Cultivar Response to Inoculation with Xanthomonas Citri Subsp. Malvacearum in Mississippi during 2020

Thomas W. Allen , Mississippi State University, Delta Research and Extension Center
The poster will present data as related to the response of the cotton cultivars in the 2020 Mississippi State University Official Variety Trial (OVT).  Cotton cultivars were inoculated with a suspension of the bacterium that causes bacterial blight.  The cultivars were evaluated multiple times post-inoculation to determine their response to inoculation.  Yield was collected at the end of the season and comparisons made between bacteria-inoculated and non-inoculated cotton plots to determine the impact of bacterial blight on yield.