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

BELTWIDE COTTON PRODUCTION CONFERENCE
1998 Year in Review: Weather Extremes Dock Crop Anne F. Wrona, Randal K. Boman, Robert B. Hutmacher, Michael A. Jones and G. Boyd Padgett	3
Food Quality Protection Act's (FQPA's) Impact And Pesticide Availability William T. Lovelady	12
Marketplace Insights William B. Dunavant, Jr.	13
TILLAGE, NUTRITION AND SOILS WORKSHOP
Comparison Among Different Types of Spatially Distributed Field Information of Possible Use in Precision Farming S.J. Maas, G.J. Fitzgerald and W.R. DeTar	19
Economic Evaluation of Variable Rate Nitrogen Application on Cotton Roland K. Roberts, Burton C. English and S.B Mahajanashetti	20
Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility M. Wayne Ebelhar	20
Using Winter Annual Cover Crops in a Virginia No-Till Cotton Production System Part I. Biomass Production, Percent Ground Cover, and Nitrogen Assimilation J. B. Daniel, A. O. Abaye, M. M. Alley, C. W. Adcock and J. C. Maitland	25
Winter Annual Cover Crops in a Virginia No-Till Cotton Production System Part II. Cover and Tillage Effects on Soil Moisture, Cotton Yield, and Cotton Quality J. B. Daniel, A. O. Abaye, M. M. Alley, C. W. Adcock and J. C. Maitland	25
Foliar Fertilization Derrick Oosterhuis	26
Environmental Considerations for Cotton Fertilization J.C. Silvertooth and E.R. Norton	29
Spatial Break-Even Analysis of Variable Rate Potassium Application Technology on Cotton: an Application on a Soybean-Cotton Field in Western Tennessee Burton C. English, Roland K. Roberts, David Sleigh and S.B. Mahajanashetti	31
Cotton Conservation Tillage Studies in Arkansas J.S. McConnell and R.C. Kirst, Jr.	32
The Effects of Winter Cover Crops on Cotton Yield and Soil Fertility After 40 Years E. P. Millhollon and A. D. Braud	33
STICKY COTTON PROGRESS
Cotton Aphid Management - Status and Needs L. D. Godfrey and J. F. Leser	37
Whitefly Management in Arizona Cotton – Status and Needs Peter C. Ellsworth	41
Dynamics of Resistance to Novel Insecticides in Whiteflies I. Denholm, T.J. Dennehy and A.R. Horowitz	44
Sugar Composition of Cotton Aphid and Silverleaf Whitefly Honeydews D. L. Hendrix	47
Bemisia Whiteflies, Sticky Cotton and Sticky Cotton Sampling T. J. Henneberry and S. E. Naranjo	51
Prospects for Rapid Measurement of Stickiness in Cotton M. Dean Ethridge and Eric F. Hequet	56
NEW DEVELOPMENTS FROM INDUSTRY
DP 388 and DP 675, Deltapine Seed's New Conventional Varieties D. L. Keim and L. P. Burdett	63
New Early-Maturing Transgenic Varieties from Sure-Grow: SG125B/R, SG125R, SG501B/R, SG585B, and SG585R Ken E. Lege	64
PSC 57 Pima, the New Yield Leader for the San Joaquin Valley John C. Palmer, John W. Pellow, H. B. Cooper, Jr., Joel F. Mahill and David M. Anderson	66
DP 6211 ACALA, DP HTO Pima and DP WhitePima - New Varieties for the San Joaquin Valley and the Pima Belt Deborah J. Selfridge, James M. Olvey, Dora Bustos, Stella Ortiz, Frank H. Olvey and Kerry T. Webster	67
PM 1215 BG/RR, PM 1218 BG/RR, and PM 1560 BG/RR; New Cotton Varieties David W. Albers and Curtis Williams	68
Sure-Grow 747, a New Early-Maturing Picker Variety K.E. Legé	69
Super Start, SUL-15, GS-48, and GS-70. Plant Growth Regulators Carried with Foliar Fertilizers for Cotton Production Barry Aycock	71
Steward(R)- a New Broad Spectrum Insect Control Agent from Dupont Walt Mitchell	73
Terraclor 15G a New High Concentrate Granular In-Furrow Fungicide A. W. Mitlehner	74
Dyne-Amic with Tracer for Cotton Insect Control James M. Thomas, III and Robert E. Mack	75
Hel-ID: a Tool for Bollworm and Budworm Management C. L. Sutula, W. W. Bryan and J. Xia	77
Securalink(TM)–G Closed Transfer System John Backscheider	79
Redball(R) Lay-By Hooded Sprayer Steve Claussen	80
Copper Ionization on Airboom Sprayers Dale Schaal	81
The Lummus Sentinel(TM) Lint Cleaner R. D. Rutherford, D. W. Van Doorn and M. D. Cory	81
COTTON DISEASE COUNCIL
Minutes of the 1998 Cotton Disease Council Business Meeeting, January 6, 1999 Orlando, FL Patrick D. Colyer	89
Report of the Educational and Public Relations Committee K. M. El-Zik	89
Cotton Disease Loss Estimate Committee Report Don Blasingame and Mukund V. Patel	90
Report of the Cottonseed Treatment Committee for 1998 C.S. Rothrock	92
Report of the Soil Fungicide Committee G. L. Scuimbato	96
Report of the Nematode Management Committee - 1999 J. D. Mueller	99
Report of the Verticillium Wilt and Fusarium Wilt Committee-1998 Peggy M. Thaxton	99
Reniform Nematode- an Introduction C. Overstreet	100
Managing the Reniform Nematode with Nematicides G. W. Lawrence and K. S. McLean	100
Crop Rotation for Managing Reniform Nematodes in Cotton William S. Gazaway	101
Resistance to the Reniform Nematode (Rotylenchulus Reniformis) in Upland Cotton A. F. Robinson	101
Populations of the Reniform Nematode Rotylenchulus Reniformis: Differences in Their Reproduction and Pathogenicity on Cotton E. C. McGawley, C. Overstreert and A. Dominguez	101
Reniform Nematode - Overall Management J. D. Mueller	102
Efficacy of Biological Agents as Seed Treatments for Cotton Stand Establishment W. E. Batson, Jr., J. Caceres, Michael Benson, Phillip M. Brannen, Marc A. Cubeta, Kenneth Conway, M. L. Elliott, Julius Fajardo, D. M. Huber, Anthony P. Keinath, Melvin Newman, Bonnie Ownley, Craig S. Rothrock, Raymond W. Schneider, C. E. Molsenbocker, Donald R. Sumner and Peggy Thaxton	103
Biological and Chemical Control of Cotton Seedling Disease in Alabama J. E. Fajardo, W. S. Gazaway, B. E. Norris, Jr. and L. W. Wells	104
Transfer of Heat Tolerance and Other Characteristics by Protoplast Fusion in Trichoderma Species L.E. Hanson and C.R. Howell	105
The Effect of Pythium Ultimum on Cotton Lines with Partial Pythium Resistance T. A. Wheeler and J. R. Gannaway	106
Managing Seedling Diseases Using Post Emergence Fungicides G.B. Padgett and E. Burris	106
Protégé(TM) – a Unique Product for Cottonseed Treatments of the Future in Controlling Rhizoctonia Damping-Off K.S. Arthur	106
Allegiance(TM)-FL: a Cottonseed Treatment for the Control of Pythium Seed and Seedling Blight J. L. Riggs and K. S. Arthur	107
Interaction of Seeding Rate, Seed and In-Furrow Treatment on Cotton Seedling Diseases and Yields G. L. Sciumbato	107
Atoxigenic Strains of Aspergillus Flavus Have Been Applied to Commercial Cotton Fields for Three Years P. J. Cotty	108
Use of Fumigant Nematicides and a Fungicide to Control Root-Knot (Meloidogyne Incognita) and Black Root Rot (Thielaviopsis Basicola) on Cotton - a 2 Year Summary N. R. Walker, C. S. Rothrock and T. L. Kirkpatrick	108
A Four Year Summary of Vydate @ C-LV Foliar Applications for Cotton Nematode Control in the Mid South and Southeastern U.S. G.G. Hammes, W.H. Mitchell and L.B. Gillham	109
Root-Knot and Reniform Nematode Suppression with Selected Nematicides in Arkansas Gus Lorenz, T. L. Kirkpatrick, Cliff Coker, R. T. Robbins and Claude Bonner	109
Post-Emergence Nematicide Applications for Columbia Lance Nematode Management H.L. Crooks, J.D. Mueller and M.J. Sullivan	110
An Economic Analysis of Telone II (1,3-D)and Temik 15G (Aldicarb) to Manage Reniformnematode (Rotylenchulus Reniformis) in Cotton D. Zimet, J.R. Richm, A. LaColla and R.A. Kinloch	111
Integrated Nematode Control on Cotton in South Africa: Present Status M. S. Botha-Greeff and E. R. van Biljon	112
Plant Parasitic Nematodes Associated with Cotton Production in the Ouachita Delta and Macon Ridge Areas of Louisiana K. S. McLean, G. W. Lawrence and R. Prince	117
Agrobacterium Bronzing and Wilt: Cultivar Reactions and Effects of Temperature Alois A. Bell	117
Determination and Control of Cotton Black Root Richard Baird, Forrest Connelly, James Clark and Johnny Whiddon	121
Reniform Nematode Resistance Ratings for 288 Soybean Cultivars to Help Select Rotational Crops for Reniform Infested Fields R. T. Robbins, L. Rakes and L. Jackson	121
Development of Economically Feasible Approaches to Selectively Sample and Control Cotton Nematodes in Georgia Richard Baird and Debbie Waters	121
Ascend(TM) 30 – a Broad Spectrum Fungicide Seed Treatment with Activity Against Fusarium Solani J. L. Riggs and W. G. Hairston	122
Reproduction by Root-Knot and Reniform Nematodes on Transgenic Cotton Cultivars Grown Commercially in 1998 A. F. Robinson and A. C. Bridges	122
Nematode/Pest Workshop: What Is an Interaction? N. R. Walker and C. S. Rothrock	124
COTTON AND OTHER ORGANIC DUSTS CONFERENCE
Bioaerosol Assessment: an Overview of the ACGIH Guidelines for Assessing Bioaerosols Robert R. Jacobs	129
Second Collection of Uniform, Card Generated, Vertically Elutriated Dust for Interlaboratory Comparison of Dust Endotoxin Assays D.T. Chun, R.E. Harrison and V. Chew	129
A Quick Summary of the Highlights of Parts 1 and 2 of the First Round Robin Endotoxin Assay Study and a Brief Preview of the Next Round D.T. Chun	132
Physical Characteristics of Particulate Matter and Health Effects Standards C. B. Parnell, Jr., B. W. Shaw, P. J. Wakelyn and B. W. Auvermann	139
Comparison of Dust Sampling in the Personal Breathing Zone with Area Sampling Using the Vertical Elutriator in Lancashire Spinning Mills S.N. Raza, A.M. Fletcher, C.A. Cpickering, L.A. Oldham, H.C. Francis, G.D. Fletcher and R. Mcl Niven	144
