PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1999 BELTWIDE COTTON CONFERENCES
	Jan. 3-7, Orlando, FL Editors C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter
COTTON PHYSIOLOGY CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS

Growth of Cotton Leaves and Bracts and Their Carbon Contribution to Developing Squares Duli Zhao and Derrick Oosterhuis	505
Fiber Development Potential Is Related to Seed Location within a Boll, Boll Location and Boll Load G. Davidonis, A. Johnson and K. Hood	508
Impact of Drought on High Temperature Protection Systems of Cotton Seedlings John J. Burke and Bobbie L. McMichael	508
Membrane Dynamics During Fiber Development: an Ultrastructural Analysis Robert W. Seagull, Mark J Grimson, Trina C. Muehring and Candace H. Haigler	509
Expression of alpha-Tubulin Genes During Cotton Fiber Development David J. Whittaker and Barbara A. Triplett	509
How Genotype and Temperature Modify Yarn Properties and Dye Uptake J.M. Bradow and P.J. Bauer	510
Modulation of Economically Important Cotton Fiber Properties by Field Spatial Variability J.M. Bradow, R.M. Johnson, P.J. Bauer and E.J. Sadler	512
Cell Wall Subunits, "Glue" Matrix and Cotton Fiber Development Allen K. Murray and Gretchen F. Sassenrath-Cole	515
Hormonal Regulation of Fiber Elongation, and the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Abscisic Acid Conjugate in Developing Cotton (Gossypium Arboreum L.) Fibres Bir Singh, C.P. Malik and A.S. Basra	516
myo-Inositol, Sucrosyl Oligosaccharide Metabolism and Drought Stress in Developing Cotton Fibers in Vivo, in Vitro and in Planta A. K. Murray, Daniel S. Munk, Jonathan Wroble and Gretchen F. Sassenrath-Cole	518
Agronomic Differences in Growth and Yield Between Bt and Conventional Cotton S. M. Underbrink, J. A. Landivar and J. T. Cothren	521
Response of Transgenic Cotton to Oxidative Stress Paxton Payton, A. Scott Holaday, Randy D. Allen and Robert P. Webb	523
Compensatory Growth after Early Season Fruit Removal in Cotton J.M. Moss and C.W. Bednarz	524
Evaluation of Variable Rate Pix (Mepiquat Chloride) Application by Soil Type Mary E. Thurman and Ronnie W. Heiniger	524
Mepiquat Chloride Applications with a Canvas Wick A. M. Stewart, K. L. Edmisten and R. Wells	526
Yield Response of BT-Transgenic Cotton to Early Termination of Irrigation C.J. Fernández	526
Utilizing Cotman for Defoliation Timing and the Management of Micronaire Values Dan D. Fromme	529
Relationship Between Lint Yields and Selected Plant Mapping Data Lowell J. Zelinski and Marc Bates	530
Effect of Late-Season Fruit Removal on Cotton Yield and Quality: Implications in Insecticide Termination D.M. Oosterhuis, C.A. Allen, F.M. Bourland, R.S. Brown and M. Kim	532
Methods for Assessing the Impact of Irrigation on Cotton Crop Development and Boll Shed T. G. Teague, Earl Vories, N. P. Tugwell and D. M. Danforth	534
Comparative Field and Greenhouse Studies of Tfluralin and Pendimethalin on Cotton Growth, Development, and Nutrient Uptake J. A. Gordon and C. J. Green	536
The Effects of DNA Herbicides on Cotton Growth and Development Wade L. Worley, William H. McCarty, Michael M. Kenty and Christopher T. Leon	539
Harvest Dates and Treatments Affect Stickiness and Sugars in West Texas Cotton Varieties Steve Hague, Robert Nichols, John Gannaway and Bobby Wyatt	540
Specific Ion Effects on the Induction of Antioxidant Enzymes in Cotton Callus Tissue D.R. Gossett, B. Bellaire, S.W. Banks, M.C. Lucas, A. Manchandia and E.P. Millhollon	540
