PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2001 BELTWIDE COTTON CONFERENCES
	Jan. 9-13, Anaheim, CA Editors C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter
TABLE OF CONTENTS

BELTWIDE COTTON PRODUCTION CONFERENCE
Report of NCC President Robert E. McLendon	3
Fiber Quality and New Spinning Technologies G. Stephen Felker	5
Cotton Variety Improvement G. Stephen Felker	8
Bt Refugia for 2001 Allen B. Helms	8
Technology's Role in Least-Cost Cotton Systems Brock Taylor	9
Economics of Sod-Based Rotation J. J. Marois, D. L. Wright and T. D. Hewitt	10
Management Technology for Least Cost Cotton Systems D. L. Wright, P. J. Wiatrak and J. J. Marois	12
Cotton Incorporated Report on Production Research James B. Hansen	12
Market Place Insights William B. Dunavant, Jr.	13

NEW DEVELOPMENTS FROM INDUSTRY
FM 5013 - New Stripper Fibermax Variety from Aventis J. K. Dever	19
FM 5015, FM 5017 - New Stripper Fibermax Varieties from Aventis J. K. Dever	19
CPCSD Acala Riata RR: A Roundup Ready® Acala for the San Joaquin Valley Stephen R. Oakley and Eugene Lytle	20
Delta and Pine Land Company's New Stripper Roundup Ready Varieties: PM 2156 RR and PM 2379 RR T. Speed, G. Rea, R. Sheetz and D. Keim	21
Delta and Pine Land Company's New Roundup Ready Cotton Varieties for 2001: Sure-Grow 521R and Paymaster PM 1199RR D. Albers, R. McGowen and C. Williams	22
Delta and Pine Land Company's New Conventional Mid-Full Cotton Varieties: Deltapearl and DP565 K. E. Lege', Richard Leske and L. P. Burdett	23
DP 6207 Acala and DP 340 Pima - New Varieties for the San Joaquin Valley and the Pima Belt James M. Olvey, Deborah J. Selfridge, Frank H. Olvey, Stella Ortiz and Kerry T. Webster	28
PHY 72 Acala, a Quantum Leap in Lint Yield for CA Growers Joel F. Mahill, John W. Pellow, H. B. Cooper, Jr., David M. Anderson and John C. Palmer	28
Cold Tolerant Cotton for Ultra Early Planting John M. Green and F. Linwood Roberts	30
ST 4793R - A New Mid-Season Roundup Ready® Variety from Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company Lloyd L. McCall and Michael R. Robinson	32
ST 580 - A New Medium-Season Variety from Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company Mark E. Barfield	33
ST 2454R-Stoneville's New Roundup Ready Variety for the Stripper Market D. Steven Calhoun	34
Consolidated Up-Packing Universal Density Bale Press Chris J. Bednarz	34
Continental Eagle Corporation's Automated Lint Cleaner Louvers Dennis P. Steele	37
John Deere AccuDepth (TM) Control System Provides Depth Control Accuracy to 2/10 Inch on Implements M. A. Weinheimer	38
The 2700 Mulch Ripper: A Flexible, Multi-Element Cotton Tillage Tool for Optimal Residue Management, Improved Soil Breakout, and Versatile Soil Conditioning M. A. Weinheimer	40
Dual Purpose Module Truck Jerry Kitten and James K. Sikes	42
Redball® Lay-By Hooded Sprayer for UNR Cotton Mark Aslesen	43
Redball® Broadcast Hooded Sprayers for Cotton Mark Aslesen	44
Agriplan Introduces New Products for Precision Farming and Gin Control Mike Gvili	45
Assail (TM): A New Tool for Insect Pest Management in Cotton M. D. Parrish	46
Calypso: A New Neonicotinoid Insecticide for Cotton and Several Other Crops A. M. Wyman, R. J. Steffens, A. Elbert and J. Kuehnhold	47
MESSENGER® - Harpin Protein Use in Cotton Production Ned French	49
A New Look at Aphid Control Jerry Kitten and James K. Sikes	57
Acramite (TM) - A New Miticide for Cotton R. C. Moore, M. A. Dekeyser, P. T. McDonald and G. W. Angle, Jr.	58
Steward (TM) Insecticide - An Overview of Performance Under Section 18 in 2000 Dan Sherrod	60
New Tying System Technology for Cotton Bale Packaging Norman O. Penegar	62

HARVEST AIDS SPECIAL SESSION
How Do Harvest Aids Work? J. T. Cothren and T. K. Witten	69
Harvest Aids Timing and Scheduling J. C. Banks	69
Harvest Aid Timing and Scheduling in the Southeast Choice of Materials and Performance Michael G. Patterson and Thomas E. Smith	70
Harvest Aid Materials, Performance and Ultra Narrow Row Options for the Mid-South Robert M. Hayes and C. Owen Gwathmey	71
Southwest Cotton Harvest Aid Performance and Narrow Row Options Wayne Keeling	72
California Defoliation Summary 2000 S. Wright, B. Roberts, R. Vargas, G. Banuelos and T. Martin Duvall	72
Effects of Delayed Harvest on Lint Yield Fiber Properties and Profitability of Cotton Craig W. Bednarz	72
Future of Harvest Aids P. J. Wakelyn and K. Menchey	73

UPDATE ON CROP INSURANCE
Cotton Crop Insurance and Marketing Alternatives Kim Anderson	79

CROP MANAGEMENT PROBLEM SOLVING
Producers Learn and Interact during Producer's Problem Solving Workshop: IPM J. S. Jones, P. C. Ellsworth, R. Bagwell, V. M. Barkley, P. Cotty, K. Godfrey, L. D. Godfrey, P. B. Goodell, A. Heiden, B. R. Leonard, G. Lorenz, W. McCloskey, M. McGuire, S. Naranjo, M. Olsen, M. Rotstein, J. Rovey, R. Stinner and R. Vargas	85

COTTON DISEASE COUNCIL
Minutes of the 2000 Cotton Disease Council Business Meeting, January 12, 2001 Anaheim, CA John D. Mueller	89
Report of the Cottonseed Treatment Committee - 2000 C. S. Rothrock	89
Report of Soil Fungicide Committee - 2000 G. L Sciumbato	93
Report of the Regional Disease Problems Committee - 2000 W. E. Batson, Jr.	97
Report of the Vascular Wilt Committee - 2000 Peggy M. Thaxton	98
Cotton Disease Loss Estimate Committee Report Don Blasingame and Mukund V. Patel	102
Introduction to Two Newly Recognized Disorders of Cotton - Bronze Wilt and Seed Rot Robert Loring Nichols	104
Field Incidence and Description of Bronze Wilt Symptoms David W. Albers and David Guthrie	104
A Pedigree Analysis of Cotton Cultivars Affected by Bronze Wilt K. M. El-Zik, P. M. Thaxton and J. B. Creech	105
Development of Bronze Wilt during the Growing Season B. J. Phipps, A. S. Phillips and B. J. Tanner	108
The Timing of Bronze Wilt Appearance Affects Fruit Retention C. O. Gwathmey, D. D. Howard, C. E. Michaud and E. F. Robison	108
Evidence that Agrobacterium Species Cause Bronze Wilt A. A. Bell	111
Association of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens with Cottonseed C. S. Rothrock, R. L. Sealy, D. A. Kluepfel and Z. Yan	116
Incidence and Description of Seed Rot Michael A. Jones and Keith Edmisten	116
Greenhouse and Microplot Studies on Identification of a Casual Agent of Seed Rot D. A. Kluepfel, J. D. Mueller, M. A. Jones, Z. Yan and J. T. Walker	117
Results of a Beltwide Screening Experiment to Identify Abnormalities in Seed Development J. D. Mueller, M. A. Jones, Z. Yan, J. T. Walker, D. A. Kluepfel, J. C. Burgess, K. M. Howard, T. A. Kerby and K. E. Lege'	119
Opportunities for Developing Resistance to the Reniform Nematode in Cotton A. F. Robinson	120
Root-Knot Nematode Screen of 150 Texas Race Stock Accessions G. O. Myers, S. A. Fitch, A. E. Percival, P. D. Colyer, W. D. Caldwell and P. R. Vernon	121
Effects of Fusarium Resistance Gene on Agronomic Traits of Cotton Chunda Feng, Jinfa Zhang, Xianlong Zhang, Yichun Nie and Jiehua Guo	124
Root-Knot and Reniform Nematode Suppression with Sidedress Applications of Aldicarb in Arkansas G. M. Lorenz, III, J. Hopkins, Don Johnson, A. Fisher, S. Rodery, M. Hamilton, J. Sites, J. Reaper, T. Kirkpatrick, C. Coker, R. T. Robbins and C. Bonner	126
The Effects of Nematicides and Cover Crops on Reniform Nematode C. Overstreet, B. Padgett, J. Price and E. C. McGawley	128
The Influence of Anhydrous Ammonia against Reniform Nematode T. Erwin, C. Overstreet and E. McGawley	128
Impact of Nematicides on Cotton Production in Reniform Infested Fields W. S. Gazaway, J. R. Akridge and K. McLean	128
Pythium Aphanidermatum and Cotton Seedling and Root Disease C. R. Howell	129
Incidence and Severity of Cotton Seedling Diseases Under Stale Seed-Bed Production P. D. Colyer and P. R. Vernon	129
Role of Host Exudates in the Development of Black Root Rot C. S. Rothrock, S. A. Winters, S. Bennoua and D. B. Nehl	130
The S Strain of A. Flavus may be an Important Cause of Aflatoxin Contamination in South Texas P. J. Cotty	130
Behavior of an Atoxigenic Strain of Aspergillus Flavus on Sterile Wheat: Insights Related to Field Use K. E. Kobbeman and P. J. Cotty	130
The Effects of Fungicides on Phomopsis Boll Dangle Incidence and Severity Boyd Padgett and Jason Price	134
Race Identification and Severity of Bacterial Blight from Natural Infestations Across the Cotton Belt P. M. Thaxton, T. D. Brooks and K. M. El-Zik	137
Eliminating Seed-Borne Inoculum of Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Vasinfectum in Cotton S. J. Allen and J. K. Kochman	139
Upland Cotton Varietal Response to Charcoal Rot T. A. Turini, E. T. Natwick and C. G. Cook	140
The Performance of Breeding Lines with Partial Resistance to Pythium Ultimum and Rhizoctonia Solani T. A. Wheeler, J. R. Gannaway, S. Fichtner and S. Yang	141
Mycofolora Associated with Cotton Production in Alabama A. J. Palmateer, K. S. McLean and G. Morgan-Jones	144
Management of Cotton Seedling Disease Complexes S. Fichtner, T. A. Wheeler, H. W. Kaufman, T. Isakeit and S. Yang	144
Fungal Antagonists of Rotylenchulus Reniformis K. S. McLean, A. J. Palmateer, G. Morgan-Jones and W. Lawrence	145
Predicting Cotton Nematodes Distribution Utilizing Soil Electrical Conductivity A. Khalilian, J. D. Mueller, Y. J. Han and F. J. Wolak	146
Preliminary Results: Effects of Ultradeep Fumigation on the Reniform Nematode A. F. Robinson, C. G. Cook, A. C. Bridges and J. Bautista	149
Assessing the Effects of Planting Date, Seeding Rate and Fungicide on Cotton Stand and Yield E. Burris, G. B. Padgett, J. Price and K. Sanders	150
The Impact of Phomopsis Boll Dangle in Northeast Louisiana J. L. Price and G. B. Padgett	151
A Comparison of Telone and Telone Plus Vydate for Control of Reniform Nematodes in Cotton P. D. Wigley, W. D. Shurley and S. J. Komar	153
Natural Reservoirs of Aspergillus Flavus in the Sonoran Desert: Potential Implications for Agricultural Areas María L. Boyd and Peter J. Cotty	153
Effect of Selected Fungicides for Cotton Seedling Disease Management Across the Cotton Belt K. S. McLean and Julius E. Fajardo	154
Soil Incorporation Effects on Nematicidal and Insecticidal Efficacy of Di-Syston and Temik G. L. Sciumbato, D. L. Sudbrink, F. A. Harris, T. L. Kirkpatrick and L. D. Young	155
Reducing Herbicide-Induced Cotton Seedling Stress by Substituting Roundup for Conventional Herbicides on Roundup Ready Cotton and Adding Hopper-Box or In-Furrow Fungicides G. L. Sciumbato and H. R. Hurst	157