The Evaluation of Aerosol Sampling and Analytical Methods for Aerosol Concentrations of Man-Made Organic Fibers D.B. Warheit , M.A. Hartsky, K.L. Reed and G.L. Kennedy, Jr.	147
Mechanisms by which Fibers Cause Pathology Val Vallyathan and Vince Castranova	148
Human Health and Cellulose Dust Exposure G.M. Adamson	151
National Toxicology Program Studies of Cellulose Insulation Daniel L. Morgan, Cynthia S. Smith, Yin-Fong Su, Jeffrey A. Dill and R. Bruce Westerberg	153
Workplace Exposure Assessment of Cellulose Insulation Applicators R. E. McCleery	156
Pulmonary Toxicity Studies of Synthetic Organic Fibers: Para-Aramid RFP and Cellulose Respirable Fibers D.B. Warheit and M.A. Hartsky	157
On the Nature of Dust Exposure Associated with Nylon Flocking William Jones, Chris Piacitelli and Joseph Burkhart	158
Occupational Respiratory Disease in Nylon Flock Workers Robert M. Castellan, William L. Eschenbacher, Feroza Daroowalla and Kathleen Kreiss	158
Acute Response of Rats to Intratracheal Instillation of Airborne Dust Collected at a Nylon Flocking Plant Vincent Castranova, Dale Porter, Ann F. Hubbs, Travis Goldsmith, Michael Whitmer, Victor A. Robinson, Diane Schwegler-Berry, Lori Battelli, Rita Washko, Joe Burkhart, Chris Piacitelli, Robert R. Mercer, James Scabilloni and William Jones	164
Lung Function Decline in Lancashire Textile Workers. A Provisional Analysis of a Five Year Longitudinal Study A. M. Fletcher, R. Mcl. Niven, C. A. C. Pickering, E. Faragher, C. J. Warburton, H. Francis, L. A. Oldham, D. Fishwick and J. C. G. Simpson	166
Evaluation of the Effects of 12 Hour Workshifts on the Pulmonary Function of Cotton Textile Workers Robert R. Jacobs and Brian Boehlecke	170
Followup Study of Respiratory Symptoms, Ventilatory Function and Personal Breathing Zone Dust Levels in Lancashire Textile Weavers S.N. Raza, L.A. Oldham, C.A.C. Pickering, G.D. Fletcher, H.C. Francis, A.M. Fletcher and R. Mcl Niven	172
Agricultural Safety and Health: A National Program Perspective S. A. Olenchock	174
Receptor Binding of Fungal Cell Wall (1 3)-beta-D-Glucan to Human Macrophage and Neutrophil Cell Lines David L. Williams, Antje Mueller, John Raptis, Peter Rice and John Kalbfleisch	176
Observation of a Partially-Opened Triple-Helix Conformation in 1 3-beta-Glucan by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Spectroscopy Shih-Houng Young, Robert R. Jacobs and Wen-Ji Dong	180
Cell Wall Constituents and Enzyme Activities in Cotton Dust Allen K. Murray	184
An Investigation into the Effect of Lipopolysaccharide and (1 3)-beta-D-Glucan Either in Combination or Separately on the Degranulation of Mast Cells Isolated from the Guinea Pig Lung and the Rat Peritoneal Cavity C.J. Gregory and P.J. Nicholls	185
The Effect of (1 3)-beta-D-Glucan from Bakers Yeast on Bronchial Responsiveness and Induction of Inflammation in the Guinea Pig Airway R.S. Young and P.J. Nicholls	190
The Effect of (1 3)-beta-D-Glucan on the Arachidonic Acid Cascade in Guinea Pig Isolated Trachea and Perfused Lung A. Jones and P.J. Nicholls	192
Characterization of Organic Dusts from the Tobacco Industry E. Schachter, E. Zuskin, N. Rienzi,, S.K. Goswami, Vincent Castranova, Michael Whitmer, Paul Siegel and Haresh Singh	195
The Effect of Smoking on Cytokine Release after Exposure to Organic Dust Components in a Whole Blood Assay T. Sigsgaard, E. van der Maarl, N. Bak, E.C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Ø. Omland and G. Doekes	197
The Wrecking of the Wrapping: the Airway Epithelium, a Prime Target for Inhaled Organic Dusts P.J. Nicholls	200
Molds, Agents and Disease Ragnar Rylander	202
The Role Arachidonic Acid Metabolites in the Response of Guinea Pig Lung and Dermal Vasculature to Extracts of Cotton Dust N.A. El-Mahdy, M.A.A. Nasra, W.M. Awara, T.A. ElMasry and P.J. Nicholls	206
COTTON ECONOMICS AND MARKETING CONFERENCE
Washington Update Wayne Bjorlie	215
Forecasting U.S. Cotton Production Fred A. Vogel	217
The U.S. and World Cotton Outlook Carol Skelly	220
Global Outlook for ELS Cotton Consumption Matthew S. Laughlin	222
International Cotton Flows: Changing Structure and Prospects for the Future Olga Isengildina, O.A. Cleveland and Cary W. Herndon	227
Process Technology and Markets of Eco-Labelled Cotton Products Marion Tobler	232
Cost and Return Comparisons of Roundup Ready and Boligard Cotton Varieties K.J. Bryant, C.T. Allen, F.M. Bourland and L.D. Earnest	236
The Effect of Expected Price on the Management of Cotton Production John R. C. Robinson, Fred T. Cooke, Jr. and D. W. Parvin, Jr.	238
A Cluster Analysis Approach to Identifying Shifts in U.S. Cotton Production G. A. Mumma and D. Hudson	240
Cotton Consumption and the Financial Crisis in Asia Carlos Alberto Valderrama Becerra	244
Economic Feasibility of Variable Rate Application Systems for Cotton L. A. Ribera and J. A. Landivar	247
Financial Viability and Profitability of Cotton Farms in the Texas High Plains Region After the Fair Act of 1996 Kent Durham and Phillip Johnson	248
Comparative Analysis of Producing Transgenic Cotton Varieties Versus No Transgenic Variety in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico Jose Eduardo Magaña Magaña, Juvencio Gonzalez García, Arturo J. Obando Rodríguez and Jesus Miguel Olivas García	255
Cotton Quality Price Differentials From Textile Mills' Perspective: an Update Kalyan Chakraborty and Don Ethridge	256
The Effect of Fiber, Yarn, and Fabric Prices on Mill Cotton Fiber Consumption V.S. Plassmann and E. Jones	259
Perceptions of the Fair Act from Northeast Arkansas: Implications for Cotton Julienne Pollard Penter and Darren Hudson	268
Foreign Import Demand for Cotton Stephen MacDonald	272
Quality of the 1998 Crop Mack Bennett	274
Cotton Price Interdependence in the Developed and Developing Countries Jian Yang and David J. Leatham	284
Analyzing the Expansions Abilities of Mid-Sized Farms in Texas Southern High Plains DeDe Beaty and Phillip Johnson	286
The Association Between Nearby Cotton Futures Price and Net Bale Commitments of Speculative Traders Avuthu R. Reddy, Carl G. Anderson, David A. Bessler and Carl E. Shafer	294
Economic Evaluation of Insecticide Termination by Cotman Kelly J. Bryant, Diana M. Danforth, Mark J. Cochran, Ray Benson and Mi Sha	298
Spatial Utilization of Phosphorus: Implications for Precision Agriculture Practices Man Yu, Eduardo Segarra and Douglas Nesmith	299
Factors Effecting Regional Cotton Acreage Shifts Steven W. Martin, Darren Hudson and Gerald Mumma	302
Developments and Outlook for Cotton in Francophone West Africa Andrew Levin	304
Results of Extension Recommendations and Integration of New Technologies into Tennessee Cotton Verification Trials Chuck Danehower	309
Maximizing Net Producer Returns to Gin Lint Cleaning Jeannie Nelson, Sukant K. Misra and Blake K. Bennett	310
The Effects of Raw Fiber Prices on Mill and Retail Demand D. McLaren	315
Economic Analysis of Ultra-Narrow-Row Cotton Production in the Coastal Plain Region of Georgia S. Gibbs Wilson, W. Don Shurley, Craig Bednarz and Michael J. Bader	317
Analysis of Factors Influencing Farmers' Willingness to Participate in the Tennessee Boll Weevil Eradication Program J. A. Larson, R. L. Collins, R. K. Roberts and B. C. English	320
Structural Changes to Consider in the Valuation of Boll Weevil Eradication Programs John R. C. Robinson and Oscar Vergara	321
Adoption of Advanced Irrigation Technology: Lepa Vs. Drip in The Texas High Plains E. Segarra, L. Almas and J. Bordovsky	324
Price Volatility in Cotton Darren Hudson and Keith Coble	328
An Analysis of the Cottonseed Pricing Structure in Texas Jane A. Bondurant and Sukant K. Misra	334
Modeling of U.S. Men's Apparel Consumption Trends and Its Implication on Textil Mill Cotton Consumption Moon W. Suh and Eun-Kyung Lee	339
Whole Farm Analysis of Continuous Cotton Versus a Cotton/Corn Rotation: an Introduction D. W. Parvin and F. T. Cooke	343
An Estimated 1998 Texas-Oklahoma Pre-Season Price Schedule Based on Market History Kevin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra and Don Ethridge	346
Economic Comparisons Between Ecologically-Based & Traditional Cotton Pest Management Systems C.R. Stark, Jr., K.J. Bryant, J.R. Ruberson and S.C. Phatak and W.J. Lewis	348
Economic Evaluation of Bollgard Cotton in Arkansas K. J. Bryant, W. C. Robertson and G. M. Lorenz‚ III	349
Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market Summary: 1997/98 Kevin Hoelscher, Don Ethridge and Sukant Misra	350
An Economic Analysis of Nitrogen Levels and Rotation Systems in Cotton D. Zimet, D.L. Wright, F.M. Rhoads and P.J. Wiatrak	354
COTTON ENGINEERING-SYSTEMS CONFERENCE
Technology, Management Practices and Costs of Cotton Production Nora Brooks	355
Cotton Yield Monitor Evaluation, South Carolina – Year 2 F.J. Wolak, A. Khalilian, R.B. Dodd, Y. J. Han, M. Keshkin, R.M. Lippert and W. Hair	361
Field Testing of Cotton Yield Monitors G.F. Sassenrath-Cole, S.J. Thomson, J. R. Williford, K.B. Hood, J. A. Thomasson, J. Williams and D. Woodard	364
