, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; Zabardast T. Buriev, Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics; Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics

3:05 PM

Development of Cotton NAM Population for Fine Genetic Mapping
Ozod Sunnatalievich Turaev, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; A Kh Makamov, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; Mukhtor Muxammadovich Darmanov, Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics; N N Husenov, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; A A Tulanov, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; I S Normamatov, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; F N Kushanov, Center of Genomics and bioinformatics; Zabardast T. Buriev, Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics; Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics

3:10 PM

Question and Answer

3:25 PM

Comparative Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Genome in Improved Gossypium Hirsutum and G. Barbadense Cotton Lines From Diverse Geographical Location
Mirzakamol S. Ayubov, Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics; Tokhirbek M. Norov, Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics; Zabardast T. Buriev, Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics; Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics; Sukumar Saha, USDA-ARS; Dewayne D. Deng, USDA-ARS; Johnie N. Jenkins, USDA-ARS; Brian Scheffler, Genomics and Bioinformatics Research

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Cotton Improvement Oral Session II - Lightning Talks