PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1998 BELTWIDE COTTON CONFERENCES
	Jan. 5-9, San Diego, CA Editors C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter
TABLE OF CONTENTS

BELTWIDE COTTON PRODUCTION CONFERENCE
The 1997 Production Year in Review A.F. Wrona	3
Managing Production Costs John Pucheu	6
Managing Production Costs Varieties: Conventional or Transgenic? J. R. Supak	7
Tillage: Conservation or Conventional? Jimmy Blythe	9
Cost Cutting in the West Ron Rayner	10
Growers' Regional Perspective Southwest Eddie Smith	11
Marketplace Insights William B. Dunavant, Jr.	11
The Challenges Ahead J. Berrye Worsham	13
Irrigation Technology D.R. Krieg	14
New Irrigation Techniques in Arid Lands Howard Wuertz	15
Irrigation Scheduling for Maximum Water Efficiency Jerry Calvani	16
New Approaches to Insect Control J. R. Bradley	17
Grower Perspectives on Insect Control Greg F. Palla	18
Keeping Chemical Tools in The Pipeline Jay J. Vroom	18
Gin Process Control for Market Advantage Robert W. Greene	21
Weed Management: Transgenics and New Technologies - A Consultant's Perspective William M. McLawhorn, Jr.	24
Weed Management: Transgenics & New Technologies - A Weed Scientist's Perspective William B. McCloskey	25
Managing Resources for Profitability Applying New Technologies Weed Management: Transgenics and New Technologies Andrew Thompson	26
The BXN System David S. Guthrie	26
Roundup Ready - Introduction Experiences in 1997 as Discussed in the Beltwide Cotton Production Conference Weed Management : Transgenics & New Technologies Panel Dr. Tom Kerby and Dr. Richard Voth	26
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES WORKSHOP
Evaluation of Cotton Yield Mapping Stephen W. Searcy and Jody P. Roades	33
Precision Farming Technologies for Use For Cotton Nematicide Applications in Georgia R.E. Baird, D. Waters and C. Kvien	35
Remote Sensing Resources for Agriculture in the Next Decade S.J. Maas	36
NEW DEVELOPMENTS FROM INDUSTRY
Deltapine DP 2379, DP 5111, DP 5305, DP 5557 D. L. Keim, L. P. Burdett, C. C. Green and C. P. Downer	41
Sure-Grow 180, Sure-Grow 248, and Sure-Grow 821 Ken E. Legé	42
Paymaster Cottonseed Variety PM 2145 RR Richard H. Sheetz	44
Australian Varieties in the USA Benefits and Results to Date A.M. Kay	45
CPCSD Acala GTO Maxxa and Acala C-141: New California Acalas For The San Joaquin Valley Stephen R. Oakley	46
BG 4740 and ST 373: New Cotton Varieties from Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company Don Panter, Roger Ward, Mark Barfield and Bill Anderson	47
AP6101 and AP410 3 M.E. Gilbert	47
ASSET RTU (HM9424) (Fertilizer Additive) James M. Thomas	48
Evaluation of CGA-248757 as a Cotton Defoliant H. Ray Smith and Jerry Wells	49
Lepinox WDG (Budworm/Bollworm/Armyworm Control) Timothy Johnson	49
The New 955 Row Crop Ripper - A Tool That Improves Efficiency and Crop Yields Jason D. Wattonville	50
The 9970 and 9976 Pro-Series Cotton Pickers Gary Warnsholz	53
Speed Roller Module Builder T. T. Tenhet	56
Redball Hooded Broadcast Sprayers Steve Claussen	56
Redball Lay-By Hooded Sprayer Steve Claussen	57
Consolidated Super 120 Lint Cleaner Duncan B. McCook	58
Templeton Rotary Gin Stand Duncan B. McCook	59
STICKY COTTON SEMINAR
Whitefly Management in Arizona: Looking at the Whole System Peter C. Ellsworth	65
Goals, Achievements and Future Challenges of the Arizona Whitefly Resistance Management Program T.J. Dennehy and I. Denholm	68
Whitefly Management in the San Joaquin Valley James R. Brazzle, Brian Fien, Pete Goodell, Nick Toscano and Larry Godfrey	73
Aphid Management in the San Joaquin Valley: History, Status, Needs Larry D. Godfrey	74
Sticky Cotton Aphid Working Group J. F. Leser	76
National Cotton Council's Sticky Cotton Task Force Larry Nelson	77
OPTIMIZING PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
Integrated Cotton Management: A Model System for Central Arizona J.C. Silvertooth, P.C. Ellsworth, W.B. McCloskey, P.W. Brown, E.C. Martin and H.S. Moser	81
Putting it All Together in the Texas High Plains: A Producer Workshop Randy Boman, Harold Kaufman, Jim Leser, Clyde Crumley, Tommy Doederlein, Phillip Kidd, Jim Bordovsky, John Gannaway, Wayne Keeling, Terry Wheeler, Norman Hopper, Peter Dotray and Alan Brashears	83
Agronomics of Cotton-Corn Rotations in Mississippi William H. McCarty and Bryan R. Savoy	84
Optimizing Production Workshop - Ultra Narrow Row Cotton for the Southeast K. L. Edmisten, A. C. York, A. S. Culpepper, A. M. Stewart and James Maitland	84
ULTRA NARROW ROW COTTON SEMINAR & PANEL
UNR Cotton Production System Trial in the Mid-South Dr. Tom Kerby	87
Economic Evaluation of 1996 BASF Field Plots A. B. Brown, T. L. Cole, and J. Alphin	88
Three Year Overview of UNRC vs. Conventional Cotton W. R. Perkins	91
Reaching the Objectives of Ultra-Narrow-Row Cotton C. Owen Gwathmey	91
No-Till/Stale Seed Bed vs. Conventional UNR Cotton S. D. Atwell	92
COTTON IMPROVEMENT: A PARTNERSHIP WITH PRODUCERS
Finding Useful Traits by DNA Mapping R.G. Cantrell, S. Saha, S. Reddy, D. Stelly, B. Zhang, W. Raska and Islam-Faridi	95
Cotton Improvement: A Partnership with Producers 3. Manipulating Useful Traits/Genetic Engineering Are Transgenic Plants "Risky Business"? Allan Zipf	95
Cotton Biotechnology Workshop: The Rudiments of Cotton Transformation and Biotechnology T. A. Wilkins, R. B. Turley, N. Trolinder, L. Koonce and J. Dever, K. Rajasekaran, A. Zipf and A. Nepomuceno	96
CROP MONITORING & MODELING WORKSHOP
The University of Arizona Cotton Monitoring System E.R. Norton and J.C. Silvertooth	103
COTTON DISEASE COUNCIL
Minutes of the 1997 Cotton Disease Council Business Meeting, January 8, 1998, San Diego, CA Patrick D. Colyer	107
Report of the Educational Resource and Public Relations Committee K. M. El-Zik	107
Report of the Cottonseed Treatment Committee For 1997 C.S. Rothrock	107
Report of the Soilborne Pathogen Committee - 1997 G. L. Sciumbato	111
Report of the Nematode Management Committee - 1997 J. D. Mueller	115
Report of the Verticillium Wilt And Fusarium Wilt Committee - 1997 Peggy M. Thaxton	115
Report of the Regional Disease Problems Committee - 1997 W. E. Batson, Jr.	118
Cotton Disease Loss Estimate Committee Report Don Blasingame	119
Peptides Produced by Fusarium Oxysporum Which Kill Plant Cells B. A. Bailey and P. C. Apel-Birkhold	120
Interactions of Nematodes And Fungal Wilt Pathogens T.L. Kirkpatrick	123
Biological Control of Wilt Pathogens with Bacterial Antagonists P. M. Brannen	125
Biological Control of Wilt Pathogens with Fungal Antagonists R. P. Larkin and D. R. Fravel	125
Breeding For Resistance to Verticillium Wilt And Root-knot Nematode in California Acalas Stephen R. Oakley	128
Breeding for Resistance to Wilt Diseases in Tamcot Cultivars P. M. Thaxton and K. M. El-Zik	128
Modification of Phytoalexin Structure to Improve Cotton Resistance to Wilts R. D. Stipanovic, J. Liu, A. A. Bell and C. R. Benedict	131
Integrated Management of Cotton Wilt Diseases Kamal M. El-Zik and Peggy M. Thaxton	131
Agrobacterium Wilt And Bronzing: the New Challenge A. A. Bell, Y. Cui, C. Magill, H. Orta and M. Hawkins	136
Current Research with Rotylenchulus Reniformis in Louisiana: Laboratory and Greenhouse E.C. McGawley and C. Overstreet	137
Current Research with Rotylenchulus Reniformis in Louisiana: Microplot and Field C. Overstreet and E.C. McGawley	137
Suppression of Reniform and Root-knot Nematode with Temik and Vydate G. M. Lorenz, T. Kirkpatrick, R. Robbins, K. Rorie and A. Fisher	138
Control of Reniform Nematodes in North Alabama Field Studies C.H. Burmester, William Gazaway, D.J. Potter and D. Derrick	139
Management of Reniform Nematode in Cotton Using Various Rotation Schemes William S. Gazaway, J.R. Akridge and R. Rodriguez-Kabana	141
Evaluation of Root-knot Nematode Management Options in San Joaquin Valley Cotton P.B. Goodell, J.W. Eckert and P.A. Roberts	143
Introgression of Root-knot Nematode Resistance Into Pd Germplasm E. B. Chamba, J. D. Mueller and O. L. May	145
Galling of South Carolina Meloidogyne Incognita Populations on Resistant Cotton Genotypes C.L. Elliott, S. A. Lewis and J.D. Mueller	145
Efficacy of Nematicides for Nematode Management on Cotton in Mississippi G. W. Lawrence and K.S. McLean	146
Root-knot Nematode Tolerance And Seeding Disease in Acala Cotton Lines R.H. Garber, S.R. Oakley and J.E. DeVay	146
Comparative Reproduction of Meloidogyne Incognita Race 3 (Cotton Root-knot Nematode) and Rotylenchulus Reniformis (Reniform Nematode) on Cotton, Kenaf, and Sunn Hemp A. F. Robinson, C. G. Cook and A. C. Bridges	147
Seedling Disease Control: Induction of Phytoalexin Synthesis in Cotton by Biocontrol Agents C. R. Howell, L. E. Hanson and R. D. Stipanovic	148
Variability in Progeny From Protoplast Fusions Between Trichoderma Virens and Other Trichoderma Species L.E. Hanson and C.R. Howell	149
Results from the National Cottonseed Treatment Program Craig S. Rothrock	149
Large Plot Performance of Seedling Disease Seed Treatment Fungicides H. Kaufman, T. Wheeler, R. Graves, G. Schuster, P. Kidd and K. Siders	149
Cotton Seeding Disesase Management with Ridomil Gold Albert B. Bassi, Jr., J. E. N. Goggin and A. H. Tally	153
Efficacy of Fungicides for Cotton Seedling Disease Management in Louisiana K. S. McLean and G. W. Lawrence	153
Etridiazole - Efficacy, Mode of Action and Plant Metabolism A.W. Mitlehner, J.L. Mertz, J.R. McManus and G.J. Putterman	154
Influence of Soil Texture on Black Root Rot of Cotton Seedlings in the Growth Chamber M. D. Tagert, W. E. Batson and G. W. Lawrence	155
Use of Fumigant Nematicides and a Fungicide to Control Root-knot (Meloidogyne Incognita) and Black Root Rot (Thielaviopsis Basicola) on Cotton N. R. Walker, C. S. Rothrock and T. L. Kirkpatrick	155
Global Diversity And Distribution of Whitefly-transmitted Geminiviruses of Cotton J. K. Brown	155
Global Assessment of Cotton Virus Diseases M. R. Nelson, A. Nadeem, W. Ahmed and T. V. Orum	161
Plant Growth and Yield of Columbia Lance Nematode-infected Cotton C. Ryan Bond and John D. Mueller	162
The Effect of the Lance Nematode, Hoplolaimus Magnistylus, on Cotton in Arkansas R. T. Robbins, V. M. McNeely and G. M. Lorenz, III	162
Regional Recurring Patterns of S and L Strains of Aspergillus Flavus M. R. Nelson, D. M. Bigelow, P. J. Cotty and T. V. Orum	163
Boll Dangle, Causing Serious Yield Losses in Southeast Arkansas C.M. Coker, C.T. Allen and K.R. Williams	163
Utilizing a Disease Nursery to Evaluate Cotton Cultivar Reaction to Verticillium Wilt Albert Y. Chambers and Tracy D. Bush	164
Survival of Parasitic and Saprophytic Fungi on Intact Senescent Cotton Roots in Georgia R.E. Baird, D.E. Carling and B.G. Mullinix	165
Effect of Cotton Pathogens on Disease Symptoms And Yield of Cotton Varieties in Large Plot Field Trials T. A. Wheeler and J. R. Gannaway	165
Cotton Root Health Work Group: In-furrow Fungicide Effects on Cotton Establishment W. E. Batson, B. L. McMichael, Don Blasingame, Randy Bowman, Danny Carmichael, Patrick D. Colyer, Keith Edmisten, Bruce Roberts and Don Sumner	168
An Economic Analysis of Telone Ii (1,3-d) and Temik 15g (Aldicarb) to Manage Meloidogyne Incognita in Cotton D.J. Zimet, R. A. Kinloch and J. R. Rich	169