Cotton Callus Tissue Transformed with Glutathione Reductase CDNA Derived Frompisum Sativum L. Exhibit Increased Glutathione Reductase Activity Stephen W. Banks, Faye E. Gordon, Satyendra N. Rajguru, Tanja J. Minova, Dalton R. Gossett and M. Cran Lucas	542
Gossypol Pathway in Cotton: S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine: Desoxyhemigossypol 6-O-Methyltransferase Jinggao Liu, R. D. Stipanovic, A.A. Bell and C. R. Benedict	546
Effect of (+)- and (-)-Gossypol in Cottonseed on the Performance of Three-Week-Old Broiler Chickens R. D. Stipanovic, C. A. Bailey, H. L. Kim, L. F. Kubena and R. Macedo	546
Flowering Responses to Mepiquat Chloride and PGR-IV Stephen P. Biles, Tom Cothren, Juan Landivar and George Teetes	547
Evaluation of Cotton Height Measurement Techniques J. H. Stewart, S. W. Searcy and J. A. Landivar	547
Effect of Management Treatment on Cotton Growth, Development and Yield – Three Year Results Timothy C. Sharp	554
Five Years Experience with Mep Plus Versus PIX D. W. Parvin	554
Benefits of Crop Monitoring Systems for Evaluating Cotton Plant Growth Regulators T.C. Sharp	557
Efficacy of Mepiquat Chloride When Foliar Application Is Followed by Precipitation D. Zhao, D. Oosterhuis and T. Daniel	557
Evaluation of Ultra Narrow Row Cotton in North Carolina N. Cawley, K. Edminsten, R. Wells and A. Stewart	558
Planting Date and Plant Growth Regulator Influences on Cotton Growth and Yield T.K. Witten, P.H. Jost and J.T. Cothren	559
Ultra-Narrow Row and Conventionally Spaced Cotton: Growth and Yield Comparisons Philip H. Jost and J. T. Cothren	559
Drought Tolerance and Foliar Sprays of Glycine Betaine C.R. Meek, D.M. Oosterhuis and A.T. Steger	559
Evaluation of Chemical and Physical Means of Removing Late-Season Cotton Fruit to Improve Yields and Control Boll Weevils R.S. Brown, D.M. Oosterhuis and F.M. Bourland	561
Fatty Acid Composition of Lipid Fractions in Germinating Cotton as Affected by Temperature B. Lauterbach, D.R. Krieg and G. Jividen	564
Light Microscope and Ultrastrucutral Observations of Petiole Abscission in Cotton Liwei Chen, Curt M. Peterson and Roland R. Dute	565
CGA-248757 (Fluthiacet-Methyl ) - Influence of Adjuvants on Cotton Defoliation H. Ray Smith, J. Holloway, G. Cloud, W. Bachman and C. Jones	565
Physiological Aspects of Bacillus Cereus on Cotton D.M. Oosterhuis, D. Zhao and J.A. Hickey	566
Cotton Harvest-Aid Trials in Arkansas W.C. Robertson, J. Jones and P. Ballantyne	568
Effects of Prep and Finish on Agronomic Characteristics of Cotton in the Texas High Plains Randy Boman, Mark Kelley and Tommy Doederlein	568
Cotton Response to Subsurface Drip Irrigation and Conservation Tillage Methods on Soils with Compacted Layers Philip J. Bauer, Carl R. Camp and Warren J. Busscher	569
Water Use and Water Use Efficiency of Cotton Production Systems in West Texas D.R Krieg	569
Cotton Lint Yield and Fiber Quality as a Function of Irrigation Level and Termination Dates in the Texas High Plains: 1996 — 1998 Robert J. Lascano, Stanley K. Hicks and R. Louis Baumhardt	570
Cotton Root and Shoot Growth on a Sharkey Clay Following Early Square Loss E. M. Holman and A. B. Coco	571
A Stochastic Temperature-Based Emergence Model for Cotton E. Jallas, R. Sequeira, S. Turner, K. E. Gourley, M. Cretenet and J. McKinion	571
Seedling Vigor Influence on Seasonal Growth and Lint Yield: Two-Year Results K.E. Legé, J.C. Bosch, W.H. McCoy and S.G. Wilson	575
Effect of Deep Tillage upon Lint Yield, Fiber Quality and Soil Moisture L.A. Clements and B.J. Phipps	575
Effect of Tillage Upon Lint Yield and Fiber Quality B.J. Phipps and L.A. Clements	576