Preliminary Evaluation of Commercial Cotton Yield Monitors: the 1998 Season in South Georgia J. S. Durrence, D. L. Thomas, C. D. Perry and G. Vellidis	366
WinPET Irrigation Software S. Hicks, R. Lascano and S. Orr	372
Evaluation of Irrigation Interval on High Plains Cotton Production With LEPA Systems James P. Bordovsky and William M. Lyle	372
Drip vs. Furrow Irrigation of Cotton on Sandy Soil with 1/4 Mile Runs - Includes: Yield Monitoring, Remote Sensing, and Electronic Soil Survey W.R. DeTar, S.J. Maas and G.J. Fitzgerald	375
Cotton Response to Abrupt Change in Water Application D. F. Wanjura and D. R. Upchurch	380
The Effects of Tillage and Tape Depth Placement in Drip Irrigation System A. Khalilian, M. J. Sullivan, R. R. Hallman and W.B. Smith	384
Cotton Tillage Trials - Terrell County Georgia Stale Bed Planting E. H. Wilson, M. Bader, T. Trice and P. Roberts	387
Effects of Lowering Aerial Spray Boom on Spray Drift and Swath Width W. C. Hoffmann and H. H. Tom	388
Spray Droplet Penetration in Cotton Canopy Using Air-assisted and Hydraulic Sprayers H.R. Sumner and G.A. Herzog	390
Virtual Cotons, the Firstborn of the Next Generation of Simulation Model E. Jallas, R. Sequeira, P. Martin, M. Cretenet, S. Turner and J. McKinion	393
Integrating GIS into Precision Crop Management D.C. Akins, J.L. Willers, J.M. McKinion, S.B. Turner, F.D. Whisler and J. Varco	395
Computerized System in Cotton Harvester for Measurement of Seedcotton Yield C.J. Fernandez	399
COTTON GINNING CONFERENCE
What's New From Lummus Corporation - 1999 R. D. Rutherford and J. W. Thomas	405
Continental's Vertical Flow Drier and Replaceable Insert Rib Jonathan L. Hackett	406
Cotton Gin Technology and Consolidated Russell M. Sutton	409
Steamroller Lint Conditioner and Electric Banjo Neil Turner and Samuel Jackson	410
Overview of UNRC Situation from a Ginner's Perspective William Mayfield	414
Bale Packaging Materials and Standards Shay L. Simpson	416
Third in an Annual Series My Gin Management Philosophy Sid Brough	418
Cost of Ginning Cotton William Mayfield, Herbert Willcutt, Kelley Green, Lee Todd, Roger Isom andDusty Findley	419
Status of EPA and OSHA Regulations Affecting Cotton Gins P.J. Wakelyn	429
COTTON IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE
Update of the Cotton Genome Mapping John Yu and Russell J. Kohel	439
Addition of New Markers to the Trispecific Cotton Map M. Altaf Khan, G. O. Myers, J. McD. Stewart, J. Zhang and R. G. Cantrell	439
Segregation for Gus Gene in Transgenic Cotton Carmen McCutcheon and O.L. May	439
Pollination Studies after Transgeneic Production - a Search for Recombination in Nectariless Genotype Claude Rhyne and William L. Tietjen, Jr.	442
Analysis of Gossypol and Related Terpenoids in Antisense Transgenic Cotton Plants K. S. Rathore and R. D. Stipanovic	445
Analysis of Transgenic Cotton and Tobacco Expressing Lytic Peptide Genes Jeffrey W. Cary, Kanniah Rajasekaran, Kurt Stromberg and Thomas E. Cleveland	445
A Novel Nonheme Haloperoxidase Gene for Disease Resistance in Transgenic Cotton and Tobacco Kanniah Rajasekaran, Jeffrey W. Cary, Thomas J. Jacks, Thomas E. Cleveland and Kurt Stromberg	446
Oviposition, Growth, and Development of Sweet Potato Whitefly Bemesia Tabaci (Genn) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on Transgenic Tobacco T.Y. Li, M. Harris, C. Nessler, J. Gould and W. Smith	446
Analysis of Semigamy Expression in Cotton (Gossypium Barbadense) Zhang Jinfa, James McD. Stewart and R. B. Turley	446
Introgression of PIMA into Upland L.I. Decanini, C.W. Smith, A.H. Paterson and C.X. Jiang	447
Allelic and Linkage Analyses of the CMS-D8 Restorer Gene of Cotton James McD. Stewart, Jinfa Zhang and Gwen Coyle	447
Molecular Mapping of CMS-D8 Restoration and Gene Expression Specific to D8 Restoration Jinfa Zhang, James McD. Stewart and Rickie B. Turley	448
Genetic Association among Yield and Fruiting Traits in F2Hybrid Cotton Russell W. Hayes, Johnie N. Jenkins and Jack C. McCarty	448
Hybrids Produced Very Economically with Transgenic Cotton J. B. Weaver, Jr.	448
Progress Report on Hybrid Cotton R. F. Holland and C. G. Cook	450
Cross-Pollination in Cotton Winter Nurseries Bruce E. Greenhagen and Laval M. Verhalen	453
Long Term Study of Cross-Pollination in Oklahoma Cotton Laval M. Verhalen, Bruce E. Greenhagen and J. W. Simmons	453
Costs of Producing Cotton in the World M. Rafiq Chaudhry	454
U. S. Upland Cotton: Beltwide and Mid South Yield Trends, 1960 - 1998 Hal Lewis Enterprises and Preston Sasser	458
Effects of 1998 Drought on Lint Development in Seven Genotypes at College Station, Texas Chris Braden and C. W. Smith	462
Generation Mean Analysis of Fiber Quality Traits A. Tawhid and G.O. Myers	462
Sampling Issues for Cotman Data Collection Mark Cochran, Kieth Vodrazka, N. P. Tugwell, Diana Danforth and Sha Mi	463
Agronomic Information System: a Program for Managing Cotton Variety Trials L. J. Zelinski, D. Harmon, M. Bates, K. Lege, D. Albers and K. Alexander	464
Performance of Early-maturing Transgenic Varieties in the Southeast W.H. McCoy, S.G. Wilson and K.E. Legé	464
Deltapine Bollgard and Roundup-Ready Cotton Varietal Response in Israel J. Spense, G. Forer, A. Nir, B. Rubin, H.Yasour, A. Levi and M. Sibony	465
Evaluation of Transgenic Versus Conventional Varieties D. Eddie McGriff and Steve M. Brown	466
Performance of Early Conventional Strains in the Coastal Region of Texas James C. Bosch, Ken E. Legé and Bob Bridge	468
Commercial Performance of Fibermax Varieties – 1998 L. Rivenbark, R. Bettison, F. Strachan and Jane Dever	468
Agronomic Trial Results on Fibermax Varieties- 1998 T. Lane Smith, W. Fred Strachan, Phil Odom, Lee Rivenbark and Jane Dever	469
Genetic Diversity in Recent MAR Cotton Germplasm Kamal M. El-Zik and Peggy M. Thaxton	469
Superior New MAR Cotton Germplasm For Drought, Productivity and Quality Peggy M. Thaxton and Kamal M. El-Zik	470
Release of DES 607 and Licensing of H10-35-05 J. B. Creech, R. R. Bridge and D. S. Calhoun	472
Bronze Wilt in the 1998 Mississippi Cotton Variety Trials J. B. Creech	472
Effects of Mechanical Topping of Cotton When Timed by Cutout G. M. Palmer, F. M. Bourland and N.R. Benson	473
Comparative Performance of Breeding Lines in Australia and the Delta W. N. Stiller and J. J. Gwyn	473
Combining Ability for Yield and Earliness of PIMA X Egyptian Cotton Cultivars Crosses A. M. A. Abdalla, A. A. Abou-El-Zahab and S. R. H. Radwan	473
Deltapine Seed Ultra Narrow Row Cotton Evaluation of DP 425RR, DP 436RR, DP5415RR, DP 458B/RR and DP 5111 in Mississippi Jim Presley	477
Performance of Deltapine Seed Bollgard(TM) Cotton Varities in the North Delta Jim Presley, R. Smith, K. Welch, L. Dill and Q. Zaunbrecher	478
Performance Summary of Bollgard(TM) Cotton Varieties Across the South Delta of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi H. Smith, C. Bowlin, M. Martien, L. Shaw, J. R. Sims, B. Posey, K. Welch and Q. Zaunbrecher	479
Molecular Marker Based Genetic Analysis of QTLS Using Recombinant Inbred Lines in Cotton H. Tan, J. X. Wu, S. Saha, J. N. Jenkins, J. C. McCarty and R. G. Cantrell	484
DNA Variation in Ten Influential Upland Cotton Varieties by RAPDS Huangjun Lu and Gerald O. Myers	484
Isolation of Total RNA from Embryogenic and Non-Embryogenic Cotton Callus for Gene Expression Studies M. Altaf Khan, G. O. Myers, H. J. Kim and B. A. Triplett	484
Characterization of 79 Converted Race Stocks of Upland Cotton Zeki Nasirci and C. Wayne Smith	485
Variation among Cotton Cultivars for the Number of Fiber Initials Per Seed G.A. Van Esbroeck, D.T. Bowman, J. Van't Hof, G. M. Jividen	487
Breeding Naturally Pigmented Cotton with High Fiber Quality Robert G. McDaniel	487
Development of Stress Tolerant Upland Cotton Germplasm with High Quality Fiber Robert G. McDaniel	487
Genetic Improvement of Yield, Yield Components, and Agronomic Characteristics of PIMA Cotton: 1949-1991 H. S. Moser and R. G. Percy	488
Silverleaf Whitefly and Reniform Nematode Effects on Seed Quality and Stand Establishment C. G. Cook, A. F. Robinson and D. A. Wolfenbarger	489
Response of Cotton Cultivars to Silverleaf Whitefly and its Relation to Yield, in Yaqui Valley Sonora, México Arturo Hernández-Jasso and Juan J. Pacheco-Covarrubias	490
Median Life of Siverleaf Whitefly in Cotton Cultivars Juan José Pacheco-Covarrubias and Arturo Hernández-Jasso	491
Response of Cotton to DROPP(R) Ultra in Yaqui Valley Sonora, México Arturo Hernández-Jasso and Javier Gutiérrez-Zamorán	492
Effects of Glyphosate on Yield and Earliness of Roundup Ready(TM) Cotton A. S. Godoy, A. L. E. Moreno and C. E. A. Garcia	493
Response of Nucotn 33(B) in Yaqui Valley Sonora, México. 1997-98 Arturo Hernández-Jasso and Juan J. Pacheco-Covarrubias	495
BT Cotton Performance Under Different Management Practices T. G. Teague, A. Beach, N. P. Tugwell and J. Hornbeck	497
1998 Mississippi Cotton Variety Trials J. B. Creech, T. P. Wallace, J. R. Johnson, D. M. Ingra and N. W. Buehring	499
New Crop for Pennsylvania: Gossypium hirsutum L. Research for Improved Fiber Strength, Shortened Growing Season, and Increase Wax Content P. S. Leonhard	499
