PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1997 BELTWIDE COTTON CONFERENCES
	Jan. 6-10, New Orleans, LA Editors C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter
TABLE OF CONTENTS

BELTWIDE COTTON PRODUCTION CONFERENCE
Meeting Challenges to U.S. Cotton Thomas W. Smith	3
The 1996 Production Year Anne F. Wrona, Shane T. Ball, Charles Glover, J.C. Banks, Charles H. Burmester, C. Dale Monks, Steven M. Brown, Keith Edmisten, Kater Hake, Ken Lege, Robert Lemon, Charles Stichler, Billy Warrick, James Maitland, William Mayfield, Will McCarty, Boyd Padgett, Bobby Phipps, Bill Robertson, Paulus Shelby, Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Ron Vargas and David L. Wright	5
Crop Protection: Seedling Diseases and Nematodes T.A. Wheeler	12
Competitive in Every Quarter Crop Protection: II. Insects Gary A. Herzog	14
Crop Protection: III. Weeds. New Herbicides will Help Cotton Growers Remain Competitive A.C. York	15
Farming with Transgenics Will McCarty	16
A Look to the Future and What it Holds for New Cotton Production Systems Andrew G. Jordan	18
Boll Weevil Eradication: Status and Future Plans Charles H. Parker	19
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 James V. Aidala, Jr.	22
Marketplace Insights William B. Dunavant, Jr.	24
Longer Term Prospects for U.S. Cotton K. J. Collins	26
Fiber Needs for Textile Consumer Andrew G Macdonald	29
Raw Cotton Imports and Price Behavior Gaylon B. Booker	30
NEW DEVELOPMENTS FROM INDUSTRY
Paymaster Cottonseed Cotton Varieties Pm 2200 RR and PM 2326 RR Richard H. Sheetz and Tom Speed	39
Paymaster's Picker Type Transgenic Cotton Varieties for 1997 Curtis Williams, James Mitchell, Michael Swindle and David Albers	40
All-Tex Seed Cotton Variety All-Tex Top-Pick Mike Nelson	41
BXN47: A New Buctril Resistant Cotton Variety from Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company Don Panter, Roger Ward, Mark Barfield, Jack Kiser and Cathy Houck	43
Phytogen 33 Acala, A New High Yielding Cotton for the San Joaquin Valley John C. Palmer, H. B. Cooper, Jr., John W. Pellow and David M. Anderson	43
Dropp Ultra Defoliant P.N. Odom, Fred Strachan, Stan Lehman, J. Sanderson, G. Schwarzlose and L. Smith	46
GemStar® LC Biological Insecticide for Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm Michael B. Dimock	46
DPX-MP062: A Novel Broad-spectrum, Environmentally Soft, Insect Control Compound H.H. Harder, S.L. Riley, S.F. McCann and D.W. Sherrod	48
Karate® CS Insecticide, a Novel Microencapsulated Formulation S.H. Martin, J.S. Mink and R.S. Boykin	50
Mep Plus Biochemical Plant Growth Regulator Rhett R. Atkins	51
Terraclor Super X® plus Di-Syston® 39.3% EC A.W. Mitlehner	53
CRYMAX Timothy B. Johnson and Jamie Yancy	54
PIX® Plant Regulator L.P. Schell	55
LepTon HTK R.J. Cibulsky and S.S. Ng	55
Pegasus Plow Gary W. Thacker	56
Case Corporation 2555 Cotton Express® Cotton Picker C.J. Hanson	57
Advances in Mechanical Cultivation of Cotton & Peanuts Jim T. Noonan	58
Reduced Herbicide Usage in Cotton and Other Row Crops Using Optoelectronic Detection Jim Beck	62
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE SPECIAL SESSION
CCC Loans in the Electronic Receipt Environment Joseph T. Wyrick	69
G.P.S. Controlled Precision Spraying Minimizing Costs and Environmental Impact Cleve Turner III	70
Farmers' Use of Computers to Gather Information M.J. Thach	71
The Cotton Pickin' Web: A New Information Source for Cotton Producers R. E. Stinner, J. Van Duyn and P. O'Leary	72
COTTON DISEASE COUNCIL
Thielaviopsis – A Grower's Perspective Gary O'Neill	75
Prevalence and Distribution of Thielaviopsis Basicola C.S. Rothrock	75
Interaction of Thielaviopsis Basicola with Pythium Spp. and Rhizoctonia Solani T.A. Wheeler and J.R. Gannaway	77
Control Approaches (Cultural and Chemical) for Black Root Rot of Cotton J.E. DeVay and R.H. Garber	79
Artificial Inoculation of Field Plots for Evaluation of Soil Fungicides for Cotton Seedling Disease Control Albert Y. Chambers and Tracy D. Bush	83
In-furrow Fungicides for Seedling Disease Control in Cotton M.A. Newman	84
The Value of In-furrow Fungicides Albert B. Bassi, Jr. and Greg S. Faust	84
Efficacy of Rovral® for Cotton Seedling Disease Control C.H. Baldwin, Jr. and C.W. Hogue	85
Suppression of Rhizoctonia Solani by Kodiak®, a Bacillus Subtilis Biocontrol Seed Treatment P.M. Brannen	87
Field Efficacy of Viridiol(-) Mutants of Trichoderma Virens for Biocontrol of Cotton Seedling Diseases C.R. Howell, J.E. DeVay, R.H. Garber and B.L. Weir	87
Soilborne Pathogenic Fungi and Seedling Diseases in Cotton Following Winter Cover Crops Donald R. Sumner, Charles F. Douglas, Sharad C. Phatak and Shelby H. Baker	88
Cotton Root Health Work Group - Preliminary Results P.D. Colyer, W.E. Batson, D. Blasingame, D. Carmichael, K. Hake, K. Edmisten, B. McMichael, B. Roberts and D. Sumner	90
Diseases of Cotton in NSW - 1995-96 S.J. Allen and P.A. Lonergan	90
Reniform Nematode and Its Influence on the Cotton Industry in the United States C. Overstreet and E.C. McGawley	92
Efficacy of Foliar Application of Vydate C-LV for Supplemental Nematode Control in Cotton T.L. Kirkpatrick, Gus Lorenz and R.T. Robbins	94
Impact of At-plant and Post-plant Nematicides on Cotton Production in Reniform Nematode Infested Fields Charles Burmester, William Gazaway, D.J. Potter, D. Derrick, Edwin Ingram	94
Crop Rotation--its Impact on Cotton Production in Reniform Infested Fields J.R. Akridge, W. Gazaway, R. Rodriguez-Kabana and O. Farrior	96
Root-knot and Reniform Nematodes Associated With Cotton Production in Misssissippi G.W. Lawrence, K.S. McLean and G. Hankins	98
Plant-parasitic Nematodes Associated with Non-delta Cotton Production in Mississippi G.W. Hankins, G.W. Lawrence and F. Killebrew	100
Reproduction of Meloidogyne Incognita and Rotylenchulus Reniformis on 59 Major Cotton Varieties Planted During 1950-1995 A.F. Robinson, C.G. Cook, A.E. Percival and A.C. Bridges	101
Evaluation of Nematicides for Southern Root-knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne Incognita) D.E. McGriff, W.H. Gregory, K. Harris, A.L. Jennings and R. Baird	101
The Effects of Root-knot (Meloidogyne Incognita) and Black Root Rot (Thielaviopsis Basicola) on Cotton (Gossyipium Hirsutum Cv Suregrow 501) in Microplots N.R. Walker, C.S. Rothrock and T.L. Kirkpatrick	103
The Performance of Several Commercial Cotton Cultivars Over Three Years in a Reniform Nematode Infested Field Gus Lorenz, Terry Kirkpatrick and R.T. Robbins	103
Seasonal Population Dynamics of Phyllosphere Bacteria on Cotton Foliage V.J. Elliott	104
Evaluation of Obsolete Variety Collection for Resistance to Verticillium Wilt T.P. Wallace and W.E. Batson Jr.	104
Biotransformation of the Phytoalexin Hibiscanone by Verticillium Dahliae and Toxicity of the Biotransformed Product R.D. Stipanvovic, L.S. Puckhaber and A.A. Bell	104
Agrobacterium Root Rot and Wilt: A Widespread Seedborne Disease of Cotton and Legumes A.A. Bell, H. Orta and Y. Cui	105
Identification of QTLs in Cotton Conferring Resistance to the Bacterial Blight Pathogen R.J. Wright, P.M. Thaxton, A.H. Paterson and K.M. El-Zik	105
Simple Selective Media for Isolating Trichoderma Virens Strains from Field Soil and Cotton Roots C.R. Howell	105
Regulation of Aflatoxin Production in Aspergillus Parasiticus J.K. Hicks, N.P. Keller, J.-H. Yu and T.H. Adams	106
Potential Role for Storage Proteins and Sugars in Cottonseed Susceptibility to Aflatoxin Contamination J.E. Mellon and P.J. Cotty	106
Aflatoxin Contamination of Commercially Grown Transgenic Bt Cottonseed P.J. Cotty, C. Bock, D.R. Howelland and A. Tellez	108
Aflatoxin Contamination of Cottonseed in South Texas: The Role of Insect Injury T. Isakeit	110
Phenotypic Variation Within the S Strain of Aspergillus Flavus E. A. Sobek and P.J. Cotty	113
Aflatoxin Levels in Cottonseed at Weekly Intervals in Arizona, Mississippi and Texas Modules W.E. Batson, Jr., J.Caceres, P.J. Cotty and Tom Isakeit	116
Screening for Resistance in Upland Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum) to Pythium Ultimum Rex D. Henard, John R. Gannaway and Terry A.Wheeler	118
Minutes of the 1997 Cotton Disease Council Business Meeting, January 9, 1997 - New Orleans, LA Donald Blasingame	118
Report of the Regional Disease Problems Committee - 1996 E. Batson, Jr.	119
Report of the Verticillium Wilt and Fusarium Wilt Committee - 1996 Peggy M. Thaxton	119
Report of the Soilborne Pathogen Committee - 1996 G.L. Sciumbato	123
Report of the Cottonseed Treatment Committee For 1996 C.S. Rothrock	126
Cotton Disease Loss Estimate Committee Report Don Blasingame	130
Report of the Educational and Public Relations Committee K.M. El-Zik	132
A Model System for Research on Aspergillus Flavus Infection of Undamaged Cotton Bolls Maren Klich	132
Terpenoid Aldehyde Accumulation in Roots of Cotton Seedlings in Response to Infection by Pythium Ultimum and Rhizoctonia Solani Heping Wang and R. Michael Davis	132
Efficacy of Fungicidal and Nutritional Treatments on Cotton Root Rot Suppression J.E. Matocha and S.G. Vacek	135
Efficacy of Selected Seed Treatments on the Cotton Seedling Disease Complex and Cotton Yield K.S. McLean, G.W. Lawrence, L.N Yates and B.P. Burnside	138
Cotton Seedling Disease and Cotton Production in Louisiana Jennifer Mulkey, K.S. McLean and G.W. Lawrence	140
Effect of Terraclor Super X and Di-syston on Cotton Seedling Disease and Thrips on Delta and Pineland 5409 Cotton Ronald Poole, K.S. McLean and G.W. Lawrence	142
Effect of Terrazole 4E on Pythium spp. Cotton Seedling Disease and Seed Cotton Yield of DPL 5409 Jason Ables, K.S. McLean and G.W. Lawrence	143
COTTON AND OTHER ORGANIC DUSTS CONFERENCE
The Janet Fischer Lecture: The Effects of Inhaled Endotoxin, What do We Need to Learn? Robert Burrell	149
The Endotoxin Criteria Document: The Risk Evaluation Ragnar Rylander	153
The Endotoxin Criteria Document: Environmental Monitoring for Endotoxin Aerosols R.R. Jacobs	156
The Role of Cytokines in Asthma and Related Occupational Lung Diseases: An Overview A. Jones and P.J. Nicholls	159
The Effect of Glucan on In Vitro Bronchoconstrictor Response Using Guinea Pig Trachea and Perfused Lung A. Jones, P.J. Nicholls and R.S. Young	166
Binding of Fungal and Plant Glucans to the Human Macrophage Receptor David L. Williams, Antje Mueller, John Raptis, Peter Rice and James H. Quillen	169
(1 3)-ß-D-glucan in Some Indoor Air Fungi Birgitta Fogelmark and Ragnar Rylander	171
Changing Agricultural Trends in Wisconsin and Beyond S.A. Olenchock and N.B. Young	173
Estimation of Guinea Pig Specific Airway Resistance Following Exposure to Cotton Dust Measured with a Whole Body Flow Plethysmograph D.G. Frazer, A.A. Afshari, W.T. Goldsmith, N. Phillips and V.A. Robinson	175
Persistance of Guinea Pig Pulmonary Responses To a Single Cotton Dust Exposure V.A. Robinson, D.G. Frazer, M. Barger, D.L. Pack, M.P. Whitmer and V. Castranova	180
Cotton Bracts Tannin Phosphorylates Airway Membrane Proteins M.M. Cloutier and L. Guernsey	182
A Prospective Study of Lung Function Decline in Lancashire Textile Workers A.M. Fletcher, R.McLNiven, C.A.C. Pickering, C.J. Warburton, L.A. Oldham, H. Frances and J. Simpson	185