Reniform Nematode and Silverleaf Whitefly Influence on Lint Yield, Fiber Quality and Seed Quality of Cotton C.G. Cook and A.F. Robinson	171
Survey of Meloidogyne Incognita Populations from Texas for Aggressiveness on Resistant Cotton Genotypes Enning Zhou, J. L. Starr and Terry A. Wheeler	172
Nematodes in the Mid-South C. Overstreet	172
COTTON AND OTHER ORGANIC DUSTS CONFERENCE
Review of the Year: Nitric Oxide (NO-) and Organic Dusts Vincent Castranova	177
Effects of Polymer Length and Cysteine Residues on Airway á-Adrenergic Receptor Function M.M. Cloutier and L. Guernsey	181
Effect of Inhaled Cotton Dust Aqueous Extract on Cellular Structure of The Airway Epithelium of the Guinea Pig A. Damanhouri, O.S. Tayeb and P.J. Nicholls	185
Tannin Induced Downregulation and Desensitization of the Airway á-Adrenergic Receptor Michelle M. Cloutier, M.D., and Linda Guernsey	189
Comparison of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Test and Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry for Measuring Levels of Endotoxin G.S. Duke and R.R. Jacobs	192
Preliminary Report on the Results of the First Phase of a Round Robin Endotoxin Assay Study Using Cotton Dust D.T. Chun	195
Repeatability of Sampling for Endotoxin and Dust Within 3 Cotton Textile Mills Niven R.McL., Fletcher A.M., Pickering C.A.C., Simpson J.C.G., Oldham L.A. and Bakirci N.	199
The Effects of Changes in North American Agriculture on Health and Safety Issues P. Gunderson	202
The NIOSH Agricultural Centers and Research on Agricultural Respiratory Diseases G. J. Kullman, T. Palermo, and J. Cox-Ganser	203
Respiratory Risk Associated with Agriculture, Emphasis on Organic Dusts Thomas J. Ferguson, M.D., Ph.D.	207
Respiratory Risks Associated with Exposure to Crystalline Silica R.E. Glenn	210
Characterization of the Airborne Fibrous Component of Cotton-Related Dust in Textile Operations D.P. Thibodeaux, H.H. Solhjoo, C.K. Bragg and P.J. Wakelyn	210
Assessment of Toxicology (Respiratory Risk) Associated with Airborne Fibrous Cotton-Related Dust Robert R. Jacobs and P. J. Wakelyn	213
Pulmonary Inflammation of Guinea Pigs in Response to Inhalation of Cotton Dust: Effect of Extended Exposure Day V. Castranova, V. A. Robinson, W. T. Goldsmith, N.A. Phillips, A. Afshari, and D. G. Frazer	220
A Comparison of the Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms in Workers Exposed to Endotoxin Alone and Hose Exposed to a Combination of Dust and Endotoxin H.C. Francis, L.A. Oldham, C.A.C. Pickering, R.McL. Niven, J.C.G. Simpson, A.M. Fletcher, A. Adisesh and G.D. Fletcher	224
The Janet Fischer Lecture Endotoxin Inhalation Challenges in Humans Olivier Michel	227
Acoustic Rhinometry after a Controlled Nasal Challenge of Waste Handling Workers with Waste and Waste Components T. Sigsgaard and O.F. Pedersen	229
Suspensions of Compost and Aspergillus Fumigatus Can Cause Histamine Release from Human Basophils V. Roepstorff and Msc T. Sigsgaard	232
Pharmacologic Studies of Cocoa and Flour Dust Extracts in Isolated Guinea Pig Trachea E. Schachter, E. Zuskin, M.G. Buck, S. Maayani, S.K. Goswami, N. Rienzi, Vincent Castranova, Michael Whitmer, Paul Siegel, Nawreen Satar and Arnab Das	235
Anthrax in Textile Workers P. I. Purkis, J. L. Highm and B. Crook	236
Inflammatory and Immunotoxicological Activities of (1_3)- -Glucans N. Ohno, N. N. Miura, Y. Adachi and T. Yadomae	240
Sodium Hydroxide Induced Conformational Change in 1_ 3- -D-Glucans Detected by Fluorescence Dye Aniline Blue Shih-Houng Young and Robert R. Jacobs	245
The Effect of Various (1_3)- -D-glucans on the Bronchoconstrictor Activity of Methacholine on Guinea Pig Airway Smooth Muscle - an in Vitro Study A. Jones and P.J. Nicholls	247
Inhalation of (1-3)- -D-glucan in Humans L Beijer, J Thorn and R Rylander	251
Can a Particulate, Insoluble (1-3)- -D-glucan Cause General Hypo-Responsive Activity in Guinea Pig Respiratory Smooth Muscle? A. Jones and P.J. Nicholls	254
Glucan Induces Cytokine Secretion from Murine Macrophages and Inhibits LPS Binding M. Schuyler, A. Cherne, K. Gott and B. Edwards	258
Activation of Murine Macrophages by Grifolan Y. Adachi, E. Takano, N. Ohno, and T. Yadomae	262
Inhalation of (1-3)- -D-glucan (Grifolan) Causes Airway Eosinophilia B. Fogelmark, J.Thorn and R. Rylander	266
COTTON ECONOMICS AND MARKETING CONFERENCE
Washington Update Wayne Bjorlie	271
Trends in the Textile Industry: Impacts on the Cotton Sector M. Dean Ethridge	273
Major World Cotton Producers Ronald R. Roberson	276
Domestic Cotton Production and Price Outlook Carl G. Anderson	277
Business Strategies in a New Cotton Market Carl G. Anderson	280
Cost of Insect Control in Tennessee Cotton Production: Results of a 1997 Survey of Farmers Elizabeth R. Edens, Burton C. English, James A. Larson and Roland K. Roberts	281
How Textile Manufacturers Dealt With Sticky Cotton from the 1995 Crop Hope Floeck and Don Ethridge	284
The Potential Impact of the Food Quality Protection Act on Mid-South Cotton John R. C. Robinson and Malcolm Broome	287
The Economics of Soil Fertility under Precision Agriculture: the Case of Phosphorus Man Yu, Eduardo Segarra and Arthur B. Onken	289
Prospects for Expansion of Cotton Production in Southeast Turkey: (GAP Project) Joseph Dloomy	292
The Pakistani Cotton Industry: Impacts of Policy Changes Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge	294
Cotton Industry in Uzbekistan: Structure and Current Developments Olga Isengildina, Cary W. Herndon and O.A. Cleveland	297
The Denim Market and Cotton Demand M.A. Messura and D. McLaren	301
The Effect of Deficiency Payments on the Risk-return Relationship of Louisiana Cotton Farms Gary A. Kennedy, Steven A. Henning, Lonnie R. Vandeveer and Hector O. Zapata	303
Proportions of the Retail Dollar Received by Cotton Industry Segments: Selected Consumer Goods Jane Bondurant and Don Ethridge	306
Economic Feasibility of Mass Propagation and Distribution of the Catolaccus Grandis Wasp for Use in Boll Weevil Suppression Jason L. Johnson, John R. Ellis, Manzoor E. Chowdhury and Ronald D. Lacewell	312
A Decision Tool to Determine The Optimal Level of Lint Cleanings for Irrigated and Dryland Cotton Blake K. Bennett and Sukant K. Misra	318
Price Volatility in U.S. Agriculture: Implications for Cotton Producers Michael R. Dicks	322
Relevance of Price Information to the Cotton Industry Don Ethridge, Darren Hudson and Eduardo Segarra	325
Developing a Competitive Edge in the Global ELS Cotton Market Matthew S. Laughlin	329
Economic and Financial Decision Support Aid for Cotton Producers L. L. Falconer and J.L. Outlaw	330
How Much Does the Market Fear Stickiness? Evidence from the 1996 Crop Year Kevin Hoelscher and Don Ethridge	331
NAFTA's Effect on U.S. Cotton Textile Trade: The First Four Years Leslie A. Meyer	335
Grower Direct to Mill Cotton Sales Jimmy Blythe	338
Managing Revenue Risk on Mississippi Cotton Farms Steven W. Martin, John Robinson and Barry Barnett	339
Evaluation of Cost and Returns For Roundup Ready Cotton Stephen P. Slinsky, Elizabeth R. Edens, James A. Larson and Robert M. Hayes	340
Changes in Grower Costs and Returns Associated with Producing and Marketing Cotton in Mississippi, 1985-1996 Olga Isengildina, D. W. Parvin and O. A. Cleveland	343
Comparison of Regional Cotton Production Costs J.E. Mehlhorn, S.W. Martin and C.W. Herndon	347
Standardized Performance Analysis of Cotton Production in the Texas High Plains April Clark, Phillip Johnson and James McGrann	348
Economic Analysis of Harvest-Aids in the Delta Region James A. Larson, Burton C. English, Jose Velasquez and William J. Hewitt	356
Market Overview of Organically Grown Cotton Nathan Boone	359
A Practical Plant-Based Economic Injury Level for Early-season Cotton Insect Management Sha Mi, Diana M. Danforth, Mark J. Cochran and N. Philip Tugwell	361
A Regional Comparison of U.S. Cotton Basis Patterns V. Frederick Seamon, Kandice H. Kahl and Charles E. Curtis, Jr.	366
Cotton Quality Price Differentials Paid by U.S. Textile Mills Rabih H. Karaky, Don Ethridge and Hope Floeck	370
Waste Exchanges: Marketplace for the Cotton Industry's Recyclable Materials Mina M. Dioun and Julia Kveton Apodaca	373
Economic Analysis of Genetically Engineered Bt Cotton for Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm Control Elizabeth R. Edens, Steve Slinsky, James A. Larson, Roland K. Roberts and Gary L. Lentz	380
Some Economic Considerations for Bt Cotton Planting in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Fred T. Cooke, Jr. and Thomas B. Freeland, Jr.	383
International Textile Production and Foreign Direct Investment Stephen MacDonald	384
Economic Evaluation of Bollgard Cotton in Arkansas: 1997 Kelly J. Bryant, William C. Robertson and Gus M. Lorenz, III	388
Have Price Linkages in the World Market of Cotton Improved over the Last Decade? John Baffes and Mohamed Ajwad	389
Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market Summary: 1996/97 Kevin Hoelscher, Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge	394
Cost/Benefit Analysis of Bur-Extractors in Cotton Ginning Jeannie Nelson, Sukant K. Misra and Blake K. Bennett	398
Historical Descriptive Analysis of Planted Cotton Acres 1960-1996 Steven W. Martin, Joey E. Mehlhorn and C.W. Herndon	403
The Economics of Growing Cotton in The Cotton Research Verification Trials (CRVT), Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, 1992-1996; a Five Year Review D. E. Plunkett and K. J. Bryant	403
COTTON ENGINEERING-SYSTEMS CONFERENCE
Irrigation Control System Stan Hicks and Robert Lascano	409
Cotton Irrigation with LEPA And Subsurface Drip Systems on the Southern High Plains James P. Bordovsky and William M. Lyle	409
Simulated Early Season Weather Damage Effects on Cotton Growth and Yield D. F. Wanjura and D. R. Upchurch	412
Cotton Irrigation Using Subsurface Drip: Growth, Cutout and Yield Depend on Amount of Water Applied W.R. DeTar, S.J. Maas and J.R. McLaughlin	417
Integration of a Genetic Algorithm to the GOSSYM Model for Irrigation Decision Support E. Jallas, S. Turner, J.M. McKinion, R. Sequeira and G. Boggess	422
Performance of ICEMM-cotton Simulation Model in a Precision Agriculture Study M.Y.L. Boone, J.A. Landivar, C. Livingston and W.B. Prince	428
Measurement of Moisture Content During Harvesting and Moduling W. Stanley Anthony and Richard K. Byler	431
Effect of Desiccation Treatments on Storage and Fiber Qualities in the Texas Coastal Bend A.D. Brashears, R.L. Jahn, J.E. Bremer and T.D. Valco	434
Planting And Germination of Easiflotm Cottonseed A.D. Brashears, N.W. Hopper, J.W. Laird and T.C. Wiedegaetner	437
Mechanical Weed Control for Cotton Wayne E. Coates, William B. McCloskey and Stephen H. Husman	438
Development of a Variable-Rate Nitrogen Applicator Based on Spectral Reflectance Characteristics of Cotton Plants John B. Wilkerson, Ruixiu Sui, William E. Hart and Donald E. Howard	439
COTTON GINNING CONFERENCE
Uster IntelliGgin 1997: Results from Initial Installations Gordon F. Williams	447
The Effect of Preparation on the Spinning Quality of Cotton C. K. Bragg, C. L. Simpson and D. G. West	452
Parkdale Gin Processing Specifications Eugene Frye	455
What to Expect in New Fiber Quality Measurements Preston E. Sasser and Michael D. Watson	457