Effect of Simulated Hail Damage on Cotton Growth and Lint Development Michael A. Jones	577
Interactive Effects of Atmospheric CO(2) And Nitrogen Nutrition on Cotton Growth K. Raja Reddy and Harry F. Hodges	580
Ultra Narrow Row Cotton Research in Georgia C.W. Bednarz, S.M. Brown and M.J. Bader	580
Ultra-Narrow Row Cotton Performance Under Drought Conditions Thomas J. Gerik, Robert G. Lemon and Evelyn M. Steglich	581
A Variable-Rate Chemical Application System for Cotton in South Texas J.A. Landivar, S. Searcy and J. Stewart	581
Detection of Water Stress in Cotton Using Multispectral Remote Sensing S.J. Maas, G.J. Fitzgerald, W.R. DeTar and P.J. Pinter, Jr.	584
Cytoplasmic Effects on Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Content Jinfa Zhang and James McD. Stewart	585
Within-Canopy Differences in Cotton Tissue Nitrogen Status and Gas Exchange Across Nitrogen Treatments R.B. Hutmacher, S.S. Vail, M.S. Peters and M. Keeley	586
Effect of Silverleaf Whitefly on Cotton Photosynthesis T.B. Lin, A. Schwartz and Y. Saranga	586
Modelling Leaf Photosynthesis as a Function of Age and Light Environment P. Kasemsap, S. Thanisawanyangkura, Y. Crozat and H. Sinoquet	587
The Relationship Between Chlorophyll Meter Readings and Optical Properties of Leaves in Four Commercial Cotton Cultivars H. J. Earl	591
Performance of Roundup-Ready(TM) Varieties in the Carolinas and Virginia Zachary A. Webb, Dru Rush and Tom Baugh	592
Growth and Fruiting Patterns of Deltapine Seed Roundup Ready Cotton Varieties Across Southeast Texas T.A. Vagts, M. Bates, S.W. Fuchs, D.H. Schulze, D. Pustejovsky and T. Grebert	593
Response of Three Stacked Gene Varieties to Timed Roundup Ultra(R)Applications Dru E. Rush, Greg Pate, Bob Logan and Larry Hawf	595
Agronomic Evaluation of Transgenic Cotton Varieties in Delicias, Chih., Mexico Juvencio González-García, Arturo Obando-Rodríguez, Jesús Miguel Olivas-García, José Eduardo Magaña-Magaña and Alfredo Martínez	596
Vectoring a Bioactive Peptide for Cotton Transformation Satyendra N. Rajguru and James McD. Stewart	598
Effects of Pix, BAS130W, and Mepplus on Cotton Growth, Lint Yield and Fiber Quality in the Coastal Plains of South Texas C.W. Livingston, W.B. Prince and J.A. Landivar	599
Physiological, Growth and Yield Responses of Cotton to Mepplus and Mepiquat Chloride Duli Zhao and Derrick Oosterhuis	599
Cotton Yield Response to Mid-bloom Application of PGR-IV W.C. Robertson, K. Williams, S. Rodery and A. Fisher	602
Mepichlor and Bacillus Cereus Combinations: Cotton Yield and Growth Comparisons R.C. Nuti, P.H. Jost, T.K. Witten and J.T. Cothren	602
Cotton Yield Response to Mepplus and Mepiquat Chloride W.C. Robertson, A. Fisher, K. Martin, M. Cannon and J. Jones	602
Do Cotton Varieties Respond Differently to Plant Growth Regulators? R.P. Viator, P.H. Jost and J.T. Cothren	603
Effect of Adjuvants, Nitrogen Salts and Ethephon on Cotton Defoliants E. J. Jones, G. D. Wills, J. E. Hanks and A. B. Curry, III	603
Evaluation of CGA-248757 (Action) as a Harvest-Aid in Central Texas Robert G. Lemon, Thomas A. Hoelewyn, Archie Abrameit and Tom J. Gerik	605
High Plains Harvest-Aid Application Timing Studies Mark Kelley, Randy Boman, Danny Carmichael and Norm Hopper	606
Finish Performance in Northeast Arkansas E. D. Vories and R. E. Glover	607
Effect of Water Deficit Stress on K Partitioning in Cotton Dennis L. Coker and Derrick M. Oosterhuis	611
On-Farm Tillage and Irrigation Practices Effect Cotton Plant Water Status and Soil Environment D. J. Makus and J. R. Smart	611