Toxic Pneumonitis Is Associated with Dry Cough among Recycling Workers T. Sigsgaard	189
Pharmacologic Studies of Latex Dust Extracts in Isolated Guinea Pig Trachea E. Schachter, E. Zuskin, M.G. Buck, S. Maayani, S.K. Goswami, N. Rienzi, Julia Strongwater, Hoon Shim	192
Cotton Dust Potential Associated with Microbial Decomposition During Storage David T.W. Chun	194
An Evaluation of Extraction Solutions and Filter Types for the Recovery of Endotoxin T.C. Wood and R.R. Jacobs	199
Fluorometric and Electrochemical fMLP HPLC Analysis Nabil H. Al-Humadi and Paul D. Siegel	202
Pathologic Changes in the Respiratory Tract of Pigs Induced by Exposure to Feed Dust with or without Added Endotoxin R. Jolie, L. Bäckström and L. Olson	205
A Comparison of the Pulmonary Effects of Lipopolysaccharide, Lipid A and Detoxified Lipopolysaccharide in the Guinea Pig R.S. Young and P.J. Nicholls	208
COTTON ECONOMICS AND MARKETING CONFERENCE
Washington Update Wayne Bjorlie	215
U.S. and World Cotton Outlook Stephen MacDonald and Leslie Meyer	217
New Trends in the Marketing and Consumption of World ELS Cotton Matthew S. Laughlin	221
Producer-Mill Marketing/A Symbiotic Relationship Cecil Brooking	226
Cotton Price Outlook Sharon C Johnson	228
Seasonal Aspects in Cotton: Prices, Consumption, Exports and Stocks Avuthu R. Reddy, Carl E. Shafer and Carl G. Anderson	234
Analysis of Selected Futures Markets Cotton Trading and Pricing Strategies Alexy Kokarev, O.A. Cleveland and C.W."Bill" Herndon, Jr.	238
Comparison of Costs and Returns Associated with Heliothis Resistant Bt Cotton to Non-resistant Varieties Joe W. Gibson IV, David Laughlin, Randy G. Luttrell, Don Parker, Jack Reed and Aubrey Harris	244
Economic Analysis of Insect Management Strategies for Transgenic Bt Cotton Production in South Carolina Roderick M. ReJesus, Jeremy K. Greene, Michael D. Hammig and Charles E. Curtis	247
Economics of Transgenic Cotton: Some Indications Based on Georgia Producers C. Robert Stark, Jr.	251
Farmers' Expectations in the Production of Transgenic Bt Cotton: Results From a Preliminary Survey in South Carolina Roderick M. ReJesus, Jeremy K. Greene, Michael D. Hammig and Charles E. Curtis	253
NATRES: Cotton Research Database and Links on the Internet M. Mohammadioun, J.K. Apodaca, B. Kellison, S. Ahmed and P. Patel	256
Master Marketer Program Jackie Smith, Steve Amosson and Mark Waller	258
Farm Level Profitability and Resource Requirements of Cotton Farming Systems E. Segarra, S. Teal and J.W. Keeling	259
Hedonic Valuation of Cotton Base Acreage in Louisiana Gary A. Kennedy, Lonnie R. Vandeveer, Steven A. Henning and Ming Dai	262
Break-even Yields and Prices for Cotton and Alternative Crops, Mississippi, 1997 Keith Saum and D.W. Parvin	267
Impacts of Biotechnology on Financial Survival of Cotton Farms in the Texas High Plains Aubrey P. Haynes and Phillip N. Johnson	270
Economic Impacts of Crop Biotechnology in a Risky Cotton Production System: An Application to the High Plains of Texas M.R. Middleton and E. Segarra	274
A Review of the Land Rental Arrangements of Texas South Plains Cotton Producers: Preliminary Results of a Survey Jackie G. Smith, Thomas O. Knight, Siddhartha Dasgupta and H. Alan Love	278
Global End-use Demand for Cotton: A Time-Varying Parameter Model Stephen MacDonald	278
Do Cotton Prices Move Together? John Baffes and Panos Varangis	282
Cotton Production and Use in Pakistan and India Anita Regmi and Ronald R. Roberson	285
The Turkish Cotton Industry: Structure and Operation Darren Hudson	287
South Korea: The Outlook Through 2002 for U.S. Cotton Sales Terry L. Turner	292
Organically Grown and Naturally Colored Cotton: A Global Overview David Katz, Nathan Boone and James M. Vreeland, Jr.	293
The Analysis of Cotton Acreage Response in the Presence of Government Programs Olga Isengildina, O.A. Cleveland and Cary W. Herndon	297
Minimizing Farm-to-Mill Cleaning Cost for Irrigated and Dryland Cotton Blake K. Bennett and Sukant K. Misra	301
The Effect of Planting Flexibility on Cotton Industry Infrastructure in Mississippi John R.C. Robinson and David Mancill	306
Effect of Cotton Planting Dates on Farm Profitability Chuck Danehower and Delton Gerloff	310
Cost and Returns to Narrow-Row Cotton Production in Mississippi Fred T. Cooke, Jr. and James C. Walker III	311
Economic Feasibility Analysis of Ultra-Narrow-Row Cotton in Tennessee James A. Larson, Burton C. English, C. Owen Gwathmey and Robert M. Hayes	315
Standardized Performance Analysis of Cotton Production: Initial Results from the Texas High Plains April Clark, Phillip Johnson, James McGrann and Jackie Smith	318
Economic Feasibility of Feedlot Manure Utilization in Cotton Production: An Application to the Texas High Plains Jason L. Johnson and Eduardo Segarra	323
Causal Factors of Cotton Quality Discount and Premiums in the Mid-South: 1973 - 1995 Michael Barnes and C.W. "Bill" Herndon, Jr.	326
Cost of Cotton Insect Control in The Mississippi Delta in 1992, 1994, and 1995 Thomas B. Freeland, Jr., Fred T. Cooke, Jr. and William P. Scott	330
Economic and Environmental Analysis of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program in Mississippi Keith D. Saum	334
Comparative Value per Acre by Fruiting Site for Two Plant Growth Regulators Dave Parvin and Rhett Atkins	336
An Analysis of the Southern Regional Cotton Marketing Research Project Committee's Recommendations on the Cotton Industry in Northeast Arkansas James R. Lindsey and Corbet J. Lamkin	338
An Analysis of the Southern Regional Cotton Marketing Research Project Committee's Recommendations on the Cotton Industry in Northwest Mississippi C.J. Lamkin	344
Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market Summary: 1995/96 Hope Floeck, Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge	349
A Loan Schedule Based on Texas and Oklahoma Producer Market Premiums and Discounts Clay Carr and Don Ethridge	352
Cost Trade-Offs of Stripper-Mounted Bur Extractors from the Producers' Perspective, Sukant K. Misra, Blake K. Bennett, Brent D. McPeek and Sukant K. Misra, Blake K. Bennett, Brent D. McPeek and Alan Brashears	355
Economic Evaluation of Bollgard Cotton in Arkansas: 1996 Kelly J. Bryant, William C. Robertson and Gus M. Lorenz III	358
The Effects of Net Returns on Seed Cotton Planted Area in Antalya Burhan Ozkan	359
Economic Costs and Returns on Seed Cotton Production Burhan Ozkan	362
COTTON ENGINEERING-SYSTEMS CONFERENCE
Let Your Palmtop Do the Spraying – A Functional, Computerized Plot Spray System Jack T. Reed and Michael S. Howell, Michael Moncrief	369
The Effect of Degree Days on the Crop Coefficient and Water Use by Cotton W.R. DeTar, S.J. Maas and J.R. McLaughlin	370
Cotton Response to Automated Irrigation Control Donald F. Wanjura	376
Gossym/Comax--the Quixotic Quest Kit Boone and Dana O. Porter	380
Sigma Plus: A Cotton Crop Model Hal Lemmon and Ning Chuk	383
COTTON GINNING CONFERENCE
Gin Process Monitoring & Control – The Next Generation Gordon F. Williams and Peter C. Jones	387
Other Emerging Gin Technology S.E. Hughs	390
The Long Range Impact of Fair Act on Ginning Carl G. Anderson	391
First in an Annual Series--My Gin Management Philosophy Charles Owen	394
Whole Cottonseed Research & Promotion Program at Cotton Incorporated T.C. Wedegaertner and W.F. Lalor	398
An Update on Gin Labor Issues: A Legislative Perspective Patty Adair	399
Osha Regulatory Update: Ergonomics, Management Standard, and Other Regulations--Effect on Cotton Ginning P.J. Wakelyn and P.K. Adair	401
Southern Cotton Ginners Association Safety Program Larry Davis	406
COTTON IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE
Fruiting Patterns, Maturity, and Yield of Bollgard and Roundup Ready Cotton Varieties David W. Albers, Curtis Williams, and James Mitchell	411
Development and Maturity Measurements on Transgenic Bt And Roundup ReadyTM Cotton C.L. Cheatham, J.N. Jenkins, and J.C. McCarty, Jr.,	412
Effect of Insect Control Regimes on Bt, Nectariless, and Non-Bt Varieties' Maturity, Yield, And Fiber Quality W.R. Meredith, Jr.	412
Field Evaluation of Cotton Transformed for Tolerance to Imidazolinone Herbicides David Anderson, John Pellow, John Palmer, John Grula, H.B. Cooper, and K. Rajasekaran	412
Phenology and Yield of Eight Mar Cotton Genotypes Under Irrigation and Water Stress Yuksel Bolek, Kamal M. El-Zik, Peggy M. Thaxton and Thomas J. Gerik	414
Phenology And Yield of Mar Cotton Genotypes With And Without Insecticide Treatments P.M. Thaxton, K.M. El-Zik, T.F. Dusek and K. Schaefer	414
An Introduction to AFIS for Cotton Breeders D.S. Calhoun, J.D. Bargeron, and W.S. Anthony	418
Processing Quality of San Joaquin Valley Cottons C.K. Bragg, C.L. Simpson, S.E. Hughs, H.B. Cooper, and Dick Bassett	424
Preliminary Evaluations of an Enzyme Approach to Reduce Cotton Lint Stickiness T.J. Henneberry, B. Blackledge, Terry Steele, D.L. Hendrix, H.H. Perkins and R.L. Nichols	430
Harvest Aid Effects on Defoliation, Desiccation and Lint Quality of Picker and Stripper Harvested Cotton Bryan L. Unruh, James R. Supak, and John E. Bremer	437
Comparison of Fiber Development and Boll Maturity by Fruiting Sites of an Early and Full Season Cotton Cultivar S.R. Crawley, J.N. Jenkins, and J.C. McCarty, Jr.	437
Relationships Between Maturity and Fiber Properties for Cotton Cultivars in Arkansas J.T. Johnson, F.M. Bourland, and C.E. Watson	438
Total Biology of Cotton Planting Seed Quality Relative to Obtaining Productive Plant Populations L.S. Bird	438
Cool Germination Test on Cotton--Variability Between Seed-Testing Laboratories Jean Tolliver, Bryan R. Savoy, and E.A. Drummond	442
New Sources of Resistance to Root-Knot and Reniform Nematodes in Mexican Accessions of the USDA Cotton Germplasm Collection A.F. Robinson, A.E. Percival, and A.C. Bridges	443
Different Sources of Root-Knot Nematode Resistance Michael R. Robinson, J. N. Jenkins, and J.C. McCarty, Jr.	444
Effects of the Reniform Nematode and Silverleaf Whitefly on Cotton CG. Cook, A.F. Robinson, L.N. Namken, and D.A. Wolfenbarger	444
Damage and Behavioral Patterns of Heliothis Virescens and Helicoverpa Zea on Upland Cotton D.B. Shoemaker, J.N. Jenkins, J.C. McCarty,	446
Seedling Evaluation of Verticillium Wilt in Cotton S.L. Latimer, F.M. Bourland, R. Potti, and C.S. Rothrock	446
Variation in Number of Trichomes on Bracts of Cotton Plants R.E. McGowen Jr., F.M. Bourland, and S.L. Latimer	446
Mapping Cotton Genome with Molecular Markers John Yu, Yong-Ha Park, Gerard R. Lazo, and Russell J. Kohel	447
Genetics of Photoperiodism in Gossypium Hirsutum Race Stocks J.B. Creech, J.N. Jenkins, and J.C. McCarty, Jr.	447
Transgenic Brown Lint Cotton H.B. Cooper, John Pellow, John Palmer, and David Anderson	447
A New Australian Species of Gossypium J. McD. Stewart and J.F. Wendel	448
Molecular and Morphological Genetics of a Trispecies F2 Population of Cotton M.K. Altaf, J. McD. Stewart, Jinfa Zhang, R.G. Cantrell and M.K. Wajahatullah	448
Genomic Affinity Among Gossypium Subgenus Sturtia Species by RAPD Analysis M.K. Wajahatullah and J. McD. Stewart	452
Shoot Apex Transformation of Cotton Using Agrobacterium Gould J, Zhou Y, Shen Y, and Magallanes-Cedeno, Lou J	453