COTTON ECONOMICS AND MARKETING CONFERENCE
Financial Conditions on U.S. Cotton Farms Edward G. Smith and James W. Richardson	165
World Cotton Market Conditions Terry P. Townsend	168
Washington Update Wayne Bjorlie	174
The Economics of Bt Cotton in the Mississippi Delta 1997-2000 Fred T. Cooke, Jr., William P. Scott, Steven W. Martin and David W. Parvin, Jr.	175
Economics and Tillage Practices in Roundup Ready Cotton George S. Hackman	177
Why Do Farmers Adopt Biotech Cotton? Nicholas G. Kalaitzandonakes and Pasu Suntornpithug	179
Overseas Adoption of Bt Cotton: Implications for U.S. Producers George B. Frisvold and Russell Tronstad	184
Economic Analysis of Ultra Narrow Row Cotton a Case Study, Panola County, Mississippi, 2000 Judd Gentry	186
Whole Farm Analysis of Ultra Narrow Row Cotton Crop Rotations in the Southern Piedmont S. G. Bullen, A. B. Brown and T. Pegram	187
Cost Comparison of UNR Versus Conventional Row Cotton: A Preliminary Analysis Jeannie Nelson, Sukant Misra, Phil Johnson, Jason Blackshear and Alan Brashears	189
Profit Maximizing Winter Cover Crop, Tillage and Nitrogen Fertilization Systems for Cotton J. A. Larson, E. C. Jaenicke, R. K. Roberts and D. D. Tyler	191
An Economic Analysis of Best Management Practices for Louisiana Cotton Production K. W. Paxton, J. W. Barnett, D. J. Boquet and R. L. Hutchinson	193
Cost Comparison of Tillage Systems in Southern Alabama Kevin Atwell, John Bradley and Robet Buman	196
No-Till Cotton Production in Mississippi D. W. Parvin, J. D. Stephens, S. W. Martin and F. T. Cooke	199
Skip-Row Cotton Production in Mississippi Dudley Stephens and D. W. Parvin, Jr.	200
Precision Farming Practices in Irrigated Cotton Production in the Texas High Plains Man Yu, Eduardo Segarra, Susan Watson, Hong Li and Robert J. Lascano	201
Impact of Quality on the Profitability of Irrigated Cotton Production on the Texas High Plains Megan L. Denning, Octavio A. Ramirez and Carlos Carpio	208
Merchandising CCC-Owned Cotton Via E-Commerce David Kirkland	217
Economic Analysis of Solid Versus Skip-Row Cotton: A Case Study Tallahatchie County, MS 2000 Jimbo Burkhalter, Dave Parvin and Dudley Stephens	218
Cotton Exports and Interaction with Textile Trade Darren Hudson and Don Ethridge	219
Are Current Crop and Revenue Insurance Products Meeting the Needs of Texas Cotton Producers J. E. Field, S. K. Misra and O. Ramirez	222
Grower-Level Benefit Cost Analysis of Boll Weevil Eradication in the Southern Rolling Plains of Texas J. L. Johnson, C. G. Sansone, T. W. Fuchs and R. R. Minzenmayer	227
Optimal Timing for Placing and Lifting Cotton Futures Market Hedges Blake K. Bennett and Jeanne Reeves	230
Selection of Primary Marketing Strategies by Cotton Producers Olga Isengildina and Darren Hudson	233
Texas-Oklahoma Producer Cotton Market Summary: 1999/2000 Jeannie Nelson, Kevin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra and Don Ethridge	237
Profitability of Cotton Production in the Texas High Plains Jason Blackshear and Phillip Johnson	241
Organic Cotton: Production and Marketing Trends in the U.S. and Globally - 2000 Sandra Marquardt	244
Global Demand for ELS Cotton Matthew S. Laughlin	246
Trade in Cotton and Cotton Apparel: Issues and Directions G. A. Raines, III and M. A. Messura	250
NAFTA and the Integration of North America's Cotton Textile and Apparel Industries Leslie Meyer and Stephen MacDonald	253
Economics of the Cotton Boll Weevil Control in the Texas High Plains Carlos Carpio, Octavio Ramírez and Scott Armstrong	256
Economic Analysis of Pix (Mepiquat Chloride) Application Strategies Using a Cotton Simulation Model Yao-chi Lu and V. R. Reddy	262
Preliminary Estimates of the Cost of Extrusion Processing of Cotton Gin By-Product as a Livestock Feed Marty Middleton, Emmett Elam, Greg Holt and Weldon Laird	266
Factors Affecting Cotton Distribution in China Hunter Colby and Carol Skelly	270
Inter-Fiber Competition: Cotton's Declining Market Share in China Cheng Fang, Hunter Colby and Bruce Babcock	275
Forecasting of U.S. Cotton Demand for Apparel - An Analysis Based on Government and Private Data Sources Eun-Kyung Lee and Moon W. Suh	277
An Estimated 2000 Texas-Oklahoma Pre-Season Price Schedule Based on Market History Jason Ward, Kevin Hoelscher, Sukant Misra and Don Ethridge	282
A Web Based Cotton Harvesting Cost Calculator Jeannie Nelson, Sukant Misra, Amar Devagouda and Jeanne Reeves	284
Arizona Temporal and Spatial Yield Variability Mohammed Zerkoune	287
Findings from a Focus Group of Precision Farming Technology Adopters Burton C. English and Roland K Roberts	291
Cotton Production in Relation to the Probability of Precision Farming Technology Adoption in Tennessee Counties R. K. Roberts, B. C. English and J. A. Larson	292
Effect of Defoliation Timing on Yield, Quality, and Profit: A Summary of Two Years Research W. Don Shurley and Craig W. Bednarz	294

COTTON ENGINEERING-SYSTEMS CONFERENCE
Evaluation of Methods of Planting and Row Spacing in Ultra Narrow Row Cotton (URNC) Kevin D. Howard, Thomas A. Kerby, Janet Burgess, Michael Casavechia, Alan Coskrey and Jeff Miller	299
No Till and Tillage Under Subsurface Drip Irrigation Juan Enciso, Bryan Unruh, Steve Sturtz and Warren Multer	299
Comparison of Spray, LEPA, and Subsurface Drip Irrigated Cotton James P. Bordovsky	301
Water Resource Development and Irrigation Management for Sprinkler and SDI in the Tennessee Valley Larry M. Curtis, Charles H. Burmester, David H. Harkins, B. E. Norris and Jim Baier	305
A Plant Height Sensor for Real Time, Variable Rate Application A. D. Beck and S. W. Searcy	307
Remote Sensing of Cotton Grown Under Multiple Water and Nitrogen Levels Donald F. Wanjura and Dan R. Upchurch	311
Remote Sensing for Predicting Cotton Yield J. Alex Thomasson, Jian Chen, James R. Wooten and Scott A. Shearer	317
Development of Site Specific Management for Reclamation of Salt Affected Soil Ulitlizaling Preliminary EM-38 and Core Soil Sample Data Randy D. Horney, Brock Taylor, Daniel S. Munk, Bruce R. Roberts, Richard E. Plant and Scott M. Lesch	319
Preliminary Thermal Defoliation Trials P. A. Funk, B. E. Lewis and S. E. Hughs	323
Foreign Matter and Lint Quality as Affected by Defoliation Levels in Stripper Harvested Cotton A. D. Brashears, Randy Boman, Tome Runyon, Robert Lemon, Todd Baughman, Bryan Unruh and J. C. Banks	324
Spindle Picker and Stripper Harvesting Systems Cost Using COTSIM Michael H. Willcutt, S. D. Filip To, Eugene Columbus and Tommy Valco	324
Simultaneous Evaluation of Multiple Commercial Yield Monitors in Georgia C. D. Perry, G. Vellidis, N. Wells and C. Kvien	328
Field Testing of Mississippi State University Cotton Yield Monitor Ruixiu Sui and J. Alex Thomasson	339
Cotton Yield Mapping: Texas Experiences in 2000 S. W. Searcy, A. D. Beck and J. P. Roades	342
Stripper Cotton Yield Sensor Produces Yield Map Mike Gvili and Jerry Brightbill	345
Cotton Crop Management Under Mediterranean Conditions: Use of Water, N, Pix and Plastic Mulch for Early Production P. Clouvel, M. Cretenet, E. Jallas, J. L. Willers and J. Wéry	346

COTTON GINNING CONFERENCE
Ultra Narrow Row Cotton Ginning and Textile Performance Results Thomas D. Valco, W. Stanley Anthony and David D. McAlister III	355
Small Trash Particles in Samples of Ginned Cotton W. Stanley Anthony, Roy V. Baker and S. Ed Hughs	357
Characterizing Small Trash Particles and an Assessment of their Impact on Textile Operations David D. McAlister, III and Michael S. Hill	362
Quality of the 2000 Crop Robbie L. Seals	366
The New Automatic Classing System Darryl W. Earnest and Steve L. Grantham	367
Spot Cotton Quotations Mack Bennett	370
Considerations for an Appropriate Air Quality Permit for Cotton Gins S. E. Hughs, P. J. Wakelyn, D. S. Findley, J. K. Green and R. A. Isom	372
Federal OSHA and EPA Rulemaking P. J. Wakelyn	376