The Influence of VIR Genes on Stable T-DNA Integration in Cotton Shoot Apices B.-M. Lee, S.H. Park, M. Srivatanakul and R.H. Smith	500
CIRAD Strategy for Cotton Breeding in Tropical Countries B. Hau and C. Pannetier	502
COTTON PHYSIOLOGY CONFERENCE
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
COTTON QUALITY MEASUREMENTS CONFERENCE
Color Grading of Cotton-Measurement (Part I) Kermit E. Duckett, Luo Cheng, Terezie Zapletalova, Michael Watson and Hossein Ghorashi	645
Color Grading of Cotton-Grading (Part II) Luo Cheng, Kermit E. Duckett, Terezie Zapletalova, Michael Watson and Hossein Ghorashi	649
Cotton Color Grading by Neural Network B. Xu, J. Su, D.S. Dale and M.D. Watson	654
Evolution of Video Color/Trash Processing at Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory Michael A. Lieberman and Murali Siddaiah	657
Improvements in HVI Trash Measurement Procedures James L. Knowlton	663
Cotton Fiber Property Variability from Motes Through Seeds G. Davidonis, A. Johnson, J. Landivar and K. Hood	665
Application of the AFIS Multidata Eric Hequet	666
Integration of Advanced Technology into a Cotton Analysis and Decision Support System V. V. Poceciun, B. Temkin, M. D. Ethridge and E. Hequet	670
Computerized Collection and Analysis of HVI Data V. V. Poceciun, B. Temkin, M. D. Ethridge and E. Hequet	673
Improved Fiber Quality from Gin Process Control Joseph M. Yankey	676
Flow of the Sample Through USDA Classification Barbara Meredith	678
Measuring Cotton Fineness Independently of Maturity Using the Sirolan-Laserscan G.R.S. Naylor and J. Sambell	679
Comparison of Sampling, Methods and Versions of AFIS P. Bel-Berger, T. Von Hoven, X. Cui, G. Davidonis and K. Pusateri	681
NIR Maturity Measurements Using a Filter Type Spectrometer Robert A. Taylor	684
Image Analysis as a Reliable Method for Assessing Cotton Fiber Maturity Kanniah Rajasekaran and Devron P. Thibodeaux	686
Comparison of Upgraded FMTs and Operator Effects. Part I. Data Analysis S.M. Buco, J.G. Montalvo, Jr., S.E. Faught and J. Knowlton	686
Comparison of Upgraded FMTs and Operator Effects. Part II. Additional Studies J.G. Montalvo, Jr., S.E. Faught, S. Buco and J. Knowlton	688
Rapid Estimation of Cotton Stickiness W. Stanley Anthony	690
Detection and Counting of Two Cotton Contaminants: Seed Coat Fragments and Honeydew Deposits R. Frydrych, M. Krifa, O. Tamime, M. Giner and J-P Gourlot	695
Evidence on the Origins of Sugars Causing Stickiness in Cotton Eric Hequet and Bobby G. Wyatt	698
Status of High Volume Instrument Measurements of Stickiness in Cotton M. Dean Ethridge and Eric F. Hequet	701
Cotton Fibre Quality Evaluation and Research in South Africa L Hunter, H Schröder and C J Steenkamp	704
Development of Optimal HVI Strength Index for Prediction of Yarn Tensile Strength Moon W. Suh, Hyun-Jin Koo and Michael D. Watson	706
Effect of Adsorbed Water on the Specific Surface Area of Some Standards Cotton C. Kaewprasit, N. Abidi and J.P. Gourlot	710
Rapid Conditioning 102 Frederick M. Shofner	712
Accelerated Sample Conditioning for HVI Testing Laboratories Russell J. Crompton and Frank Bottomley	713
Toward a Gold Standard for NEP Calibration C. Kyle Shofner, Jean-Pierre Caux, Kipp W. Julius, Donald W. Daniel, Jr., William T. Floyd, David A. Hinkle and Frederick M. Shofner	715
Pre-Harvest Spatial and Temporal Variability in Short Fiber Content in Relation to Processing Success J. M. Bradow, R. M. Johnson, P.J. Bauer and G.F. Sassenrath-Cole	716
Short Fiber Content of Cotton And Its Measurement Xiaoliang "Leon" Cui, Timothy A. Calamari, Jr., Kearny Q. Robert and Michael D. Watson	718
Specific Surface Area of Some Standard Cotton Fiber and Its Relation to Physical Properties C. Kaewprasit, N. Abidi, J.P. Gourlot and J-M Douillard	718
Malcam Systems Total Quality Ginning Control System Avi Shabthai and Joel Uzan	720
Seed Coat Fragments, a Major Source of Cotton Yarn Imperfections Mourad Krifa, Jean-Paul Gourlot and Pr. J.-Y. Drean	722
Histological Examination of Seeds and Seed Coat Fragments in Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Bruno Bachelier and Jérôme Desplans	724
COTTON WEED SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Report of the 1998 Cotton Weed Loss Committee J. D. Byrd, Jr.	727
Response of Cotton to Pyrithiobac: Effect of Timing of Malathion Application S. Seifert, C. E. Snipes and R. L. Allen	730
Response of Cotton Varieties to Staple Applications and Environmental Conditions C. B. Corkern, D. B. Reynolds, J. L. Griffin, D. K. Miller, P. R. Vidrine and D. L. Jordan	730
Effect of Staple Rate and Thrips Injury on Cotton Development R. W. Costello, J. L. Griffin, B. R. Leonard, D. K. Miller and M. E. Holman	731
Effect of Postemergence Topical Applications of Roundup on Roundup Ready Cotton T. A. Baughman, E. P. Webster, J. W. Sij, Jr. and D. G. Bordovsky	731
The Effect of Roundup on Roundup Ready Cotton D. B. Reynolds, S. L. File, R. E. Blackley and C. E. Snipes	732
Tolerance of Roundup Ready(TM) Cotton to Multiple Postemergence Applications of Glyphosate E. C. Murdock	732
Performance of Roundup Ready(R) Cotton Cultivars Under Three Herbicide Systems O.L. May, E.C. Murdock, J.T. Fowler, Jr. and J.T. Staples, Jr.	732
Roundup Ready Cotton Weed Control Systems in West Texas P.A. Dotray, J.W. Keeling and T.S. Osborne	733
Weed Control Programs in Roundup Ready Cotton J. A. Kendig	733
Command 3ME and Roundup Ultra Systems for Roundup Ready Cotton G.H. Scott, S.A. Askew, J.W. Wilcut and W.A. Bailey	734
Weed Management in Strip-Tillage Roundup Ready Cotton J. W. Wilcut, S. D. Askew, G. H. Scott and W. A. Bailey	734
Weed Management in Conventional- and Strip-Tillage Roundup Ready(TM) Cotton J. T. Fowler, Jr., E. C. Murdock, J. E. Toler, C. E. Curtis, Jr. and J. T. Staples, Jr.	734
Economic Analysis of Roundup Ready Cotton in Conservation Tillage Systems K. M. Bloodworth, D. B. Reynolds, C. E. Snipes and N. W. Buehring	735
Conservation Tillage with Roundup Can Decrease Cotton Production Costs J. R. Smart and J. M. Bradford	735
Evaluation of Herbicide Program in Strip-Tilled Roundup Ready Cotton P. J. Wiatrak, D. L. Wright, W. Koziara and S. Reed	738
Weed Management in No-Till Cotton in North Carolina and Tennessee W. A. Bailey, J. W. Wilcut and R. M. Hayes	738
Weed Control in Ultra-Narrow Row Roundup Ready(TM) Cotton J.T. Fowler, Jr., E.C. Murdock, J.T. Staples, Jr. and J.E. Toler	739
Comparing Ultra-Narrow Row and Conventional Row Cotton Cropping Systems S.B. Belcher, M.G. Patterson, C.H. Burmester, W.H. Faircloth and D.O. Stephenson IV	739
Weed Management Challenges in UNR Cotton R. M. Hayes and C. O. Gwathmey	740
Weed Management in Ultra Narrow Row Cotton in North Carolina A. S. Culpepper and A. C. York	740
Weed Management in BXN Cotton With Command-Reflex-Buctril Systems S. D. Askew, J. W. Wilcut and M. D. Paulsgrove	741
Weed Management in BXN Cotton with Buctril and Reduced Rates of Staple J. W. Wilcut, S. D. Askew and M. D. Paulsgrove	741
Pre/Post Staple Combinations in Texas High Plains Cotton J. W. Keeling, T. S. Osborne and P. A. Dotray	742
Evaluation of Roundup Ultra/Staple Combinations for Total Postemergence Weed Control in Roundup Ready Cotton D. K. Miller, C. F. Wilson and J. L. Milligan	742
Utilizing Staple and Roundup Ultra for Weed Control in Roundup Ready Cotton C. Steven Williams, K. A. Patterson, W. H. Mitchell and L. B. Gillham	743
Weed Management in Conventional and No-Tillage Cotton Using BXN, Roundup Ready, and Staple OT Systems S. D. Askew, J. W. Wilcut, W. A. Bailey and G. H. Scott	743
Economics of Weed Management Systems in BXN, Roundup Ready, and Conventional Cotton A. C. York and A. S. Culpepper	744
Systems Comparison: Staple, Buctril, Roundup C.B. Guy and J.D. Hopkins	745
A Beltwide Evaluation of Weed Management in Transgenic and Non-Transgenic Cotton J. W. Wilcut, S. D. Askew, B. J. Brecke, D. C. Bridges, S. M. Brown, J. M. Chandler, R. M. Hayes, J. A. Kendig, D. K. Miller, R. L. Nichols and C. E. Snipes	746
Weed Control in Okra-Leaf and Conventional Cotton J.T. Staples, Jr., E. C. Murdock and J.T. Fowler, Jr.	746
Liberty Link(R) Cotton: Tolerance and Weed Management Systems L. K. Blair, P. A. Dotray, J. W. Keeling, J. R. Gannaway, M. J. Oliver and J. E. Quisenberrry	747
Application Temperature Influences Pyrithiobac (Staple(R)) Efficacy in a Semi-Arid Environment Ginger G. Light, Peter A. Dotray and James R. Mahan	747
Sicklepod and Morningglory Control with Roundup Ultra Applied in a Low Volume, Air-Assisted Spray W.H. Faircloth, M.G. Patterson, S.B. Belcher and D.O. Stephenson, IV	748
The Impact of Uncontrolled Palmer Amaranth in Central Texas Cotton P.A. Baumann, G.D. Morgan, J.W. Smith and J. M. Chandler	748
Perennial Weed Control with Roundup Ready and BXN Cotton J. D. Everitt, J. W. Keeling, P. A. Dotray and T. S. Osborne	749
Rhizome Johnsongrass (Sorghum Halapense) Control with Conventional and Transgenic Herbicide Programs James W. Smith, Paul A. Baumann and Gaylon D. Morgan	749
Yellow Nutsedge Control Programs in Cotton W. K. Vencill	750
Purple Nutsedge Management in Roundup Ready Cotton M.W. Edenfield, B.J. Brecke, D.L. Colvin and D.G. Shilling	751
Redvine Control on Clay With No-Till Harold R. Hurst	751