Evaluation of Novel Transformation Systems for Cotton Ping Song, Phat M. Dang and Randy D. Allen	454
Plantlet Regeneration Coupled with Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation John K. Hemphill, Chau Hoang, Mark Wenske, Michael Daily, Cassandra Zimmerman and Kent D. Chapman	456
Transformation of Texas Cultivars Roberta H. Smith, Cecilia Zapata, Sung Hun Park, Ted Wilson, Kamal El-Zik, and Peggy Thaxton	457
Novel Approaches in Cotton Transformation S. Saha , A. Zipf , H. Sakhanokho and H. Daniel	458
Genetic Transformation of Acala and Coker Cottons with Antifungal Constructs by Agrobacterium and Particle Bombardment K. Rajasekaran, J.W. Cary, A.R. Lax, T.E. Cleveland and C. Chlan	459
An Evaluation of Modified Augmented Designs for Single-Replication Yield Testing in Cotton D.S. Calhoun	460
Utility of the Apple Messagepad™ PDA for Note Taking in the Field G.O. Myers	464
Stable Statistics for Cotton Varieties Grown in the Midsouth, Southeast, North and Texas From 1993-1995 G.O. Myers and F. Bordelon	464
Varietal Response to Ginning with One Lint Cleaner W. Stanley Anthony and Steve Calhoun	467
Cottonseed Processing into Biodegradable Material for Potential Agricultural and Biomedical Uses C. Marquié, E. Héquet, V. Vialettes and A.M. Tessier	470
Release of New Mexico Sea Island 1331 C. Roberts, R.G. Cantrell and S.T. Ball	473
Twenty Years of Cotton Production in New Mexico Robert P. Flynn, Shane T. Ball and R.L. Cantrell	473
The Cotman Expert System of Cotton Plant Monitoring: 1997 Update M.J. Cochran, D. Danforth, F.M. Bourland, N.P. Tugwell, Jr., and D.M. Oosterhuis	474
Interpretation of Crop Growth Curves Generated by Cotman F.M. Bourland, N.P. Tugwell, Jr., D.M. Oosterhuis, M.J. Cochran, W.C. Robertson, and D.M. Danforth	474
Non-Computer Version of the Bollman Crop Monitoring Program F.M. Bourland, D.M. Oosterhuis, N.P. Tugwell, Jr., M.J. Cochran, and D.M. Danforth	474
Integration of Cotman into an Existing Scouting Program W.C. Robertson, J.B. Welch, and Q.R. Hornsby	475
A Revised Version of Cotmap for Mapping Cotton Plants C.E. Watson, Jr. and F.M. Bourland	477
Transgenic Approach to Reduce Gossypol in Cottonseed Keerti S. Rathore	478
The Association of Fiber Quality Parameters and Lint Yield Components in F3 Derived F4 Progeny of Two Upland Cotton Populations Huseyin Basal and C. Wayne Smith	478
A Database Providing Cotton Variety Acreage Data at the County Level for 1950-95 A.F. Robinson	479
General Combining Ability of Insect Resistant Cotton Germplasm D.S. Calhoun	480
AFLP Markers in Cotton X. Feng, S. Saha, K.M. Soliman and L. May	483
Investigation of Transferring the Bar Gene into Cotton Via the Pollen-Tube Pathway S.H. Moore, T.P. Croughan, G.O. Myers, and P.R. Vidrine	483
Analysis of Commonality for Traits of Cotton Fiber Reiner H. Kloth	484
Cryogenic Preservation of Cottonseed with Liquid Nitrogen M.H. Wheeler	484
Effects of Late Season Pix Applications on Acala Cotton B. Weir, S. Wright, D. Munk, and R. Vargas	486
Hybridization of New Australian Gossypium Species (Section Grandicalyx) with Cultivated Tetraploid Cotton Jinfa Zhang and James McD. Stewart	487
Cotton Variety Testing Recommendations Daryl T. Bowman	490
Notice of Release of Arkot A129 and Arkot A132 Germplasm Lines of Cotton F.M. Bourland, R.E. McGowen, Jr. and C.W. Smith	491
Notice of Release of C221-91, C224-91, C300-91, and C306-91 Germplasm Lines of Cotton C.G. Cook, L.N. Namken, A.W. Scott, Jr., and A.F. Robinson	493
Notice of Release of N220-1-91, N222-1-91, N320-2-91, and N419-1-91 Germplasm Lines of Cotton C.G. Cook, L.N. Namken, and A.F. Robinson	493
Notice of Release of Seven Multi-Adversity Resistant MAR-5 Germplasm Lines of Upland Cotton Kamal M. El-Zik and Peggy M. Thaxton	494
Notice of Release of ‘Tamcot Sphinx' Cotton Kamal M. El-Zik and Peggy M. Thaxton	497
COTTON QUALITY MEASUREMENTS CONFERENCE
Worldwide Trends in Cotton Fibre Testing Lawrance Hunter	501
ISO 9000 - Consequences for Cotton Quality Determination Anton Schenek	503
Strength and Structure of Cotton Fiber During Development You-Lo Hsieh	505
Interpretations of Single Cotton Fiber Tensile Properties Xiao-Ping Hu and You-Lo Hsieh	507
Brushing Effects on Cotton Bundle Strength R. Bäumer, Th. Schneider and H. Harig	511
Relationship Between AFIS Fiber Characteristics and Yarn Evenness and Imperfections J.L. Chanselme, E. Hequet and R. Frydrych	512
A Simple Method for Detecting White Speck Potential in Undyed Cotton W.R. Goynes, B.F. Ingber and P.D. Bel-Berger	516
The Positive Effect of High Micronaire on Spinning Performance of Two California Acala Varieties J. Pellow, H.B. Cooper, Jr., J. Palmer and D. Anderson	518
Relative Humidity Monitoring to Assess Cotton Sample Conditioning D.W. Earnest, J.L. Knowlton, G.K. Cowden and M. Matthews	521
Evaluation of HVI Trashmeter Calibration James L. Knowlton	526
Chromatic Image Analysis for Cotton Trash and Color Measurements B. Xu, C. Fang and M.D. Watson	532
Preliminary Comparison of Waste and Cotton Fiber Loss Using a Shirley Analyzer and Shirley Trash Separator Steven J. Thomson, W. Stanley Anthony and Gino J. Mangialardi, Jr.	540
The Importance of Fiber Properties in Evaluating West Texas Cottons L.B. De Luca, D.P. Thibodeaux and J. Gannaway	544
An Investigation on Fiber Length Comparisons of Cottons by Use of Number and Weight Based Statistics Xiaoliang "Leon" Cui, Timothy A. Calamari, Jr. and Moon W. Suh	545
Relating Single Fiber Measurements to Cotton Strength, Structure, and Morphology D.P. Thibodeaux, J.J. Hebert, L.B. DeLuca and J.S. Moraitis	545
Cotton Fiber Friction: The Unknown Quality of Cotton Yehia El Mogahzy, Roy Broughton, Jr., Hong Guo and R.A. Taylor	545
Fast Determination of Maturity and Fineness by NIR with a Diode-Array HVI. Part 1. Data Analysis S.M. Buco, J.G. Montalvo, Jr., S.E. Faught, J.B. Price, W. Meredith, E. Stark and K. Luchter	552
Fast Determination of Maturity and Fineness by NIR with a Diode-Array HVI. Part 2. Reference Method J.G. Montalvo, Jr. and S.E. Faught	554
Fast Determination of Maturity and Fineness by NIR with a Diode-Array HVI. Part 3. HVI Operation E. Stark, K. Luchter, M. Jamil and J.G. Montalvo, Jr.	556
Measuring Natural Waxes on Cotton Using NIR Absorbance R.A. Taylor and L.C. Godbey	557
How Variety and Weather Determine Yarn Properties and Dye Uptake Judith M. Bradow and Philip J. Bauer	560
Australian and American Experience with Rapidcon Frederick M. Shofner, Michael D. Watson and Robert S. Baird	564
Varietal Effects on the White Speck Phenomenon P.D. Bel-Berger, T.M. Von Hoven and W.R. Goynes	565
COTTON SOIL MANAGEMENT AND PLANT NUTRITION CONFERENCE
Starter Fertilizer Placement in North Carolina K.L. Edmisten and A.M. Stewart	575
Proximity Effects of a Calcium Nitrate Starter Fertilizer Solution on Cotton Jac J. Varco	575
Growth and Nutrient Uptake by Cotton Roots Under Field Conditions G.L. Mullins, G.J. Schwab and C.H. Burmester	575
Programmed Soil Fertilizer Release to Meet Crop Nitrogen and Potassium Requirements D.D. Howard and D.M. Oosterhuis	576
Cotton Yield Response to Pre-Bloom and Bloom Applications of Foliar Urea Ken E. Legé and Robert M. Lippert	576
Nitrogen Management for Cotton Following Cotton on Coastal Plain Soils Glen Harris and Shelby Baker	576
Using Drainage Lysimeters to Evaluate Irrigation and Nitrogen Interactions in Cotton Production E.C. Martin, E.J. Pegelow and J. Watson	578
Profile Distribution of Nitrate-Nitrogen in an Alfisol Cropped to Continuous Cotton J.S. McConnell, W.H. Baker and B.S. Frizzell	580
Fertilizer Nitrogen Recovery in Irrigated Upland Cotton J.C. Navarro, J.C. Silvertooth and A. Galadima	581
Application of Composted Municipal Solid Waste in Cotton Production A. Khalilian, M.J. Sullivan, J.D. Mueller, F.J. Wolak, R.K. White and R.M. Lippert	583
Tillage Systems for the Tennessee Valley: Cotton Yield and Soil Water Use E.B. Schwab, D.W. Reeves, R.L. Raper and C.H. Burmester	586
Characterization of Cotton Soils in Virginia and North Carolina C.W. Adcock, A.O. Abaye, M.M. Alley and J.B. Daniel	587
Spatial Variability of Soil-Test Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Texas Southern High Plains Sandyland Soils Michael G. Hickey and Arthur B. Onken	588
Evaluation of Soil Spatial Variability in California Soils R.O. Miller, S. Pettygrove, R.E. Plant, R.F. Denison, L.F. Jackson, M.D. Cahn, T.E. Kearney, J. Young and S. Upadhyaya	590
Interpretation of Grid Sampling Techniques for Soil Nutrient Status, M M.W. Ebelhar	592
The Use of Plant Mapping Techniques to Assess Spatial Variability in Commercial Cotton Production J.A. Landivar, S. Searcy and G. Anderson	592
Economic Thresholds for Irrigation Management Decisions M.D. Sheedy, J.E. Watson and E.C. Martin	593
Spatial Variabiltiy of Yield in Irrigated Cotton M.K. Elms and C.J. Green	598
Cotton Yield Mapping S.W. Searcy, D.S. Motz, A. Inayatullah and K.J. Goering	601
Variable Rate Lime Application with Global Positioning System Gene Stevens, Steve Hefner and Chris Moylan	603
A Leaf-blade Nitrogen Test For Cotton in the Mid-South P.F. Bell, G. Breitenbeck, D. Boquet, E. Millhollon, M. Holman, S. Moore, J. Varco, Dean Lee, C. Mitchell, W. Ebelhar, W. Baker, J.S. McConnell and W. Robinson	603
Plant Nutrient Sufficiency Levels and Critical Values for Cotton in the Southeastern U.S. C.C. Mitchell and W.H. Baker	606
Potassium Deficiency in Cotton Physiological Aspects and Tissue Sampling D.M. Oosterhuis, C.W. Bednarz and A. Steger	610
Potassium Fertilizer Placement Effects on Uptake and Root Length Density of Cotton: Three Year Summary G.L. Pate, G.L. Mullins and C.H. Burmester	610
Long-Term Cotton Yield Response to Potassium and Phosphorus Applications M.W. Ebelhar	611
Soil Potassium Fertility Guidelines for Cotton in California Robert O. Miller, Bill Weir, Bruce Roberts, Ron Vargas, Dan Munk, Steven Wright, Doug Munier, Robert Travis, Bill Rains and Mark Keeley	611
Cotton Response to In-Row Subsoilers Gordon Tupper and H.C. Pringle, III	613
Use of a Cotton Stalk Puller for Conservation Tillage Cotton James R. Smart and Joe M. Bradford	616
Effect of Selected Growth Regulators Applied In-Furrow on Conventional and No-Tillage Cotton D.D. Howard and C.O. Gwathmey	620
Conservation Tillage in Coffee County Cotton Rick Reed, Sharad Phatak, Andy Page, Philip B. Haney and W. Joe Lewis	621
Surface Residue Cover in West Tennessee No-Till Cotton Fields H.P. Denton and D. D. Tyler	623
Effect of Tillage, Herbicide Program and Row Spacing on Cotton Growth and Yield in Two Conservation Tillage Systems C.H. Burmester, M.G. Patterson and D.W. Reeves	626
Cover Crops for Weed Control in No-Till Cotton D. Wayne Reeves, Mike G. Patterson, and Brian E. Gamble	628
Effect of N Rate and Placement on No-Tillage Cotton D.D. Howard and C.O. Gwathmey	629
An Agronomic and Economic Evaluation of Fertilizer N and Legume Cover Crop Management for No-Till Cotton Production J.M. Thompson, J.J. Varco and S.R. Spurlock	629
Evaluation of Starter Materials and Application Methods for No-Tillage Cotton D.D. Howard and C.O. Gwathmey	632
Evaluation of Buffered Foliar Applied Boron and Potassium for No-Tillage Cotton D.D. Howard and C.O. Gwathmey	633
Cotton Response to Reduced Tillage Management and Nitrogen Fertilization S.G. Vacek and J.E. Matocha	633