COTTON IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE
Yield Components in 53 Converted Race Stocks D. G. Jones, Z. Nasirca, C. W. Smith and C. Eixmann	387
Variation in Number of Trichomes on Cotton Stems, Leaves, and Bracts J. M. Hornbeck, F. M. Bourland and N.R. Benson	387
Associations of Fiber Quality and within Boll Yield Components in near Long Staple Upland Cotton Chris Braden and C. Wayne Smith	387
Mapping of Cotton Fiber Length and Strength Quantitative Trait Loci Using Micro Satellites T. D. Brooks, A. E. Pepper, O.U.K. Reddy, P. M. Thaxton and K. M. El-Zik	387
Performance of Pima Germplasm Lines Possessing High Strength and Long Length Fiber Richard G. Percy	388
Selection for Tolerance to Early Foliar Decline in Pima Cotton R. G. Percy, H. Moser, R. B. Hutmacher and S. D. Wright	390
Rolled Towel Bioassay to Identify Roundup Ready® Trait in Cotton Seed B. R. Savoy, D. A. Berkey and P. G. Johnson	390
An Alternative System for Determining Small-Plot Harvest Weights E. D. Vories, N. R. Benson and F. M. Bourland	392
Development of an Efficient Process for the Introgression of Transgenic Traits into Cotton David Dickerson and Albert Balducchi	392
Cotton Improvement's Future: A Cooperative Research Proposal Gerald O. Myers	393
PhytoGen PSC355 - 2000 Update R. Haygood, R. McPherson and E. Lubbers	400
Fiber Quality Trends Across Years and Varieties David W. Albers, Thomas A. Kerby and Ken Lege	402
Yield and Fiber Quality Comparisons between Transgenic and Conventional Varieties K. E. Lege', T. A. Kerby, D. A. Albers and T. R. Speed	405
Agronomic and Economic Evaluation of Bollgard Cottons on the Southern High Plains of Texas Jeff Miller, Tom Speed, Dave Albers and Dan R. Krieg	408
Fiber Quality Stability of Significant Delta and Pine Land Varieties Over Years and Locations Tom Kerby, Marc Bates, Janet Burgess, Ken Lege and Dave Albers	410
Seedling Vigor Effects on Tolerance of Roundup Ready® Cotton Varieties to Roundup Ultra (TM) Herbicide Kevin D. Howard, Thomas A. Kerby, Janet Burgess, Michael Casavechia and Alan Coskrey	414
Two Year Summary of the Agronomic Performance of One Bollgard II (TM) Donor Variety J. S. Mahaffey, K. D. Howard, T. A. Kerby, J. C. Burgess, M. Casavechia and A. Coskrey	417
Lint Yield Response of Bollgard® (BG), Roundup Ready® (RR), and BG/RR Cotton Under Irrigation in Oklahoma Laval M. Verhalen, Bruce E. Greenhagen and Robert W. Thacker	419
A Comparison of Transgenic and Conventional Cotton Varieties Michael Robinson and Lloyd McCall	419
Performance of Transgenic Cotton Varieties in Arizona H. S. Moser, W. B. McCloskey and J. C. Silvertooth	420
Performance and Plant Mapping of PSC355 in the Hot, Dry Summer of 2000 R. McPherson and F. Bordelon	423
Analysis of the Bollgard® Cotton in Chihuahua Mexico J. González -García, J. E. Magaña-Magaña and E. Barrón Del Val	426
Unexpected Segregation Involving a Texas Marker Stock Claude Rhyne	426
2000 Mississippi Cotton Variety Trials Yield Performance J. B. Creech, T. P. Wallace, J. R. Johnson and N. W. Buehring	429
Bollgard® Plus Roundup Ready® Cultivar Comparison in Southwest Georgia Rome Ethredge, Jeff Nunnery and Wes Briggs	430
Yield Stability of Older and Newer Cotton Varieties in Tennessee C. O. Gwathmey and A. M. Saxton	430
Evaluation of Transgenic Versus Conventional Cotton Varieties (1998-2000) Eddie McGriff, Joel Hudgins, Mitchell May, Steve M. Brown and Lloyd May	431
Response of Cotton Cultivars and Strains to Reniform Nematodes C. G. Cook, W. B. Prince, A. F. Robinson, A. C. Bridges and J. A. Bautista	433
Performance of PD 97000 Series Germplasm Lines and Notice of their Release O. Lloyd May	434
Methods to Evaluate Variation in Cotton Gland Density and Distribution Jodi Scheffler, Jack McCarty, Jr., Brian Scheffler and William Meredith, Jr.	435
Cotton Fiber from Biotech Cotton is as Safe as Fiber from Conventional Cotton K. Gustafson, R. Goodman and J. Astwood	436
Improvement of Regeneration and Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Cotton G. Sunilkumar and Keerti S. Rathore	436
Genetic Similarity among Improved Cotton Cultivars Based on SSR Markers and their Relationship with F2 Hybrid Performance in Agronomic and Fiber Traits S. Basu, C. Cheatham, D. B. Shoemaker, S. Saha, J. N. Jenkins, J. C. McCarty, Jr. and O. A. Gutiérrez	436
A Genetic Linkage Map of SSR Markers Based on a Gossypium Nelsonii and G. Australe F2 Population Samina N. Qureshi, M. Altaf-Khan, S. Saha, Johnie N. Jenkins, Curt L. Brubaker and Umesh K. Reddy	437
Notice of Release of Arkot A306 and Arkot A314 Germplasm Lines of Cotton F. M. Bourland and C. W. Smith	437
Notice of Release of 'Tamcot Pyramid' Cotton P. M. Thaxton and K. M. El-Zik	438
Release of CRS Backcrossed to 94l-25 D. G. Jones, C. W. Smith and C. Eixmann	441

COTTON PHYSIOLOGY CONFERENCE
The Impact of Weed Control Programs on Development of Transgenic Cotton N. R. Burgos, M. L. Mobley and M. R. McClelland	445
Effect of Roundup Ultra Applications on Boll Rentention in Roundup Ready Cotton in Greenhouse and Field Conditions Wendy Pline, Keith Edmisten, John Wilcut and Randy Wells	445
Evaluation of Roundup Ready Cotton Tolerance to Roundup Ultra Herbicide in Commercial Sizeplots in Mississippi in 1999 and 2000 William H. McCarty, Anthony Mills, Randy Smith, T. Pepper and W. Maily	446
Effect of Glyphosate (Roundup Ultra) on Pollen Viability and Pollination in Roundup-Ready Cotton Wendy Pline, Keith Edmisten, John Wilcut and Randy Wells	446
Response of Roundup Ready Cotton to Roundup Ultra R. P. Viator, J. T. Cothren and S. A. Senseman	447
NAWF and Heat Unit Accumulation for Determining Cotton Defoliation T. K. Witten, J. T. Cothren and R. G. Lemon	447
The Effect of Selected Harvest Aid Chemicals Applied at Various Times on Seed Quality Danny Carmichael, Norman Hopper, Richard Zartman, Emmett Elam, Randy Boman and John Gannaway	448
The Influence of Defoliation Timing on Micronaire and Yields in North Carolina Cotton Joel Faircloth, Keith Edmisten and Randy Wells	448
Involvement of Protein Kinases in the NaCl-Induced Upregulation of Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in Cotton Callus D. R. Gossett, C. V. Orellana, S. W. Banks and M. C. Lucas	448
Involvement of Calcium in the NaCl-Induced Up-Regulation of Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in Cotton Callus Stephen W. Banks, Terry L. Heck, Dalton R. Gossett and M. Cran Lucas	452
Evaluation of Tillage Methods and Deep Plowing B. J. Phipps, A. S. Phillips and B. J. Tanner	456
Effects of Weed-Free Periods on Plant Development in Ultra-Narrow Row and Conventional Row Cotton J. Mark Rinehardt, Randy Wells, Keith Edmisten and John Wilcut	458
Row Spacing and Nitrogen Effects on Yield and Earliness of Cotton Ernest L. Clawson and J. Tom Cothren	459
Growth and Yield Comparisons of Pix® Plus and Additional Bacillus Cereus Treated Cotton Russell C. Nuti, T. K. Witten and J. T. Cothren	459
Physiological Responses of Common Cotton Cultivars to Water-Deficit Stress Cassandra Meek, Derrick Oosterhuis and James Stewart	459
Water Deficit and K Deficiency in Cotton D. L . Coker, D. M. Oosterhuis and R. S. Brown	460
Genotypic and Environmental Effects on Partitioning at the Whole Plant, Boll and Seed Level for Predicting Yield and Stress R. S. Brown, D. M. Oosterhuis, D. L. Coker and L. Fowler	460
Transgenic Expression and Evaluation of Plants Transformed with a Synthetic Analog of Magainin S. N. Rajguru and J. McD. Stewart	461
Plant Population Levels and Earliness in American Upland Cotton Hal Lewis	461
Yield Response of Cotton to Narrow-Row Planting and Three Plant Populations in the Coastal Bend of Texas C. J. Fernandez, C. W. Livingston, B. Prince and M. Kocurek	464
Ultra-Narrow Row Cotton Production in Mississippi D. W. Parvin, J. D. Stephens, S. W. Martin and F. T. Cooke	467
Evaluation of Narrow and Ultra Narrow Cotton in Arizona P. A. Clay, W. B. McCloskey and S. H. Husman	469
Agronomic and Economic Evaluation of Ultra Narrow Row Cotton Production in Arizona 1999-2000 S. H. Husman, W. B. McCloskey, T. Teegerstrom, P. A. Clay and R. J. Wegener	470
Management Systems for Transgenic Cotton in Ultra Narrow Rows S. P. Nichols and C. E. Snipes	474
Water Deficit Timing, Rate of Development Impacts on Some Fiber Quality Characteristics R. B. Hutmacher, M. P. Keeley, S. S. Vail, K. R. Davis and C. J. Phene	475
Variability in Micronaire: Sources and Significance J. M. Bradow, R. M. Johnson, P. J. Bauer and G. F. Sassenrath-Cole	477
Mepiquat Chloride Effects on Fiber Quality are Related to Boll Location Gayle H. Davidonis, Ann Johnson, Juan A. Landivar and Carlos J. Fernandez	478
Water Input and Fiber Property Variability from a Flowering Date and Boll Location Perspective G. H. Davidonis, A. S. Johnson, J. A. Landivar and C. J. Fernandez	480
Delineating Factors Contributing to Within-Field Variability in Mississippi Delta Cotton Production Fields Gretchen F. Sassenrath-Cole, J. Ray Williford, H.C. Pringle and Kenneth B. Hood	481
Validation of COTMAN Rules in the Texas High Plains Brant Baugh, Randy Boman, James Leser, Tommy Doederlein and Johnna Patterson	481
Timing Defoliation Based on Heat Units Accumulated Past Cutout: A Three Year Summary N. R. Benson, F. M. Bourland, E. D. Vories and W. C. Robertson	485
Relationship between Levels of Cavitation and Yield Performance K. E. Lege' and T. A. Kerby	486
Environmental Productivity Indices for Cotton Growth and Development K. Raja Reddy and Harry F. Hodges	488
Field Evaluation of Sprinkler-Induced Flower Loss and Yield Reductions J. J. Burke, A. D. Brashears, D. F. Wanjura and T. D. Valco	489
Field Performance of Cotton Based on the Seed Production Year William H. McCarty, Craig W. Bednarz, Ernest H. Flint, Thomas A. Kerby, Kevin D. Howard and Janet Burgess	489
Effects of Planting Seed Size on Performance of Two Cultivars at Seven Locations C. O. Gwathmey, N. R. Benson, W. D. Caldwell, K. D. Howard, T. A. Kerby and B. J. Phipps	494
CWP.TAMU.EDU: The Crop Weather Program for South Texas C. J. Fernandez, N. T. Trolinger, C. W. Livingston and M. Perez	497
Compensation of Cotton to Square Removal Ozzie Abaye, Ames Herbert, Derrick Oosterhuis, Virginia Pitman and J. C. Maitland	498
Association of Fruit Retention Percentages on Yield and Earliness Tom Kerby, Marc Bates and Janet Burgess	498
Comparing Early Season Fruit Retention Across Different Physiogeographic Regions of Texas Doug Pustejovsky, Dave Albers, Janet Burgess and Jim Bosch	501
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Boll Opening Materials for Late-Season Cotton Management Michael A. Jones	503
Action® Harvest Aid - Methods of Application and Data Review H. Ray Smith and Jerry Wells	505
Cotton Defoliation and Desiccation Results with Aim (TM) and Aim (TM) Tank Mixtures Terry W. Mize, L. D. Hatfield, D. W. Long and H.G. Hancock	505
Large-Scale Harvest-Aid Performance Trials in the Texas High Plains Randy Boman, Mark Kelley and Johnna Patterson	506
Efficacy of Novartis CGA248757 (Action) Harvest-Aid in the Texas High Plains Mark Kelley, Randy Boman and Cherinell Riley	506
Evaluation of Action® as a Cotton Harvest-Aid in West Central Texas Billy E. Warrick	507
Results from Small and Large Plot MESSENGER® Studies in South Georgia S. M. Brown, C. W. Bednarz, J. T. Flanders, S.N. Brown and T.B. Tankersley	511
Response of Cotton to Applications of Messenger - First Year Results Jay Phelps and William H. McCarty	511
Cotton Plant Physiological and Yield Responses to Nitrogen Status Duli Zhao and Derrick Oosterhuis	511
Utilization of CoRoN® to Compensate Nitrate Deficiencies Identified by Petiole Analysis Grady Coburn, Joe Townsend, Michael M. Kenty, Tripp Crook, Carl Turney and Randy Renfroe	514
Effect of Pix Plus and Bacillus Cereus on the Physiology and Yield of Cotton D. M. Oosterhuis, D. Zhao and D. Brunk	514
Real Time Variable Rate Pix Application A. D. Beck and S. W. Searcy	515
Analysis of Cotton Yield Stability Across Population Densities C. W. Bednarz, D. C. Bridges and S. M. Brown	519
Dryland Performance of Eight Cotton Cultivars Grown in Narrow Rows in the South Texas Coastal Plains C. W. Livingston, W. B. Prince and C. J. Fernandez	519
Evaluation of Ultra Narrow Row Cotton in Mexico A. S. Godoy, M. E. Castro and C. E. A. Garcia	520
Evaluation of Ultra-Narrow Row Cotton in South Carolina Michael A. Jones	522
Varying Cotton Plant Densities in California Ultra-Narrow Row Cotton Lou Anne McKnight and Philip Jost	524
The Effects of Different Pix® Formulations on Cotton Root Growth E. P. Millhollon, W. D. Caldwell and R. A. Anderson	524
Effects of MESSENGER (TM) on Cotton Grown in the Field and Under Controlled Conditions Cassandra Meek, Derrick Oosterhuis and Bill Robertson	526
Maximum Internode Distance Method for Mepiquat Chloride Decisions: California Evaluations R. B. Hutmacher, R. L. Delgado, M. P. Keeley, B.H. Marsh, S. Perkins, E. Weir and L. Sanchez	527
Pima Responses to Modified Growth Regulator and Irrigation Management M. P. Keeley, R. B. Hutmacher, R. L. Delgado, D. S. Munk, S. Perkins, S. S. Vail, K. R. Davis, C. J. Phene and M. S. Peters	531
Comparison of Nitrogen Sampling Analytical Techniques for Estimating Cotton Plant Nitrogen Status Qiaolan Wang, Derrick Oosterhuis and Dennis Coker	534
Summary of CoRoN (TM) Studies in Arkansas D. M. Oosterhuis and S. K. Gomez	537
Changes in Cotton Plant Growth and Physiology during the Development of Boron Deficiency Duli Zhao and Derrick Oosterhuis	540
Evaluation of Soil and Foliar Fertilization with Boron in Arkansas W. C. Robertson, D. M. Oosterhuis and J. S. McConnell	540
Studies of Pix and Foliar Fertilization with KNO3 in Cotton D. L. Coker, D. M. Oosterhuis and R. S. Brown	540
Evaluation of Remote Sensing for Plant Growth Regulator and Defoliant Applications J. E. Hanks, G. D. Wills and E. J. Jones	542
Effects of Adjuvants on Action® Defoliant E. J. Jones, G. D. Wills and J. E. Hanks	543
Characterization of the Target Growth Curve Used in COTMAN (TM): Regional Project Summary D.M. Oosterhuis, A.O. Abaye, C.A. Bednarz, E.M. Holman and S.K. Gomez	544
Removal of Cotton Fruit by Chemical and Physical Means at Insecticide Termination to Improve Yields R. S. Brown, D. M. Oosterhuis, F. M. Bourland and D. L. Coker	544
Effect of Insecticide Termination at Varying Heat Units after Cutout on Yield, Boll Weight, Fiber Quality and Carbon Movement R. S. Brown and D. M. Oosterhuis	546
Effects of Delayed Fruiting on Cotton Root Growth during Water Deficit Stress and its Implications on Yield Disha Dumka and Craig W. Bednarz	548
The Effects of Polymer Coating on Undelinted Cottonseed David Becker, Norman W. Hopper and Thomas C. Wedegaertner	549
Molecular Cloning and Analysis of the Gene for a Cotton Fatty Acid Desaturase (FAD2) I. L. Pirtle, W. Kongcharoensuntorn, M. Nampaisansuk, K. D. Chapman, R. M. Pirtle and J. E. Knesek	551
Symplasmic Continuum from the Outer Integument to the Nucellus in the Developing Cotton Seed Karin Ruth Jacobsen, Amarjit S. Basra, Mikal E. Saltveit and Judy Jernstedt	554
Effects of Nutrient Stress on Canopy Spectral Reflectance and Yield J. J. Read, J. M. McKinion, L. Tarpley and K. R. Reddy	557
Characterization of the Cotton Fruiting Curve A. O. Abaye, James Maitland, Jessica Bryant and Derrick Oosterhuis	557
Cotton Plant Canopy Response to Particle Film Application D. J. Makus and L. Zibilske	557
Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Developing Cotton Fibers: Glycan Oligomers Allen K. Murray, Robert L. Nichols, Gretchen F. Sassenrath-Cole and Daniel S. Munk	561