Second in an Annual Series: My Gin Management Philosophy Van Murphy	459
Contamination: Educating the Ginner and the Grower Shay L. Simpson	461
Summary of Air Quality Research R. V. Baker, S. E. Hughs and C. B. Parnell	463
Status of Regulatory Actions by EPA and OSHA P.J. Wakelyn and P.K. Adair	468
Summary of Injury Survey Results, Cotton Gins in California, 1994 - 1996 Roger A. Isom	473
Texas Gin Accident Survey Results J. Kelley Green	477
Southern Cotton Ginners Association Gin Safety Surveys, 1992-1996 Larry Davis	480
Gin Safety Programs Dennis Findley	482
COTTON IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE
Molecular Mapping of the Cotton Genome: QTL Analysis of Fiber Quality Properties John Yu, Yong-Ha Park, Gerard R. Lazo and Russell J. Kohel	485
Genetic Mapping of Cotton: Isolation and Polymorphism of Microsatellites A. S. Reddy, J. Connell, S. Pammi and J. Iqbal	485
DNA Markers Diagnostic of Genetic Factors Controlling Leaf Pubescence in Cotton R.J. Wright, A.H. Paterson, P.M. Thaxton and K.M. El-Zik	485
Genetic Variation for Stomatal Conductance in an Interspecific Cotton Population R.G. Cantrell, M. Ulloa, R. Percy, E. Zeiger and Z. Lu	485
Expression of a Promoter From Afiber-specific Acyl Carrier Protein Gene in Transgenic Cotton Plants P. Song, J. Heinen, T. Burns, K. Hisao and R. D. Allen	486
Sonication Effects and Transient Gene Expression Following Agrobacterium Transformation B.-M. Lee, C. Zapata, S. H. Park, K. M. El-Zik and R. H. Smith	488
Introduction of Pathogen Resistance Factors in to Cotton and Tobacco by Genetic Transformation K. Rajasekaran, J.W. Cary, T.J. Jacks, A.J. DeLucca, A.R. Lax, T.E. Cleveland and C.A. Chlan	489
Localization of Transgenes Inserted into Cotton Gossypium Hirsutum L., via Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Transformation Russell J. Kohel, Jerry E. Quisenberry and Greg Cartwright	489
Assessment of Resistance of Cotton Transformed with Lectin Genes to Tobacco Budworm (Heliothis Virescens) S.N. Rajguru, J.M. Stewart and T. Wilkins	490
Integrated Molecular Map Based on a Trispecific F2 Population of Cotton M. Altaf Khan, Jinfa Zhang, James McD. Stewart and Roy G. Cantrell	491
Selection of Stovepipe Lines From Chemically Mutated Cotton C. A. Key, J. K. Dever, D. L. Auld and R. J. Baker	492
Combining Ability for Yield and Yield Components in Influential Cotton Varieties Huangjun Lu and Gerald O. Myers	493
Performance of Pima S-6//*3 Tamcot 2111 Families L.I. Decanini and C.W. Smith	493
Public Breeding in The Southeast Thomas W. Culp	493
Basic Genetic Research in Gossypium Joshua A. Lee	519
Private Cotton Breeding in the Southeast Henry W. Webb	522
Public Breeding Efforts in The Mid-South: Host Plant Resistance Jack E. Jones	526
Public Cotton Breeding Efforts in The Mid-South: Disease Resistance W. P. Sappenfield	533
Public Breeding Efforts in The Mid-South: Agronomic Performance "In Retrospect" Brad Waddle	534
The Partial History of Cotton Breeding Program for the Last Fifty Years (1947-1997) as it Touches the Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company C. W. Manning	535
Breeding History of Deltapine 16 And Deltapine 50 Keith R. Jones	536
Public Breeding of Cotton in The Southwest Host Plant Resistance L. S. Bird	537
Public Breeding in The Southwest - Agronomic Performance G. A. Niles	539
Improvements in US Stripper-harvested Cotton Varieties, 1947-1997 D.C. Hess	540
Cotton for High Fiber Strength H. B. Cooper	544
Public Breeding Acala Cottons Glen Staten	545
Pima Cotton Breeding Carl V. Feaster	546
Pima Cotton Genetics Edgar L. Turcotte	547
Recollections of 50 Years of Beltwide Cotton Improvement Philip A. Miller	548
Chemical Mutagenesis as a Tool in Cotton Improvement D.L. Auld, M.D. Ethridge, J.K. Dever and P.D. Dotray	550
Studies on Induced Variability in Egyptian Cotton Mohamed A.A. Raafat	552
CPCSD Glandless Cotton Breeding Program John Dobbs and Stephen R. Oakley	556
Breeding Strategies to Improve Cotton Planting Seed Quality R. G. McDaniel	557
Association of Cotton Stands With Germination in Stress and Non-Stress Tests F. M. Bourland and R. S. Brown	557
Development of Mar Cotton Germplasm with Morphological Mutant Traits Peggy M. Thaxton, Kamal M. El-Zik and Ted Dusek	557
Performance of PM 2326 RR and PM 2200 RR on the Texas High Plains - a Two Year Summary T. R. Speed and K .L. Ferreira	565
Australian Varieties in the USA: Background to the Australian Germplasm T.P. Drew	566
A Consultant's Experiences with Australian Cottons in the Mississippi Delta in 1997 Joe Townsend	568
Genetic Modification of Cotton Fiber Properties with Single and High Volume Instruments O. Lloyd May and Gay M. Jividen	569
Fibre Length Parameters as Measured by Fibrograph, HVI and AFIS in Some Egyptian and American Cotton Cultivars M. T. Nawar, N. S. Abd El-Gawad, M. A. Nassar and J. J. Hebert	570
Chanching a Planting Date: A Silverleaf Whitefly Case A. Hernández-Jasso and J. J. Pacheco-Covarrubias	574
The Strategy of Delayed Planting with Rapid Fruiting Cotton for The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas A. W. Scott, Jr., M. J. Lukefahr, C. G. Cook, D. W. Spurgeon, K. R. Summy, J. R. Raulston and T. P. Kilgore	578
Boll Weight, Yield and Quality Relationships, Irrigated and Dryland Cotton, Texas 1986-1997, Update Dale L. Shaw	579
Some Features of Egyptian Cotton after Chemical Mutagens Treatment Mohamed A.A. Raffat	586
Tissue Culture Potential of Diverse Diploid and Tetraploid Cotton Genotypes H. F. Sakhanokho, G.C. Sharma, A. Zipf, S. Saha and K. Rajasekaran	590
Analysis of Commonality to Estimate the Effects of a Quantitative Trait Locus Reiner H. Kloth	593
DNA Markers in Cotton S. Saha, J.N. Jenkins, O.L. May, K.M. Soliman and X. Feng	594
Ribosomal DNA Structure and Variation in Cotton Michael Pillay, Gerald O. Myers, Huangjun Lu and Aslam Tawhid	594
Characteristics of a Waxy Phenotype of Cotton (G. Hirsutum) Derived from a Trispecies Hybrid (A1 X D2-1 X Ad1) Gwen G. Coyle, Jinfa Zhang, A.L. Nepomuceno and J.M. Stewart	594
Micropropagation of an Indian Cultivar of Gossypium Hirsutum Cotton D.C. Agrawal, A.K. Banerjee, S.M. Nalawade, A.V. Kulkarni, S. Hazra and K.V. Krishnamurthy	594
Genetic Engineering of Cotton to Increase Fiber Strength, Water Absorption and Dye Binding H. Daniell	595
Fiber, Yarn and Fabric Characters of Three Lint Grades and Three Cotton Wastes in Two of Egyptian Cotton Cultivars M.T. Nawar, A.E. Hossam El-Din, M.V. El-Banna, H.M. Hassanin and A.Y. Abo-Zeid	599
Notice of Release of Twelve Multi-Adversity Resistant (Mar-6) Germplasm Lines of Upland Cotton Kamal M. El-Zik and Peggy M. Thaxton	601
Tamcot 8104: a New Mid Season Cotton Cultivar for Central and South Texas C. Wayne Smith	607
Three Root-Knot Nematode Resistant Germplasm Lines of Upland Cotton J.L. Starr and C. Wayne Smith	609
COTTON SOIL MANAGEMENT AND PLANT NUTRITION CONFERENCE
Effects of Starter Fertilizer on Cotton in South Georgia C. Bednarz, G. Gascho and G. Harris	613
The Effect of Banding vs. Broadcast N-P-K Fertilizer at Planting on Yield of Coastal Plains Cotton Duren Bell, Glenn Harris and Gibbs Wilson	613
Evaluation of Starter Materials and Application Methods for No-Tillage Cotton D.D. Howard and C.O. Gwathmey	614
Cotton Response to In-Furrow Starter Fertilizer with Amisorb, Asset, or PGR-IV W.C. Robertson	615
Cotton Response to Surface Applications of Potassium Fertilizer: A Ten Year Summary G.L. Mullins, C.H. Burmester and G.J. Schwab	615
Effect of Long Term Potassium Rate and Placement on Cotton Gordon R. Tupper, H. C. Pringle, III and M. Wayne Ebelhar	618
Developing Conservation Tillage Systems for Cotton in the Tennessee Valley: In-Row Tillage and Cover Crop Effects R.L. Raper, D.W. Reeves and C.H. Burmester	621
Ultra-narrow Row Cotton: Tillage, Cover Crops and Nitrogen D. W. Reeves, P. J. Bauer, C. D. Monks, D. P. Delaney, C. H. Burmester, and R. W. Goodman	623
Effect of N Rate and Placement on No-Tillage Cotton D.D. Howard and C.O. Gwathmey	623
No-Tillage Cotton Yields and Economics for South Texas J.R. Smart and J.M. Bradford	624
Influence of Crop Rotations, Tillage and Nitrogen Fertility on Cotton Yields J. E. Matocha and S. G. Vacek	626
Adopting Precision Farming Technology for Cotton Nutrition Thomas D. Valco, Robert L. Nichols and William F. Lalor	627
Utilization of Spectral Imaging to Detect N and K Deficiencies in Cotton Jac J. Varco, Mike Seal, Horacio Buscaglia and John M. Thompson	629
Cotton Yield Variability and Correlations Between Yield, Previous Yield, and Soil Properties M.K. Elms and C.J. Green	630
Evaluation of Cotton Yield Mapping Stephen W. Searcy and Jody P. Roades	636
Upland Cotton Lint Yield Response to Varied Soil Moisture Depletion Levels S. Husman, K. Johnson, R. Wegener and F. Metzler	639
Managing Cotton When Water is Limited J. C. Henggeler, W. L. Multer and B. L. Unruh	641
Evaluation of Calcium Soil Conditioners in an Irrigated Cotton Production System J.R. Griffin, J.C. Silvertooth and E.R. Norton	645
A Four-State Study to Develop a Leaf-Blade Nitrogen Test for Cotton in the Mid-South P.F. Bell, G. Breitenbeck, E. Funderburg, D. Boquet, E. Millhollon, M. Holman, S. Moore, J. Varco, C. Mitchell, W. Ebelhar, W. Baker, J.S. McConnell, and W. Robinson	649
Comparison of Two Methods for the Analysis of Petiole Nitrate Nitrogen Concentration in Irrigated Cotton J.H. Smith, J.C. Silvertooth, and E.R. Norton	651
Nitrogen and Potassium Fertilization of Cotton on Atlantic Coast Flatwoods Soils Glen Harris	652
Evaluation of Buffered Foliar Applied Boron and Potassium for No-Tillage Cotton D.D. Howard and C.O. Gwathmey	654
Nitrogen Uptake and Residual Soil N in San Joaquin Valley Cotton R.B. Hutmacher, M. Keeley, R.L. Travis, W. Rains, R. Delgado, S. Perkins, B. Weir, R. Vargas, S. Wright, D. Munk, B. Roberts and M. Jimenez Jr.	654
Nitrogen Rate Determination for Solid and Skip-Row Planted 32-in Cotton in The Mississippi Delta M. Wayne Ebelhar and Joe O. Ware	658
Early Season Nitrogen Fertilization of Cotton J. S. McConnell and W. H. Baker	659
Accuracy of Soil Test P and K Recommendations for Louisiana Cotton J. L. Kovar, E. R. Funderburg and P.F. Bell	659
Deep Liming Effects on Cotton Development and Root Growth: A Greenhouse Study W. Adcock, A. O. Abaye and M. M. Alley	660
Field Plot Design Evaluation for Nitrogen-15 Labeled Fertilizers in a Furrow Irrigated System J.C. Silvertooth, E.R. Norton, J.C. Navarro, A. Galadima and C.A. Sanchez	661
Relationship of Cotton Yield to Chemical and Physical Properties of Soils: Virginia and North Carolina Coastal Plain Region C. W. Adcock, A. O. Abaye, M.M. Alley and J. B. Daniel	661
Glossary of Commonly Used Conservation Tillage Terms Terry Keisling	661
Measuring Soil Quality on The "Old Rotation" M.D. Hubbs, D.W. Reeves and C.C. Mitchell	662
On Farm Demonstrations of Conservation Tillage in Georgia Glen Harris	662
Nitrogen Nutrition Under Conservation Tillage D.D. Howard	663
Phosphorus and Potassium Nutrition Under Conservation Tillage D.D. Howard	663
Row Spacings and Planting Patterns for Reduced Tillage Cotton Systems in The Mississippi Delta Michael A. Jones	664
Conservation Tillage Systems and Research in Texas J. E. Matocha and J. W. Keeling	664