Cotton Production under Long-Term Conservation Tillage in a Coastal Plain Soil P.G. Hunt, P.J. Bauer, and T.A. Matheny	636
No-Till Cotton Production in Virginia: A Study of Moisture, Nitrogen and Yield J.B. Daniel, A.O. Abaye, C. Adcock, J.C. Maitland and W. Wilkinson	636
Cover Crops and Nitrogen Rate to Optimize Irrigated Cotton Yields with Conservation Tillage D.J. Boquet, R.L. Hutchinson, R.E.A. Brown and W.J. Thomas	636
Tillage and Cover Crop Effects on Cotton Growth, Yield and Soil Organic Matter D.J. Boquet, R.L. Hutchinson, W.J. Thomas and R.E.A. Brown	639
Effect of an Anti-Transpirant on Cotton Grown under Conventional and Conservation Tillage Systems D.J. Makus	642
Optimal Planting Dates for Cotton in the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama M.L. Norfleet, D.W. Reeves, C.H. Burmester and C.D. Monks	644
Soil Compaction in Cotton Double-Cropped with Grazed and Ungrazed Winter Covers Mary S. Miller-Goodman, D. Wayne Reeves, Brian E. Gamble and R. Rodriguez-Kabana	647
Soil Sampling by Grid Versus University of Tennessee Standard Recommendations Hubert J. Savoy, Mike Smith, Dean Northcutt, John Wilkerson and Michael Palmer	648
Nitrogen and Boron Rates for Maximum Efficiency in Cotton Production A.O. Abaye, M.M. Alley and C.W. Adcock	650
Upland Cotton Response to Dairy Manure as a N Fertilizer under Calcareous, Furrow Irrigated Conditions Robert P. Flynn	650
Soil Application of Papermill and Municipal Biosolids for Cotton Production C.B. Coreil, D.J. Boquet and G.A. Breitenbeck	652
Adoption of Subsurface Drip Irrigation for Cotton in West Texas Jerome Pier	655
Responses to Limiting Nitrogen under Drip Irrigation: Soil N, Cotton Growth R.B. Hutmacher, S.S. Vail, M.S. Peters, K.R. Davis, T. Pflaum, D. Clark, D.A. Ballard, N. Hudson, B. Weir, M. Keeley and R.L. Travis	657
Folocron Controlled Release Fertilizer – The Next Generation in Foliar-Applied Nitrogen S.G. Morse, D.M. Oosterhuis and A. Steger	662
COTTON TEXTILE PROCESSING CONFERENCE
The Value of Cotton Gin Process Monitoring and Control to the Textile Industry Peter C. Jones and Gordon Williams	669
Foreign Particles in Cotton - Origin of Contamination and Possibilities of Detection and Removal in Processing Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schlichter, Dipl.-Ing. Peter Loesbrock	673
The Advantages of Using the Crosrol Tandem Card with the Murata Air-Jet Spinning Machine Geoffrey Wilde	678
Integrated Sharpening System for the Card Cylinder A.A. Ball	685
We Can Stop Contamination ~~This Is The Way To Do It~~ George Blomquist	688
Quality Engineering in Cotton Combed Yarns Using Neural Network M.E.Cabeço Silva, A.A. Cabeço Silva, N.B. Nasrallah and J.L. Samarao	689
Spinning Quality/Process Improvement Through Variance Tolerancing Moon W. Suh, Jae L. Woo and Hyun-Jin Koo	691
Predicting Yarn Quality Using Measurements at Alternative Stages of the Spinning Process M. Dean Ethridge and Reiyao Zhu	696
Yarn Strength is Affected by Frictional Properties Michael L. Honeycutt	705
An Investigation of the Effect of Cotton Wax Content on Fiber-to-Fiber Cohesion and Yarn Strength Timothy A. Calamari, Jr., Xiaoliang Cui, James M. Hemstreet and John B. Price	706
Wrinkle Free Cotton - an Overview Joe Don Long	706
Dyeable Durable Press Cotton: Dye Bath Adjustments Robert M. Reinhardt, Elena E. Graves and Eugene J. Blanchard	708
Economic Analysis of Using Crustacea Byproducts for the Coverage of Neps Steve Teal, R. Terry Ervin and R.D. Mehta	709
Composites of Cotton Non-Wovens and Sucrose-Based Epoxies Navzer D. Sachinvala, David L. Winsor, Christopher Hemming, D.V. Parikh, Eugene J. Blanchard, Noelie R. Bertoniere and Timothy A. Calamari	713
Some Aspects of Enzymatic Treatment of Cotton Eugene J. Blanchard and Elena E. Graves	713
The Technological Worth of Cotton: Textile Industry Perspective Yehia El Mogahzy	714
Examination of Changes in ELS Cotton Fiber Properties at Major Steps of the Spinning Process Reiyao Zhu and M. Dean Ethridge	719
Properties of Broken Cotton Fiber Kearny Q. Robert, John B. Price, X. Leon Cui and Timothy A. Calamari	723
Properties of Yarn Made from Broken Cotton Fiber John B. Price, Kearny Q. Robert and Timothy A. Calamari	727
Influence of Neps on Rotor Spun Yarn Strength Michele Sawich-Towler and Dr. Clarence D. Rogers	729
A Polyethylene Staple-Core/Cotton-Wrap Duck Fabric for Military Tentage A.P.S. Sawhney, G.F. Ruppenicker, J. Price and P. Radhakrishiaiah	734
A Comparison of EIB Measures to Current Yarn Test Methods Dr. Clarence D. Rogers	735
The Solutions for Controlling Fabric Barre' Joseph M. Yankey	738
Some New Techniques to Predict the Dimensional Stability of Pre-Shrunk Cotton Fabrics P. Radhakrishnaiah and A.P.S. Sawhney	742
Downtime Study of Cotton Swab Machines D.V. Parikh, Timothy A. Calamari, Ray Rigat and Robert Briggs	745
A Comparison Between Enzymatic Scouring and Alkaline Scouring of Cotton Ian R. Hardin and Yonghua Li	745
Properties of Peroxide Bleached Open-End and Ring-Spun Yarns Scoured by Nonaqueous, Enzymatic, and Conventional Methods Gisela Buschle-Diller, S. Haig Zeronian and Maria K. Inglesby	747
Molecular Weight of Cellulose after Treatment with a Total Cellulase Marie-Alice Rousselle and Phyllis S. Howley	750
Morphological and Rheological Analyses of the Gel Phase in the Cellulose/NH3/NH4SCN System Margaret W. Frey, John A. Cuculo, Saad A. Khan and Richard J. Spontak	754
A Comparison of the Degradation of Cotton-Based Nonwovens by Composting and Heat-moisture Treatments Eugenie M. Ranck, Marjorie J.T. Norton and Rinn M. Cloud	759
COTTON WEED SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Growers' Perceptions Following Staple's First Year J.D. Smith, E.C. Murdock, and A. Keeton	765
Responses of Selected Cotton Varieties to Staple® (Pyrithiobac) Applications G.B. Baldwin, D.M. Panter, R.E. Seay, C.B. Corkern and D.B. Reynolds	765
Staple Performance in Cotton Weed Control Programs R.G. Turner and D.A. Allison	766
Ladysthumb Smartweed (Polygonum Persicaria) Control in Cotton with Staple S.K. Rick, E.C. Murdock, A. Keeton, and T.J. Walker	771
Cotton Response to Fluometuron and Pyrithiobac Applied Postemergence C.D. Monks, M.G. Patterson, D.P. Delaney, B. Norris, and D. Moore	771
Staple and Msma Systems for Weed Control in Cotton J.W. Wilcut and J.D. Hinton	771
Interactions with Staple and Postemergence Grass Herbicides R.G. Lemon, P.A. Baumann, W.J. Grichar, G.D. Morgan and B. Besler	772
Rotational Crop Response Following Staple Use in Arizona Cotton J.L. Pacheco, K. Umeda, S.H. Husman and W.B. McCloskey	772
Staple-Buctril and Staple-Roundup Combinations J.A. Kendig	776
Buctril/graminicide Interactions on Large Crabgrass (Digitaria Sanguinalis) A.S. Culpepper and A.C. York	776
Sicklepod Management in Bxn Cotton M.D. Paulsgrove, J.W. Wilcut, A.C. York and J.D. Hinton	777
Utilization of Roundup Ready and BXN Cotton Technologies in Central Texas P.A. Baumann and G.D. Morgan	777
Potential Fit of Roundup Ready Cotton in Georgia S.M. Brown	778
Roundup Ready Cotton Tolerance to Roundup Ultra Applied at Various Growth Stages P.A. Dotray and J.W. Keeling	778
Roundup Ready® Cotton Tolerance to Roundup® Ultra (Glyphosate) Herbicide R.D. Voth, J.A. Mills and P.R. Rahn	779
What Happens when Roundup ReadyTM Cotton is Sprayed with Roundup® after the Four Leaf Stage? S.G. Matthews, P. Brawley, T.C. Mueller and R.M. Hayes	779
Morphological Effects of Roundup Application Timings on Roundup-ReadyTM Cotton C.J.Kalaher, H.D. Coble and A.C. York	780
Weed Management in No-Till and Conventional-Tillage Roundup Ready Cotton J.W. Wilcut and J.D. Hinton	780
Weed Management in Conservation Tillage Systems Using Roundup in Roundup Ready Cotton J.W. Keeling and P.A. Dotray	781
Weed Control in Roundup ReadyTM Conservation Tillage Cotton A. Keeton and E.C. Murdock	781
Roundup Ready Weed Control Programs in Various Tillage Systems K.M. Bloodworth, D.B. Reynolds, D.R. Shaw, W.C. Elkins, B.E. Serviss and C.E. Snipes	782
Weed Control in Roundup ReadyTM Cotton T.D. Isgett, E.C. Murdock and A. Keeton	782
Weed Management Systems in Georgia Cotton Utilizing Roundup-Ready® Cotton W.K. Vencill and L. Hawf	783
Evaluation of Preplant and Preemergence Herbicides in Roundup Ready® Cotton A.K. Welch, P.R. Rahn, R.D. Voth, J.A. Mills and C.R. Shumway	784
Weed Control Systems for Roundup Ready® Cotton E.P. Webster, J.D. Beaty and F.L. Baldwin	785
Weed Management in Roundup Ready® Cotton K.M. Jennings, J.M. Robbie, A.S. Culpepper and A.C. York	786
Nutsedge (Cyperus Spp.) Management in Arizona Using Roundup-Ultra in Roundup Ready Cotton William B. McCloskey	786
Weed Control Systems in Roundup Ready® Cotton J.A. Mills and R.D. Voth	787
Weed Control with Roundup Ready Cotton in Alabama M.G. Patterson, C.D. Monks, R.W. Goodman and D. Delaney	788
Weed Control and Cotton Tolerance to Topical and Post-Directed Applications of Roundup Ultra W.C. Elkins, D.B. Reynolds, K.M. Bloodworth, B.E. Serviss and C.E. Snipes	788
A 2-year Regional Evaluation of Zorial and Postemergence Herbicides in BXNTM Cotton E.C. Murdock, A.C. York, G. Wilson, J.W. Wilcut, W.K. Vencill, M.G. Patterson, H.S. McLean, E.F. Eastin, S.M. Brown, D.C. Bridges, B.J. Brecke and T.A. Baughman	789
Agricultural Chemicals in Texas: Assessment of Grower Preferences and Practices Dudley Smith, Tom Fuchs and Rodney Holloway	789
Microencapsulated Command Formulations in Cotton B.D. Sims, S.J. Stringer, H.R. Mitchell, T.W. Mize and E.V. Gage	791
Winter Annual Weed Identification and Preplant Control Daniel B. Reynolds, David L. Jordan, Stephen H. Crawford and P. Roy Vidrine	794
Annual Morningglory (Ipomea Spp.) Control in Cotton S.D. Wright, R.N. Vargas, M.R. Jimenez Jr., M.P. Keeley and R. Delgado	795
An Update on Griffin Corporation's Activities to Maintain Cyanazine Registrations Jim R. Bone and T. Bond McInnes	795
Banvel SGF for Weed Control in Fallow-bedcotton Greg Ferguson	796
Preemergence-Postemergence Herbicide Combinations for Economical Weed Control J.A. Kendig	798
How Competitive is Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus Palmeri) with Cotton? G.D. Morgan, P.A. Baumann and J.M. Chandler	798
Weed Control Interactions Associated with Roundup™ and Insecticide Mixtures V.J. Mascarenhas and J.L. Griffin	799
Cotton Weed Management in No-Till Maize and Sorghum Stubble James R. Smart and Joe M. Bradford	801
Defoliation Programs for Cotton J.D. Beaty, E.P. Webster and C.E. Snipes	802
Precision Seeded Low Plant Population Cotton: Effect on Yield and Weed Control D.C. Bridges and S.M. Brown	803
Preemergence and Postemergence Weed Control Systems Utilizing Herbicide Resistant Cotton P.R. Vidrine, E.P. Millhollon, D.K. Miller and D.L. Jordan	803
Palmer Amaranth Control in Cotton, 1994-1996 H.R. Hurst	804
COTTON INSECT RESEARCH AND CONTROL CONFERENCE
50th Annual Conference Report on Cotton Insect Research and Control D.D. Hardee and G.A. Herzog	809
Highlights of the 50th Annual Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference G.A. Herzog, D.D. Hardee and M.R. Williams	833
Cotton Insect Losses 1996 Michael R. Williams	834
Cotton Insect Losses – 1979 - 1996 Michael R. Williams	854