COTTON SOIL MANAGEMENT AND PLANT NUTRITION CONFERENCE
On-Farm Testing of Site-Specific Management for Irrigated Cotton K. F. Bronson, J. W. Keeling, T. Wheeler, R. J. Lascano, P. Dotray, A. Brashears, S. Searcy, K. Siders, J. D. Booker, J. Booker, R. K. Boman, H. Li and T. Chua	567
Impact of Grid Sampling on Traditional Agronomic Practices Robert Flynn	567
Utilization of Remote Sensing to Detect Fertilizer Nitrogen Effects on Cotton Growth W. M. Peterson and J. J. Varco	568
Site-Specific Nitrogen Management for Cotton J. Glenn Davis	569
Identification of Management Zones Based on Cotton Yield and Soil Parameters J. Ping and C. J. Green	571
Using 15N to Determine Nitrogen Fertilizer Efficiency in Cotton Following Corn Chism Craig and C. W. Kennedy	574
Residual Nitrogen Effects in a Cotton-Corn Rotation D. J. Boquet, W. J. Thomas, H. J. Mascagni, A. B. Coco and S. S. Hague	575
N Management in San Joaquin Valley Acala Cotton: Growth and Yield Responses B. A. Roberts, R. B. Hutmacher, R. L. Travis, D. E. Rains, B. H. Marsh, R. N. Vargas, B. L. Weir, S. D. Wright, D. S. Munk, M. P. Keeley, R. Delgado, S. Perkins and F. Fritschi	576
N Management in San Joaquin Valley Acala Cotton: Soil Profile N Responses to Management R. B. Hutmacher, R. L. Travis, D. E. Rains, B. A. Roberts, B. H. Marsh, R. N. Vargas, B. L. Weir, S. D. Wright, D. S. Munk, M. P. Keeley, R. Delgado, S. Perkins and F. Fritschi	579
Summary of Nitrogen Management Experiments in Irrigated Cotton in Arizona J. C. Silvertooth, E. J. Norton, E. R. Norton and C. D. Holifield	582
Responses to Ultra Narrow Row Cotton to Nitrogen Fertilization J. S. McConnell, R. C. Kirst, Jr., R. E. Glover, R. Benson and W. H. Baker	582
Nitrogen Fertilization of Ultra-Narrow Row Cotton in Tennessee D. D. Howard, C. O. Gwathmey and W. M. Percell	582
Salt-Affected Soils for Ultra-Narrow Row Cotton Production B. L. Unruh and M. Murphy	583
Using a Topographic Factor to Explain Soil and Cotton Lint Variability in the Landscape Hong Li, Robert J. Lascano, Jill Booker, Kevin F. Bronson, L. Ted Wilson and Eduardo Segarra	585
In-Season Nitrogen Management for LEPA- and Subsurface-Irrigated Cotton T. T. Chua, K. F. Bronson, R. J. Lascano, J. W. Keeling, A. R. Mosier, J. P. Bordovsky, C. J. Green and J. D. Booker	588
Refining End-of-Season Cotton Irrigation Recommendations E. D. Vories, R. E. Glover, N. R. Benson, V. D. Wells and C. T. Allen	588
Changes in Soil Properties as Influenced by Long-Term No-Till J. E. Matocha and S. G. Vacek	589
Comparison of Boron Fertilizers for Foliar Feeding Cotton Glen Harris	589
Temporal Patterns of Cotton Reflectance and NDVI-Days Lint Yield Modeling Hong Li, Robert J. Lascano, Jill Booker, Kevin F. Bronson, Edward M. Barnes, L. Ted Wilson and Eduardo Segarra	590
Evaluation of an Ag Leader (TM) Cotton Yield Monitor in Large Plots and Field Situations C. H. Burmester, R. L. Raper, E. B. Schwab and R. Turner	594
Modeling Plant N Status and Lint Yield of San Joaquin Valley Cotton B. A. Roberts, R. R. Favreau, F. B. Fritschi, R. B. Hutmacher, D. W. Rains and R. L. Travis	595
Effect of N Rate and Timing, Row Spacing and Messenger on Hard Lock and Yield of Cotton David L. Wright, Jim Marois and Pawel Wiatrak	596
No-Tillage Timing and Placement of Fertilizer Affects Cotton Yield J. R. Smart and J. M. Bradford	599
Tillage Effect on Yield and Fiber Property Variability P. J. Bauer and J. R. Frederick	600
Comparing Newer vs Older Technologies - Management Systems in a 3-Year Study Gordon R. Tupper, H. R. Hurst, H. C. Pringle, III and M. W. Ebelhar	600
The Response of Egyptian Cotton Cultivars to Drip Irrigation by Treated Sewage Water in the Sandy Soils of the Northern Coast of Egypt E. A.Makram and M. A. El-Ghandour	602
Cotton Response to Acid Soil Amendments and Iron Enrichments on Calcareous Soils John E. Matocha	604
Using Poultry Litter in Cotton Production and Effects on Water Quality E. P. Millhollon, J. L. Rabb, R. A. Anderson, J. F. Liscano and J. R. McIntosh	604
Seasonal Soil Microbial Dynamics as Influenced by Soil Type and Nitrogen Fertilization F. B. Fritschi, D. W. Rains, R. L. Travis and B. A. Roberts	606
Acid Amendment Benefits in Cotton Production through the Use of Preplant Application of Acid Fertilizers J. F. Wroble, D. S. Munk and B. Taylor	606
Conservation Tillage Can Affect Cotton Plant Structure and Yield J. R. Smart, S. M. Greenberg and J. M. Bradford	609
Portable pH Meter for In-Field Soil Testing David Dunn, Gene Stevens and Mike Milam	611
Upland and Pima Soil Water Uptake Patterns from a Deep, Well-Drained Soil D. S. Munk and J. F. Wroble	612
Continued Evaluation of the Influence of Soil Parameters on Cotton and Corn Yields as Determined with GPS/GIS Technology M. W. Ebelhar and J. O. Ware	614
Spatial Variability of Cotton and Corn Yields in a Corn-Cotton Rotation M. W. Ebelhar and J. O. Ware	617
Four-Year Summary of Cotton Yield Response to Starter Fertilizer. Amisorb, and DXL-500 M. W. Ebelhar, J. O. Ware and J. L. Oldham	621