Cotton Herb- a New Decision Making Tool for Weed Management in Cotton G.H. Scott, J.W. Wilcut and G.G. Wilkerson	752
Competition and Seed-Rain Dynamics of Velvetleaf in Cotton W. A. Bailey, J. W. Wilcut and S. D. Askew	753
Competition and Proliferation of Four Smartweed Species in Cotton S. D. Askew, J. W. Wilcut, W. A. Bailey and G. H. Scott	753
Redvine Control with Roundup Ultra(R) in Roundup Ready(R) Cotton Harold R. Hurst	754
COTTON INSECT RESEARCH AND CONTROL CONFERENCE
52nd Annual Conference Report on Cotton Insect Research and Control D. D. Hardee and G. A. Herzog	757
Highlights of the 52nd Annual Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference G. A. Herzog, D. D. Hardee and M. R. Williams	784
Cotton Insect Losses 1998 Michael R. Williams	785
Cotton Insect Loss Estimates - 1998 Michael R. Williams	807
Boll Weevil Eradication: Beltwide Status and Future Outlook Bill Grefenstette	809
Boll Weevil Eradication Program Update - Southeast and Midsouth Zones Jim Brumley	814
Insect Management in Mid-South Eradication Zones: A Progress Report M.B. Layton, R.D. Bagwell and R.W. Seward	816
Boll Weevil Eradication Update - Texas, 1998 Osama El-Lissy, Lindy Patton, Danny Kiser, Ray Frisbie, Tom Fuchs, Don Rummel, Roy Parker, Jeff Slosser, Don Dippel, J.R. Coppedge, Gary Cunningham, Frank Carter, James Boston and Jack Hayes	818
Insect Management in the Texas Eradication Zones: A Progress Report Thomas W. Fuchs	824
The Boll Weevil Problem on the High Plains of Texas and Eastern New Mexico J. F. Leser and R. K. Haldenby	828
Post Eradication Insect Control: Was it Worth It? Phillip Roberts	832
Development of a Computerized Expert System as a Management Tool for Boll Weevil Eradication Osama El-Lissy and John Moschos	834
Use of Pheromone Trapping Data to Evaluate Boll Weevil Eradication in the Southern Rolling Plains of Texas Thomas W. Fuchs, Richard Minzenmayer and Christopher Sansone	838
Impact of Boll Weevil Eradication in the Southern Rolling Plains of Texas at the Field Level C.G. Sansone, R.R. Minzenmayer and T.W. Fuchs	840
Economic Evaluation of Cultivar, Row Spacing, and Insecticides for Boll Weevil Management J. E. Slosser, D. G. Bordovsky and S. J. Bevers	842
Influence of Boll Weevil Eradication on Aphid Populations in Mississippi Cotton M.B. Layton, J.L. Long and Don Steinkraus	845
Emergence, Movement, and Pollen Feeding of Boll Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Mississippi Delta D. D. Hardee, G. D. Jones and L. C. Adams	848
Pesticide Usage in Arizona: 1995-1997 G.K. Agnew, P. B. Baker and W. Sherman	859
Historical Perspective and Future Costs of Keeping Key Cotton Insecticides in the Market R. J. Braun	865
Status of Bollworm, Helicoverpa Zea, Susceptiblilty to Pyrethroids: IRAC-US 1998 Update S. H. Martin, R. D. Bagwell, M. L. Boyd, B. L. Freeman, G. A. Herzog, D. R. Johnson, M. B. Layton, B. R. Leonard, N. Liu, G. T. Payne, P. V. Pietrantonio, M. E. Roof, M. J. Sullivan, J. W. Van Duyn and J. R. Weeks	867
Status of Insecticide Resistance in Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm in Louisiana During 1998 R. D. Bagwell, D. C. Cook, J. J. Adamczyk, B. R. Leonard and S. Micinski	872
Five Years of Vial Testing on a County-Wide Basis for Bollworm and Budworm Resistance to Tracer, Pyrethroids, and Curacron in Ahley County, Arkansas Kenneth R. Williams	878
Mechanisms of Resistance to Organophosphate Insecticides in the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis Virescens John Harold and Jim Ottea	880
Studies of Resistance of Beet Armyworm (Spodoptera Exigua) to Spinosad in Field Populations from the Southern USA and Southeast Asia J. K. Moulton, D. A. Pepper and T. J. Dennehy	884
Analysis of Organophosphorus and Carbamate Insecticide Resistance in the Beet Armyworm Spodoptera Exigua (Hubner) Frank J. Byrne, Jianlong Bi and Nick C. Toscano	887
Potential of Boll Weevil Reproduction on Cienfuegosia Drummondii in South Texas R. J. Coleman, R. D. Parker, D.L. Drawe and K. Mount	889
Effect of Boll Weevil on the Yield and Fiber Quality on the South Plains of Texas J. S. Armstrong, D. L. Auld, E. Bechere, M. D. Ethridge, E. F. Hequet and D. R. Rummel	891
Identification of Boll Weevil Overwintering Habitat with Remote Sensing Mary P. Maret and Donald R. Johnson	894
Effect of Habitat and Temperature on Boll Weevil Overwinter Survival in Arkansas D. R. Johnson, M.P. Maret and L.M. Page	896
Seasonal Foraging Resources of Mississippi Boll Weevils G. D. Jones, J. R. Coppedge, E. F. Wilson and D. D. Hardee	899
Tarnished Plant Bug and Boll Weevil Control Trials in the Mississippi Delta J. T. Robbins, F. A. Harris and R. E. Furr	901
Initial and Residual Toxicity of Boll Weevil Attract and Control Tube in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Brazos Valley of Texas - Spring and Fall, 1998 D. A. Wolfenbarger, C. L. Cole and J. C. Plato	904
BWACT Product Improvements and QC/QA Implementation in 1998 For Expanded Utilization in Commercial and US Boll Weevil Eradication Programs Thomas A. Plato, James C. Plato and J. Scott Plato	907
Silverleaf Whitefly Colonization and Leaf Shape and Vascular Bundles Relationships in Cotton C. C. Chu, A. C. Cohen, E. T. Natwick, G. S. Simmons and T. J. Henneberry	909
Comparative Influence of Cotton on Whitefly Species and Parasitoids S. M. Greenberg, Walker A. Jones, and W. C. Warfield	911
Control of Silverleaf Whitefly with the Neem Product Azadirachtin as Bollwhip in Upland Cotton in Arizona D.H. Akey and T.J Henneberry	914
New Insecticides for Control of Silverleaf Whitefly: an Efficacy Evaluation Eric T. Natwick	919
Effect of Insect Clip Cages on Photosynthesis of Cotton and Cantaloupes S. J. Crafts-Brandner and C. C. Chu	921
Field-Based, Degree-Day Model for Spiny Bollworm Earis Insulana Development A. A. Hamed Amin and M. E. Foda	923
Bollgard Cotton: Recent Developments from Lab to Marketplace John Greenplate, Walt Mullins, Joe Huesing, Tom Malvar, Saku Sivasupramaniam, Graham Head, Zach Shappley and John Purcell	925
Overproduction of the Cry2A Bt Protein in Tobacco Chloroplasts Confers Plant Resistance to Susceptible and Bt-Resistant Tobacco Budworm, Cotton Bollworm and Beet Armyworm M. Kota, H. Daniell, S. Varma, S. F. Garczynski, W. J. Moar and F. Gould	926
Assay Kit for Species and Insecticide Resistance Diagnosis for Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm in Cotton R. M. Roe, W. D. Bailey, G. Zhao, H. P. Young, L. M. Carter, F. Gould, C. E. Sorenson, G. G. Kennedy and J. S. Bacheler	926
Performance of Selected Bt Cotton Genotypes Against Bollworm in North Carolina T. Burd, J. R. Bradley, Jr. and J. W. Van Duyn	931
The Efficacy of Different Insecticides and Rates Against Bollworms (LepidoPtera: Noctuidae) in B.t. and Conventional Cotton D. S. Brickle, S. G. Turnipseed and M. J. Sullivan	934
Status of Monitoring for Tolerance to CryIAc in Populations of Helicoverpa Zea and Heliothis Virescens: Three-year Summary D. V. Sumerford, D. D. Hardee, L. C. Adams and W. L. Solomon	936
Responses of a Bt Cotton Cultivar (DP NuCOTN 33b) to Selected Levels of Boll Injury J. Gore, B. R. Leonard, J. S. Russell, J. H. Fife, G. E. Church and J. J. Adamczyk	939
Performance of Bt Cotton in Mississippi, 1998 M.B. Layton, S.D. Stewart, M.R. Williams and J.L. Long	942
Distribution of Heliothine Larvae in B.t. and Non-B.t. Cotton in Texas Patricia V. Pietrantonio and Kevin Heinz	945
Ecology and Biology of Cotton Bollworm in Reference to Modeling Bt Resistance Development in a Bt Cotton / Bt Corn System Nicholas P. Storer, Fred Gould, George G. Kennedy and John W. Van Duyn	949
Evolution of Region-Wide Resistance in Cotton Bollworm to Bt Cotton as Influenced by Bt Corn: Identification of Key Factors Through Computer Simulation Nicholas P. Storer, Fred Gould, George G. Kennedy, Steven L. Peck and John W. Van Duyn	952
The Effects of Over Sprays on Bt Cotton Duren E. Bell, Greg Slaughter, Phillip M. Roberts, Charles E. Ellis, Larry Willingham and Tom Cary	956
Economics of Bollgard Versus Non-Bollgard Cotton in 1998 J. W. Mullins and J. M. Mills	958
Insect Management Strategies in Bollgard Cotton in the Southeast D.L. Pitts, W.M. Braxton and J.W. Mullins	961
Responses of Tobacco Budworm Populations from Mexico to Bt Cry IA(c) Toxin José L. Martínez Carrillo and Mariano Berdegue	965
Bolligard Gen, Cotton as an Alternative for IPM in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico Arturo Javier Obando-Rodriquex, Juvencio Gonzalea Garcia, Jesus Miguel Olivas Garica, Jose Eduardo Magana Magana and Alfredo Martinez Garcia	967
Compensation from Systematic Square Removal by Virginia Cotton D. Ames Herbert, Jr. and A. Ozzie Abaye	968
Potential of Nectariless Cotton in Today's Cotton Production System W. D. Platt and S. D. Stewart	971
Influence of Row Spacing and Tillage Upon Western Flower Thrips and Tobacco Thrips in Cotton Henry M. Harris, W.K. Vencill and J. N. All	974
The Impact of Thrips on Cotton Productivity: What a Difference a Year Makes Joel Faircloth, J.R. Bradley, Jr. and John Van Duyn	976
A Survey of Thrips Populations on Seedling Cotton in Louisiana D. R. Cook, E. Burris and B. R. Leonard	979