An Extension Entomologist's 1996 Observations of Bollgard (Bt) Technology Ron H. Smith	856
Efficacy of Grower-Managed Bt Cotton in North Carolina J.S. Bacheler, D.W. Mott and D.E. Morrison	858
On-Farm Experiences with Bt Cotton in South Carolina M.E. Roof, J.A. DuRant and J.T. Walker	861
Bt-cotton in Mississippi: The First Year M. Blake Layton, M.R. Williams and S. Stewart	861
Helicoverpa/Heliothis Management in Nucotn and Conventional Cotton Cultivars in Louisiana B.R. Leonard, H. Fife, K. Torrey, J.B. Graves and J. Holloway	863
Stoneville BXN/bt with Bollgard®: Efficacy Trials Conducted at the Northeast Research Station E. Burris, B.R. Leonard, D.R. Cook and J.B. Graves	867
Interactions of Helicoverpa Zea and Bt Cotton in North Carolina A.L. Lambert, J.R. Bradley, Jr. and J.W. Van Duyn	870
Transgenic Bt Cotton - Problems from Consultants' Perspective Harold Lambert	873
Transgenic Bt Cotton -Consultants' Views & Observations Roger Carter, James Clower, Ray Young and Harold Lambert	874
Transgenic Bt Cotton - Cotton Consultants Perspective Chuck Farr, Lonnie Bull, Ray Young and Roger Carter	875
Reduced Effectiveness of B.t. Cotton Following Disruption of Beneficials with Early Season Insecticides S.G. Turnipseed and M.J. Sullivan	876
Effect of Transgenic Cotton on Development of the Boll Weevil G.H. McKibben, E.J. Villavaso and J.C. McCarty	876
Cholesterol Oxidase: Potent Boll Weevil Larvicidal and Oöstatic Agent Suitable for Transgenic Cotton Development J.T. Greenplate, D.R. Corbin and J.P. Purcell	877
Resistance Monitoring in Bt Cotton: First Year Observations D.D. Hardee, D.A. Streett, L.C. Adams and G.W. Elzen	880
Development of Heliothis Antibodies for the Leptontm Htk Insect Diagnostic Test Kit Sen Seong Ng, Robert J. Cibulsky and Stephen C. Trowell	883
Commercial Experiences with the Lepton Test Kit in Australia A.M. Kay and P.A. Glover	884
An Evaluation of Resistance to Bt Toxins in Native Populations of the Pink Bollworm Alan C. Bartlett, T.J. Dennehy and Larry Antilla	885
Efficacy and Duration of Early Season Insecticides on Transgenic Bt Cotton J.T. Ruscoe, G.L. Andrews, J.B. Phelps and C.W. Bednarz	888
Influence of Early Season Treatments on Insect Populations and Yield in Bollgard (96 Bg-1) and Sure Grow 501 Cotton Varieties W.P. Scott, G.L. Snodgrass and D.A. Adams	892
Treatment Thresholds for Stink Bugs in Transgenic B.t. Cotton J.K. Greene. S.G. Turnipseed and M.J. Sullivan	895
Performance and Benefits of Karate® Insecticide on Bollgard® Cotton J. Mink, S. Harrison and S. Martin	898
Silverleaf Whitefly Lint Stickiness and Cotton Yields in Low and High Plant Populations of Untreated and Insecticide-Treated Long and Short Staple Cottons T.J. Henneberry, L. Forlow Jech, D.L. Hendrix, H.H. Perkins and D.E. Brushwood	899
Effects of Insecticide Applications on Bemisia Argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) Densities, Honeydew Production, and Cotton Yields Wee L. Yee, Nick C. Toscano, D.L. Hendrix and T.J. Henneberry	907
Silverleaf Whitefly Infestation Levels and Percent Parasitism in Relation to Cotton Variety and Insecticide Treatments Eric T. Natwick, C.C. Chu, Allen C. Cohen, Gregory S. Simmons and Donald E. Brushwood	915
Strategies for Insecticide Resistance Management of Silverleaf Whitefly Populations in Two Upland Cottons: Ground Applications of Insect Growth Regulators and Pyrethroids D.H. Akey, T.J. Henneberry, L.H. Williams, III, T.J. Dennehy and P.C. Ellsworth	918
Bemisia Growth Regulators: Large-Scale Evaluation Peter C. Ellsworth, Jon W. Diehl, I.W. Kirk and Tom J. Henneberry	922
Bemisia Growth Regulators: A Field Sampling Protocol for Nymphs J.W. Diehl, P.C. Ellsworth and S.E. Naranjo	929
Bemisia Growth Regulators: Conservation of Natural Enemies? Steven E. Naranjo and James R. Hagler	932
Performance of Applaud® (Buprofezin) Against Silverleaf Whitefly in First Year's Commercial Use in Arizona John Lublinkho, Dale Comer and Leon Moore	934
Cotton Bollworm Control in North China in 1996 C.F. Sheng	934
Validation of Bollworm Migration Across South-Central Texas in 1994-1996 J.K. Westbrook, J.F. Esquivel, J.D. López, Jr., G.D. Jones, W.W. Wolf and J.R. Raulston	936
Evaluation of Some Insecticides Mixed with a Feeding Stimulant for Adult Bollworm J.D. Lopez, Jr., C.G. Clemens and R.W. Meola	940
Defining the Period of Boll Susceptibility to Fall Armyworm Injury in Cotton J.J. Adamczyk, Jr., J.W. Holloway, B.R. Leonard and J.B. Graves	941
Heliothis Damage Thresholds in Relation to Cotton Boll Weight Frank Bordelon, Gerald Myers and B. Roger Leonard	943
Comparison of New Insecticides for the Control of the Bollworm (Heliocoverpa Zea) and Tobacco Budworm (Heliothis Virescens) in Arkansas D.R. Johnson, H.B. Myers, L.M. Page and T.L. Singer	947
Use and Validation of Cotman to Terminate Insecticide Applications in South Texas J. Benedict, C. Correa, R. Huffman, R. Parker, M. Cochran, P. Tugwell, P. O'Leary and S. Hopkins	949
Observations of the Arkansas Monitoring System--Producer Perspective Cecil Brooking	953
Insulating Abilities of Six Boll Weevil Overwintering Habitats from the Rolling Plains of Texas M.N. Parajulee, L.T. Wilson, P.J. Trichilo, D.R. Rummel, S.C. Carroll, J.E. Slosser and T.W. Fuchs	955
Factors Influencing Survival of Overwintering Boll Weevils (Anthonomus Grandis) in Northeast Arkansas Theresa L. Singer, Donald R. Johnson, Larry M. Page, Harry B. Myers, Clark D. Klein and Ralph Bagwell	960
Boll Weevil Reproductive Development Under Selected Temperature Regimes D.W. Spurgeon and J.R. Raulston	965
A Strategy for the Management and Containment of the Boll Weevil in The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas A.W. Scott, Jr. and M.J. Lukefahr	968
An Intensive Boll Weevil Trapping Effort in Southern Missouri Judy Grundler and Clyde E. Sorenson	971
Boll Weevil Eradication Update - Texas, 1996 Osama El-Lissy, Frank Myers, Ray Frisbie, Tom Fuchs, Don Rummel, Roy Parker, Don Dipple, Ed King, Gary Cunningham, Frank Carter, James Boston and Jack Hayes	973
Foraging Resources of Overwintering Boll Weevils in Crockett and Munday, Texas G.D. Jones, J.R. Coppedge and D. Gryder	980
Boll Weevil Reproductive Development under Selected Feeding Regimes D.W. Spurgeon and J.R. Raulston	982
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Boll Weevil Trap Captures in Northeastern Mexico D.W. Spurgeon, J.R. Raulston, O.Z. Zamora and J. Loera	984
Patterns of Efficacy of Boll Weevil Insecticides Using a Leaf Disk Bioassay D.W. Spurgeon, J.R. Raulston, A.N. Sparks, Jr. and J.W. Norman	986
Impact of Selected Insecticides on Boll Weevil and Natural Enemies Mandie England, Rick Minzenmayer and Chris Sansone	989
Activities of the Mississippi Boll Weevil Geographic Information System and Satellite Imaging - 1996 Jeannine K. Smith and Glenn Wiygul	994
Alternatives for Boll Weevil Management: Large-Plot Evaluations of Methyl Parathion, Guthion, Dimilin and Bwact Baitsticks in Mississippi - 1996 S.D. Stewart and M.R. Williams,	996
Alternative Uses of BWACT (Boll Weevil Attract and Control Tube) in Colombia, Brazil and Paraguay Thomas A. Plato and James C. Plato	998
Activating Pyrethroid Insecticides R.W. Killick and D.T. Schulteis	1001
Mechanisms of Resistance to Pyrethroids in the Bollworm, Helicoverpa Zea Jonathan W. Holloway, James A. Ottea and B. Roger Leonard	1007
Expression and Inheritance of Target Site Resistance to Pyrethroids in the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis Virescens Tom Clarke and James A. Ottea	1011
Enzyme Activities in Organophosphorus-Resistant Tobacco Budworms Heliothis Virescens John A. Harold and James A. Ottea	1013
Development of Pyrethroid Analogs for Diagnosis of Resistance Mechanisms in the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis Virescens (F.) Guomin Shan, Robert P. Hammer and James A. Ottea	1018
Development of Discriminating Concentrations for Insecticide Resistance Monitoring in the Soybean Looper R.N. Mascarenhas, D.J. Boethel and B.R. Leonard	1021
Can Response Levels to Any Insecticide Be Maintained by a Population of Beet Armyworm? D.A. Wolfenbarger, D.G. Riley and Bob Cartwright,	1024
Evaluation of Acaricide Rotation Strategies For Managing Resistance in Spider Mites on Cotton in the San Joaquin Valley of California: A Three Year Study Samuel J. Bruce-Oliver and Elizabeth E. Grafton-Cardwell	1028
Efficacy of New Insecticides to Control Beet Armyworm in Northeastern Mexico Antonio P. Terán-Vargas, Enrique Garza-Urbina, Carlos A. Blanco-Montero, Gonzalo Pérez-Carmona and Juan M. Pellegaud-Rábago	1030
Confirm as a Useful Alternative for IPM Against the Beet Armyworm in Cotton in Northern Mexico Arturo Obando-Rodrigue, Alfredo Blanco and Carlos Blanco-Montero	1032
Factors Affecting Performance of Confirm in Cotton A.E. Duttle, K.P.Buchert, L.C. Walton and Y. Guo,	1033
Population Trends of Beet Armyworm on Cotton in the Lower Rio Grande Valley During the 1996 Production Season K.R. Summy, J.R. Raulston, D.W. Spurgeon and A.W. Scott, Jr.	1035
Comparative Efficacy Of Regent 800 WDG (Fipronil) A Novel Cotton Boll Weevil Insecticide in Northwestern Mexico Jose L. Martinez-Carrillo and J.J. Pacheco-Covarrubias	1039
Comparative Efficacy of Fipronil and Guthion for Boll Weevil Control A.N. Sparks, Jr., J.W. Norman, D.W. Spurgeon and J.R. Raulston	1040
Summary of Research Results with Fipronil for Control of Plant Bugs on Cotton Richard Shaw, H.S. Yang, B.K. Rowe, H. Randall Smith and Brian Deeter	1043
Update on Prediction of Epizootics with Extension-Based Sampling Service D. Steinkraus and G.O. Boys	1047
Physiological and Yield Responses of Cotton to Mid-Season Cotton Aphid Infestations in California Larry D. Godfrey, Ken J. Fuson, James P. Wood and Steve D. Wright	1048
Cotton Aphid Response to Nitrogen Fertility in Dryland Cotton J.E. Slosser, W.E. Pinchak and D.R. Rummel	1051
Aphid Control Screening Studies in San Joaquin Valley S.D. Wright, L.D. Godfrey M.R. Jimenez Jr., P. Weinholds and J.P. Wood	1053
Efficacy of Various Insecticide Treatments to Control Cotton Aphids and Prevent Economic Loss in Oklahoma in 1995 M.A. Karner, J.R. Goodson and Mark Payton	1054
Performance of Savey® 50-WP Ovicide/Miticide for Mite Control in Western Cotton J. Whitehead, N. Wilso and P. David	1057
Evaluation of Jojoba Oil for Control of Spider Mite (Acari : Tetranychidae) in Egypt F.K. El-Duweini and R.A. Sedrak	1060
Rescate 200 (Acetamiprid) A New Alternative for Silverleaf Whitefly Control in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico. 1996 Raúl León López and Ing. Ricardo Tafoya Rivera	1063
Cotton Leafhairs and Silverleaf Whiteflies in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas Three Year Research Summary J.W. Norman, Jr. and A.N. Sparks, Jr.	1063
Susceptibility of Upland Cotton Cultivars Deltapine 5461 and Louisiana 887 to Silverleaf Whitefly Colonization Chang-Chi Chu, Eric T. Natwick, Donald. E. Brushwood, Thomas J. Henneberry and Allen C. Cohen	1064
Control of Pink Bollworm, Pectinophora Gossypiella, (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) with Biocontrol and Biorational Agents D.H. Gouge, L.L. Lee, J.R. Van Berkum, T.J. Henneberry, K.A. Smith, C. Payne and D. Ortega	1066
