Cotton Improvement - Lightning Talks Student Competition

Wednesday, January 9, 2019: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Galerie 2 (New Orleans Marriott)
PhD Graudate Student Competition
Presiding:
Jenny Koebernick
Organizers:
Ramesh Buyyarapu and Jenny Koebernick
10:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:35 AM
Exploring Variation in AFIS Length Distribution of 8 F2 Populations (LT)
Zach Hinds, Texas Tech University; Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University; Eric F. Hequet, Texas Tech University
10:40 AM
Using the HVI Fibrogram to Improve YARN Quality Predictions
Md Abu Sayeed, Texas Tech University; Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University; Eric F. Hequet, Texas Tech University
10:45 AM
Evaluation of Cotton Fibers Propensity to Break in F3 Breeding Lines (LT)
Joao Paulo Saraiva Morais, Embrapa Algodao; Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University; Eric F. Hequet, Texas Tech University
10:50 AM
Enhancing US Cotton Classing with Varietal Data (LT)
Jacob W. James, Texas Tech University; Brendan Kelly, Texas Tech University; Eric F. Hequet, Texas Tech University
11:20 AM
Recombination Rates in Inter specific and Intraspecific Cotton Mapping Populations (LT)
Luis M De Santiago, Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, Texas A&M University; Yu-Ming Lin, Texas A&M University; Mauricio Ulloa, USDA-ARS; David M. Stelly, Texas A&M University System
11:25 AM
A Genome-Wide Association Study of Resistance to Fusarium Wilt and Bacterial Blight in US Upland Cotton Germplasm (LT)
Hanan Elassbli, New Mexico State University; Abdelraheem Abdelraheem, New Mexico State University; Soum Sanogo, New Mexico State University; Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State University; Vasu Kuraparthy, North Carolina State University; David M. Stelly, Texas A&M University System; Lori Hinze, USDA-ARS; Terry A. Wheeler, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Tom Wedegaertner, Cotton Incorporated
11:30 AM
Pathogenicity Test of Fusarium Wilt and Screening Germplasm Lines for Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Cotton (LT)
Yi Zhu, New Mexico State University; Abdelraheem Abdelraheem, New Mexico State University; Soum Sanogo, New Mexico State University; Jinfa Zhang, New Mexico State University; Terry A. Wheeler, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Tom Wedegaertner, Cotton Incorporated