Thrips Tolerance on Selected Cotton Cultivars M. W. Fairbanks, D. R. Johnson and T. J. Kring	980
Early-Season Insect Controls: Herbicide Effects on Efficacy, Plant Development and Yield in Roundup Ready Cotton Gary L. Lentz and Nancy B. Van Tol	981
Early Season Pest Management in Cotton with Roundup Ultra-Insecticide Combinations J. H. Pankey, B. R. Leonard, J. L. Griffin and R. W. Costello	981
Risk Assessment Models to Predict Dynamics of Pink Bollworm in the Southeastern US R.C. Venette and W.D. Hutchison	983
Area-Wide Management/Maximum Suppression of Pink Bollworm in Southern California R. Staten, M. Walters, R. Roberson and S. Birdsall	985
Preliminary Analysis of Pink Bollworm Population Distributions in a Large Acreage of Genetically Engineered Cotton with Regard to Resistance Management M. Walters, R. Staten, R. Sequeira and T. Dennehy	989
Status of Pink Bollworm Susceptibility to Bt in Arizona A.L. Patin, T.J. Dennehy, M.A. Sims, B.E. Tabashnik, Yong-Biao Liu, L. Antilla, D. Gouge, T.J. Henneberry and R. Staten	991
On-Plant Distribution of Diapausing Pink Bollworm Larvae R. Friesen, W. Multer and M. Muegge	996
Pink Bollworm Diapause Patterns in West Texas R. Friesen, W. Multer, C. Payne and M. Muegge	998
Deltapine Bollgard Variety Response to the Israeli Pest Complex J. Spenser, G. Forer and A. Niv	1000
Screening for Resistance in Cotton Genotypes to Aphis Gossypii Glover, the Cotton Aphid B. Reed, J. Gannaway, D. R. Rummel and H. G. Thorvilson	1002
Interaction of Cotton Aphid Population Dynamics and Cotton Fertilization Regime in California Cotton L. D. Godfrey, K. Keillor, R. B. Hutmacher and J. Cisneros	1008
Biotic Suppression of the Cotton Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) in the Georgia Coastal Plain Lenny Wells, John R. Ruberson, Robert M. McPherson and Gary A. Herzog	1011
Cultural Practices Affecting the Abundance of Cotton Aphids and Beet Armyworms in Dryland Cotton M. N. Parajulee, J. E. Slosser and D. G. Bordovsky	1014
Evaluation of Fulfill(R) 50wg (Pymetrozine) for Cotton Aphid Control in 1998 Field Trials J. Scott Ferguson, John P. Koenig, Stephen M. White, Dennis M. Dunbar and D. Scott Lawson	1016
Spider Mites in Arkansas: Wild Host Plants and Chemical Control Don Steinkraus, Jon Zawislak, Gus Lorenz, III and Jeff Welch	1019
Early Detection of Spider Mites in Cotton Using Multispectral Remote Sensing G. J. Fitzgerald, S. J. Maas and W. R. DeTar	1022
Male Attraction to a Natural Spider Mite Sex Pheromone (Acari: Tetranychidae) F.K. El-Duweini, Z.R. Sawires and S.A.A. Amer	1024
Cotton Bollworm Control in Xinjiang in 1997-1998 C.F. Sheng	1026
Lepidopteran Pests in Northeast Louisiana Cotton During 1997-98: A Summary of Selected Tests B. R. Leonard, K. Torrey, J. H. Fife, J. Gore, S. Russell and S. Hall	1028
Pest Fluctuations and Trends in North Carolina Cotton J. S. Bacheler	1028
Uncommon Pests of Cotton in Northeast Louisiana E. Burris, B.R. Leonard and D.R. Cook	1032
Insecticidal Control of Aphids and Boll Weevils in Missouri - 1998 Michael L. Boyd and Jeff House	1032
Observations of Emerging Pests in Low Spray Environments Phillip Roberts	1034
Insecticidal Efficacy Against a Complex of Fall and Beet Armyworms and Soybean Looper in South Carolina Cotton M. J. Sullivan, S. G. Turnipseed and D. Robinson	1034
Stink Bugs in Cotton: Feeding and Injury Observations G. R. Lee, P. Roberts and M. A. Abney	1036
Stink Bugs on Cotton: A Temporal Occurrence C. S. Bundy, R. M. McPherson and G. A. Herzog	1038
Management of Stink Bugs Using Symptoms of Boll Injury as a Monitoring Tool J. K. Greene and G. A. Herzog	1041
Influence of Boll Age on Susceptibility to Tarnished Plant Bug Injury T. O. Horn, F. A. Harris, J. T. Robbins and R. E. Furr, Jr.	1044
Cotton Boll Abscission Influenced by Tarnished Plant Bug Feeding J. S. Russell, B. R. Leonard, J. Gore and G. E. Church	1046
Reservoir Strip Plantings in Tarnished Plant Bug Research R.E. Furr, Jr., F.A. Harris and J.T. Robbins	1048
Response of Tarnished Plant Bugs (Heteroptera: Miridae) to Traps Baited with Virgin Males or Females G.L. Snodgrass and W.P. Scott	1050
Effects of Five Different Adjuvants Added to Five Insecticides for Control of Tarnished Plant Bugs (Lygus lineolaris) in Mississippi Cotton Michael S. Howell and Jack T. Reed	1052
New Insecticides for Control of Cotton Fleahopper and Impact of Drought on Production Roy D. Parker	1055
Use of Alternate Hosts as a Trap for Tarnished Plant Bugs and a Refuge for Bt-Susceptible Tobacco Budworms Chism Craig, Scott Stewart, Randy Luttrell, Jim Robbins and Gordon Snodgrass	1056
Tarnished Plant Bug Control with Regent and Actara During 1997 and 1998 in Small Plot and Large Plot EUP Trials W. P. Scott, G. L. Snodgrass and D. A. Adams	1061
Plant Bug and Boll Weevil Control with REGENT(R) Under an EUP in Arkansas J. D. Hopkins and C. B. Guy	1064
Transgenic and Conventional Insect and Weed Control Systems Charles T. Allen, Marwan S. Kharboutli, Kelly J. Bryant, Fred M. Bourland, Larry D. Earnest, Chuck Capps and George Palmer	1065
Effect of Supplemental Insecticides Against Bollworm and Beet Armyworm on Bollgard: Enhanced Efficacy?? J. E. Mann and J. W. Mullins	1068
Droplet Size and Spray Volume Effects on Cotton Canopy Penetration and Third Instar Heliothis Virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Mortality J. T. Reed and D. B. Smith	1069
Earlier Cotton Harvest and Increased Yield with Dimilin(R) (Diflubenzuron) R.T. Weiland	1072
Differential Insecticidal Properties Exhibited Against Heliothine Species by Two Viral Vectors Encoding a Similar Chimeric Toxin Gene M. F. Treacy, P. E. Rensner, J. N. All and A. White	1076
Utilization of Recombinant Viral Biopesticides within a Cotton IPM Program Kevin M. Heinz, Chad Smith, Richard Minzenmayer and J. Lindsey Flexner	1083
New Insecticide Chemistry for Cotton IPM J.W. Holloway, N.W. Forrester and B.R. Leonard	1086
Ovicidal Research with Emamectin Benzoate Against Tobacco Budworm Eggs Ngoan Ngo, Steve Moore, Scott Lawson and Stephen White	1090
Mortality and Reproductive Effects of Ingested Tracer(R) on Adult Bollworm J. D. Lopez, Jr. and M. A. Latheef	1091
Outlook for Steward Insecticide in Southeast Arkansas Marwan S. Kharboutli, Charles T. Allen, Chuck Capps and Larry Earnest	1092
Capture 2EC: Efficacy on Cotton Arthropod Pests H.R. Mitchell and L.D. Hatfield	1095
Gaucho(R) Performance Under Extreme Envionmental Conditions and Different Soil Types Charles Graham	1098
Evaluation of Adage 5FS(TM) for Early-Season Insect Control Nancy B. Van Tol and Gary L. Lentz	1098
CRUISER(R)/ADAGE(TM) Performance Features of Thiamethoxam as a Seed Treatment in Worldwide Cotton D. Hofer and F. Brandl	1101
Adage(TM) (Thiamethoxam) Seed Treatment for Cotton Larry Zang, Nyoan Ngo and Brad Minto	1104
Actara(TM) 25 WG: Control of Cotton Pests with a New Neonicotinoid Insecticde, Thiamethoxam D. S. Lawson, D. M. Dunbar, S. M. White and N. Ngo	1106
A Beltwide Rating of Beneficial Insects D. Eddie McGriff and John R. Ruberson	1109
Consequences of Natural Enemy Disruption with Applications of "Hard" Insecticides Prior to the Bollworm Flight in Conventional and B.t. Cotton S. G. Turnipseed and M. J. Sullivan	1110
Natural Enemy Movement Between Adjacent Sorghum and Cotton Fields Jarrad R. Prasifka, Kevin M. Heinz, Peter C. Krauter, Christopher G. Sansone and Richard R. Minzenmayer	1112
The Economic Contribution of Beneficial Arthropods in a Cotton IPM Program L. G. Peterson and R. K. Sprenkel	1114
Effect of Surface Tillage on Population Dynamics of Beneficial Arthropods in Cotton Gloria S. McCutcheon	1117
The Beat Bucket: a Rapid, Reliable Method for Sampling Predatory Insects and Spiders in Cotton Allen E. Knutson and W. Ted Wilson	1120
True Spiders as a Biocontrol Agent for Controlling Spider Mites in Egypt M.E. El-Naggar, M.A. Abd-El-Halim and A.A. Shoeib	1125
Developmental Effects of Feeding Tobacco Budworm Larvae Salt-Tolerant Cotton Callus Tissue B.J. Burden and K.V. Tindall	1126
Evaluating Insect Management Strategies Using Yield Mapping C. D. Parker, Jr, R. G. Luttrell and F. A. Harris	1128
Validation of the Insecticide Termination Component of Cotman N.R. Benson, W.C. Robertson, G.M. Lorenz and K.J. Bryant	1133
Whole Farm Evaluation of the Bollman Component of Cotman Jerry Sites, Kelly Bryant, Ray Benson, Bill Robertson and Gus Lorenz	1136
Pest and Beneficial Arthropod Abundance in California Organic and Biointensive Cotton Fields: The "Basic" Experience Sean L. Swezey and Polly Goldman	1136
Droplet Deposition Pattern of Tracer (Spinosad) Applied with and Without Adjuvants J.L. Murray, W.H. Hendrix, III, M. A. Benson and I.W. Kirk	1141
Economics of a Tracer/Karate Z Conventional Cotton Program vs. Bt Cotton M. A. Benson and W. H. Hendrix, III	1143
Aerial Spray Deposition Characteristics of Tracer(TM) and Selected Adjuvants I.W. Kirk, S.J. Harp and W.H. Hendrix	1145
Temporal Degradation of ULV Malathion Under Field Conditions W. Clint Hoffmann	1148
Optimization of Fipronil Application Joseph E. Mulrooney	1150
Color the Boll Weevil Red: Penetrating the Body Wall with Spray Diluents Robert G. Jones	1151