Status of Lygus Bug and Cotton Aphid Resistance in the San Joaquin Valley E.E. Grafton-Cardwell, L.D. Godfrey, W.A. Brindley and P.B. Goodell	1072
Survey of Lygus (Lygus Hesperus Knight) Susceptibility to Bifenthrin (Capture®) in the San Joaquin Valley of California J.J. Knabke and C.A. Staetz	1074
Emamectin Benzoate: A Novel Avermectin Derivative for Control of Lepidopterous Pests in Cotton S.M. White, D.M. Dunbar, R. Brown, B. Cartwright, D. Cox, C. Eckel, R.K. Jansson, P.K. Mookerjee, J.A. Norton, R.F. Peterson and V.R. Starner	1078
Studies on the Mode of Action of Spinosad, the Active Ingredient in Tracer™ Insect Control Vincent L. Salgado, Gerald B. Watson and Joel J. Sheets	1082
Tracer Insect Control-1996 EUP Results W.H. Hendrix, III, R. Huckaba, B. Nead, L. Peterson, D. Porteous and G. Thompson	1086
The Effect of Spinosad (Tracer) on Arthropod Pest and Beneficial Populations in Australian Cotton D.A.H. Murray and R.J. Lloyd	1087
Control of Lepidoptera Pests in Cotton with Intrepid™ Experimental Insecticide W.E. Harrison, L.C. Walton and A.E. Duttle	1091
Fulfill™ (Pymetrozine) A New Approach to Sucking Insect Control Don V. Allemann, Scott Ferguson, Brad Minton and Ngoan Ngo	1093
Efficacy of Dimilin® (Diflubenzuron) and Transgenic Bt Cotton on Several Lepidopteran Species R.T. Weiland, P.T. McDonald and M.K. Kish	1095
Curacron® (Profenofos) The Economical Foundation Product Dale Brown, Don V. Allemann, Greg Faust and Keith Driggs	1099
Rhône-Poulenc Ag Co., Monitoring Program: Performance of Larvin® Brand Thiodicarb and Four Other Insecticides Against Tobacco Budworm Collected from Different Sites in the USA Cotton Belt P. Ferbeck, J.B. Van Kretschmar, R.G. Blenk and H.M. Ayad	1101
Deposition Adjuvants in Low Volume Insecticidal Applications Bob G. Reeves	1105
Approaches for the Integrated Control of Some Cotton Pests (Minia Region, Egypt) Sanaa A. Ibrahim	1106
Tobacco Budworm: Variation in Response and Reproductive "Fitness" of Strains, Crosses and Backcrosses of the Strains to Methyl Parathion and EPN1/ Dan A Wolfenbarger	1109
Preliminary Analysis of Field Population of Black Cutworm, Agrotis Ipsilon (Hufn) and Some Measurements for its Field Life Table in Egypt Ahmed A. Hamed Amin and M.I. Abdin	1116
Effects of Karate® Insecticide on Beneficial Arthropods in Bollgard® Cotton J.F.H. Cole, E.D. Pilling, R. Boykin and J.R. Ruberson	1118
Survival of Beneficial Arthropods Following the Application of Various Insecticides W. Duffie, M.J. Sullivan and S.G. Turnipseed	1120
Insect Populations in a Cover Crop/Strip Tillage System John R. Ruberson, Sharad C. Phatak and W. Joe Lewis	1121
Potential Relay Strip Crops for Predator Enhancement in Cotton M.N. Parajulee and J.E. Slosser	1124
Year Three of Insect Population Dynamics in a Cotton Refugia System: Pitfall Trap Sampling Philip B. Haney, W. Joe Lewis	1127
A Total Systems Approach for Sustainable Cotton Production in Georgia and the Southeast: First Year Results W. Joe Lewis, Philip B. Haney, Rick Reed and Alton Walker	1129
Manipulation of Beneficial Insects with Envirofeast® for Insect Pest Management in Australian Cotton B.C. Howie and S. Graham-Smith	1134
Mortality Induced on Boll Weevil Larvae by Catolaccus Grandis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Females at Different Degrees of Conditioning S.M. Greenberg, J.A. Morales-Ramos, M.G. Rojas and E.G. King	1135
Status of IPM and Insecticide Use in Texas Cotton T.W. Fuchs, Dudley Smith and Rodney Holloway	1140
Community Pest Management - A Systems Approach Jeff B. Welch, Quinton Hornsby, Dr. Theresa Singer and Dr. Donald R. Johnson	1144
Maintaining an IPM Program in a Shifting Pest Environment P.B. Goodell, E.E. Grafton-Cardwell and L.D. Godfrey	1146
Update on the Area-Wide Budworm/Bollworm Management Program with Virus: Is it a Cost Effective Insurance Program? D.A. Streett, M.R. Bell and D.D. Hardee	1148
Use of Bt Spore/Crystal Formulations to Control Insect Pests: They're Not Dead Yet! W.J. Moar and J. Conley	1150
Strategies for Foliar Applications of Bacillus Thuringiensis in Cotton S. Shane Hand and R.G. Luttrell	1151
Efficacy of Condor XL for Control of Tobacco Budworm and Cotton Bollworm in the Mid-South and Texas Tim Johnson, Dudley Dabbs and Jamie Yancy	1157
Evaluation of Garlic Barrier® for Cotton Insect Control in Tennessee Gary L. Lentz, Nancy Austin and Randall S. Mizell,	1158
The Relationship of Insects on Cotton Plant Fruiting Characteristics During the First Nodes of Fruiting G.L. Andrews, Ph.D., C.W. Bednarz, Ph.D., J.B. Phelps and J.T. Ruscoe	1158
Residual Efficacy of AT-Planting Soil Applied Insecticides on Seedling Thrips Populations in Northeast Louisiana D.R. Cook, E. Burris, B.R. Leonard and J.B. Graves	1160
Effects of Sand Burn and Thrips Injury on Cotton Maturity and Yield D. Ames Herbert, Jr., A. Ozzie Abaye and James C. Maitland	1162
Effects of Soil Systemic Insecticides and Cotton Seed Vigor on Cotton Stands and Yields G.F. Goddard and J.F. Leser	1165
Fipronil Insecticide for Early Season Thrips Control Across the Cotton Belt M. Christian, H. Young, H. Yang and L. Olive	1168
Effect of Furadan/Disulfoton on Cotton Growth and Development S.J. Stringer and H.R. Mitchell	1171
Host Plant Preferences of Tarnished Plant Bug:A Foundation for Trap Crops in Cotton Chism Craig, R.G. Luttrell, Scott D. Stewart and Gordon L. Snodgrass	1176
An Improved Tractor-Mounted Pneumatic Insect Collector K.R. Beerwinkle, J.R. Coppedge, J.R. Raulston and D.W. Spurgeon	1181
Evaluation of a Tractor Mounted Sampler for Boll Weevil Sampling J.R. Raulston, D.W. Spurgeon, K.R. Beerwinkle and J.R. Coppedge	1183
Design and Performance of Metering Devices for Distribution of Predaceous Mites J.H. Chesson, L.M. Carter and J.R. McLaughlin	1185
Incidence of Late Season Boll Rot in Eastern Georgia Cotton: Influence of Stinkbug R.E. Baird, S. Bundy, R. McPherson, G.A. Herzog, L.E. Zipper and R.G. McDaniel	1189
Host Preference and Life-Table Parameters of Black Cutworm, Agrotis Ipsilon (Hufn) [Lepidoptera: Noctuidae] Ahmed A. Hamed Amin and M.I. Abdin	1190
Pink Bollworm Larval Mortality Following Application of Steinernema Riobravis Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Cotton Furrow Irrigation L. Forlow Jech and T.J. Henneberry	1192
Life Table Analysis of Cotton Boll Weevil in the Tropics of Tamaulipas Mexico after Catolaccus Grandis Releases J. Vargas-Camplis, R.J. Coleman, J. Gonzalez and L. Rodriguez Del B.	1194
Reduction of Cost for Mass Propagating Catolaccus Grandis by the Use of Artificial Diet M.G. Rojas, J.A. Morales-Ramos and E.G. King	1197
Mass Propagation of Catolaccus Grandis in Support of Large Scale Area Suppression of the Boll Weevil in South Texas Cotton J.A. Morales-Ramos, M.G. Rojas and E.G. King	1199
Boll Weevil Status in the Texas High Plains J.F. Leser, E.A. Bodden and R. Haldenby	1201
Establishing Trap Crops to Aggregate and Suppress Spring Populations of Boll Weevil -An Alternative Tactic for Midsouth Eradication Programs T.G. Teague and N.P. Tugwell	1205
Malathion ULV Residual Control Efficacy under Boll Weevil Eradication Program Conditions Robert G. Jones and Dan A. Wolfenbarger	1208
Longevity of Malathion ULV Applications Against Boll Weevil under Different Weather Conditions in the Coastal Bend of Texas Osama El-Lissy, Wendy Shepard and Frank Myers	1209
Influence of Dew on Leaf Surfaces at Time of Application of ULV Malathion - Chemical Residue and Boll Weevil Mortality I.W. Kirk, V.S. House and J.E. Mulrooney	1212
Control of Boll Weevil and Beet Armyworm with Air-Assisted Ground Sprayer J.E. Mulrooney and Lars Skjoldager	1213
Evaluation of Insecticides for Boll Weevil Control and Impact on Non-Target Arthropods on Non-Transgenic and Transgenic B.t. Cotton Cultivars Roy D. Parker and Raymond L. Huffman	1216
Comparison of Various Insecticides in the Control of the Cotton Boll Weevil (Anthonomus Grandis) L.M. Page, H.B. Meyers, T.L. Singer and D.R. Johnson	1222
The Fall Armyworm: And I Thought We Had it Made Ed Hood	1223
Response to the Beet Armyworm from Southern Tamaulipas, Mexico to Insecticides A.P. Terán-Vargas	1225
Response of the Beet Armyworm to Insecticides in Mexico A.P. Terán-Vargas, J.L. Martínez-Carrillo and J. Vargas-Camplis	1227
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Beet Armyworm Trap Captures in Northeastern Mexico J.R. Raulston, D.W. Spurgeon, O. Zamora, J. Loera and E. Salgado	1229
Lygus Bugs in Arizona Regain Susceptibility to Key Insecticides J.E. Russell, T.J. Dennehy, L. Antilla, M. Whitlow, R. Webb and J. Pacheco	1232
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Silverleaf Whitefly in the San Joaquin Valley 1994-1996 J.P. Wood, L.D. Godfrey, P.B. Goodell and J. Eckert	1240
Defining the Risk of Resistance to Imidacloprid in Arizona Populations of Whitefly Livy Williams, III, Timothy J. Dennehy and John C. Palumbo	1242
Silverleaf Whitefly Control in Cotton with Knack® Insect Growth Regulator M.J. Ansolabehere and C. Elliott	1246
A Modified New Whitefly Trap (CC Trap) to Increase Whitefly Adult Catches C.C. Chu, T.J. Henneberry, M.A. Boykin and A.C. Cohen	1247
Investigations of Two Insect Growth Regulators against Arizona Whitefly Populations A.L. Simmons, L. Williams, III, T.J. Dennehy, L. Antilla, L.E. Jech and S. Husman	1248
Management of Pyrethroid-Resistant Whiteflies in Arizona Cotton: Selection, Cross-Resistance and Dynamics S. Sivasupramaniam, T.J. Dennehy and L. Williams, III	1252
Penetration and Metabolism of Spinosyn a in Lepidopterous Larvae Thomas C. Sparks, Joel J. Sheets, John R. Skomp, Thomas V. Worden, Mark B. Hertlein, Larry L. Larson, David Bellows, Stephen Thibault and Laura Wally	1259
Effect of Insecticide, Rate and Egg Age on Ovicidal Control C.T. Allen, S. Frizzell and A.C. Riddle	1264
Control of the Cotton Fleahopper(Psallus Seraltus) in South Texas with Regent® Brand Insecticide K.A. Holmes and S.W. Hopkins	1268
Survival of Helicoverpa Zea Boddie on Bollgard Cotton H.B. Meyers, D.R. Johnson, T.L. Singer and L.M. Page	1269
Growing Pains Associated with Adoption of Bollgard Technology into Standard IPM Practices in Oklahoma Miles Karner and Jerry Goodson	1271
Effect of Induced Resistance and Host Phenology on the Susceptibility of Heliothines to Baculovirus M.I. Ali, T. Meade, G.W. Felton and S.Y. Young	1277
Biochemical Aspects of Induced Resistance in Cotton to the Cotton Bollworm J.L. Bi, G.W. Felton and J.B. Murphy	1279
Status of Insecticide Resistance in Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm in Louisiana During 1996 R.D. Bagwell, J.B. Graves, J.W. Holloway, B.R. Leonard, E. Burris, S. Micinski and V. Mascarenhas	1282
Evaluation of Tolerance to Insecticides in Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm Populations, 1996 G. W. Elzen, L.C. Adams and D.D. Hardee	1289
Evaluation of the Susceptibility of Tobacco Budworm (Heliothis Virescens) and Cotton Bollworm (Helicoverpa Zea) Populations in Georgia to Various Insecticides Melissa Hasty, Eric Durham and Gregory Payne	1292
Improved Control of Heliothis Virescens and Helicoverpa Zea with a Recombinant Form of Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus and Interaction with Bollgard® Cotton J.N. All, M.F. Treacy,	1294