Economics of Conservation Tillage Practices J. R. Smart, J. M. Bradford and T. Lockamy	665
Assessing the Fertility Status of Long-Term No-Tillage Cotton Soils: In-Row Versus Between-Row Sampling D.D. Howard, M.E. Essington and D.D. Tyler	666
Soil Fertility Management Under Two Conservation Tillage Systems S. Vacek and J. E. Matocha	667
Using Winter Annual Cover Crops for Erosion Control, Biomass Production, and Nitrogen Assimilation in a No-Till Cotton Production System J.B. Daniels, A. O. Abaye, Jim Maitland and Clyde W. Adcock	667
Effect of Amisorb on Cotton Yields in Louisiana M. Holman, E. Funderburg, B. Padgett and P. Colyer	667
Cotton Needs Adequate Phosphorus for Optimum Yields J. L. Kovar and E. R. Funderburg	668
Irrigation Number and Nitrogen Rate Effects on Lint Cotton Yield Arturo Palomo and Salvador Godoy	669
Effect of Variable Rate Lime on Cotton Gene Stevens and Chris Moylan	670
Timing First Irrigations for Cotton Productivity and Water Conservation R. P. Flynn and C. E. Barnes	670
Programmed Slow Release Soil Fertilizer to Meet Cotton Nitrogen and Potassium Requirements D.D. Howard, D.M. Oosterhuis, Merritt Holman, Creg Bednarz and Adele Stegor	672
Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates and Plant Density for Cotton Planted in a 10-Inch Row Spacing Donald J. Boquet, W. James Thomas and Robert E.A. Brown	673
Influence of Nitrogen and Boron Interaction on the Production of Cotton A. O. Abaye, M. M. Alley and C. W. Adcock	675
Influence of Sample Size on Cotton Shoot Nitrogen Accumulation: Lint Yield Ratios P.G. Hunt, T.A. Matheny and P.J. Bauer	675
Nitrogen and Cultivar Effects on Yield and Earliness of Cotton on Clay Soils N.R. Benson, E.D. Vories, F.M. Bourland and G. Palmer	677
Poultry Litter as a Nitrogen Source for Dryland Cotton on Clay Soil R.E. Glover, E.D. Vories and Tom Costello	680
Cotton Yield Response to Sprinkler Irrigation and In-Row Subsoiling H. C. (Lyle) Pringle, III and G. R. Tupper	682
Managing Potassium Fertility to Reduced Susceptibility of Cotton to Infection by Alternaria Macrospora Mark L. McFarland, Robert G. Lemon, Darrell A. Dromgoole, William C. Langston and Mike Stewart	682
Summary of Cotton Yield Response to Foliar Applications of Potassium Nitrate and Urea M. Wayne Ebelhar and Joe O. Ware	683
COTTON TEXTILE PROCESSING CONFERENCE
Setting Practical Scientific Criteria For Cotton Fiber Selection and Blending Yehia E. El Mogahzy	691
Characterization by Selected Techniques, Including Direct Dyes, of Cotton Modified by Swelling and Enzyme Treatments M. K. Inglesby and S. H. Zeronian	694
Moderate Moisture Storage Effects on Strength, Color, Stickiness, and Carbohydrate Content of Raw Cotton Donald E. Brushwood	696
Gin Process Control: Importance to the Cotton Industry W. Stanley Anthony and Richard K. Byler	703
Applications of Uster Intelligin Hossein M. Ghorashi	708
Uster Intelligin--a Mill Perspective Eugene Frye	712
Quickspin-Method - a Praxis-Proved Method for Qualification of Raw Material Ing. P. Artzt	713
The Contribution of Fiber Friction to Yarn Quality Hong Guo, Yehia El Mogahzy and Roy M. Broughton, Jr.	719
Spinners' Tools to Deal With Cotton Contamination Els Van Nimmen and Lieva Van Langenhove	723
Recent Developments in Carding Geoffrey Wilde	725
Functionally Superior Fabrics of Predominantly Cotton Content A.P.S. Sawhney, G.F. Ruppenicker, L.B. Kimmel and R. Parachuru	727
Naturally Colored Cottons – Shade Changes upon Wet Treatments Gisela Buschle-Diller, Christina Knight, Abby Person and Sally V. Fox	730
Use of T.A.E.D in the Bleaching of Cellulosics to Improve Fibre Quality A. J. Mathews and S. J. Scarborough	732
Effect of Enzymatic Hydrolysis on the Measured Primary Hand Qualities of Cotton Fabrics P. Radhakrishnaiah, Xiaomin Meng, Gan Huang, G. Buschle-Diller, William K. Walsh and A. P. S. Sawhney	735
Economic Analysis of Cotton Textile Finishing Processes Part 1 - Pretreatments Steve Teal, R. Terry Ervin and R.D. Mehta	739
Economic Analysis of Cotton Textile Finishing Processes Part 2 - Aftertreatments Steve Teal, R. T. Ervin and R.D. Mehta	743
Covering Neps in Woven and Knitted Fabrics Pam Alspaugh	747
Affinity of New Environmentally Benign Antibacterial Agents to Cotton and Cotton Blends T. L. Vigo, G. F. Danna and W. R. Goynes	748
Fibers for Nonwovens Wo Kong Kwok	749
Preparing Cotton, Web Forming and Bonding Methods for Cotton Nonwovens H. Charles Allen, Jr.	751
New Developments in Bleached Cotton for Nonwovens Jack Boyer	758
Cotton-Faced Nonwovens For Short-Wear-Cycle Textile Apparel Products Larry C. Wadsworth, Hannah Suh and H. Charles Allen, Jr.	761
Mercerized and Crosslinked Cotton in Nonwovens D. V. Parikh, T. A. Calamari, J. P. Moreau, E. J. Blanchard and N. D. Sachinvala	765
Spunlacing - Today's Advantage Don B. Gillespie	766
Wool and Cotton Blended Products Technology and Market Review Parvez Mehta	767
The Development and Manufacture of Cotton/Wool Blends, and Its Untapped Commercial Marketing Potential A. Illges, Jr	769
Easy Care Wool/Cotton Blends K. M. Byrne	771
Development of Cotton/Wool Blend Yarn for Knitwear K. Caddel, D. Bean, H. Smith and E. Foster	776
Aspects of the Mechanical Processing of Wool Cotton Blends G.A. Robinson	779
Flexible Sucrose-Based Epoxies for Bonding Needlepunched Nonwoven Cotton Containing Composites to Dissimilar Materials Navzer (Nozar) D. Sachinvala, David L. Winsor, Dharnidhar V. Parikh, Harry H. Solhjoo, Eugene J. Blanchard and Noelie R. Bertoniere	784
Airlaid Nonwovens Pankaj Patel	784
Prediction of Yarn Tensile Properties Based on HVI Testing of 36 U. S. Upland Cottons Moon W. Suh, Hyun-Jin Koo and Xiaoling Cui	786
Techniques to Assess Yarn Tensile Properties Eun-Kyung Lee and William Oxenham	790
Increased Output of Raw Material Through Fibre Recycling from Droppings P. Artzt	796
High Performance Cotton/Dyneema Blend Tent Fabrics G. F. Ruppenicker, A. P. S. Sawhney, J. B. Price, P. A. Salame and T. A. Calamari	802
Selection of the Best Cotton Blend: the Use of Advanced Techniques E. Van Nimmen, L. Van Langenhove and S. Sette	803
Yarn-Engineering Based on the Simulation of Knitted Fabrics - Innovative Chances For the Engineering of Blended Yarns M. Gerig and B. Wulfhorst	805
A Correlation Between Tensile Yarn Parameters and Production Characteristics I. Bauer-Kurz and W. Oxenham	809
Efficient, Brighter Peroxide Bleaching of Wool/cotton Blends Using TAED P.A. Duffield, A.J. Mathews and N.A. Turner	816
Union Dyeing Cotton/Wool Blended Fabrics: Efficient Pretreatment/Dyeing Prescriptions J. M. Cardamone, E. Piotrowski, A. Francis and W. N. Marmer	819
A Critical Look at Cotton Fiber Length Measurement by AFIS Timothy A. Calamari, Jr., Xiaoliang Cui and Kearny Q. Robert	822
Quality Starts with Preparation - Latest Developments in the Production of Carded Web Ferdinand Leifeld	823
Future Involvement of The Agricultural Research Service in Gin Process Control W. Stanley Anthony	827
A Computerized System to Aid Fabric Inspection/Grading A. P. S. Sawhney and R. Parachuru	828
Naturally Pigmented Cotton in Common and Composite Textiles Linda B. Kimmel and A. Paul S. Sawhney	829
COTTON WEED SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Report of the 1996 Cotton Weed Loss Committee J. D. Byrd, Jr.	833
Report of the 1997 Cotton Weed Loss Committee J. D. Byrd, Jr.	837
Preemergence Weed Control in West Texas With Staple Herbicide Jerry R. Pitts	840
Preemergence/Postemergence Staple Combinations Improve Weed Conrol in Cotton T. S. Osborne, J.W. Keeling and P.A. Dotray	841
Strategies for Staple Use in Cotton E. P. Webster and T. A. Baughman	842
The Efficacy of Grass Herbicides on Barnyardgrass (Echinochloa Crus-galli) when Applied Alone and in Combination with Staple (Pyrithiobac Sodium) T. M. Martin-Duvall and R. N. Vargas	842
Staple/MSMA Combinations for Sicklepod (Senna Obtusifolia) Control in Cotton K. M. Jennings, A. C. York, A. S. Culpepper and R. B. Batts	843
Antagonism of Over-the-Top Grass Control Materials When Tank Mixed with Staple Billy E. Warrick	844
Evaluation of Staple Use in Transgenic Cotton D. B. Reynolds, C.D. Rowland, R. M. Cobill, and K. M. Bloodworth	846
A Beltwide Perspective on New Weed Management Technologies in Cotton J. W. Wilcut, B. J. Brecke, D. C. Bridges, J. M. Chandler, R. Hayes, R. L. Nichols and C. E. Snipes	846
Tolerance of Roundup Ready Cotton to Roundup Ultra Applied at Various Growth Stages in the San Joaquin Valley of California R.N. Vargas, S. Wright and T.M. Martin-Duvall	847
Roundup Ready Cotton Fruiting Pattern Response to over the Top Applications of Roundup Ultra after The 4 Leaf Stage K.L. Ferreira, D.J. Jost, G.A. Dixon and D.W. Albers	848
Fruit Abscission and Yield Response of Roundup-Ready Cotton to Topical Applications of Glyphosate C. J. Kalaher and H. D. Coble	849
Tolerance of Roundup Ready Cotton to Mid and Late Post Applications of Roundup S.M. Brown and C.W. Bednarz	849
Roundup Ready Cotton Tolerance to Topical and Post-Directed Applications of Roundup Ultra S. L. File, D. B. Reynolds, C. E. Snipes and B. E. Serviss	850
Effects of Roundup Ultra on Roundup ReadyTM Cotton S. G. Matthews, G. N. Rhodes, Jr., T. C. Mueller and R. M. Hayes	850
Commercial Experience with Roundup Ready Cotton in 1997 D. C. Heering, R. D. Voth, K. Ferreira and J. A. Mills	851
BXN 47 - a New Look at the Buctril System C. B. Guy	851
Ivyleaf Morning Glory [Ipomoea Hederacea (L.) Jacq.] and Slender Amaranth (Amaranthus Viridus L.) Control in BXN Cotton H. R. Hurst	852
Buctril and MSMA Combinations for Sicklepod (Senna Obtusifolia) Management in BXN Cotton M.D. Paulsgrove, J.W. Wilcut, J.D. Hinton and J. R. Collins	854
Weed Control in BXN Cotton with Buctril and Command J. R. Collins, J.W. Wilcut, S. D. Askew and M.D. Pauslgrove	855
Weed Control in Cotton with Command 3 ME, Fluometuron, and Staple B. D. Sims, T. W. Mize, E. V. Gage and H. R. Mitchell	855
Utilization of Reduced Rates of Organophosphate Insecticide For Safening Cotton to Command 3 ME B. D. Sims, S. J. Stringer, H. R. Mitchell and H. G. Hancock	858
Command 3ME and Roundup Systems for Weed Control in Roundup Ready Cotton S. D. Askew, W. A. Bailey, J. W. Wilcut and J. D. Hinton	860
Performance of Liberty-Tolerant Cotton P.A. Dotray, J.W. Keeling, J.R. Gannaway, L.K. Blair, J.E. Quisenberry and M.J. Oliver	860
Staple + Glyphosate Combinations For Improved Weed Control in Roundup Ready Cotton K.A. Patterson and R.G. Turner	860
Postemergence Weed Management With Roundup Ultra, Buctril and Staple in Texas High Plains Cotton J.W. Keeling, P.A. Dotray, T.S. Osborn and B.S. Asher	861
Roundup Ready Cotton Performance T. A. Baughman and E. P. Webster	862
Roundup Ready Systems for Weed Control in North Carolina W. A. Bailey, S. D. Askew, J. W. Wilcut and J. D. Hinton	862
Roundup Ready Programs and Tillage Combinations J. A. Kendig, R. M. Hayes and C. W. Derting	863
Economic Assessment of Roundup Ready Cotton Tillage Systems M.G. Patterson, W.R. Goodman, C.D. Monks and D.P. Delaney	864
Precision Application in a Roundup Ready Cotton System -- No-Till J.F. Bradley, C. W. Derting and J.S. Williams	864
New Weed Management Programs for Weed Control in No-Till Cotton J. W. Wilcut, R. Hayes and S. D. Askew	865