Effect of Lepidopteran Damage and Weather to Cotton in Ten Irrigated Fields Following Malathion ULV Applications: Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas-1995 Robert G. Jones and Dan A. Wolfenbarger	1152
Respiration Rates of Reproductively Active and Diapausing Boll Weevils T. L. Wagner and E. J. Villavaso	1155
Evaluations of Factitious Trap Crops for Use in Early and Late Season Boll Weevil Suppression Programs K. R. Beerwinkle, J. R. Coppedge and T. M. O'Neil	1158
Effect of Planting Date and Different Management Strategieson Boll Weevil Infestations and Lint Production Under Dryland Conditions in Oklahoma 1997 and 1998 Miles Karner, Jerry Goodson and A.L. Hutson	1162
Observations of Boll Weevil Response to the BWACT D. W. Spurgeon	1165
Summary of Insecticide Performance for Boll Weevil (Anthonomus Grandis) Control in Arkansas Cotton L. M. Page, D. R. Johnson, M. P. Maret and S. R. Amaden	1168
Mississippi - Boll Weevil Pheromone Traplines - 1995 to 1998 Michael R. Williams	1169
Bollworm and Budworm Moth Activity in the Texas Rolling Plains E. P. Boring, M. N. Parajulee and J. E. Slosser	1172
Characterization of a ‘Yellow-Eye' Mutant of Tobacco Budworm Melissa Hasty and Greg Payne	1175
Susceptibility of Field-Collected Populations of Tobacco Budworm and Cotton Bollworm to Various Insecticides; 1995-1998 Greg Payne, Melissa Hasty and Cheryl O'Meara	1178
Impact of Baythroid, Guthion and Legend on Pest and Beneficial Arthropods in Cotton Alton N. Sparks, Jr. and John W. Norman, Jr.	1181
Toxicity of Thiodicarb and Spinosad to Soybean Looper in Cotton (cvs. NuCOTN 33b, DP 5415) and Soybean (cv. Buckshot 66) T. S. Hall, D. J. Boethel and B. R. Leonard	1184
Spider Mite Control in Southeast Arkansas C.T. Allen, M.S. Kharboutli and L.D. Earnest	1185
1998 Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm Control Studies Marwan S. Kharboutli, Charles T. Allen, Chuck Capps and Larry Earnest	1186
Relationship Between Days of Open Cotton Boll Exposure to Whitefly Populations and Development of Sticky Cotton T. J. Henneberry, L. Forlow Jech, D. L. Hendrix, T. Steele and D. Brushwood	1189
Thrips Control in Conventional and Ultra Narrow Row Cotton Larry Earnest, Charles T. Allen, Marwan Kharboutli and Chuck Capps	1193
Influence of Host Plant on Occlusion Body Production and Infectivity of a Baculovirus M. Ibrahim Ali, S.Y. Young, G.W. Felton, T. Meade, D.A. Streett and R.W. McNew	1196
Persistence of a Nucleopolyhedrovirus on Plant Surfaces D. A. Streett, G. W. Felton and S. Y. Young	1200
Tobacco as a Trap Crop for the Tobacco Buworm in Cotton P. G. Tillman	1201
Lethal and Sub-Lethal Effects of Selected Insecticides on Orius Insidiosus G. E. Studebaker and T. J. Kring	1203
Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Selected Insecticides and an IGR on the Boll Weevil Ectoparasitoid Catolaccus Grandis G. W. Elzen, S. N. Maldonado and M. G. Rojas	1204
Effects of Managed Feral Vegetation Field Borders on Insects in Cotton and Soybean Fields in North Carolina: an Interim Report Clyde E. Sorenson and Randy J. Outward	1206
Effect of Selected Insecticides on Natural Enemies in Cotton: Laboratory Studies John R. Ruberson and P. Glynn Tillman	1210
Comparison Between Drop Cloth and Suction Sampling in Cotton During 1998 J.D. Smith and S.D. Stewart	1213
Effect of Selected Insect Growth Regulators on Feeding Response and Reproduction of Adult Bollworm J. D. Lopez, Jr., M. A. Latheef and R. W. Meola	1214
Laboratory Selection of a Tracer(R)-Resistant Strain of the Tobacco Budworm and Comparisons with Field Strains from the Southeastern US W. D. Bailey, H. P. Young and R. M. Roe	1221
Cotton Pest and Beneficial Insect Management Strategies with Steward(TM), Insect Control Product in the Southeastern U.S. Patricia Hammes, Dan Sherrod and Glenn G. Hammes	1224
Steward(TM): a New Control Option for Tarnished Plant Bug R. E. Seay, E. P. Castner and R. M. Edmund	1225
A Three Year Evaluation of Non-Registered Lygus Bug Materials Angela Gomes and Bill Weir	1227
Cotton Yields and Quality Traits Associated with Late-Season Insect Simulated Defoliation K. Torrey, H. Fife and B. R. Leonard	1228
Validating NAWF5 as a Measure of Crop" Cut Out" in North Louisiana J. H. Fife, B. R. Leonard, J. Gore and E. Burris	1229
Cotman Plant-Based Economic Injury Level: Update S. Mi, D.M. Danforth, M.J. Cochran and N.P. Tugwell	1229
Scoutmap: Cotman Monitoring Technique for Boll Shed and Insect Damage N.P. Tugwell, D.M. Danforth, S. Mi and S. Bradshaw	1230
Effect of Boll Weevil Eradication and Planting Bollgard Varieties on Changes in the Insect Spectrum and Chemistry Needed for Cotton IPM in Alabama Bradford A. Meyer and Ron H. Smith	1230
Effect of Transgenic Bt-Cotton on Larval Mortality and Development of Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera Exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) M. Ashfaq and S. Y. Young	1232
Effect of Nitrogen and Vegetative Growth on Plant Resistance to Bollworm Helicoverpa Zea, in Selected Bt Cotton Varieties J. Breen-Pierce, R. Flynn, C. Ellers-Kirk and C. French	1234
Bollgard(R)Cotton- Three Years of Resistance Management J.M. Mills and J.W. Mullins	1236
Monitoring for Tolerance to CryIAc in Populations of Tobacco Budworm and Cotton Bollworm: Summer 1998 D. V. Sumerford and W. L. Solomon	1237
Performance of Bollgard Cotton with and without Insecticides C. D. Capps, C. Allen, L. Earnest, P. Tugwell and M. Kharboutli	1239
Alternative Infield Refuge Strategies for Control of Pink Bollworm in Bt Transgenic Cotton L. Antilla, M. Whitlow, J. White, C. Youngker, T. J. Dennehy and R. T. Staten	1241
Effect of Commercially Planted Bt Cotton on the Resistance of Tobacco Budworm to Insecticides in Southern Tamaulipas, Mexico A. P. Terán-Vargas	1243
Transgenic Bt(R) and Roundup Ready(TM) Cotton Versus Non Transgenic Cotton in Northern Mexico J.M. Olivas-García, J. González-García, A.J. Obando-Rodríguez, Eduardo Magaña-Magaña and Guadalupe Reyes-Salinas	1244
Efficacy of Biogodon (Bollgard) to Control Target Cotton Lepidopteran Pests in Argentina G.W. Videla, E. Lorenz, R. Deaton, E. Lopez Mondo and F. Torcasso	1246
Monitoring of Pink Bollworm Susceptibility to the Bt Endotoxin (CryIAc) in the Comarca Lagunera, Mexico U. Nava-Camberos, M. Berdegué, H. Sánchez-Galván and E. Guerrero-Rodríguez	1246
Spring Emergence of Pink Bollworm on Bt and Non-Bt Cotton in the Comarca Lagunera, Mexico U. Nava-Camberos, M. Berdegué and Armando Francisco Castro Ibarra y Eladio López Ríos	1248
Adequacy of 100 Square per Field Sampling Technique for Estimating Damage by Boll Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Heliothis Virescens (F.) And Helicoverpa Zea (Boddie), (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in an Area Wide Cotton IPM Program Dan A. Wolfenbarger and J. W. Norman, Jr.	1250
Contact Toxicity of Diacylhydrazine and Diphenyl Benzoyl Urea Insect Growth Regulators Against Beet Armyworm, Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm D. A. Wolfenbarger and D. J. Wolfenbarger	1254
Toxicity of Delta Endotoxin from Bacillus Thuringiensis Subspecies and Isolates and Beta Exotoxin Against Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm and Efficacy of Transconjugate of Delta Endotoxin Against Tobacco Budworm in a Field Test D. A. Wolfenbarger and D. J. Wolfenbarger	1258
COTTON SOIL MANAGEMENT AND PLANT NUTRITION CONFERENCE
Uptake and Recovery of N-15 Labeled Fertilizer as a Function of Time of Application J.C. Silvertooth, J.C. Navarro, E.R. Norton and C.A. Sanchez	1263
Foliar Fertilization of Nitrogen on Cotton in South Carolina Robert Lippert, John Durant and Ken Legé	1263
Foliar Fertilization of Cotton in Southeast Arkansas J.S. McConnell and R.C. Kirst, Jr.	1263
Cotton Response to the Source and Timing of Nitrogen Fertilization on a Sandy Coastal Plain Soil W.H. Bryce, G.L. Mullins and C.D. Monks	1263
Evaluating Placement of a Programmed Release Nitrogen and a Root Stimulator for Cotton Production in Tennessee and Arkansas D.D. Howard, D.M. Oosterhuis, R.H. Roan and A.J. Steger	1266
Evaluating Rates of Programmed Release Nitrogen Fertilizer for Cotton Production in Tennessee and Arkansas R.H. Roan, D.D. Howard, D.M. Oosterhuis and A.J. Steger	1266
Influence of Nitrogen and Boron Interaction on Cotton Production in Virginia and South Carolina A. O. Abaye, C. W. Adcock and Bob Lippert	1266
Irrigation Scheduling and Fertility Requirements for North Alabama Cotton S.R. Huber, G.L. Mullins, C.H. Burmester and L.M. Curtis	1267
The Proper Nitrogen Rate for Early and Late Sown Cotton in Egypt E.A. Makram and S.A. Ali	1267
Use of a Chlorophyll Meter to Determine Cover Crop, Rotation and N Rate Effect on Crop N Status D. J. Boquet, E. M. Holman, R. E. A. Brown, W. J. Thomas and A. B. Coco	1269
Nitrogen and Water Response of Conventional Till and Conservation-Till Cotton in the Texas High Plains K. F. Bronson, J. W. Keeling, A.B. Onken, D.M. Nesmith, J.L. Mabry and J.D. Booker	1271
Tillage and N Rate Influence on RR/Bt Cotton on Coastal Plain Soils D.L. Wright, F.M. Rhoads, P.J. Wiatrak and S. Reed	1271