Cotton Root and Shoot Growth Under Different Tillage Systems Chuck Kennedy and Bob Hutchinson	614
Change in Cotton Light Extinction Coefficient with Row Spacing Evelyn M. Steglich, Thomas Gerik, Jim Kiniry and J. Tom Cothren	614
Effects of Population, Variety, and Row Spacing on Cotton Growth, Lint Yield and Fiber Quality in the Coastal Plains of South Texas W.B Prince, C.W. Livingston and J.A. Landivar	615
Isolation and Characterization of a Developmentally-Regulated Cotton Gene Hee Jin Kim and Barbara A. Triplett	615
Expression and Characterization of Two Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme Genes in Gossypium Hirsutum X. D. Zhang, D. P. Ma, R. G. Creech, N. Jenkins, F. E. Callahan, J. C. MacCarty and S. Saha	616
Expression and Regulation of the Cotton Fiber Gene LTP3 Encoding a Lipid Transfer Protein Hsi-Chou Liu and Din-Pow Ma	617
Analysis of Promoter Activity of Cotton Lipid Transfer Protein Gene LTP6 in Transgenic Tobacco Plants Chuan-Yu Hsu and Din-Pow Ma	617
Principal Components of Cotton Gossypium Hirsutum L., Leaf Reflectance Spectra L. Tarpley and G. F. Sassenrath-Cole	617
Evaluation of Cotton Harvest Aids in the Brazos Bottoms T.K Witten, P.H. Jost and J.T. Cothren	617
Assessment of Fiber Variations Among Underedveloped Mote Bt Cotton Fibers and Developed Seed Bt Cotton Fibers A.S. Johnson, G.H. Davidonis, J.M. Bradow and K.B. Hood	620
Development of a Laboratory Screening Test for the Evaluation of Cold Tolerance in Cotton Seed Germination B. Duesterhaus, N. Hopper, J. Gannaway and G.M. Jividen	621
The Germination and Emergence Responses of Polymer-Coated Fuzzy Cottonseed K.D.Williams, N.W.Hopper and T. Wedegaertner	623
Seed Applied Plant Growth Regulator Effects on Cotton Germination, Emergence, and Growth W. D. Becker, N. W. Hopper, B. L. McMichael and G. M. Jividen	625
Optimizing Protocols for Growing Cotton Ovule Cultures in Microgravity Aboard the International Space Station Barbara A. Triplett and Damicca S. Johnson	627
Early-Season Decisions About Cotton Plant Growth, Square Shed, Plant Growth Regulator and Utility of Cotman D.M. Oosterhuis, N.P. Tugwell, T.G. Teague and D.M. Danforth	628
Node Above White Flower as a Signal of Physiological Cutout: a Regional Report A.O. Abaye, D. Oosterhuis, A. Steger, C. Bednarz and M. Holman	630
Development and Cutout Curves for Ultra-narrow and Wide-Row Cotton in Tennessee C. Owen Gwathmey, Carl E. Michaud, Robert D. Cossar and Seth H. Crowe	630
Cotton Monitoring for In-Season Mangagement Decisions in Far West Texas Bryan L. Unruh and Jeffery C. Silvertooth	632
Factors Influencing Yield Variability in the Arkansas Cotton Research Verification Trials (CRVT) Donald E. Plunkett, N.R. Benson and W.C. Robertson	634
Cotton Root Health Work Group: Use of Stability Analysis to Evaluate Beltwide Data Base B. L. McMichael, Randy Boman, Bill Batson, Don Blasingame, Pat Colyer, Keith Edimisten, Bruce Roberts and Don Sumner	636
Cotton Root Systems in a Clay Loam Soil: Effects of Growth Stage, Irrigation and Nitrogen Treatment R.B. Hutmacher, M.P. Keeley, K.R. Davis, J.E. Ayars, M.S. Peters, S.S. Vail, J. Covarrubias and A. Nevarez	637
Is Ultra-Narrow Row Earlier Than Conventionally-Spaced Cotton? Philip H. Jost and J.T. Cothren	640
Cotton Genotypes Exhibiting Cluster-Like Fruiting Morphology and Their Response to 30-Inch Rows J.J. Heitholt and J.McD. Stewart	640
Effects of Various Intrarow Skips on Growth, Development, and Yield in Cotton S. Franklin, N. Hopper, J. Gannaway and R. Boman	640

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