Comparison of Weed Control Systems in Conservation Tillage Cotton James W. Smith, Paul A. Baumann and Gaylon D. Morgan	865
Weed Control in Cotton with Different Tillage Systems and Herbicide Resistances S. D. Askew, W. A. Bailey, J. W. Wilcut and J. D. Hinton	866
No-Tillage Cotton Weed Management in Corn and Sorghum Stubble James R. Smart and Joe M. Bradford	866
Evaluation of New Preemergence and Postemergence Herbicide Programs in Central Texas Cotton P. A. Baumann, G. D. Morgan and J. W. Smith	868
Reflex Use in Cotton J. N. Lunsford, S. Harrison and J. D. Smith	868
Cotton Development as Affected by Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus Palmeri) Competition G.D. Morgan, P.A. Baumann, J.M. Chandler and J.W. Smith	869
Weeds and Herbicides in Arizona: Surveys of Plant Populations and Grower Practices William B. McCloskey, Paul B. Baker and Will Sherman	869
Effect of Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus Rotundus L.) On Cotton Yield in Wet and Dry Soil Conditions R. Cinco-Castro and W.B. McCloskey	870
Nutsedge (Cyperus Esculentus) Management in Continuous Cotton with Zorial-based Systems J. W. Wilcut, D. C. Bridges and H. S. McLean	872
Evaluation of Finish For Cotton Defoliation K. M. Bloodworth and D. B. Reynolds	873
Potential For Cotoran Carryover to Flue-Cured Tobacco R. B. Batts, A. C. York, F.H. Yelverton and A. L. Bradley	873
COTTON INSECT RESEARCH AND CONTROL CONFERENCE
51st Annual Conference Report on Cotton Insect Research and Control D. D. Hardee and G. A. Herzog	877
Highlights of the 51st Annual Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference G.A. Herzog, D.D. Hardee and M.R. Williams	903
Cotton Insect Losses - 1997 - Compiled for National Cotton Council Michael R. Williams	904
IRAC: A Crop Protection Industry Commitment to Pest Management Larry Hendrick	926
Economic Importance of Lygus Spp. in Cotton Patricia F. O'Leary	926
Perspectives on Sampling for Lygus in Cotton: Applications of Quadrat-based Sampling Schemes Jeffrey L. Willers	928
The Role of Biological Control in Lygus spp. Management John R. Ruberson	933
The Status of Lygus Pheromone Research John R. McLaughlin	938
The Role of Host Plant Resistance in Lygus Management William R. Meredith, Jr.	940
Lygus Bug Management with Insecticides Larry D. Godfrey, James Brazzle, Peter Goodell, Bruce Roberts, Ron Vargas, Bill Weir and Steve Wright	944
Insecticide Resistance and Synergism of Pyrethroid Toxicity in the Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus Lineolaris Jonathan W. Holloway, B. Rogers Leonard, James A. Ottea, J. H. Pankey, J. B. Graves and G. Snodgrass	947
Biology, Ecology, and Host Plants of Lygus Lineolaris and Lygus Hesperus P.B. Goodell	949
Susceptibility Management of Tarnished Plant Bug in the South R. G. Luttrell, G. L. Snodgrass and S. D. Stewart	951
Susceptibility Management of Lygus in the West Peter C. Ellsworth	955
Cotton Insect Loss Estimates - 1997 Michael R. Williams	957
Bt Cotton - the Second Year - a Consultant's Perspective Roger Carter	960
Large Scale Evaluation of Bollgard Resistance to Multiple Pests in North Carolina under Grower Conditions J. S. Bacheler, D. W. Mott and D. E. Morrison	961
Experiences with Bt Cotton Under Light to Medium Bollworm Infestations in South Carolina M. E. Roof and J. A. DuRant	964
Year Two of Bollgard Behind Boll Weevil Eradication - Alabama Observations Ron H. Smith	965
Evaluation of Transgenic Bt Cotton Lines Against Heliothines in Northeast Louisiana B. R. Leonard, J. H. Fife, K. Torrey, E. Burris and J. B. Graves	967
Performance of Bt Cotton in Mississippi, 1997 Blake Layton, S.D. Stewart, M.R. Williams and J.T. Reed	970
Yield, Insecticide Use, and Profit Changes from Adoption of Bt Cotton in the Southeast G.A. Carlson, Michele C. Marra and Bryan J. Hubbell	973
Synergism and Antagonism of Mixing Some Acaricides with Jojoba Oil for Control of Spider Mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Egypt F. K. El-Duweini and R. A. Sedrak	974
Evaluation of Predaceous Mite Releases for Spider Mite Management Ramana G. Colfer, Jay A. Rosenheim, Larry D. Godfrey and Cynthia L. Hsu	976
Potassium Fertilizer Effect on Twospotted Spider Mite F. A. Harris, G. R. Tupper, and R. E. Furr, Jr.	982
A Five Year Review of Lygus Efficacy and Cotton Yield Studies in Central Arizona J. L. Pacheco	984
Further Studies on the Susceptibility of Lygus Hesperus Knight to Pyrethroid Insecticides J.J. Knabke and C. A. Staetz	992
Control of Silverleaf Whitefly with Applaud (Buprofezin) in California and Arizona Dale Comer, John Lublinkhof and Fred Strachan	997
Utility of Fulfill 50 WG for Aphid and Whitefly Management in Cotton John P. Koenig, D. Scott Lawson, Stephen M. White and Dennis M. Dunbar	997
Boll Weevil Eradication - a Beltwide Prospectus Gary Cunningham and Bill Grefenstette	999
Boll Weevil Eradication Update -Texas, 1997 Osama El-Lissy, Lindy Patton, Ray Frisbie, Tom Fuchs, Don Rummel, Roy Parker, Don Dipple, J.R. Coppedge, Gary Cunningham, Frank Carter, James Boston and Jack Hayes	1001
Movement of Boll Weevils in Three Areas of Texas J. R. Coppedge and T. M. O'Neil	1006
Early Season Foraging Resources of Mississippi Boll Weevils G. D. Jones, J.R. Coppedge and D. D. Hardee	1009
Effect of Temperature and Habitat on Survival of Overwintering Boll Weevils (Anthonomus Grandis) in Arkansas D.R. Johnson, M.P. Maret, D.W. Atwood, T.L. Singer, L.D. Page, H.B. Myers and R.W. McNew	1011
How Do Boll Weevils Locate Overwintering Sites? G. H. McKibben, P. A. Hedin, E. J. Villavaso, T. L. Wagner and D. A. Dollar	1015
Evaluation of Boll Weevil Overwintering on the Texas High Plains Through Habitat Sampling Tommy Doederlein, Brant Baugh, Greg Cronholm, Clyde Crumly, Ron Graves, Phillip Kidd, Mark Logan, Greta Schuster and Kerry Siders	1016
Diapause Induction in Subtropical Boll Weevils D. W. Spurgeon and J. R. Raulston	1019
Evaluation of B.t. Cotton Deployment Strategies and Efficacy Against Pink Bollworm in Arizona A.L. Simmons, T.J. Dennehy, B.E. Tabashnik, L. Antilla, A. Bartlett, D. Gouge and R. Staten	1025
Factors Potentially Influencing the Survival of Helicoverpa Zea on Bollgard Cotton J. T. Greenplate, G. P. Head, S. R. Penn and V. T. Kabuye	1030
Bollworm (Helicoverpa Zea): Adaptation to Bt Toxin? A. L. Lambert, J. R. Bradley, Jr., F. Gould and J. W. Van Duyn	1033
Egg Vs. Escaped Worm Thresholds for Control of Bollworm in B.t. Cotton in South Carolina M. J. Sullivan, S. G. Turnipseed, D. M. Robinson and J. T. Walker	1037
Effectiveness of Selected Treatment Thresholds Against Lepidopteran Pests in Bt Cotton John A. DuRant, Mitchell E. Roo and Gloria S. McCutcheon	1038
Bollgard Cotton-Update and Economic Comparisons Including New Varieties A. T. Wier, J. Walt Mullins and Jane M. Mills	1039
Lepton HTK - a Heliothine Diagnostic Test Kit: an Update Sen Seong Ng, Robert J. Cibulsky and Stephen C. Trowell	1040
Lepton Kit - a Consultant's Perspective Roger Carter	1043
Efficacy of Early Insecticides and Their Effect on Yield and Maturity of Bt Cotton J. T. Ruscoe, G. L. Andrews, J. B. Phelps and B. R. Savoy	1043
Influence of Early-Season Nematicides/Insecticides on B.t. and Conventional Cottons H. L. Crooks, J. D. Mueller and M. J. Sullivan	1049
Consequences of Early-Season Foliar Insecticides in Cotton in South Carolina S. G. Turnipseed and M. J. Sullivan	1050
The Potential For Reduced Rates of Insecticides for Bollworm Control in Bt Cotton D.S. Brickle, S. G. Turnipseed and M. J. Sullivan	1051
Managing Secondary Pests D. Robinson, M. Sullivan, S. Turnipseed and T. Walker	1052
Influence of Bt Cotton on Beneficial Arthropod Populations N. B. Van Tol and G. L. Lentz	1052
Bt Resistance Monitoring of Tobacco Budworm and Cotton Bollworm in Alabama Cotton: Let's Get Everyone Involved! W. J. Moar, R. H. Smith and R. Weeks	1054
Mid-Season Cotton Aphid Infestations in California: Effects on Cotton Yield Larry D. Godfrey and James P. Wood	1056
Impact of Cotton Aphid on Lint Yield G. L. Lentz and N. B. Van Tol	1058
Integrating Biological Control with Selective Insecticides for Environmentally Sound Management of Cotton Aphids Lenny Wells, Robert M. McPherson, John R. Ruberson and Gary A. Herzog	1058
Influence of Timing of Sprays for Cotton Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) on Cotton Yield D. D. Hardee and L. C. Adams	1061
Abiotic and Biotic Regulation of Cotton Aphid Populations in the Texas Rolling Plains J. E. Slosser, W. E. Pinchak and D. R. Rummel	1065
Sublethal Effects of Insecticides on Cotton Aphid Reproduction D. L. Kerns, S. D. Stewart and C. L. McKenzie	1067
Control of Silverleaf Whitefly with the Entomopathogenic Fungi, Paecilomyces Fumosoroseus and Beauveria Bassiana in Upland Cotton in Arizona D. H. Akey and T. J. Henneberry	1073
Effect of High Temperature on Polyol Metabolism in the Silverleaf Whitefly and Cotton Aphid D. L. Hendrix, M. E. Salvucci and G. R. Wolfe	1077
Improved Areawide Whitefly Management Through Industry and Extension Partnership L. E. Jech and S. H. Husman	1081
Voluntary Area-Wide Whitefly Monitoring Project Implementation 1995-1997 Gila Bend, Arizona L. E. Jech and S. H. Husman	1084
Progress in the Development of Sampling Methods to Estimate Cotton Lint Stickiness Due to Sweetpotato Whitefly Infestation Steven E. Naranjo, Thomas J. Henneberry and Chang-Chi Chu	1087
Impact of Natural Enemies and Insecticides on Whiteflies in Cotton: a Partial Life Table Analysis Peter C. Ellsworth, Jonathan Diehl and Steve E. Naranjo	1087
Cotton Plant Resistance to Silverleaf Whitefly as a Management Tool C. C. Chu, E. T. Natwick, T. J. Henneberry, A. C. Cohen and S. J. Castle	1089
Silverleaf Whitefly and Cotton Leaf Crumple Virus Resistance Screening in Upland Cotton Eric T. Natwick, Charles G. Cook and Robert L. Gilbertson	1091
Toxicity of Applaud And Knack Against Silverleaf Whiteflies From Southern California: Implications for Susceptibility Monitoring N. C. Toscano, N. Prabhaker, S. Zhou and G. Ballmer	1093
Predators of Budworm/bollworm Eggs in Cotton: an Immunological Study John R. Ruberson and Matthew H. Greenstone	1095
Reevaluation of Trichogramma Releases for Suppression of Heliothine Pests in Cotton Charles P.-C. Suh, David B. Orr and John W. Van Duyn	1098
Contributions of Grain Sorghum to Natural Enemy Populations in Cotton Peter C. Krauter, Kevin M. Heinz, Christopher G. Sansone and Amanda England	1102
Evaluation of Potential Relay Strip Crops for Predator Enhancement in Cotton M. N. Parajulee and J. E. Slosser	1104
Insect Pest Management as a Component of a Sustainable Cotton Production System J. Oscar Stapel, W. Joe Lewis, Sharad C. Phatak and John. R. Ruberson	1107
Predator Mortality in Cotton from Different Insecticide Classes W.D. Duffie, M.J. Sullivan and S.G. Turnipseed	1111
Susceptibility of Selected Beneficial Insects to Dpx-mp062 P. G. Tillman, J. E. Mulrooney and W. Mitchell	1112
Benefits and Risks of Recombinant Baculoviruses for Control of Heliothines Kevin M. Heinz, Chad Smith, Richard Minzenmayer, and J. Lindsey Flexner	1114
Emamectin Benzoate: Control of the Heliothine Complex and Impact on Beneficial Arthropods D. M. Dunbar, D. S. Lawson, S. M. White and N. Ngo	1116