COTTON TEXTILE CONFERENCE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL NON-WOVENS SYMPOSIUM
Cotton Nonwovens Research at the Southern Regional Research Center T. A. Calamari and D. V. Parikh	629
Keynote Address: New Developments in Nonwovens for Hygiene and Apparel Products Larry C. Wadsworth	629
Cotton Nonwoven Innovations Mac McLean	632
Natural Fibers in Nonwoven Processes D. K. Smith	641
Electrospinning Nonwovens for Cotton Fabric Coatings Heidi Schreuder-Gibson, Phillip Gibson, John Walker, Tu-chen Cheng, Christine (Qin) Sun and Dong Zhang	645
Influence of Bonding Temperature on the Properties of Highloft Fabrics O. Jirsak, R. Kotisova and T. Saunders	649
Absorbency - An Overview Bhupender S. Gupta	652
The Effect of Cross-Linking on the Response of Cellulose Fiber Filtration Media to a High Humidity Environment Norman Lifshutz and Donna Horvath	656
Chemical Binders and Auxiliaries Michèle Mlynar	658
Current and Future Trends: The North American Nonwovens Industry Ted Wirtz	663
Image-Based Multifunction Instrument for Automated Nonwoven Web Structure Analysis R. R. Bresee and Z. Yan	667
Biodegradable Nonwovens from Cotton-Based Compositions Rong Haoming, Gajanan S. Bhat, Kermit E. Duckett and Mac Mclean	673
Production of Cotton Nonwoven Fabrics Using H1 Technology Needleloom S. S. Ramkumar and A. P. S. Sawhney	674
Kenaf Fibers for Automotive Nonwovens D. V. Parikh, T. A. Calamari, A. P. S. Sawhney and Mary Warnock	677
Inspection of Nonwoven Webs Using Smart Cameras Sujoy Guha and Robin D. Becker	684
Characterizing Absorption in Non-Wovens Andrew Kallmes	688
Molded Fiber-Reinforced Parts - Special Properties and Influencing Parameters Dieter H. Mueller, Andreas Krobjilowski and Joerg Muessig	689
Study of the Frictional Properties of Needlepunched Nonwoven Fabrics S. S. Ramkumar, Nichole A. Hester and A. P. S. Sawhney	696
"Nonwovens and Lifestyle" - Spunlaced and Airlaid Nonwovens for Medical - Surgical - Health Care Personal Care - Hygiene Alfred Watzl, Jorg Eisenacher and Don B. Gillespie	698
Spunlace Principles and Systems as it Relates to Cotton and Cellulosic Fibers Daniel Feroe	702
Assessment of Comfort and Barrier Properties of Finished Cotton-Surfaced Nonwovens Christine (Qin) Sun, Dong Zhang, Larry C. Wadsworth and B. Lewis Slaten	706
Artificial Leather Markets in Asia Terry Saunders and Shoou Shyng	711
The Lightweight Potential of Natural Fiber Based Composites in Automotive Interior Parts D. H. Müller and D. D. Stryjewski	714
Ramie/Cotton Blended Nonwoven for Industrial Applications O. Chiparus, Y. Chen, I. Negulescu, X. Cui and T. Calamari	717
Glass Microfibers in Cellulose Pulp Enhancement T. M. Singh	720
X-Ray Crystallography of Bleached and Mercerized Cottons Crosslinked with Form W D. P. Thibodeaux and D. V. Parikh	722
Increasing Efficiency in Nonwovens Production through Professional Development Frank W. Dueck	723
Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center: Industry University Partnership Behnam Pourdeyhimi	727
Some Useful Tips for Carding Cotton in a Nonwovens Lab Paul S. Sawhney and D. V. Parikh	731
Superior Nonwovens made from Naturally Colored Cottons Linda Kimmel, Chris Delhom, Wilton Goynes, Valeriy Yachmenev and Timothy Calamari, Jr.	732
Some Novel Cotton-Containing Nonwoven Products W. R. Goynes and D. V. Parikh	736
Environmentally Benign Antibacterial Agents for Nonwovens T. L. Vigo, D. V. Parikh and G. F. Danna	737