Toxicity of Bacillus Thuringiensis Var. Tenebrionis and Ca-thuringiensin Against the Boll Weevil Anthonomus Grandis (Boh.) [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] D.A. Wolfenbarger, A.A. Hamed and R.G. Luttrell	1296
Naturalis-L: a Biological Product (Beauvaria Bassiana JW-1) for the Control of Cotton Pests S.E. Hinz and J.E. Wright	1300
The Effects and Persistence of the Fungus Beauveria Bassiana (Mycotrol) and Imidacloprid (Provado) on Tarnished Plant Bug Mortality and Feeding J.Z. Brown, D.C. Steinkraus and N.P. Tugwell and T.G. Teague	1302
Impact of Bt and Thiodicarb Alone and in Combination on Tobacco Budworm, Mortality and Emergence of the Parasitoid Microplitis Croceipes D.W. Atwood, S.Y. Young III and T.J. Kring	1305
Toxicity of Several Insecticides to Catolaccus Grandis (Burks) and Selection with Malathion Dan A. Wolfenbarger and Shoil M. Greenberg	1310
Tolerance of Natural Enemies to Selected Insecticides Applied at Ultra Low Volumes P.G. Tillman and J.E. Mulrooney	1312
Effects of Selected Pesticides on Populations of Beneficial Arthropods in Lower Rio Grande Valley Cotton A.N. Sparks, Jr., J.W. Norman, J.R. Raulston, D.W. Spurgeon and Billy F. Tanner	1313
The Use of Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assays (Elisa) to Determine the Role of Orius Insidiosus (Say) to Control Bollworms in the Southern Blacklands of Texas C.G. Sansone, J.W. Smith, Jr. and P.O. Darnell	1316
A New Approach to Evaluate Augmentative Biological Control Agents James R. Hagler and Steven E. Naranjo	1320
Effects of Potassium Fertility on Beet Armyworms L. C. Graham and M. J. Gaylor	1320
Attraction of Chrysoperla Spp. To Chemical Lures T.N., Shaver, J.F. Esquivel and J.D. Lopez, Jr.	1323
Suppression of Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Cotton Using the Entomopathogenic Nematode Steinernema Riobravis (Cabanillas, Poinar and Raulston) (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) D.H. Gouge, L.L. Lee, J.R. Van Berkum, T.J. Henneberry and K.A. Smith	1324
North Carolina Pest News: Cotton Insect Management Information on the World Wide Web Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Jack S. Bacheler	1326
Response of Beet Armyworm from Mexico, Louisiana and Georgia, U.S.A. to Insecticides D.A. Wolfenbarger, J.L. Martinez C, A.P. Teran V.and C.A. Staetz	1327
KISS - A New Portable Pneumatic 'Keep it Simple Sampler' for Row Crop Insects K.R. Beerwinkle, J.R. Coppedge and T.M. O'Neil	1330
Tarnished Plant Bug Pheromone - Olfactometer Studies Glenn Wiygul and Gerald McKibben	1333
Retention of Citrus Pollen By Cotton Bollworm Adults J.F. Esquivel, T.N. Shaver, J.R. Raulston and D.W. Spurgeon	1335
Confirmation of Insecticide Termination Rules in Louisiana K.D. Torrey, J.H. Fife, B.R. Leonard, R.D. Bagwell, E. Burris, D. Cook, V. Mascarenhas and J. Adamczyk	1335
Testing Resistance of Selected Cotton Genotypes to the Cotton Leaf Worm Alabama Argillacea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) G.B. Contreras, G.W. Videla and J.A. Poissson	1338
Effect of New Chemistry Insecticides Towards Beneficial Insects of Cotton P. V. Pietrantonio and J. Benedict	1339
Conditional Lethal Genes to Control Cotton Pests T.A. Miller, M. Robertson and Steve Thibault	1340
The Optimum Range of Weights of the Tobacco Budworm (Heliothis Virescens) for Use in the Third Instar Topical Bioassay A.A. Dubbeldam and A.R. McCaffery	1341
COTTON PHYSIOLOGY CONFERENCE
Genetic and Environmental Factors Affecting Productivity of Cotton D.R. Krieg	1347
The Birth, Life and Death of the Photosynthetic Factory or the Top Ten Reasons Why: Cotton Photosynthesizes Like it Does and Why We Love it So! Randy Wells	1347
Modulations of Fiber Properties by Growth Environment That Persist as Variations of Fiber and Yarn Quality Judith M. Bradow, Philip J. Bauer, Gretchen F. Sassenrath-Cole, Richard M. Johnson	1351
The History of Cotton Physiology Jack Mauney	1360
Critical NAWF Values for Identifying the Last Effective Boll Population F.M. Bourland, D.M. Oosterhuis and J.D. Lammers	1361
Using Plant Mapping to Determine Potential Lint Yield of Cotton Crops J. A. Landivar and J. A. Hickey	1362
Digital Imaging for Defoliation Measurements A.M. Stewart, K.L. Edmisten and R. Wells	1362
Evaluation of FinishTM as a Harvest-aid Material in the Southeastern Coastal Plain Ken E. Legé, Mitchell E. Roof andO. Lloyd May	1363
Evaluation of Various Boll Opening Products for Use in North Carolina A.M. Stewart, K.L. Edmisten and R. Wells	1363
Efficacy of Finish and its Mechanism of Action M.K. Pedersen, J.D. Burton, H.D. Coble, J.R. Collins and D. Fritz	1363
A Performance Summary of Finish™ Brand Harvest-aid on Stripper Cotton M. Christian, A. Wiese, K. Holmes and G. Henniger	1365
Summary of FINISH® EUP on Cotton in MS. & LA. H. R. Smith, R. A. Shaw, H. J. Darbonne, C. R. McCowen, C. W. Hogue, J. E. Braucht, B. J. Geddie, J. C. Hand, S. R. Outzs, K. V. Tubbs, J. W. Watkins and W. Wigley	1368
Flair® Boll Opener (Endothall), Results from 1995-96 Experimental Use Permit Trials In Southeastern United States L. G. Thead	1370
Performance of Finish™ (Ethephon and Cyclanilide) as a Boll Opener and Defoliant in Australian Cotton R. Daniel, B. Howie and L. Price	1371
Experience in Argentina with Finish (Cyclanilide + Ethephon) Boll Opener and Defoliant D.Batlla and G. Novas	1373
Biosynthesis of Gossypol: Purification and Properties of Desoxyhemigossypol 6-O-Methyltransferase J. Liu, R. D. Stipanovic, C. R. Benedict and I. Alchanati	1374
Induction of Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in Cotton D.R. Gossett, B. Bellaire, S.W. Banks, M.C. Lucas, A. Manchandia and E.P. Millhollon	1374
Glutathione S-Transferase Isozymes in Control and Salt-Adapted Cotton Callus Tolvert Fowler, Cran Lucas and Dalton Gossett	1377
Expression and Analysis of a Proline-Rich Cell Protein in Developing Cotton Fibers H.Tan and D.P.Ma	1379
Influence of Photoperiod on the Ethylene Production of Cotton R.L. Jasoni and J.T. Cothren	1379
Altered Plant Growth and Maturity Caused by Columbia Lance Nematode C. Ryan Bond, Ken E. Legé and John D. Mueller	1380
Fruiting and Development of Cotton Treated with Combinations of Mepiquat Chloride and PGR-IV Stephen P. Biles and J. T. Cothren	1380
Effect of Alien Cytoplasms on Photosynthesis and Related Traits in Cotton (Gossypium Barbadense l.) Zhang Jinfa, A. L. Nepomuceno and J. McD. Stewart	1381
Evaluation of Chilling Tolerance In Cotton Genotypes D. Schulze, N. Hopper, J. Gannaway and G. Jividen	1383
Genetic and Environmental Factors Affecting Production and Retention of Fruiting Sites J. B. Riney, E. C. Best and D. R. Krieg	1385
Factors Affecting Source-Sink Relations in Cotton E.C. Best, J.B. Riney and D.R. Krieg	1387
Effects of Shade on Carbohydrate and Mineral Nutrient Status of Field-grown Cotton Duli Zhao and Derrick Oosterhuis	1389
Diurnal Changes in Plant Geometry and Sunlit Leaf Area in Cotton Plant S. Thanisawanyangkura,H. Sinoquet, M. Cretenet and E. Jallas	1390
Seed Treatment with Plant Growth Regulators to Enhance Emergence And Seedling Growth Adele Steger and Derrick Oosterhuis	1396
Three Years Experiences with a New PGR-Bacillus Cereus (BC) Dave Parvin and Rhett Atkins	1396
Late-Season Applications of PGR-LV to Remediate Fruit Shed and Enhance Maturity and Yield D.M. Oosterhuis, J.T. Cothren, J.A. Landivar, J.A. Hickey and A. Steger	1399
The Application of PGR-IV on Commercial Cotton Crops During the Boll Filling Period J. A. Hickey, J. A. Landivar	1400
Canopy Photosynthesis and Growth in Response to a Mixture of Mepiquat Chloride and a Biologically Derived Growth Promoting Compound Randy Wells	1400
Application of Mepiquat Chloride with a Wick Applicator L. Johnson and K.L. Edmisten	1400
Pima Cotton Growth and Yield Responses to Mepiquat Chloride (Pix) Dan Munk, Bill Weir, Steve Wright, Ron Vargas and Doug Munier	1401
Planned Soil Water Depletion of Irrigated Cotton on the Southern High Plains James P. Bordovsky and William M. Lyle	1403
Establishing a Model for Irrigation Termination in Cotton Daniel Munk, Jonathan Wroble and Steve Wright	1406
Effect of Leaf Shape, Planting Rate and Row Spacing on Cotton Development and Yield D.P. Delaney, C.D. Monks, M.G. Patterson and M.D. Pegues	1409
Effects of Temik® (Aldicarb Brand Pesticide) Applied Sidedress to Cotton Compared to At-planting Treatments of Temik® H.R. Smith, R.A. Shaw, S.D. Lee, C.W. Hogue, B.J. Geddie, T. Fava, W.H. McCarty and Jay Phelps	1409
Effects of DNA Herbicides on Cotton Growth in Large Scale Field Studies Wade L. Worley, William H. McCarty and Michael M. Kenty	1412
Cotton Development Following Early Square Removal Jay B. Phelps, Jon T. Ruscoe and William H. McCarty	1412
Engineering Stress - Tolerant Cotton with High Quality Fiber Robert G. McDaniel	1413
Analysis of the Variability of Fiber Quality P. Clouvel, J.L. Chanselme, M. Cretenet, E. Jallas and R. Sequeira	1415
Texas Coastal Plains Cotton, Motes and Fiber Quality. I: Effects of Irrigation G. Davidonis, A. Johnson and J. Landivar	1418
Texas Coastal Plains Cotton, Motes and Fiber Quality II. Effects of Pix (Mepiquat Chloride) J.A. Landivar, R. Perkins, A. Johnson and G. Davidonis	1418
Effect of Skip Row Vs. 40 Inch Solid Planting Patterns on Cotton Fiber Properties Aslam Tawhid, Gerald O. Myers and Frank Bordelon	1420
Antioxidant Response to Salt Stress During Fiber Development Stephen W. Banks, Satyendra N. Rajguru, Dalton R. Gossett and Eddie P. Millhollon	1422
Predicting Micronaire Values Using the Coastal Plains Crop Weather Station Network Danny Fromme, Dr. Juan Landivar and Dr. Larry Falconer	1426
Partitioning of Recent and Reserve Photsynthate in Cotton Cultivars Differing in Determinacy Patrick Pace, Harry Cralle, Tom Cothren and Scott Senseman	1427
Influence of Position on Relationship Between Net Photosynthesis Rate and Age of Cotton Leaf P. Kasemsap, Y. Crozat and D. Satakhun	1427
Effect of Whitefly on Cotton Productivity Y. Saranga, T. Lin and A. Schwartz	1432
Survival of Cotton Fruiting Forms after a Temporary Light Reduction as Affected by Fruit Age and Plant Structure Y. Crozat, V. Judais and P. Kasemsap	1432
Investigations into Cotton's Photosynthetic Decline at Cutout W.T. Pettigrew	1435
Alterations of Leaf Photosynthesis and Fiber Cellulose Synthesis by Cool Night Temperatures A.S. Holaday, C.H. Haigler, N.G. Srinivas, L.K Martin and J.G. Taylor	1435
Caloric Analysis of the Distribution of Energy in Ripened Cotton P.A. Hedin, J.C. McCarty, Jr. and J.N. Jenkins	1436
Acceleratetming Endothall as a Cotton Defoliant L. Tarpley and J.T. Cothren	1438
Physiological Characterization of Four Genotypes Representing Diverse Water Stress Tolerance A.L. Nepomuceno, D.M. Oosterhuis and J.M. Stewart	1438
Glyconjugate Profiles of Developing Fibers from Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Plants Allen K. Murray, Daniel S. Munk and Jonathan Wroble	1439
Effect of Water Stress on The Abscission of Reproductive Organs in Cotton During The Rainy Season in Northern Cameroon Ekorong à Mouté Joseph, Moussa Ali Angokaï and Hamadama Ousmanou	1442
Differential Display of Gene Expression During Water Deficit Stress A. L. Nepomuceno, J. M. Stewart, D.M.Oosterhuis and W.A. Cress	1443