BASIC (Biological Agriculture Systems in Cotton): a Cotton Pest Management Innovators Group in the Northern San Joaquin Valley Sean L. Swezey and Polly Goldman	1119
A Multi-State Evaluation of Cotman Insecticide Termination Rules Mark J. Cochran, Diana M. Danforth, N. Phillip Tugwell, Aubrey Harris, Jack Reed, John Benedict, Roger Leonard, Ralph Bagwell, Ozzie Abaye and Pat O'Leary	1124
Pesticide Use in Arizona Cotton: 1995 and 1996 Paul Baker, William McCloskey, Timothy Dennehy and Will Sherman	1126
Helicoverpa Armigera Resistance to Insecticides in Pakistan Mushtaq Ahmad, M. I. Arif, Zahoor Ahmad and M. R. Attique	1138
Status of Insecticide Resistance in Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm in Louisiana During 1997 R. D. Bagwell, J. B. Graves, S. Micinski, B. R. Leonard and V. Mascarenhas	1140
Prospects for Field Management of Pyrethroid-resistant Corn Earworm (Cotton Bollworm) Populations in South Carolina J. T. Walker, M. J. Sullivan, S. Turnipseed, M. E. Roof and T. M. Brown	1145
Contributions of Monooxygenases and Esterases to Pyrethroid Resistance in the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis Virescens Guomin Shan and Jim Ottea	1148
Dosage-Mortality Responses of Beet Armyworm Populations from the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico to Emamectin Benzoate Jos‚ L. Martínez-Carrillo and Robert Cartwright	1152
Response of Strains and Crosses of Beet Armyworm (Spodoptera Exigua (Hubner)) to Insecticides Dan A. Wolfenbarger and Michael J. Brewer	1153
Comparison of FCR 4545, Baythroid 2EC, Karate 1EC and Karate 2.09 SC to Other Commonly Used Insecticees for the Control of Boll Weevil (Anthonomus Grandis) Harry B. Meyers, Donald R. Johnson and Larry M. Page	1156
Application of ULV Aerial Trials Using Small-Plot Equipment M.W. Phillips, W.D. Allee, J.B. Whitley and J.M. Jacobs	1157
Competitive Interactions and Relative Attractancy of Boll Weevil Pheromone Traps and Bait Sticks D. W. Spurgeon, J. R. Raulston, R. V. Cantu and J. R. Coppedge	1158
Use of the Boll Weevil Attract & Control Tube (BWACT) to Prevent Boll Weevil Establishment in Argentina and Bolivia Thomas A. Plato and J. C. Plato	1162
Field Persistence of Several Insecticides on Cotton Foliage as Determined by Beet Armyworm (Spodoptera Exigua) Bioassay P.T. McDonald, M.K. Kish, P.A. King, F.J. Dunagan and R.T. Weiland	1164
Results of DPX-MP062 Efficacy Trials on Cotton Bollworm (Helicoverpa Zea) and Tobacco Budworm (Heliothis Virescens) in Texas Robert H. Bierman	1167
Cotton Boll Susceptibility to Fall Armyworm and Beet Armyworm Injury J. J. Adamczyk, Jr., V. J. Mascarenhas, G. E. Church, B. R. Leonard and J. B. Graves	1170
Stink Bugs in a Cotton/Soybean Ecosystem: Impact on Quality and Yield C. S. Bundy, R. M. McPherson and G. A. Herzog	1172
Managing Stink Bugs in Bt Cotton J. K. Greene, S. G. Turnipseed M. J. Sullivan	1174
Evaluation of Thrips Damage on Maturity and Yield of Virginia Cotton D. Ames Herbert, Jr.	1177
Residual Efficacy of Selected At-Planting Soil Applied Insecticides on Seedling Thrips Populations in Northeast Louisiana D. R. Cook, E. Burris, B. R. Leonard and J. B. Graves	1180
Thrips Management with Gaucho Seed Treatment in North Carolina Cotton John Van Duyn, J. R. Bradley, Jr., Amy L. Lambert, Charles P.-C. Suh and Joel Faircloth	1183
Performance of Gaucho Seed Treatment Across the Mid-South and Southeast Charles T. Graham	1187
Adage: a New Cotton Insecticide Seed Treatment from Novartis Crop Protection, Inc. Larry Zang, Vince Morton and Ngoan Ngo	1188
Response of Male Tarnished Plant Bugs to Traps Baited with Different Numbers of Virgin Females W. P. Scott and G. L. Snodgrass	1190
Using Buffer Crops to Mitiigate Lygus Migration in San Joaquin Valley Cotton P.B. Goodell and J.W. Eckert	1192
Insecticides for Tarnished Plant Bug Control in Southeast Arkansas Marwan S. Kharboutli, Charles T. Allen, Chuck Capps and Larry Earnest	1194
Tarnished Plant Bug Control in the Mississippi Delta J. T. Robbins, F. A. Harris and R. E. Furr	1197
Cotton Insect Control Strategy Project: Comparing Bt and Conventional Cotton Management and Plant Bug Control Strategies at Five Locations in Mississippi, 1995-1997 Scott Stewart, Jack Reed, Randall Luttrell and F. Aubrey Harris	1199
Review of Pesticide Efficacy Trials For Control of Tarnished Plant Bug, 1982 - 1996 Michael S. Howell, Jack T. Reed and Christopher S. Jackson	1203
Critical Considerations for Accurately Determining the Effectiveness of Insecticides Against Lygus Bugs in Cotton Larry Antilla, Mike Whitlow, T. J. Dennehy and June Russell	1206
The Ovicidal Activity of Tracer* Naturalyte* Insect Control Against Heliothine Species in Conventional Cotton I. G. Peterson, G. A. Herzog, J. A. Durant, P. F. Pilsner, S. Micinski, L. L. Larson, B. A. Nead-Nylander, R. M. Huckaba and D. J. Porteous	1209
Pesticide Selection for Resistance Management Based on Pest Population and Previous Pesticide Use D. M. Hunt, J. A. Hopkins, F. S. Donaldson and W. D. Rogers	1211
Selection of Supplemental Insecticides For Pest Control in Bt Cotton and Non-Bt Cotton J. A. Hopkins, D. M. Hunt, F. S. Donaldson and W. D. Rogers	1213
The Usage of Karate ( -cyhalothrin) Oversprays in Combination with Refugia, as a Viable and Sustainable Resistance Management Strategy for B.t. Cotton J. G. Harris, C. N. Hershey and M. J. Watkins	1217
Bt Cotton: Impact of Supplemental Sprays Phillip Roberts	1220
Performance and Benefits of Provado Insecticide on Early Season Plant Bug Populations Virgil A. King, III	1221
Evaluation of Regent (Fipronil) for the Control of Cotton Fleahoppers Tommy Doederlein	1223
Risk Assessment Models for Pink Bollworm Establishment in Southeastern US Cotton R.C. Venette and W.D. Hutchison	1226
IPM Approach in US Cotton with Agrevo Products John Lublinkhof, Larry Todd, John Sanderson, Kent Taylor and Fred Strachan	1228
Confirm 2F and Tracer as an Useful Alternative For Ipm Against Boll Worm, Tobacco Budworm and Beet Armyworm in Cotton in Northern Mexico Arturo Obando-Rodr¡guez, Sostenes Delgado-Garc¡a and Juan Solis-Rea	1228
Spatial Distribution Patterns of Two Cotton Bollworms, Pectinophora Gossypiella and Earias Insulana in Qaulubia Governorate, Egypt Mohamed E. Foda	1230
Evaluation of the Area-wide Budworm/Bollworm Management Program with Virus in the Mississippi Delta D. A. Streett, M. R. Bell and D. D. Hardee	1232
Laboratory Toxicity of Insecticide Residues to Orius Insidiosus, Geocoris Punctipes, Hippodamia Convergens, and Chrysoperla Carnea G. W. Elzen, P. J. Elzen and E. G. King	1235
Expansion of Extension-Based Aphid Fungus Sampling Service to Louisiana and Mississippi D. C. Steinkraus, G. O Boys, R. D. Bagwell, D. R. Johnson, G. M Lorenz, H. Meyers, M. B. Layton and P. F. O'Leary	1239
Agronomic and Environmental Factors Influencing Control of Cotton Aphids with Insecticides Jorge J. Cisneros and Larry D. Godfrey	1242
Bt in New Mexico: Beet Armyworm Susceptibility and Expression of Resistance in Selected Cultivars J. P. Breen Pierce, C. D. Ellers-Kirk, R. P. Flynn and W. Houghton	1246
Performance of Selected Bollgard Cotton Varieties in Southeast Arkansas C.D. Capps, C. Allen, L. Earnest, P. Tugwell and M. Kaharboutli	1248
Can Resistance to Chloronicotinyl Insecticides be Averted in Arizona Field Crops? Livy Williams, III, Timothy J. Dennehy and John C. Palumbo	1250
New Insights Regarding Estimating Lygus Susceptibility to Insecticides T. J. Dennehy, J. E. Russell, L. Antilla and M. Whitlow	1255
Monitoring Tarnished Plant Bug Resistance to Three Classes of Insecticides in Northeast Louisiana J. S. Russell, J. J. Adamczyk, Jr., J. W. Holloway, J. H. Pankey, B. R. Leonard and J. B. Graves	1260
Insecticidal Control of Tarnished Plant Bug in Late Season Cotton T. G. Teague, N. P. Tugwell and J. M. Hornbeck	1260
Aerial Application of Fipronil (Regent) Vs. Malathion in a Replicated Field Test for Boll Weevil D.K. Reed, Monty Christian and R.G. Jones	1262
Greasing the Weevil: Oil Diluents for Ultra Low Volume Application in the Eradication Program Joseph E. Mulrooney	1265
Topical Application of Malathion with Cottonseed Oils and Paraffinic Oil for Toxicity to Boll Weevils Robert G. Jones, Dan A. Wolfenbarger and Jack W. Haynes	1266
Preliminary Research Results with Alternative Tactics for Boll Weevil Eradication T. G. Teague and N. P. Tugwell	1267
Precision Placement of In-Furrow Insecticide for Early Season Thrips Control Phillip Roberts, John N. All, Gary A. Herzog and Paul Guillebeau	1269
Thrips Control in the Mississippi Delta, 1993-97 R. E. Furr, Jr., F. A. Harris and J. T. Robbins	1270
Steward (Dpx MP-062), a Novel New Insecticide for Cotton Insect Control Glenn G. Hammes, Dan Sherrod and Dave Marsden	1275
Efficacy of Aerially Applied Tracer on Cotton Foliage J.F. Esquivel and I.W. Kirk	1276
Field Evaluation of Aerially Applied Tracer - Spray Rate and Droplet Size I. W. Kirk and J. F. Esquivel	1277
Effects of Whitefly Insect Growth Regulators Knack and Applaud on Cotton Aphid Reproduction and Survival James P. Wood and Larry D. Godfrey	1278
Differential Susceptibility of Cotton Cultivars to Silverleaf Whitefly, in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico Juan Jos‚ Pacheco-Covarrubias and Arturo Hernández-Jasso	1281
Pink Bollworm Integrated Management Technology Under Field Trial Conditions in the Imperial Valley, CA Michele Walters, Robert T. Staten and Robert C. Roberson	1282
Differences in Biological Parameters of Catolaccus Grandis from Sinaloa, Mexico, Compared to a Crossbred Colony from Tabasco, Chiapas, Oaxaca Mexico and El Salvador J. A. Morales-Ramos, M. G. Rojas and E. G. King	1285
Host Acceptance Changes of Catolaccus Grandis, an Ectoparasite of the Boll Weevil after Ten Generations Rearing on its Factitious Host Callosobruchus Maculatus M. G. Rojas, J. A. Morales-Ramos and E. G. King	1289
Outcome of Two-Year Study of Boll Weevil Control with Inundative Releases of Catolaccus Grandis (Hymenoptera-Pteromalidae) in Tamaulipas, Mexico J. Vargas-Camplis, R.J. Coleman, J. Gonzalez and L. Rodriguez Del B.	1292
Horizontal and Vertical Movement of Steinernema Riobravis and S. Carpocapsae (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) in Soil in the Laboratory L. Forlow Jech, T.J. Henneberry, M.J. Panter and S. Faulconer	1296
Molecular Sequence and Cellular Localization of an Antennal-Specific Protein in Adult Lygus Lineolaris (Tarnished Plant Bug) F. E. Callahan, R. G. Vogt, J. C. Dickens, W. P. Wergin and C. A. Murphy	1300
Efficiency Comparisons of the Kiss, a Tractor-mounted Sampler, and Hand Sampling for Detecting Boll Weevils in Prebloom Cotton K. R. Beerwinkle, J. R. Coppedge and T. M. O'Neil	1300
Modification of a Leaf Blower/Vac for Sampling of Arthropods Alton N. Sparks, Jr. and John W. Norman, Jr.	1302
Nexrad Doppler Weather Radar Network: Potential for Areawide Surveillance of Pest Insect Migrations J. K. Westbrook, W. W. Wolf, S. Allen and J. D. Ward	1304
A Novel Technique for Labeling Parasitoids of Cotton Pests James Hagler, Glen Jackson and Matt Ciomperlik	1310
The Role of Extrafloral Nectar in the Diet of the Common Green Lacewing Larva, Chrysoperla Carnea David D. Limburg and Jay A. Rosenheim	1311