COTTON INSECT RESEARCH AND CONTROL CONFERENCE
54th Annual Conference Report on Cotton Insect Research and Control D. D. Hardee and E. Burris	741
Cotton Insect Loss Estimates - 2000 Michael R. Williams	774
Cotton Insect Losses 2000 Michael R. Williams (Paper was accidently omitted from the printed edition)	n/a
Boll Weevil Eradication - National Status, 2000 Osama El-Lissy and Bill Grefenstette	776
U.S. Cottonbelt Survey: Testing the Susceptibility of the Bollworm, Helicoverpa Zea (Boddie) to Pyrethroid Insecticides G. T. Payne, J. S. Bacheler, J. W. Van Duyn, R. D. Bagwell, B. R. Leonard, M. L. Boyd, B. L. Freeman, N. Liu, J. R. Weeks, A. Herbert, G. A. Herzog, D. R. Johnson, M. B. Layton, G. Lentz, R. Seward, S. H. Martin, P. V. Pietrantonio, M. E. Roof, M. J. Sullivan and R. K. Sprenkel	782
Status of Insecticide Resistance in Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm in Louisiana During 2000 R. D. Bagwell, D. R. Cook, B. R. Leonard, S. Micinski and E. Burris	785
Cry1Ac Levels in Candidate Commercial Bollgard® Varieties as Influenced by Environment, Ariety, and Plant Age: 1999 Gene Equivalency Field Studies John Greenplate, Walt Mullins, Stephen Penn and Kris Embry	790
Molecular Techniques Corroborate Resistance to Whitefly Transmitted Cotton Leaf Crumple Disease E. Natwick, T. Turini, C. Cook, R. Gilbertson and Young-Su Seo	793
Natural Enemy Abundance in Commercial Bollgard® and Conventional Cotton Fields Graham Head, Barry Freeman, William Moar, John Ruberso and Sam Turnipseed	796
Adage® (Thiamethoxam) Cottonseed Treatment for Early-Season Insect Control in Central and West Texas H. Ray Smith, Jackie Driver, Brad Minton and Larry Zang	798
Adage® : An Alternative to In-Furrow Insecticides for Early Season Aphid and Thrips Control in Cotton David H. Long, Ngoan Ngo, Brad Minton and H. Ray Smith	798
Performance of Leverage in the Southeast H. S. Young and S. N. Brown	798
Neonicotinoid Insecticide Control of Aphids and Effects on Square Retention Lyndon K. Almand and M. Brian Sweeden	799
Ovicidal Properties of Leverage® for Bollworm in Cotton John All, Kurk Lance and Kim Lohmeyer	802
Cotton Yields, Quality, and Insect Abundance in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1996-2000: Comparison between Organic, Conventional, and Grower-Led, Reduced-Input Production Systems Sean L. Swezey and Polly Goldman	803
Evaluation of Spinosad, Indoxacarb, and S-1812 against Selected Lepidopteran Pests D. R. Cook, B. R. Leonard and J. Gore	808
Impact of Predaceous Arthropods in Cotton IPM A. M. Hagerty, S. G. Turnipseed and M. J. Sullivan	812
Efficacy of Bollgard and Bollgard II Cottons Against Bollworm Helicoverpa Zea (Boddie) in Field And Greenhouse Studies R. E. Jackson, J. R. Bradley, Jr., J. W. Van Duyn and A. D. Burd	815
Impact of Alternate Host Management on Tarnished Plant Bug Populations R. W. Costello, E. Burris, B. R. Leonard, G. L. Snodgrass, W. P. Scott and D. D. Hardee	819
Estimated Frequency of Non-Recessive B.t. Resistance Genes in Bollworm, Helicoverpa Zea A. D. Burd, J. R. Bradley, Jr., J. W. Van Duyn, F. Gould and W. Moar	820
Reproduction and Crop Colonization by the Convergent Lady Beetle, Hippodamia Convergens Jarrad R. Prasifka, Kevin M. Heinz, Kirk O. Winemiller and Dale Mott	822
Heliothine Management Systems in UNR Cotton A. L. Catchot and J. T. Reed	826
Behavioral Response of Lepidopteran Pests on Cotton Expressing Insecticidal Proteins of Bacillus Thuringiensis D. S. Akin, S. D. Stewart and K. S. Knighten	828
Bollgard® II Cotton Technical Review R. D. Voth, J. T. Greenplate, J. E. Mann and J. W. Mullins	830
Quantification of Lepidopteran Activity in a 2-Gene Product: A 2-Year Summary of Bollgard II® Stephen R. Penn, Barb Reich, Jason Osborn, Kris Embry and John Greenplate	830
Efficacy and Agronomic Performance of Bollgard II P. R. Rahn, L. Ruschke and Z. W. Shappley	832
Bollgard® II Cotton Efficacy Summary - Southeast D. L. Pitts	832
Bollgard® II Cotton Efficacy Summary - Southwest D. J. Jost	833
Performance of Bollgard II Cotton against Lepidopterous Pests in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas John W. Norman, Jr. and Alton N. Sparks, Jr.	833
Bollgard® II Cotton Efficacy Summary-Midsouth A. L. Catchot	835
Evaluation of BollgardII® (CV. DP50BII) Profiling Season-Long Expression of Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab J. J. Adamczyk, Jr., K. Bew, L. C. Adams and D. D. Hardee	835
Hybrid Bacillus Thuringiensis *-Endotoxins Provide Enhanced Spectrum of Activity against Lepidopteran Pests of Cotton Saku Sivasupramaniam, Victor Kabuye, Tom Malvar, Lisa Ruschke, Phil Rahn and John Greenplate	837
EPA Update on Insect Resistance Management for Bollgard (TM) Cotton S. R. Matten	840
New Bollgard Refuge Requirements for 2001 Walt Mullins	844
Embedded Bt-Cotton Refuges: Considerations and Constraints R. D. Bagwell	846
Performance of Bt Cotton in Mississippi, 2000 M. B. Layton, M. R. Williams and J. L. Long	847
Bt Cotton Performance in West Tennessee G. L. Lentz, N. B. Van Tol and D. M. Keeton	849
Dispersal of Bollworm Larvae on Bollgard® and Non-Bollgard Cotton Cultivars J. Gore, B. R. Leonard, D. R. Cook and R. H. Jones	851
Influence of Boll Weevil Eradication on Aphid Populations in Mississippi Cotton: Year 3 J. L. Long and M.B. Layton	855
Efficacy of Bollgard II as a Lepidopterous Larvicice in Cotton Rebecca Ridge, Sam Turnipseed and Mike Sullivan	858
A Case for the Subthreshold Advantage of Bollgard Cotton Rob Ihrig and Walt Mullins	858
Six Years of Economic Comparisons of Bollgard® Cotton Mark Oppenhuizen, J. Walt Mullins and Jane M. Mills	862
Economics of Stacked Gene (BG/RR) Stripper Cotton in West Texas Doug Cavin, Walt Mullins, Ken Ferreira and Doug Fairbanks	865
Bollgard® and Bollgard II® Efficacy in Near Isogenic Lines of ‘DP50' Upland Cotton in Arizona Ruben Marchosky, Peter C. Ellsworth, Hal Moser and T. J. Henneberry	866
Larval Mortality of Pink Bollworm and Other Lepidopterous Pests on Nucotn 33B and Deltapine 5415 Cottons T. J. Henneberry, L. Forlow Jech and T. de la Torre	866
Population Growth Parameters of Whitefly on Bemisia Tabaci (Genn.), K. G. El-Malky, M. F. Gergis and A. A. Abdel-alim	869
Silverleaf Whitefly Populations and Trichome Densities on Upland Cottons C. C. Chu, E. T. Natwick, T. J. Henneberry, D. R. Nelson, J. S. Buckner and T. P. Freeman	871
Monitoring Resistance to Insecticides on Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia Argentifolii) from Northwestern Mexico José L. Martínez Carrillo, Urbano Nava Camberos, Mayra Avilés González, Blas Enrique Díaz Ortíz and Rosalía Servín Villegas	872
Reversion of Susceptibility to Methamidophos in the Pakistani Populations of Cotton Whitefly Bemisia Tabaci Mushtaq Ahmad, M. Iqbal Arif and Zahoor Ahmad	874
Biologically - Based New Approach for Management of Cotton Key Pests in Middle Egypt M. F. Gergis, A. A. Hamid, S. A. Mostafa and M. E. Fouda	876
Field Estimates for Population Growth Parameters of Cotton Aphid M. F. Gergis, M. K. Megali and M. E. Fouda	882
Field Studies on the Main Pests Infesting Cotton with Refer to their Natural Enemies H. A. Taha, S. M. Soliman, A. Abd-El-Haleem and S. A. El-Raies	885
Biological Studies of the Predaceous Mite Colescirus Buartus when Fed on the Free Living Nematode Rhabditella Spp. M. E. El-Naggar, S. M. Hafez and M. S. Shoala	888
Effect of Juvenile Hormone Analogous on Cotton Leafworm Sawsan M. Abdel-Halim	890
Effect of Non-Steroid Compounds on Cotton Leafworm M. G. Abbas, A. M. Hanafey and A. I. Gadallah	892
Inheritance of Resistance to Organophosphate Insecticides in the Tobacco Budworm Heliothis Virescens (F.) with Special Reference to the Cross Resistance to Pyrethroids S. A. Ibrahim and J. A. Ottea	895
Efficacy of Denim® (Emamectin Benzoate) Against Spider Mites in Cotton Stephen M. White, Stephen T. Moore and Keith Driggs	902
Ovicidal Activity of Acetamiprid (Assail (TM) Brand 70WP Insecticide) on Economic Pests of Cotton M. D. Parrish, H. Ayad and K. Holmes	904
Comparison of Neonicotinoid with Pyrethroid Insecticides for Control Whitefly in Cotton Eric T. Natwick and Brian D. Deeter	906
Characterization of Naphthyl Esterase and Acetylcholinesterase Enzyme Systems in Lygus Hesperus Frank J. Byrne and Nick C. Toscano	908
Effect of Selected Insecticides on Lygus Spp. and Beneficial Arthropods in Cotton M. A. Muegge and C. Payne	911
Management Decisions for Stink Bugs J. K. Greene, G. A. Herzog and P. M. Roberts	913
Effect of Cotton Planting Date and Nitrogen Fertilization on Bermisia Argentilifolii Populations J. L. Bi and N. C. Toscano	918
Steward (TM) SC Field Performance Against Heliothines: Speed of Action, Symptmology, and Behavior of Treated Larvae John T. Andaloro, Richard M. Edmund, Eric P. Castner, C. Steven Williams and Daniel W. Sherrod	925
Steward: 2000 Performance and Key Learnings in the Mid-South C. S. Williams, R. M. Edmund, E. P. Castner and Dan D. Sherrod	926
Global Resistance Management Program for Dupont's Insecticide - Indoxacarb D. A. Marsden and C. E. Clark	926
Effect of Abamectin on Feeding Response, Mortality and Reproduction of Adult Bollworm J. D. Lopez, Jr. and M. A. Latheef	927
Insecticide Efficacy Against Louisiana Populations of Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm During 2000 B. R. Leonard, K. Emfinger, R. Gable, J. Gore and H. Jones	927
Cotton Pest Control with Capture 2EC Insecticide/Miticide H. R. Mitchell	930
Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Update C. T. Allen, L. W. Patton, L. E. Smith and R. E. Newman	934
Field Testing of Enhanced Grandlure in 2000 Gerald H. McKibben	937
Comparison of S&S and Precision Plastic Boll Weevil Traps, Alamo, Tennessee, 2000 D. W. Parvin, Jr.	938
Insecticide Resistance Status of Boll Weevil to Malathion and of Bollworm to Pyrethroids in Texas Patricia V. Pietrantonio and Jennifer Sronce	939
Effect of Kaolin Particle Film on Boll Weevil Feeding and Oviposition on Cotton Squares A. T. Showler	942
Boll Weevil Eradication Update - Arkansas, 2000 Danny Kiser, Michael Catanach, Douglas Ladner, Don Johnson, Gus Lorenz, Keith Martin, Don Plunkett, Bill Roberson, Jerry Williams, Cecil Williams, Tina Tigue, Phil Tugwell, Bill Yearian, Charles Denver, Moris O'Quinn, Osama El-Lissy, Gene Martin and David Wildy	947
Comparing Drop Cloth, Sweep Net and Suction Sampling Methods for Arthropods in Cotton Scott Stewart, Joel Smith, Jack Reed, Randy Luttrell, C. Don Parker and F. Aubrey Harris	951
Factors Contributing to Late-Season Cotton Aphid Infestations J. E. Slosser and M. N. Parajulee	955
Cotton Aphid Biology as Affected by Cyhalothrin (Karate): Aphid or Host Plant Modification? M. N. Parajulee and J. E. Slosser	957
Efficacy of Selected Insecticides for the Control of Cotton Aphid in the Northern Texas Blacklands J. S. Swart and D. J. Reid	959
Entomopathogenic Fungi for Control of Aphids and Lygus in California M. R. McGuire, K. E. Godfrey and D. C. Steinkraus	960
Effects of Nitrogen Fertility on the Fitness and the Population Dynamics of the Cotton Aphid in California J. J. Cisneros and L. D. Godfrey	961
Influence of Grower Agronomic Practices on Cotton Aphid Populations in California Cotton L. D. Godfrey, K. E. Keillor and R. B. Hutmacher	964
Multi-Year Evaluation of Thiacloprid (Calypso® ) for Aphid Control in the Central San Joaquin Valley Manuel Jimenez, Curtis Engle, Carl Joplin and Robert Steffens	967
Ovipositional-Site Preferences of Bollworm/Budworm on Bt and Non-Bt Cotton Plants M. E. Roof, J. A. DuRant and G. McCutcheon	969
Effects of Defoliants Alone and in Combination with Insecticides on Boll Weevil and Whitefly in Cotton. A. Boll Weevil Anthonomus Grandis Grandis (Boheman), Laboratory Tests S. M. Greenberg, T. W. Sappington, G. W. Elzen, A. N. Sparks, Jr. and J. W. Norman, Jr.	969
Effects of Defoliants Alone and in Combination with Insecticides on Boll Weevil and Whitefly in Cotton. B. Boll Weevil Flight Behavior T. W. Sappington, S. M. Greenberg, A. N. Sparks, Jr. and G. Elzen	973
Effects of Defoliants Alone and in Combination with Insecticides on Boll Weevil and Whitefly in Cotton. C. Boll Weevil Anthonomus Grandis Grandis (Boheman), Field Tests S. M. Greenberg, T. W. Sappington, J. W. Norman, Jr. and A. N. Spark, Jr.	977
Effects of Defoliants Alone and in Combination with Insecticides on Boll Weevil and Whiteflies in Cotton: D. Effects on Silverleaf Whitefly Tong-Xian Liu, A. N. Sparks, Jr., Ge-Mei Liang and S. M. Greenberg	980
Effects of Defoliants Alone and in Combination with Insecticides on Boll Weevil and Whitefly in Cotton. E. Boll Weevil Dispersal Behavior T. W. Sappington, S. M. Greenberg, A. N. Sparks, Jr. and J. W. Norman, Jr.	984
Effects of Defoliants Alone and in Combination with Insecticides on Boll Weevil and Whitefly in Cotton: F. Economic Considerations J. R. C. Robinson, S. M. Greenberg, T. W. Sappington, A. N. Sparks, Jr. and J. W. Norman, Jr.	987
Beet Armyworm Resistance to Cry1Ac John K. Moulton and Timothy J. Dennehy	989
Performance of Intrepid® 80 WSP Under Section 18 Exception in Cotton in Texas Carlos A. Blanco, Raymond C. Miller, Eugene Thilsted, Kerry W. Avirett, Scott A. Inman, Charles W. Harper and Kenneth P. Buchert	991
Performance of Intrepid 80WSP Under Section 18 Exemption in Mid-South Cotton L. C. Walton, J. W. McGee and J. A. Spivey	993
Confirm (TM) and Intrepid (TM): New Mac Chemistry for Western Cotton D. W. Edgecomb and J. T. Schlesselman	996
Differential Plant Mapping of Bt Efficacy Trials R. McPherson and P. Wilcox	997
Beet Armyworm and Cabbage Looper Control Trials in the Texas High Plains Tommy Doederlein, Brant Baugh, Greg Cronholm, Clyde Crumley, James Leser, Johnna Patterson, Cherinell Riley and Scott Russell	1000
Cotton Production and IPM in Kansas Rex Friesen and Gene Latham	1007
Cotton as a Model IPM System in the Southeast: A Dream or Potential Reality S. G. Turnipseed, M. J. Sullivan, A. Hagerty and R. Ridge	1009
Utilization of Remote Sensing Technologies in the Development and Implementation of Large-Scale Spatially-Variable Insecticide Experiments in Cotton Michael R. Seal, Kelly Dupont, Matthew Bethel, David Lewis, Jim Johnson, Jeffrey L. Willers, Kenneth Hood, Jay Hardwick, Roger Leonard and Ralph Bagwell	1010
Influence of Coton Varieties on Arthropod Fauna P. B. Goodell, C. M. Garcia, K. D. Keillor, C. Haas, L. D. Godfrey and D. Munk	1019
Cost-Effective Lygus Management in Arizona Cotton Peter C. Ellsworth and Virginia Barkley	1021
Chemical Control and Species Composition of Thrips in Arkansas Cotton Fields Marwan S. Kharboutli and Charles T. Allen	1026
Impact of Natural Enemies on the Cotton Aphid: Implications for Control M. R. Abney, J. R. Ruberson, G. A. Herzog, T. J. Kring and D. C. Steinkraus	1029
A Two Year Agronomic Evaluation of Conventional and Transgenic Bt Cotton Cultivars in the Mississippi Delta L. C. Adams, J. J. Adamczyk, Jr. and D. D. Hardee	1031
A Simple Empirical Model for Predicting the Development and Field Generations of some Cotton Insect Pests in Egypt A. A. Amin, M. F. Gergis and M. E. Foda	1033
Field Efficacy of Cotton Expressing Two Insecticidal Proteins of Bacillus Thuringiensis D. S. Akin, S. D. Stewart and K. S. Knighten	1041
Growth and Development of Nonresistant and Bt-Resistant Soybean Loopers on Foliage from Nonbt- and Bt-cotton M. Ibrahim Ali and Seth Y. Young	1043
Pest and Pesticide Usage Patterns in Arizona Cotton G. K. Agnew and P. B. Baker	1046
Internet Information Delivery System for Reporting Heliothine Moth Trap Catches in Arkansas Rebecca L. Bridges, Donald R. Johnson, Gus M. Lorenz, III and John D. Hopkins	1054
Differences between Cotton and Melon in Host Acceptance by Bemisia Tabaci S. J. Castle	1056
Overwintering Biology of the Cotton Aphid Aphis Gossypii Glover, in California's San Joaquin Valley J. J. Cisneros, L. D. Godfrey, K. E. Keillor, P. B. Goodell and C. M. García	1059
Reproductive Biology and Survival of Boll Weevil on Cienfuegosia Drummondii in South Texas R. J. Coleman, R. D. Parker, D. L. Drawe and K. Mount	1063
Economic Advantage of Transgenic Cotton in Argentina M. G. Elena	1066
Species Composition and Population Increase of Early Season Thrips on Cotton M. W. Fairbanks, D. R. Johnson and T. J. Kring	1069
Encapsulated Malathion for Boll Weevil: Field Comparisons of Selected Doses of Three Aerially Applied Formulations of Malathion in New Mexico R. Nelson Foster, K. Chris Reuter, Jane B. Pierce, Patricia E. Yates, Leeda A. Wood and Joe Ellington	1070
Using COTMAN to Evaluate Nitrogen Application to Thrips Damaged Cotton Ames Herbert, A. Ozzie Abaye, Jessica Bryant and James Maitland	1077
Performance of New and Conventional Insecticides in B.t. Cotton John D. Hopkins, Donald R. Johnson, Gus M. Lorenz, III and Jack D. Reaper, III	1079
Steward (Indoxacarb) Performance in Cotton John D. Hopkins, Donald R. Johnson, Gus M. Lorenz, III and Jack D. Reaper, III	1081
Plant Bug, Lygus Lineolaris, Management in Cotton D. R. Johnson, G. M. Lorenz, III, J. D. Reaper, III, J. D. Hopkins, G. Studebaker and R. Edmund	1084
Evaluation of Thrips Management Options in Cotton Donald R. Johnson, John D. Hopkins, Gus M. Lorenz, III and Jack D. Reaper, III	1086
Cotton IPM in Arizona: A Decade of Research, Implementation & Education Peter C. Ellsworth and Jennifer S. Jones	1088
Influence of Agronomic Praciices on Cotton Aphid Aphis Gossypii Glover, Densities in Louisiana Cotton R. H. Jones, B. R. Leonard, D. J. Boquet and K. Emfinger	1097
Field Survey to Assess Lygus Spp Populations in Oklahoma Agri-Ecosystems and Potential Pest Status Miles Karner, Jerry Goodson and Don Arnold	1099
Efficacy and Yield Impacts of Registered and Experimental Acaricides in California Cotton K. E. Keillor and L. D. Godfrey	1100
Insecticide Termination Regimes in Southeast Arkansas Marwan S. Kharboutli and Charles T. Allen	1103
Efficacy of New and Traditional Insecticides against the Heliothine Complex in Southeast Arkansas Cotton Fields Marwan S. Kharboutli	1105
Sustaining Arizona's Fragile Success in Whitefly Resistance Management Andrew Y.-S. Li, Timothy J. Dennehy, Sarah X.-H. Li, Monika E. Wigert, Marni Zaborac and Robert L. Nichols	1108
Hill-Drop Application of Aldicarb to Enhance Efficiency of Thrips Management in Cotton K. Lohmeyer, J. All, P. Bush, P. Roberts and K. Lance	1114
Bollgard II Performance in Arkansas Gus Lorenz, Don Johnson, John Hopkins, Jack Reaper, April Fisher and Chad Norton	1116
Bollgard II in the Southern San Joaquin Valley B. H. Marsh, L. Tiner and E. Weybright	1117
A Multiple Generation Life History Study on Rearing a Genetically Altered (EGFP) Strain of Pink Bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) E. Miller, R. T. Staten, J. Claus, M. Sledge, J. Peloquin and T. Miller	1118
Assessing the Effects of Planting Date, Seeding Rate and Fungicide on Cotton Stand and Yield E. Burris, G. B. Padgett, J. Price and K. Sanders	1121
Heliothine Control in Cotton with New Chemistry Jack Reaper, III, John D. Hopkins, Donald R. Johnson, Gus M. Lorenz, III and April M. Fisher	1122
Two-Spotted Spider Mite Management in Cotton Jack Reaper, III, John D. Hopkins, Donald R. Johnson, Gus M. Lorenz, III, Donald C. Steinkraus and M. Chad Norton	1125
Strategies for Management of the Cotton Aphid Aphis Gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididae) Under "Cerrado" Conditions in Brazil G. Papa, G. V. Tomquelski and R. B. Silva	1127
Three-Year Performance Summary of New Soil and Seed Applied Systemic Insecticides on Cotton Roy D. Parker and Dan D. Fromme	1130
Bt vs. Non-Bt UNR Cotton in N.E. Mississippi J. T. Reed, D. Bao, C. S. Jackson and A. Cachot	1131
Distribution of Stink Bug Damage and its Relationship to Yield P. M. Roberts, C. Bednarz, J. Greene and G. Wilson	1133
Silverleaf Whitefly: An Economic Pest of Cotton in Georgia? P. M. Roberts and T. B. Tankersley	1133
Impacts of Commercial Insecticide Applications on Natural Enemies A. N. Sparks, Jr. and J. W. Norman, Jr.	1133
Correlation between Accessory Gland Condition and Pheromone Production by Male Boll Weevils D. W. Spurgeon	1138
Spider Mites on Cotton in the Midsouth D. Steinkraus, J. Zawislak and G. Lorenz	1141
Jump-Starting Epizootics of Neozygites Fresenii in Cotton Aphid Populations Don Steinkraus, David Wildy and Dale Wells	1141
Effects of New Insecticides on Insidious Flower Bug G. E. Studebaker and T. J. Kring	1143
Remote Sensing and Site Specific Management of Cotton Arthropods in the Mississippi Delta D. L. Sudbrink Jr., F. A. Harris, J. T. Robbins and P. J. English	1145
Rate of Food Passage through the Boll Weevil Gut C. P.-C. Suh and D. W. Spurgeon	1147
Comparison of Cotton Plant Response to Square Loss Following Manual Removal or Tarnished Plant Bug Feeding - Results from Field Trials in 2000 T. G. Teague, N. P. Tugwell and Eric J. Villavaso	1149
Mortality of Tarnished Plant Bug Nymphs Following Differential Exposure to Centric, Actara, Steward, Calypso and Leverage in Field Cages Tina Gray Teague, N. P. Tugwell and Eric J. Villavaso	1157
Grain Sorghum as a Trap Crop for the Corn Earworm in Cotton P. G. Tillman and John. R. Ruberson	1158
Insecticide Toxicity to Southern Green Nezara Viridula (I.), and Brown, Euschistus Servus (Say), Stinkbugs K. Emfinger, B. R. Leonard, J. Gore and D. Cook	1159
The Importance of Insecticide Dispensers in Boll Weevil Traps Used in Active and Post Eradication Programs Dan A. Wolfenbarger	1161
Inheritance and Stability of Spinosad Resistance in a Laboratory Strain of the Tobacco Budworm Christoph F. Wyss, Hugh P. Young, Jyoti Shukla and R. Michael Roe	1163
Mechanism of Resistance and Cross Resistance in a Laboratory, Spinosad-Selected Strain of the Tobacco Budworm and Resistance in Laboratory-Selected Cotton Bollworms Hugh P. Young, Woodward D. Bailey, R. Michael Roe, Takao Iwasa, Thomas C. Sparks, Gary D. Thompson and Gerald B. Watson	1167
Evaluations with BWACTs in Brazil for Boll Weevil Population Reductions at Crop Termination Walter Jorge dos Santos and Karen Bianchi dos Santos	1170
Benefits of Mult-Level Monitoring Activities for a Pink Bollworm Resistance Management Program in Transgenic (Bt) Cotton in Arizona L. Antilla, M. Whitlow, B. Tabashnik, T. Dennehy and Y. Carriere	1173
Arizona's Multi-Agency Resistance Management Program for Bt Cotton: Sustaining the Suseptibility of Pink Bollworm Maria A. Sims, Timothy J. Dennehy, Amanda Patin, Yves Carrière, Yong-Biao Liu, Bruce Tabashnik, Larry Antilla and Mike Whitlow	1175
Mortality and Gustatory Response of Boll Weevil Fed Spinosad and Abamectin J. D. Lopez, Jr. and M. A. Latheef	1179
How Adult Whiteflies Feed on Cotton Leaves D. R. Nelson, J. S. Buckner, T. P. Freeman, C. C. Chu and T. J. Henneberry	1182
New and Improved Cotton Boll Weevil Trap for Use in IPM, Prevention, Suppression and Eradication Programs J. C. Plato	1184
Results of the BWACT in Boll Weevil Control, Prevention, Suppression and Eradication Programs in the Americas T. A. Plato, J. C. Plato, J. S. Plato and S. E. Plato	1185
Emergence of Overwintering Boll Weevils Associated with Micrometeorological Factors J. K. Westbrook, D. W. Spurgeon, R. S. Eyster and P. G. Schleider	1192
Assessment of Simulated Boll Weevil Damage Using Airborne Digital Imagery C. Yang, S. M. Greenberg, J. H. Everitt, T. W. Sappington and D. E. Escobar	1196
Inheritance of Response to Permethrin by Tobacco Budworm Dan A. Wolfenbarger	1198
Selection and Cross and Multiple Resistance to Insecticides by Beet Armyworm in Eastern United States Dan A. Wolfenbarger and D. J. Wolfenbarger	1200