Heat Adaptation in Pima Cotton R. G. Percy, Z.-M. Lu, E. Zeige and J. W. Radin	1444
Boll Diameter and Seed Number Relation to Seedcotton Weight per Boll B. Webb Wallace and Caleb A. Fields	1444
Relationship Between Yield and Final Plant Map Data in ACALA Cotton R. E. Plant, M. Keeley, D. Munk, B.A. Roberts, R.K. Vargas, B.L. Weir and S. Wright	1446
The Value of Lateral Root Growth to Early Season Growth and Development of Cotton Plants J. A. Gordon, D. R. Krieg and C. J. Green	1450
Evaluation of Root Hair Growth of Two Cotton Cultivars Using Microscopy J.K. Keino, C.A. Beyrouty, D.M. Oosterhuis, and E.E. Gbur	1452
A Model of the Continuous Soil-Plant-Atmosphere for Cotton Crops M. B. Coelho, L. Mateos and F. J. Villalobos	1452
Modeling of Cotton Fiber Quality from Environmental Parameters R.M. Johnson, J.M. Bradow and G.F. Sassenrath-Cole	1454
Genetic and Environmental Factors Affecting the Fatty Acid Composition of Polar and Non-Polar Lipids of Cottonseed T.D. Borth, D.R. Krieg, and G. Jividen	1455
Effectiveness of Polymer Film Coating of Cotton Seed in Reducing Dusting-Off K.D. Williams, N.W. Hopper	1456
Cloning and Characterization of a Cotton Lipid Transfer Protein Gene Specifically Expressed in Fiber Cells H.C. Liu and D.P. Ma	1458
Changes in the Cotton Capsule Wall in Relation to Boll Weevil and Bollworm Feeding Michelle J. Kim, Derrick M. Oosterhuis, and Kyung S. Kim	1459
Evaluation of Seed Applied Plant Growth Regulators on Cotton Germination, Emergence, and Growth W. D. Becker, N. W. Hopper, and G. M. Jividen	1459
Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum) Responses to Amisorb™ and Fertility Treatments Ty K. Witten, J. Tom Cothren, Frank M. Hons, and Philip H. Jost	1461
Cotton Reproductive and Vegetative Growth as Influenced by Traditional Plant Growth Regulators and MFX Compounds Philip H. Jost and J.T. Cothren	1463
Fate of Paraquat Applied to Cotton Plants as a Desiccant Patrick Pace, Scott Senseman, Harry Cralle, Tom Cothren, Rod Bovey, Lee Tarpley, and David Zuberer	1466
Expression of a Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme Gene in Cotton Root Xiang-Dong Zhang, Johnie N. Jenkins, and Din-Pow Ma	1467
Scanning Electron Microscopy of Cotton Ovule Epidermis B. F. Ingber and G. H. Davidonis	1467
Cotton Fiber Surfaces: AFM Imaging Before and After Chemical and Enzymatic Degradation T.C. Pesacreta, L.C. Carlson, and B.A. Triplett	1468
Novel Genes Associated with Abscission in Cotton Liwei Chen, Narendra K. Singh and Curt M. Peterson	1468
Use of Differential Display to Identify Cotton Fiber cDNAs with Secondary Wall-Specific and Cool Temperature-Induced Expression C.H. Haigler, A.S. Holaday, C.H. Wan, and Shaoyi Zhuang	1468
Effects of Early-Season Square Loss and Mepiquat Chloride Application on DPL NuCOTN 33b and 5415 E. M. Holman, G. Burris, A. Coco, and D. Cook	1469
The Influence of Mepiquat Chloride (PIX) and Nitrogen Rate Upon the Maturity and Fiber Quality of Upland Cotton B.J. Phipps, W.E. Stevens, J.N. Ward, and T.V. Scales	1471
Evaluation of Several Plant Growth Regulators in Louisiana E. P. Millhollon and J. C. Waters	1472
RyzUp® on Cotton: Report on Trials – 1994-96 Lowell Larson, Candace Black-Schaefer, Marcus Adair and Jim Conley	1474
Field Evaluation of Plant Growth Regulators For Effect on The Growth And Yield of Cotton Derrick Oosterhuis and Adele Steger	1476
The Influence of In-Furrow Treatments Upon Early Vigor and Fiber Quality of Upland Cotton B.J. Phipps, W.E. Stephens, J.N. Ward, T.V. Scales, and J.A. Wrather	1476
Preconditioning Cotton with Glyphosate for Defoliation T. Martin-Duval, R. Vargas, S. Wright, and B. Roberts	1479
Defoliation Screening Studies in PIMA (S-7) Cotton Steve Wright, Bruce Roberts, Ron Vargas, Manuel Jimenez, Jr., and Tome' Martin Duvall	1480
Yield of Two Okra-Leaf Type Cottons on Different Soil Types J.J. Heitholt and W.R. Meredith, Jr.	1482
Efficiency of Nitrate Uptake and Reduction by Cotton Cultivars Induced at Different Nitrate Levels M. Aslam, R. L. Travis, and D. W. Rains	1482
Competition among Equally-Spaced Cotton Plants Grown at Four Plant Population Densities S.J. Maas	1485
Potassium Nutrition and Cotton Growth And Development K. Raja Reddy, Harry F. Hodges, S. R. M. de Andrade, and J. M. McKinion	1488
Response of Cotton Growth and Development to Row Spacings and Planting Patterns Michael A. Jones	1488
Comparison of Avena Strigosa (Blackoat) to Adapted Winter Cereals as Cover Crops for Cotton Philip J. Bauer, and D. Wayne Reeves	1489
Potassium Effects on Canopy Light Interception and Earliness of 'Deltapine 50' Cotton C. Owen Gwathmey and Donald D. Howard	1489
Light Environment of the Developing Boll Affects Cotton Fiber Length M. J. Kasperbauer, and D. P. Thibodeaux	1490
Fiber-Quality Variations Related to Cotton Planting Date and Temperature Judith M. Bradow, and Philip J. Bauer	1491
Glycoconjugate Profiles of Developing Fibers from Different Fruiting Branches on the Same Plant Allen K. Murray, and Judy Brown	1496
Relationship Between Carbon Isotope Discrimination and Cotton Yield T.J. Gerik, J.R. Gannaway, K.M. El-Zik, K.L. Faver, and P.M. Thaxton	1499
Modern Pima Cultivars Have Higher Photosynthetic Capacity than Obsolete Varieties K.L. Faver, T.J. Gerik, and R.G. Percy	1499
Photosynthesis and Cotton Fiber Quality Kh. A. Abdullaev, Kh. Kh. Karimov, A.S. Sanginov, M. D. Bobodjanova, Sh. T. Burnashev	1502
Chemical Defoliation of New Cotton Varieties A. S. Godoy, A. L. Moreno and C. E. A. Garcia	1504
Effect of Ethephon and Adjuvants on Cotton Defoliants E. J. Jones, G. D. Wills and J. E. Hanks	1506
Attack of Leaf Curl Virus on Cotton Crop in Pakistan Genetic Engineering Approaches to Develop Transgenic Cotton Resistant to Leaf Curl Virus Nasir Ahmad Saeed, Yusuf Zafar, Kauser A. Malik, Jane Dever, Linda Koonce and Norma Trolinder	1508
JOINT: ENGINEERING SYSTEMS/GINNING CONFERENCES
A New Method For Predicting Ambient Particle Concentrations Downwind From Cotton Gins Linda M. Williams, Michael A. Demny, Calvin B. Parnell, Jr. and Bryan W. Shaw	1513
Design and Analysis of the Barrel Cyclone A. W. Tullis, B.W. Shaw, C. B. Parnell, P. P. Buharivala, M. A. Demny and S. S. Flannigan	1520
Engineering Analysis and Economic Impacts of Air Pollution Abatement Strategies for Cotton Gins Anantharman Ramaiyer, Calvin B. Parnell, Jr., Bryan Shaw, Shawn Flannigan and Bradley Fritz	1525
Minimum Cost Compliance Strategies For Cotton Gins Across The U.S. S. S. Flannigan, Dr. C. B. Parnell, Dr. B. W. Shaw and A. Ramaiyer	1539
Evaluation of New Cyclone Designs R.V. Baker and S.E. Hughs	1546
Comprehensive Characterization of Cotton Gin Particulate S. E. Hughs and P. J. Wakelyn	1549
Mass Flow Measurement of Pneumatically Conveyed Cotton J. A. Thomasson, S.J. Thomson, R.K. Byler, D. A. Pennington, H. C. Pringle and E. P. Columbus	1558
Modeling Seed Cotton Moisture From Air Temperature Drop And Mass Flows M. N. Gillum and C. B. Armijo	1563
Manual Color and Leaf vs. HVI Values Economic Advantage to The Grower of HVI Color Robert W. Greene	1567
Measurement Concepts in a Gin Process Control System – 1996 Richard K. Byler and W. Stanley Anthony	1572
Estimation of Bale Moisture Content With a MALCAM MMC-4000 W. Stanley Anthony and Richard K. Byler	1574
Influence of Ginning on Spinning Performance and Yarn Quality Dr. Clarence D. Rogers	1576
Preliminary Comparison of Cleaning Efficiencies of 24-D and 16-D Lint Cleaners W. Stanley Anthony and Gino J. Mangialardi, Jr.	1578
Preliminary Investigation of the Cleaning of Gin Motes W. Stanley Anthony	1583
The Cotton Wizard: A Quantitative Decision Tool For Cotton Variety Selection Jason Beddow, Emmett Elam and Mario Lopez	1585
Moisture Transfer Rates for Gin Run Cotton Seed G. L. Barker and J. W. Laird	1590
The Effect of Aeration Rate on Cooling of Cottonseed in The Mid-South M. H. Willcutt and Suminto D. To	1593
Alternate Storage Method for Whole Cottonseed Michael J. Bader, Joe West, Lane Ely, Steve L. Brown, Tom C. Wedegaertner and Thomas D. Valco	1596
Coating Cottonseed for Improved Handling Characteristics Weldon Laird, Tom C. Wedegaertner and Thomas D. Valco	1599
Roasted Cottonseed for Dairy Cows — Research Review T.C. Wedegaertner and W.F. Lalor	1602
Laboratory Simulation of Cotton Modules D. L. Hendrix, T. J. Henneberry, T. Steele, C. C. Chu and W. Coates	1606
Storage of Seed Cotton After Four Harvest Aid Treatments A.D. Brashears, J.W. Keeling and T.D. Valco	1609
The Effect of Level of Defoliation on Storability and Quality of Seed Cotton M.H.Willcutt, Charles E. Snipes, T. D. Valco, Jon Ruscoe and Jay Phelps	1613
Farmer Composting of Cotton Gin Trash V. Ayers	1615
Seed Cotton Fires in Stripper Harvested Cotton A.D. Brashears	1616
Harvesting and Ginning of Cotton in The World M. Rafiq Chaudhry	1617
Increasing Picker Efficiency by using a Boll Saver A. Khalilian, M. J. Sullivan and J.D. Mueller	1619
Optimising The Yield Grade Trade-Off (Growers And Ginners Teaming Up) Brian Solomon	1621
JOINT: IMPROVEMENT/PHYSIOLOGY CONFERENCES
Genetics of Fiber Strength R.G. Cantrell and A. Escabado	1627
Cotton Fiber Improvement Through Breeding and Genetics O.L. May	1627
The Study of a Cotton "Fiber-Specific" Promoter, Gh-1 in Transgenic Tobacco and Cotton Phat M. Dang, Ping Song and Randy D. Allen	1627
Evaluation of Fiber Variants of Cotton Rickie B. Turley and William R. Meredith Jr.	1628
Breeding Methodology in a Quality Cotton District John C. Palmer, H. B. Cooper, Jr., John W. Pellow and David M. Anderson	1628
Genetic Improvement of Fiber Quality in Pima Cotton (Gossypium Barbadense L.) H.S. Moser, C. Zeiher and R.G. Percy	1630
JOINT: TEXTILE PROCESSING/QUALITY MEASUREMENTS CONFERENCES
Latest Developments and Results in Automatic SCF Counting Part I: Development of Algorithms and Preliminary Results Michel Giner, Jean-Paul Gourlot, Bruno Bachelier, Ehoud Ahronowitz, Marc Hugon and Guillaume Damiand	1633
A Modified Clinitest® Procedure for Estimation of Honeydew Contamination in Cotton Elizabeth Topping and Roy M. Broughton, Jr.	1637
FCT - A System for Defining Different Levels and Profiles of Stickiness and its Connection to Other Contaminants Such as Seed Coat Fragments Uzi Mor	1639
Use of High Cotton Moisture Content During Storage to Reduce Stickiness David T.W. Chun	1642
The Use of the High Speed Stickiness Detector on a Large Range of Cotton Coming from Different Countries E. Hequet, R. Frydrych and M. Watson	1649
Cavitoma -- a Modern Assessment Henry H. Perkins, Jr and Donald E. Brushwood	1654
Measurement of Sugar on Raw Cotton by HPLC, Individual Carbohydrate Concentrations and Their Relationship to Stickiness Potential Donald E. Brushwood	1656
An Investigation of the Effects of Clean Reworkable Waste on the Quality of a 37s 50/50 Polyester/Cotton Ring Spun Yarn Pamela S. Teichman and Clarence D. Rogers	1659
Effects of Spinning Processes on HVI Fiber Characteristics Moon W. Suh, Hyun-Jin Koo and Michael D. Watson	1661
A New Method for Grading and Classifying Yarn Appearance Using Lawson-Hemphill's Electronic Inspection Board Avishai Nevel and Filiz Avsar	1666

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