Scout Master: New Cotton Insect Data Entry and Analysis Software for Windows 95 R. L. Huffman, T.W. Fuchs, L.T. Wilson, J. Wang, M. Wallace, B.A. Baugh, R.R. Minzenmayer and J.W. Norman	1313
Cotton and Insect Management (CIM) Model: Past, Present and Future Randall G. Luttrell, Royce O. Bowden, Jack T. Reed, Larry G. Brown, F. Aubrey Harris and Scott D. Stewart	1317
Late Season Insecticide Termination Studies in Northeast Louisiana During 1997 K. Torrey, H. Fife, B. R. Leonard, R. D. Bagwell, E. Burris and D. Cook	1323
Nodes Above White Flower: Indicator to Use to Terminate Cotton Insect Scouting and Insect Control M. A. Karner and J. R. Goodson	1326
Preliminary Report: Responses of Two Cotton Cultivars to Simulated Bollworm Damage During the Effective Flowering Period J. Gore, B. R. Leonard, E. Burris and J. B. Graves	1329
Effect of Ovasyn on Feeding Response, Mortality and Reproduction of Adult Bollworm J. D. López, Jr. and M. A. Latheef	1329
Impacts of Habitat Types on Boll Weevil Pheromone Trap Captures D. W. Spurgeon, J. R. Raulston and O. Zamora	1333
International IPM Approach in Cotton with Agrevo Products S. Smolikowski, P. Pastre, J.P Trijau and J. Fabretti	1337
Effects of Host Plants on the Viral Production in Budworm and Bollworm M. I. Ali, G. W. Felton and S. Y. Young	1337
Effect of Bacillus Thuringiensis on Mortality, Survivorship and Movement of Cotton Bollworm (Helicoverpa Zea) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Cotton Muhammad Ashfaq and S. Y. Young	1339
Beet Armyworm (Spodoptera Exigua) Resistance Mechanisms to Insecticides in Southern Tamaulipas, Mexico E. Garza-Urbina and A. P. Teran-Vargas	1343
Critique of Need for Automatic Early Spring Insecticide Applications for Suppression Program Against Boll Weevil in Lower Rio Grande Valley Dan A. Wolfenbarger	1345
A Cost-Effective Area-Wide Suppression Program For Boll Weevil in Lower Rio Grande Valley of Tamaulipas and Texas Dan A. Wolfenbarger and D. J. Wolfenbarger	1347
Response of the Bollworm (Noctuiidae: Lepidoptera) to Insecticides in Central and North America D. A. Wolfenbarger, Dora F. Gonzalez-Moncado and I. C. Rivas-Cavarria	1348
COTTON PHYSIOLOGY CONFERENCE
Causes of Square and Boll Shedding Gene Guinn	1355
Environmental and Genotype Effects on Fiber Carbohydrate Concentration and Quality W.T. Pettigrew	1364
Fiber Development Potential of Cotton Ovules Grown in Vitro Is Related to Boll Location G. Davidonis	1365
The Importance of Fiber Properties in Determining the Strength of a Wide Variety of American Cottons L. B. De Luca, D. P. Thibodeaux, J. B. Price, X. Cui and W. R. Meredith	1365
Interactive Effects of Ozone, Carbon Dioxide, and Soil Nitrogen on Cotton Fiber Properties J.M. Bradow, A.S. Heagle and W. Pursley	1365
Analysis of the Relationship Between Crystallite Orientation And Fiber Strength Within Gossypium Jihua Liu	1366
Analysis of Cotton Fiber Ultrastructure During Secondary Wall Deposition Using Ultra-rapid Freezing and Freeze Substitution Robert W. Seagull, Mark J. Grimson, Trina C. Muehring and Candace H. Haigler	1367
Changes in the Cotton Boll Wall with Age in Relation to Boll Worm and Boll Weevil Feeding Habits M. J. Kim and D. M. Oosterhuis	1367
Digital Camera Analysis of Defoliation and Light Interception A. M. Stewart, K. L. Edmisten and R. Wells	1368
Oxidative Stress Responses of Transgenic Cotton that Over-expresses Superoxide Dismutase, Ascorbate Peroxidase, or Glutathione Reductase Paxton Payton, Robert Webb, Randy Allen and A. Scott Holaday	1368
Modeling Light Interception and Photosynthesis in Cotton S. Thanisawanyangkura, H. Sinoquet, F. A. Daudet and P. Kasemsap	1369
Germination, Emergence and Root Growth of Cotton as Affected by Seed Applied Plant Growth Regulators W. D. Becker, N. W. Hopper, B. L. McMichael and G. M. Jividen	1374
Biological Rhythms of Ethylene Production in Cotton R.L. Jasoni and J.T. Cothren	1376
Effects of Columbia Lance Nematode on Cotton Growth and Yield Maturity C. Ryan Bond and John D. Mueller	1377
Physiological and Molecular Responses During Water Deficit in Cotton (G.hirsutum) A.L. Nepomuceno, J.M. Stewart and D.M. Oosterhuis	1377
Effects of Polymer Film Coatings of Cotton Seed on Dusting-Off, Imbibition, and Germination K.D. Williams and N.W. Hopper	1380
Use of Prep, Starfire, Cottonquik, and Finish for Boll Opening A. M. Stewart, K. L. Edmisten and R. Wells	1382
Growth and Yield of Ultra-narrow Row and Conventionally-Spaced Cotton Philip Jost, Tom Cothren and T. J. Gerik	1383
Analysis of Cotton Genotypic Differences for Plant Responses to Drought Marc Jean Lacape, Daniel J.M. Annerose, Eric Jallas and Jacques Wery	1383
Efforts to Enhance the Molecular Architecture of Cotton Photosystem II Proteins as Protection Against High Temperature Stress R.G. McDaniel	1392
Cotton Variety and Bacterial Strain Interactions During Agrobacteria-Based Genetic Transformation Jeff Velten, Jerry E. Quisenberry and Greg Cartwright	1392
The Influence of a-Amanitin on the Induction of Antioxidant Enzymes During Salt Stress S.W. Banks, D.R. Gossett, A. Manchandia, B. Bellaire, M.C. Lucas and E.P. Millhollon	1393
-Cadinene Synthase Genes in Cotton Genomic DNA C. Magill, C.R. Benedict, Chris Little and Gail Martin	1396
Desoxyhemigossypol O-Methyltransferase from Cotton Stems J. Liu, R. D. Stipanovic, A. A. Bell and C. R. Benedict	1396
The Influence of Abscisic Acid on the Induction of Antioxidant Enzymes During Salt Stress D.R. Gossett, B. Bellaire, S.W. Banks, M.C. Lucas, A. Manchandia and E.P. Millhollon	1396
Seedling Vigor Influence on Seasonal Growth and Lint Yield Ken E. Leg‚ and Billy McCoy	1399
Mechanisms of Selectivity of Pendimethalin (Prowl) and Trifluralin (Treflan) in Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum) and Weeds D. L. Shaner, B. Tecle and D. H. Johnson	1399
Response of Narrow Row Cotton to Incremental Levels of Square Removal Jay B. Phelps, Jon T. Ruscoe and William H. McCarty	1402
Evaluation of Ultra Narrow Row Cotton in North Carolina Noel Cawley, K. L. Edmisten, A. M. Stewart and R. Wells	1402
Potential of Ultra Narrow Row Cotton in Southeast Arkansas Charles T. Allen, Claude Kennedy, Bill Robertson, Marwan Kharboutli, Kelly Bryant, Chuck Capps and Larry Earnest	1403
Performance of Ultra-Narrow Row Cotton in Central Texas T.J. Gerik, R.G. Lemon, K.L. Faver, T. A. Hoelewyn and M. Jungman	1406
Cotton Varietal Responses to Plant Growth Regulator Strategies Tom Cothren and Philip Jost	1409
Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Response to Mid-Season Hurricane Damage C. D. Monks, D. P. Delaney, M. Pegues, E. Tunnell and M. G. Patterson	1409
The Influence of Seed Treatments on Early Root Growth in Cotton under Different Environmental Conditions Bobbie L. McMichael	1410
Six Year Summary of Harvest Aid Testing in the Southern Rolling Plains of Texas Billy E. Warrick	1410
Dropp Ultra and Ginstar Defoliation Performance in the Mid-South, Southeast and Texas T. Lane Smith, W. Fred Strachan, Phillip Odom, J. Sanderson, G. Schwarzlose, W. Kent Taylor and Larry Todd	1413
CGA248757 as a Cotton Harvest Aid D. W. Stair, J. Tom Cothren and Ray Smith	1413
Texas High Plains Growth Regulator Studies Randy Boman, Danny Carmichael and Ron Graves	1413
A Second Year of the Effects of DNA Herbicides on Cotton Growth and Development Wade L. Worley, William H. McCarty and Michael M. Kenty	1414
The MEPRT Method to Determine Time and Rate of Mepiquat Chloride Applications: Uses and Misuses J. A. Landivar	1414
Irrigation, Pix (Mepiquat Chloride), and Fiber Property Variability in Mississippi and Texas Cotton G. Davidonis, A. Johnson, K. Hood and J. Landivar	1416
Evaluation of Mepiquat Chlorid and Bacillus Cereus in South Texas C.J. Fernandez, J.A. Landivar, J.T. Cothren and T.J. Gerik	1417
Two Year Study of Mepiquat Chloride and Bacillus Cereus Joe Townsend	1420
Regulating Cotton Growth with Bacillus Cereus in Arkansas - a Two Year Study Chet Chaney	1421
Physiological and Yield Responses of Cotton to MepPlus and Mepiquat Chloride Derrick Oosterhuis, Duli Zhao and Brad Murphy	1422
Two Years of Growth, Canopy Photosynthesis and Yield in Response to Different Formulations of MepPlus Randy Wells and Keith Edmisten	1424
Time and Rate of Ryzup Application in South Texas C.J. Fernandez, J.A. Landivar, J.T. Cothren and T.J. Gerik	1425
Effects of Temik 15G on Earliness and Yield of Transgenic and Non-Transgenic Cotton Varieties R. E. Turnage and H. R. Smith	1429
Temik 15G Compared to Seed Treatments on Paymaster 1215 BG Cotton Variety H. R. Smith and R. E. Turnage	1432
Cotton Physiology Retrospective: Frank Eaton J. R. Mauney	1438
Plant Response to Soil K Level, Boll Load, and Foliar Fertilization Adele Steger and Derrick Oosterhuis	1438
Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Response to Early and Mid-Season Terminal Removal D. P. Delaney, C. D. Monks, C. Burmester, B. Durbin, D. Moore, L. Wells, J. Bannon and M. G. Patterson	1439
Response of Cotton Leaf Photosynthesis to its Light Environment P. Kasemsap and Y. Crozat	1439
Photosynthesis and Environmental Factors K. Raja Reddy, Harry F. Hodges and J. M. McKinion	1443
Effects of Plant Population on Growth and Development of Cotton in South Georgia C.W. Bednarz, S.H. Baker, S.M. Brown and D. Bridges	1450
Effect of Planting Date and Density on San Joaquin Valley Cotton S.D. Wright, R. Vargas, B. Weir, D. Munk, B. Roberts, B. Hutmacher, T.M. Martin-Duvall, M. Keeley, G. Banuelos and M.R. Jimenez	1450
Varietal Response to Heat Stress During Reproductive Development Paul W. Brown and Carolyn A. Zeiher	1451
Pix Management Strategies for BT Cultivars in the Coastal Plains of Texas Shelley M. Underbrink, Juan A. Landivar and J. Tom Cothren	1452
Evaluation of Southeastern ND Delta Type Varieties for Stormproof Characteristics Alan Harper, A. M. Stewart and K. L. Edmisten	1454
Growth and Fruiting Characteristics of Deltapine Seed Stripper Cotton Varieties T.A. Vagts, M. Bates, S.W. Fuchs and D.H. Schulze	1455
Conventional and No-Tillage Effects on Earliness of Contrasting Cotton Varieties C. O. Gwathmey, C. E. Michaud and J. S. Williams	1457
Gene Expression Related to the Semigamy Genotype in Cotton (Gossypium Barbadense) Zhang Jinfa, Alexandre Nepomuceno, James, McD. Stewart and R. B. Turley	1457
Cotton Fiber Cell Development: Comparison of Protein Profiles from Field and Culture Grown Ovules Rickie B. Turley	1462
Canopy Position Effect on Fiber Properties of Normal and Late-Planted Cotton Philip J. Bauer, James R. Frederick, Judith M. Bradow and E. John Sadler	1462
Fifty-Six Days in the Life of a Gossypium Cell Judith M. Bradow, Lynda H. Wartelle, Gretchen F. Sassenrath-Cole and Richard M. Johnson	1462
Mapping Variability in Cotton Fiber Maturity J.M. Bradow, G.H. Davidonis, P.J. Bauer, G.F. Sassenrath-Cole and R.M. Johnson	1463
Spatial Variability of Cotton Fiber Properties R.M. Johnson, J.M. Bradow, P.J. Bauer and E.J. Sadler	1465
Sugars in Developing Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Squares Lee Tarpley and Gretchen F. Sassenrath-Cole	1466
Influence of Cellulose Synthesis and Difference of its Content on the Strength of Cotton Fiber Jihua Liu	1467
Metabolic Regulation of Nitrate Efflux and Net Uptake in Acala and Pima Cotton Robert L. Travis, M. Aslam, F. Fritschi and D. W. Rains	1469