COTTON WEED SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Report of the 2000 Cotton Weed Loss Committee J. D. Byrd, Jr.	1207
Evaluation of CGA 362622 for Weed Control in Alabama Cotton W. H. Faircloth, M. G. Patterson and C. D. Monks	1210
Evaluation of CGA 362622 Contribution to Transgenic Cotton Weed Control Programs J. W. Branson, K. L. Smith and R. C. Namenek	1210
The Effect of CGA-362622 Applications on Weed Control and Cotton Yield J. C. Holloway, Jr., J. W. Wells, J. R. James, W. Bachman, G. Cloud, B. Minton, S. Moore, D. Poterfield and H. R. Smith	1211
CGA 362622 for Early Postemergence Weed Control in Cotton Andy Kendig and Anthony Ohmes	1211
The Effect of CGA-362622 on Graminicide Efficacy Daniel B. Reynolds, Shani L. File, Jason C. Sanders and Erin L. Sanders	1211
CGA 362622 for Weed Control in Cotton J. W. Wells, J. C. Holloway, Jr., P. C. Forster, E. K. Rawls and C. L. Dunne	1212
The Interaction of Staple and CGA 362622 with Boll Weevil Eradication Applications of Malathion Shani L. File, Kent M. Bloodworth, Daniel B. Reynolds and Ward F. Bloodworth	1212
A Two Year Summary Describing Weed Management and Tolerance of Glufosinate in Liberty Link Cotton L. L. Somerville, R. H. Walker and J. Belcher	1213
Performance of Liberty-Tolerant Cotton in West Texas P. A. Dotray, J. W. Keeling, J. A. Bond and D. A. Peters	1213
The Effect of Malathion on Staple Metabolism Ronald H. Blackley, Jr., Shani L. File and Daniel B. Reynolds	1214
Strip-Till Cotton Response to 2,4-D and Dicamba Applied at Burndown A. C. York, A. S. Culpepper, R. B. Batts and J.D. Hinton	1214
Evaluation of Valor as a Layby Herbicide in Cotton S. T. Kelly, J. W. Barnett and R. D. Bagwell	1215
Harvade® 5F (Dimethipin) Performance as a Post-Directed Herbicide for Cotton Keith H. Griffith, Roy C. Parker, Alan W. Dalrymple and Robert Hinkle	1215
Residual Cyanazine Replacement Programs Will Elkins, Steve Crawford and David Stichler	1217
Race to Replace Cyanazine (Bladex, Cy-Pro) A. S. Culpepper, A. C. York, M. Bader, S. Utley and T. Flanders	1218
Managing Morningglory in Southwest Oklahoma T. S. Osborne and J. C. Banks	1218
Efficacy of Total Postemergence Weed Control Programs for Transgenic Cotton M. L. Mobley, N. R. Burgos and M. R. McClelland	1219
The Role of Traditional Soil Residual Herbicides in Transgenic Cotton Production Systems F. E. Groves, J. W. Branson and K. L. Smith	1219
Roundup Ultra Tank Mix Combinations in Roundup Ready (Glyphosate Tolerant) Cotton J. W. Keeling, P. A. Dotray, J. D. Everitt and L. L. Lyon	1220
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina Communis) Control in Glyphosate-Resistant Cotton J. T. Flanders, A. S. Culpepper and A. C. York	1220
Strategies for Ivyleaf Morningglory Control in Roundup Ready Cotton L. L. Lyon, J. W. Keeling, P. A. Dotray and J. D. Everitt	1221
Postemergence Weed Control and Tolerance in Glyphosate Tolerant Cotton B. D. Black, C. F. Grymes, S. H. Martin, M. S. Schraer and J. D. Smith	1221
Long-Term Woollyleaf Bursage (Ambrosia Grayi) Management in Roundup Ready Cotton John D. Everitt, J. Wayne Keeling, Peter A. Dotray and Todd A. Baughman	1222
Weed Control in Roundup Ready (Glyphosate Tolerant) Cotton with Staple Plus Larry B. Gillham, C. Steve Williams, Alex Yang and Jon Claus	1222
Weed Management in Roundup Ready Cotton Using a Light-Activated Sprayer D. Alan Peters, Peter A. Dotray, J. Wayne Keeling and Jason A. Bond	1223
Commercial Scale Research Evaluations of Roundup Ready® Cotton, Crop Tolerance and Weed Management Systems Bill Harris and Rob Ihrig	1223
Control of Silverleaf Nightshade in Roundup Ready Cotton with Roundup Ultra M. Choudhary and D. G. Bordovsky	1226
Weed Management in Roundup Ready® Cotton Cropping Systems A. L. Helm, J. W. Keeling, P. A. Dotray and D. T. Carmichael	1228
Response of Roundup Ready Cotton to Post-Cutout Roundup Applications A. M. Stewart, A. C. York and A. S. Culpepper	1229
Analysis of the Herbicide Application and Decision Support System (HADSS) in Central Texas Cotton Cultures P. A. Baumann, F. T. Moore and L. M. Etheredge	1229
Validation of Computerized Cotton Weed Control Recommendations in Mississippi Ward F. Bloodworth, Jason C. Sanders, Alfred Rankins Jr. and Daniel B. Reynolds	1229
Spectral Classification and Identification of Weed and Crop Species Daniel B. Reynolds, Lori M. Bruce, Jason C. Sanders and Erin L. Sanders	1230
Detection, Classification, and Quantification of Herbicide Drift Utilizing Spectral Data Kent M. Bloodworth, Lori M. Bruce, C. David Rowland and D. B. Reynolds	1230
Crop Monitoring and Defoliation Timing via Spectral Data Jason C. Sanders, Lori M. Bruce and Daniel B. Reynolds	1230
Annual Morningglory Control for Transgenic Cotton in the San Joaquin Valley B. H. Marsh	1231
Evaluation of CGA 362622 in Louisiana Cotton P. R. Vidrine and D. K. Miller	1232
Comparing Roundup Ultra and Touchdown IQ in Glyphosate-Resistant Cotton A. S. Culpepper and A. C. York	1232
Comparison of Yield Differences Between Roundup Ready Varieties and Similar Types S. T. Kelly, J. W. Barnett and R. D. Bagwell	1233
Response of Roundup Ready (TM) Cottons to Selected Weed Management Systems C. W. Swann and J. C. Maitland	1233
Annual Weed Control in Irrigated Roundup Ready® Cotton with Tillage and Herbicide H. R. Hurst	1234
Responses of Cotton in 2000 to Stress Associated with Treatment Levels of Insect Control, Irrigation, and Glyphosate J. L. Barrentine, N. P. Tugwell, D. M. Danforth, O. C. Sparks, M. R. McClelland and T. G. Teague	1234
Two-Pass Weed Control Andy Kendig, Anthony Ohmes and Bob Nichols	1236
HADSS and Pocket Herb: Herbicide Decision Aids for Cotton A. C. Bennett and G. G. Wilkerson	1240