Cotton Response to Mutliple Applications of Nutrient Mixtures J. S. Reiter, D. R. Krieg and C. J. Green	1272
Effect of Dairy Manure on N Partitioning in Acala 1517 R. P. Flynn	1273
The Use of Concentrated Molasses Solubles (CMS) as a Nitrogen and Sulfur Fertilizer in Cotton Production David Dunn, Gene Stevens and Bobby Phipps	1275
Cotton Response to In-Furrow Application of AmiSorb, Asset, and PGR-IV W.C. Robertson, A. Vangilder, B. Griffin and S. Rodery	1276
Boll Retention as Influenced by In-Furrow, Preplant Asset RTU (6-20-5) and Foliar Applications of Empower B. D. Bassett	1277
Planting Dates and Populations for UNR Cotton in Central Alabama D.P. Delaney, C.D. Monks, D.W. Reeves, J.S. Bannon and R.M. Durbin	1278
Nitrogen Management in Ultra Narrow Row Cotton Mark L. McFarland, Robert G. Lemon, Frank M. Hons and Thomas Gerik	1279
Soil Water Extraction Dynamics of Dryland Cotton in Various Row Configurations P.J. Goyne and J.M. Hare	1280
Relationship of Field Scale Nitrogen Variability to Soil Properties and Remotely Sensed Characteristics H. J. Buscaglia, J. J. Varco, J. M. Thompson and M. R. Seal	1282
Formulating Decision Support Factors for Variable Rate Nitrogen Fertilization J. M. Thompson, J. J. Varco and M. R. Seal	1283
Effect of Variable Rate Lime on Cotton Yields Gene Stevens and Chris Moylan	1285
Spatial Analysis of Agronomic Properties in Two Production Cotton Fields in West Texas J. Ping and C. J. Green	1286
Economic Analysis of Conservation Tillage on Producer Fields J. R. Smart, J. M. Bradford, T. Lockamy and E. Perez	1291
Soil Organic Properties as Affected by Long Term Tillage Practices S. Vacek and J.E. Matocha	1292
Temporal Variability in Soil Test Analysis in Conventional and No-Till Cotton B. Griffin, M. Daniels and B. Robertson	1293
Effects of Poultry Litter on Cotton Lint Yield R. K. Malik and K. C. Reddy	1293
Analysis of Runoff Water from Croplands in the South Texas Coastal Plains B.R. Eddleman, C. Livingston and W.B. Prince	1295
Studies on Cotton-Wheat Intercrop Patterns H.M.H. Mohamed, A.A. Darwish and W.M.O. El-Shazly	1298
Potassium Nutrition of Cotton on Long Term Experiments C.C. Mitchell and G.L. Mullins	1303
Effect of Foliar Applied Potassium on Cotton in the San Joaquin Valley of California Bill L. Weir	1307
Phosphorus and Potassium Nutrition of Cotton Produced Using Two Tillage Systems D.D. Howard and R.H. Roane	1310
Correlation of No-Till Cotton Yields with Extractable K Based on Soil Sampling Position D.D. Howard, H.J. Savoy, Jr. and C.S. Snyder	1310
Potassium Status in a Limestone Valley Soil Receiving Surface Applications of Potassium Fertilizer G.L. Mullins, J. Schwab and C.H. Burmester	1310
Evaluation of Starter Fertilizer and Amisorb(R) for Mid-South Cotton Production M. W. Ebelhar, J. O. Ware and J. L. Oldham	1314
Nitrogen Source and Rate Effects on Leaf Chlorophyll and Cotton Yields J.E. Matocha and S.G. Vacek	1319
Influence of Soil Spatial Variability on Cotton Fiber Quality R.M. Johnson, J.M. Bradow, P.J. Bauer and E.J. Sadler	1319
No-Till, Ridge-Till, and Conventional Tillage Cotton Effects on Soil Organic Matter and pH J R. Smart and J. M. Bradford	1320
Potassium Fertility Studies from New Mexico Acala 1517 R. P. Flynn and C.E. Barnes	1322
COTTON TEXTILE PROCESSING CONFERENCE
Cotton Short-Fiber Testing Jerry D. Rowland	1327
Intelligent Design of Cotton Mixtures António Alberto Cabeço Silva and Maria Elisabete Cabeço Silva	1329
Improving Cotton Spinning Quality Using Fuzzy Sets Maria Elisabete Cabeço Silva and Antonio Alberto Cabeço Silva	1331
Nonwoven Processes and Products Applicable to Cotton and Other Cellulosic Fibers E. A. Vaughn	1334
Evaluation of Fiber Finishes for Bleached Cotton H. Charles Allen, Jr.	1338
Understanding Structures and Actions of Nonwoven Fabrics Through Microscopical Examinations W. R. Goynes, B. F. Ingber and D. V. Parikh	1343
Current and Future Trends of Nonwovens Business T. Wirtz	1344
Antimicrobial Cellulosic Nonwovens T. L. Vigo, G. F. Danna and D. V. Parikh	1344
Overview of Nonwovens from Fiber Producers Perspective Sanjiv R. Malkan	1346
Absorbency of AGM While Under Compression Paul Kallmes	1353
Carding of Microfibers Yoon J. Hwang, William Oxenham and Abdelfattah M. Seyam	1353
Rational Design of Cellulosic Fiber Insulation Materials Navzer (Nozar) D. Sachinvala, Dharnidhar V. Parikh, Harry H. Solhjoo, Eugene J. Blanchard, Noelie R. Bertoniere, David L. Winsor and Othman A. Hamed	1359
Performance of Nonwoven Cellulosic Composites for Automotive Applications D. V. Parikh and J. C. Myatt	1364
A Fire-Barrier Fabric of Predominantly-Cotton Content Paul S. Sawhney, W. Tao, G.F. Ruppenicker, T.A. Calamari and R. Parachuru	1365
Application of Ultrasound to Enzymatic Processing of Cotton Textiles V. G. Yachmenev, E. J. Blanchard and A. H. Lambert	1369
Air Flow and Consumption of an Air-Jet Weaving Machine A. P. S. Sawhney, K. Q. Robert and X. Cui	1372
Enzyme Reactions for Removing Non-Cellulosic Cell Wall Components of Cotton Fibers You-Lo Hsieh	1375
A New System for Measurement of the Properties of Intermediate Cotton Spinning Products Alexander Vaganov	1378
JOINT: COTTON PHYSIOLOGY CONFERENCE/COTTON ENGINEERING CONFERENCE
Above-Ground Processes in the ARS Cotton Model B. Acock and R. Olson	1381
Extracting Equations and Parameter Values from Field Data M. Acock and Y. Pachepsky	1381
Below-Ground Processes in the ARS Cotton Model Ya. A. Pachepsky and E. V. Mironenko	1381
The Cotton Model and Graphical User Interface E. Mironenko, Ya. Pachepsky and B. Acock	1383
Validation of the Cotton Production Model Across the US Cotton Belt G.F. Sassenrath-Cole	1383
Validation of the Cotton Model in the Texas High Plains Don Wanjura	1383
Uses of Simulation Models in Precision Cotton Farming J. A. Landivar	1384
JOINT: COTTON ENGINEERING-SYSTEMS CONFERENCE/COTTON GINNING CONFERENCE
Preliminary Comparison of the Impact of Modern Gin Stands on Short Fiber Content and NEPS Michael D. Buser	1389
Effects of Multiple Lint Cleaning on the Value and Quality of Stripper Harvested Cotton R. V. Baker and A. D. Brashears	1391
A Look at Combing Fibers at Cotton Gins Gino J. Mangialardi, Jr. and W. Stanley Anthony	1393
Initial Evaluation of a Method to Improve Cleaning of Seed Cotton, Lint, and Lint Cleaner Waste D. P. Whitelock and W. S. Anthony	1398
Can Lint Cleaner Waste Be Reduced? W. Stanley Anthony	1403
HVI Short Fiber Content Measurement Lee Gibson	1406
Preliminary Report on 1998 HVI Color Grade Pilot Project Mary Atienza	1407
Mill Use of RD +B HVI Data Ted Goolesby	1409
Establishing HVI Calibration Standards James L. Knowlton	1410
Image Processing for Stripper Harvested Cotton Trash Content Measurement a Progress Report M.G. Pelletier, G.L. Barker and R.V. Baker	1412
Quality of Lint Obtained in Cleaning Cottonseed to Facilitate Seed Coating Process J. W. Laird and T. C. Wedegaertner	1415
Wet-Bottomed Modules - Moisture Content Measurement and Dryer Control Richard K. Byler and W. Stanley Anthony	1419
Relative Velocity Effects on Cotton Moisture Transfer Rates G. L. Barker, J. W. Laird and M. G. Pelletier	1423
Modifications to Improve Bur Extractor Performance A. D. Brashears	1427
Drying and Precleaning - Better Trash Removal and Less Fiber Damage with Therdyn Processing System Ronnie Valerius, Keith Scott, Homer Sanchez, Kyle Williams and Glenn Ellison	1429
Update on an Automated In-Field Cotton Lint Moisture Measurement System Richard K. Byler and W. Stanley Anthony	1432
Evaluation of Modified 1D-3D Cyclones G.A. Holt, R.V. Baker and S.E. Hughs	1434
Cyclone Efficiency Sensitivity to Entrance Velocity P. A. Funk, S. E. Hughs and R. V. Baker	1438
Dispersion Modeling of Particulate from Point and Multiple Point Sources G. W. Zwicke, B. W. Shaw, C. B. Parnell, Jr., S.E. Hughs, P.A. Funk and B. K. Fritz	1441
Dispersion Modeling of Particulate Matter from Ground-Level Area Sources M.T. Meister, B.K. Fritz, B.W. Shaw and C.B. Parnell	1446
Performance Test Results from the Cascade Impactor, the Federal Reference Method PM(2.5) Sampler, and the Improve Sampler Usha-Maria Buch, Calvin. B. Parnell, Jr., Bryan. W. Shaw and Brent W. Auvermann	1452
Ginning Performance of Felt as Covering for Roller Gin Rolls S.E. Hughs and M. N. Gillum	1461
Changing the Speed of the Rotary Knife on a Roller Gin Stand M. N. Gillum and C. B. Armijo	1464
Operational and Costs Characteristics of the Mississippi Cotton Ginning Industry Shawn Boyd and Darren Hudson	1464
Update on the Extrusion of Cottonseed and Cotton Gin Waste Mixtures Michael D. Buser	1468
Economics of Cotton Gin Waste as a Roughage Ingredient in Cattle Feedlot Rations on the Texas High Plains Mark Castleberry and Emmett Elam	1472
Reduced Compression Force for 6 and 8-Tie Platens W. Stanley Anthony	1478
A Three-Year Study of UNR Cotton E. D. Vories, R. E. Glover, K. J. Bryant and T. D. Valco	1480
UNR Farm Trials in Georgia 1998 Michael J. Bader, S. Wesley Smith, Rick Reed, Richard McDaniel, Lannie L. Lanier and Chuck Ellis	1482
Results of 1998 Ginning Studies of Ultra Narrow Cotton W. Stanley Anthony, William D. Mayfield and Thomas D. Valco	1484

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