Heat-stress-induced Inhibition of The Activation State of Cotton Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) Is Mediated by Rubisco Activase R. David Law and Steven J. Crafts-Brandner	1472
Characterization of Seed Storage Proteins in Cotton Aslam Tawhid, Michael Pillay and Gerald O. Myers	1475
Cotton Responses to Foliar and In-Furrow Applied AmiSorb and Fertility Treatments T. K. Witten, J. T. Cothren and F. M. Hons	1475
Physiological Characterization of Cotton (G.hirsutum) in Response to Water Deficit A. L. Nepomuceno, D. M. Oosterhuis and J. M. Stewart,	1479
Growth, Lint Yield and Fiber Quality as Affected by 15 And 30-Inch Row Spacing and Pix Rates W. B. Prince, J. A. Landivar and C. W. Livingston	1481
Evaluation of Plant Growth Regulators for Effect on the Growth and Yield of Cotton Duli Zhao and Derrick Oosterhuis	1482
Cotton Harvest-Aid Trials in Central Texas Robert G. Lemon, Thomas A. Hoelewyn, Tom J. Gerik and Kyle L. Faver	1484
Heat Units (DD 60's) and Cotton Growth Stages A. Ozzie Abaye, Patrick M. Phipps, Barron B. Keeling and Derrick M. Oosterhuis	1485
Plant Growth Analysis of Transgenic Bt Cotton A. S. Godoy, A. L. E. Moreno and C. E. A. Garcia	1485
Response of Nucotn 33b to Early Defoliation in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico Arturo Hernández-Jasso and Francisco J. Gutiérrez-Zamorán	1487
Influence of Surfactants, Nitrogen Salts, and Ethephon on Cotton Defoliants E. J. Jones, G. D. Wills, J. E. Hanks and A. B. Curry, III	1489
Harvest Aid Effects on Seed Quality on the Texas High Plains Danny Carmichael, Norm Hopper and Randy Boman	1491
Root Distribution of Cotton: Effects of Water Application Amounts Under Subsurface Drip Irrigation R.B. Hutmacher, K.R. Davis, S.S. Vail, M.S. Peters, A. Nevarez and J. Covarrubias	1491
Modeling Plant Canopy Reflectance Using Commercial Ray Tracing Software S.J. Maas	1495
Using GPS to Scout Cotton for Variable Rate Pix (Mepiquat Chloride) Application M. E. Thurman and R. W. Heiniger	1499
Effect of Simulated Hail on Boll and Fiber Development of Cotton Michael A. Jones	1502
Effects of Planting Dates on Fruit Distribution and Yield C. W. Livingston, J. A. Landivar and W. B. Prince	1503
The Effect of Adjuvant Class on Absorption of Selected Cotton Harvest-Aids, and Resulting Necrosis David Stair, Tom Cothren and Lee Tarpley	1503
Responses of Field-Grown Cotton to Shade: an Overview Duli Zhao and Derrick Oosterhuis	1503
COTTON QUALITY MEASUREMENTS CONFERENCE
Single Fiber Based Determination of Short Fiber Content Th. Schneider, D. Rettig, J. M�ssig	1511
Distributional Changes in Cotton Fiber Length During Processing Xiaoliang Cui, Timothy A. Calamari, Jr., Kearny Q. Robert and John B. Price	1513
HVI Measurements of Short Fiber Content H. H. Ramey, Jr.	1513
Mass Determination of the Cotton Length Fibrogram J. D. Bargeron	1514
Evaluation of Alternative Instrument Measurements for Selected Cotton Fiber Properties Eric Hequet, Dean Ethridge, Reiyao Zhu	1516
Latest Developments and Results in Automatic SCF Counting, Part II: Improved Image Acquisition and Results Obtained Jean-Paul Gourlot, Eric Hequet, Michel Giner, Ehoud Ahronowitz, Marc Hugon and Guillaume Damiand	1522
Status Report on Short Fiber Index and Elongation Measurements on the High Volume Instruments Roger Riley	1524
Customer Evaluation of Premier HVI Systems Robert A. Taylor	1530
Estimation of HVI Bundle Modulus and Toughness as Determinants to Tensile Properties of Spun Yarns Moon W. Suh, Hyun-Jin Koo and Michael D. Watson	1530
Variation of Single Fiber Strength You-Lo Hsieh	1536
Update on the Role of Cotton Structure and Morphology in Determining Fiber Strength D.P. Thibodeaux and J.S. Moraitis	1539
Heavy Mechanical Processing Effects on Cotton Stickiness D. T. Chun and D. E. Brushwood	1542
A Rapid Test for Honeydew Contamination Using the Clinitest Reagent Roy M. Broughton, Jr. and Robert Wade Wallace	1544
Honeydew Sugar Estimates Differ Among Reducing-Sugar Test Methods Robert L. Nichols, William B. Miller, Kiran Mysore and Henry H. Perkins, Jr.	1547
Experience with Cotton Stickiness Testing James L. Knowlton	1550
The Use of Elevated Temperatures to Reduce the Stickiness Potential of Honeydew Contaminated Cottons Donald E. Brushwood	1553
The SDL-CIRAD High Speed Stickiness Detector: Improvements Incorporated in the Production Version Russell J. Crompton and Richard Frydrych	1557
Investigating New Factors in Cotton Color Grading B. Xu, C. Fang and M. D. Watson	1559
Additional Factors for HVI Color Grading K.E. Duckett, T. Zapletalova, L. Cheng, H. Ghorashi and M. Watson	1565
An Examination of the Accuracy of HVI Color/Trash Meters for Use in Gins Richard K. Byler and W. Stanley Anthony	1567
Improved Prediction of Leaf Grade From Real Time Gin-Based Measurements Richard K. Byler and W. Stanley Anthony	1572
Characterization of Cotton Fiber Development Eileen K. Boylston, Nancy M. Morris and Devron P. Thibodeaux	1575
Counting White Specks Using Image Analysis Young J. Han, Wade E. Lambert, Robert E. Harrison and Charles K. Bragg	1575
Microscopic Examination of Cotton Samples Before and after AFIS Analysis W. R. Goynes, B. F. Ingber and P. D. Bel-Berger	1579
Studies of Quality in Cotton: What Have We Learned since Balls, 1928? J.M. Bradow, P.J. Bauer and A.K. Murray	1581
Origin and Growth of Extinction Bands in Cotton A.V. Moharir, Lieva Van Langenhove and Paul Kiekens	1583
Convolutions in the Same Diploid and Tetraploid Cotton Varieties Grown at Different Agroclimatic Locations Anil Moharir, Lieva Van Langenhove and Paul Kiekens	1587
Cotton Specific Surface Area Measurement by Adsorption of Methylene Blue C. Kaewprasit, E. Hequet, J-M. Douillard and N. Abidi	1592
An EPR Original Approach for Characterization of Porous Materials and Application to Cotton Fibers N. Abidi, E. Hequet, C. Kaewprasit, B. Deroide and J-V. Zanchetta	1594
The Effect of Fiber Surface Irregularities on the Optical Mass of Cotton Beards J. P. Gourlot, A. Drieling and C. K. Bragg	1598
The Effect of Moisture Content on the Optical Mass of Cotton Beards C. K. Bragg, J. D. Wessinger and J. P. Gourlot	1599
A Reference Test For HVI Strength Measurements - Implications for HVI Testing C. K. Bragg, J. D. Wessinger, L. C. Godbey, J. P. Gourlot and A. Drieling	1599
The Effect of Color on the Optical Mass of Cotton Beards A. Drieling, C. K. Bragg and J. P. Gourlot	1609
Bundle Elongation Measurements for International Cotton Using Premier HVI Systems Robert A. Taylor	1609
Quality of the 1997 Crop Mack Bennett	1611
Quality Assurance Procedures Within a Classing Office Stokes Quisenberry	1622
Analysis of Cotton Maturity And Fineness by Multiple NIR HVIs Part I: Data Analysis S. M. Buco, J. G. Montalvo, Jr. and S. E. Faught	1623
Analysis of Cotton Maturity and Fineness by Multiple NIR HVIs Part II: Reference Method J.G. Montalvo, Jr. and S.E. Faught	1625
Yarn Engineering Based on the Simulation of Knitted Fabrics - Possibilities and Limits for Ring-Yarns and OE-Rotor-Yarns M. Gerig and B. Wulfhorst	1628
A Critical Look at "Calibration" in Cotton Quality Measurement J. L. Woo	1631
JOINT SESSION: COTTON ENGINEERING-SYSTEMS CONFERENCE AND COTTON GINNING CONFERENCE
Wet Cotton and High Temperature Drying S.E. Hughs and John Price	1637
Development of a Method to Estimate the Moisture Content of Cotton Bales W. Stanley Anthony	1641
Management of Bale Tie Loads Through the Efficient Pressing and Packaging of Cotton Shay L. Simpson and W. Stanley Anthony	1643
Method to Reduce the Force Required to Package Cotton W. Stanley Anthony	1647
Electrical Power Quality and Consumption in Ginning John D. Andreuccetti	1651
Cotton Yield Sensor Produces Yield Maps Mike Gvili	1655
Dispersion Modeling of Ground-level Area Sources of Particulate B.K. Fritz, G.W. Zwicke, B.W. Shaw and C.B. Parnell	1658
A Re-Examination of Particulate Dispersion Modeling for Cotton Gins G. W. Zwicke, B. K. Fritz, C. B. Parnell, Jr. and B. W. Shaw	1663
Modifications for 1D3D Cyclones R. V. Baker and S. E. Hughs	1666
Production and Disposal/Utilization of Cotton Ginwaste from the Texas High and Low Plains Mark Castleberry and Emmett Elam	1669
Minimum Cost Air Pollution Control for Cotton Gins Shawn Flannigan, Calvin B. Parnell, Jr. and Bryan W. Shaw	1674
Particle Size Distribution Results from The Coulter Counter Multisizer and the Graseby Andersen Cascade Impactor Usha-Maria Buch, Calvin B. Parnell, Jr., Bryan W. Shaw and Brent Auvermann	1687
Processing Cottonseed and Gin Waste Together to Produce a Livestock Feed J. A. Thomasson, W. S. Anthony, J. R. Williford, W. H. Johnson, S. R. Gregory, M. C. Calhoun and R. L. Stewart	1695
Gin Trash Studies Conducted in Georgia Michael J. Bader, R. Keith Bramwell, Robert L. Stewart and Gary M. Hill	1698
Development of a Device to Replace Broken Bale Ties W. Stanley Anthony	1699
Estimating Lint Cleaner Waste Flow-Rate D.P. Whitelock and S.J. Thomson	1701
Weaving Performance From The Coupled Lint Cleaner: A Preliminary Report J. B. Price and M. N. Gillum	1705
Future Involvement of the Agricultural Research Service in Gin Process Control W. Stanley Anthony	1708
The Effect of Level of Defoliation on Storage and Quality of Seed Cotton M. H. Willcutt, Charles E. Snipes and T. D. Valco	1709
Acid Delinted Cotton Seed Drying Rates G. L. Barker and J. W. Laird	1716
Water and Starch Rates for Coating Cottonseed Weldon Laird, Tom C. Wedegaertner and Gary L. Barker	1718
Gin Model with Windows-95, a Technology Update S. D. Filip To and M. Herbert Willcutt	1720
Small Plot Evaluation of a Cotton Yield Monitor T.P. Wallace and M.H. Willcut	1722
JOINT SESSION: COTTON PHYSIOLOGY CONFERENCE AND COTTON IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE
Growth and Biomass Partitioning in Obsolete and Modern Pima Cotton Cultivars R. G. Percy and H. S. Moser	1725
Dry Matter Distribution and Yield of Normal- and Okra-Leaf Cotton Genotypes Released Between 1975 and 1997 J.J. Heitholt and W.R. Meredith, Jr.	1725
Fruiting Distribution Patterns among Three Cotton Varieties Under Irrigated Conditions Steve E. Ozuna, E.J. Norton and J.C. Silvertooth	1725
Monitoring the Growth of Cotton Grown in Low Density in the Humid/Subhumid Tropics Y. Crozat and P. Kasemsap	1730
Impact of Management on Cotton Growth and Development Timothy C. Sharp	1733
Path Analysis of Cotton Yield Determinants Frank Bordelon, Gerald O. Myers and Scott Milligan	1734
A Model to Estimate Cotton Canopy Temperature in the Desert Southwest Paul W. Brown and Carolyn A. Zeiher	1734
Development of the University of Arizona Crop Monitoring System E.R. Norton and J.C. Silvertooth	1734
Establishment of Squareman Decision Rules for Managing Early-Season Cotton F. M. Bourland, N. P. Tugwell, D. M. Oosterhuis, M. J. Cochran, and D. M. Danforth	1737
Illustration of Crop Growth Patterns Generated by Cotman F. M. Bourland, D. M. Oosterhuis and D. M. Danforth	1739
Usefulness of Cotman System of Plant Monitoring in the Mississippi Delta Bryan R. Savoy, Gordon L. Andrews, Jon T. Ruscoe, John C. Coccaro and Ann F. Ruscoe	1740
NAWF as a Signal of Physiological Cutout, Derrick Oosterhuis Fred Bourland and Adele Steger	1743

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