JOINT SESSION: COTTON QUALITY MEASUREMENTS AND COTTON TEXTILE CONFERENCES
The Complex Relationships Between Fibres, Production Parameters and Spinning Results L. Van Langenhove and S. Sette (Paper was accidently omitted from the printed edition)	n/a
HVI Short Fiber Measurements James L. Knowlton	1245
Fiber Properties of Selected Cotton Lines Obtained by Mutagenesis E. Hequet, N. Abidi and D. Auld	1247
Variation in Fiber Micronaire, Strength and Length J. M. Bradow and R. M. Johnson	1250
Comparison of Results Produced by Two Generations of HVI G. Gawrysiak, J. P. Gourlot, B. Bachelier, S. Duplan and V. Orssaud	1251
Update on Cotton Fiber Reference Standards for Maturity Devron Thibodeaux, Joe Montalvo, Terri Von Hoven, Sherman Faught and Eric Hequet	1255
Monitoring and Control of the AFIS® Instrument M. Dean Ethridge and Eric F. Hequet	1255
Cotton Maturity and Fineness Measurement Using the Sirolan-Laserscan G. R. S. Naylor	1259
Favimat Analysis of Single Cotton Fibers Jonn Foulk and David McAlister	1261
Analysis of White Specs in Cotton by NIRHVI: A Feasibility Study S. M. Buco, P. Bel-Berger and J. G. Montalvo, Jr.	1267
Micronaire Orifice Calibration Lee Gibson, James L. Knowlton and Steve Grantham	1269
Exploratory Data Analysis in Cotton Quality Management Maria Elisabete Cabeço Silva and Antonio Alberto Cabeço Silva	1271
Improved Raw Material Utilization with New Concepts in Cleaning and Carding Stefan Schlichter	1274
Relationship between Seed Coat Fragment Content and Yarn Strength Depending on the Range of Fiber Quality M. Krifa, B. Bachelier, R. Frydrych, J.-P. Gourlot and M. Giner	1279
Estimation of Short Fiber Content Xiaoliang "Leon" Cui, Kearny Q. Robert, Jr. and Timothy A. Calamari, Jr.	1282
Liquid Interaction in Cellulose-Containing Fibrous Structures You-Lo Hsieh	1285
Cotton Module Storage: Microbial Effects, a Preparatory Study D. T. Chun and D. D. McAlister	1288
The Influence of Surface Materials on Raw Cotton Processing Friction Donald E. Brushwood	1291
Relationship Among Image Analysis on Cotton Fiber Cross Sections, AFIS Measurements and Yarn Quality Eric Hequet and Bob Wyatt	1294
New Instrumental Method for Evaluating Fabric Softness Yan Chen, Ting Zhang and Ayse Gider	1298
Cotton Fabric and UV-Protection N. Abidi, E. F. Hequet and G. Abdalah	1301
X-Ray Microtomographic Image Analysis for Identification of Cotton Contaminants N. S. Mehta, A. Pai, H. Sari-Sarraf and E. F. Hequet	1303
Second Interlaboratory Study Comparing Endotoxin Assay Results from Cotton Dust D. T. Chun	1303
Vision System for Automatic Quantification of Fabric Geometric Distortions Y. Dai, A. Zhu, H. Sari-Sarraf and E. F. Hequet	1307
Calibration of Upgraded FMTS T. M. Von Hoven, J. Montalvo, S. Reed, D. Francois, S. Buco and Sherman Faught	1307
Fiber-Yarn-Fabric Relationships in Cotton/Dyneema Fabrics P. Radhakrishnaiah, Xiaomin Meng and A. P. S. Sawhney	1309
New Evidence on Cotton Stickiness Part II: Effect of Temperature and Relative Humidity on Cotton Stickiness E. Hequet and N. Abidi	1313
New Evidence on Cotton Stickiness Part I: Thermal and Hygroscopic Properties of Individual Sugar Presents on Sticky Cotton N. Abidi and E. Hequet	1313
Optimal Blending Ratio for Cotton/Ramie Yarns and the Resulting Fabric Quality Y. Chen, O. Chiparus, X. Cui and T. Calamari	1314
A Pilot Study: Using Dyed Cotton Yarn for Quantification of White Specks J. L. Simonton, E. F. Hequet and M. G. Beruvides	1317
Weaving Sizeless Cotton Yarns - A Progress Report (#1) Paul S. Sawhney and R. Parachuru	1320

JOINT SESSION: COTTON ENGINEERING-SYSTEMS AND COTTON GINNING CONFERENCES
Analysis of Cyclone Pressure Drop Lingjuan Wang, Calvin B. Parnell, Jr. and Bryan W. Shaw	1325
Update on the ASAE Proposed Standard X-578: Cotton Gins - Method of Utilizing Emission Factors in Determining Emission Parameters Michael D. Buser, Calvin B. Parnell, Jr., Bryan W. Shaw and Bill Norman	1330
Performance Characteristics of PM2.5 Samplers in the Presence of Agricultural Dust A. R. Pargmann, C. B. Parnell and B. W. Shaw	1340
Regulation of Air Pollution from Cotton Gins B. K. Fritz, B. W. Shaw and C. B. Parnell	1345
Fiber Breakage at Cotton Gins: Causes and Solutions W. Stanley Anthony and A. Clyde Griffin, Jr.	1347
Preliminary Results from Moisture Addition During Ginning R. K. Byler	1358
Influence of Stick Machines on Turnout and Quality of Stripper Cotton R. V. Baker, G. A. Holt and A. D. Brashears	1361
New Developments for the Intelligin System Joseph M. Yankey, Sr. Product Manager and William Mayfield	1364
Ginning Comparisons of Ultra Narrow Row Cotton with Commercial and Micro Gin Eugene P. Columbus, M. Herbert Willcutt and Tommy D. Valco	1365
Preliminary Theoretical Analysis of Lint Cleaning C. O. Cook and W. S. Anthony	1369
Potential Methods of Measuring Bale Moisture Content at the Gin R. K. Byler, W. S. Anthony and M. E. Galyon	1374
Evaluation of Powered Roll Gin Stand for Seed Cotton Weldon Laird, Greg Holt and Bill Lalor	1377
Design of Starch Coated Seed Cotton Dryers Mathew G. Pelletier, Joseph W. Laird and Gary L. Barker	1380
Economic Considerations in Seed House Aeration Systems Design S. D. Filip To, M. H. Willcutt and Eugene Columbus	1385
Comparing Abrasiveness of Cotton Gin By-Products Using the Coby Process G. A. Holt, J. W. Laird, G. L. Barker and M. D. Buser	1388
Update on the Impact of Dry Extruding Cottonseed to Reduce Aflatoxin and Gossypol Levels Michael D. Buser and Hamed K. Abbas	1392
Performance of the Roller-Gin Rotary Knife M. N. Gillum, C. B. Armijo and D. W. Van Doorn	1404
In-Gin Mass Flow Measurement of Seed Cotton P. A. Funk, M. N. Gillum and S. E. Hughs	1404
Concept Evaluation of an Ultrasonic Mass Flow Sensor C. O. Cook	1406
Cotton Flow Monitoring System for Gins Mike Gvili	1410

JOINT SESSION: COTTON IMPROVEMENT AND COTTON PHYSIOLOGY CONFERENCES
New Genomic Tools for Cotton Improvement John Yu, Russell J. Kohel, Jianmin Dong and Hongbin Zhang	1415
Mapping of Verticillium Wilt Resistance Genes in Cotton Y. Bolek, A. E. Pepper, O. U. K. Reddy, K. M. El-Zik and A. A. Bell	1415
Phylogenomics: A New Application of Molecular Markers to Cotton Research O. U. K. Reddy, A. E. Pepper, K. M. El-Zik, T. D. Brooks, Y. Bolek, I. Abdurakhmanov, S. Saha and J. Jenkins	1415
Analysis of Cotton -Globulin Promoter in Transgenic Cotton, Tobacco, and Arabidopsis, G. Sunilkumar, Keerti S. Rathore, James P. Connell, Avutu S. Reddy and C. W. Smith	1416
Update on the Performance of Transgenic Cotton Over-Expressing Sucrose Phosphate Synthase C. H. Haigler, E. F. Hequet, A. S. Holaday, D. R. Krieg, R. E. Strauss, B. G. Wyatt, John G. Gannaway and Gay M. Jividen	1416
Analysis of Cotton Genes for the Antifungal Protein Osmotin Jeffery R. Wilkinson, David W. Yoder, Irma L. Pirtle and Robert M. Pirtle	1417
Profiling Season-Long Expression of Cry1Ac in 13 Commercial Varieties of Bollgard® Cotton: Influence of Parental Background and Environmental Factors on Endotoxin Expression Levels J. J. Adamczyk, Jr.	1420
Development of Transgenic Egyptian Cotton Varieties Using Bacterial Fructosyl Transferase Gene Coding for Fructan Accumulation O. A. Momtaz, H. Z. Hassan, Hoda M. Barakat, Nahla A. El Sherif, A. Bahieldin and M. A. Madkour	1423
Transformation of Egyptian Cotton Varieties Using a Bacterial mtlD Gene Osama A. Momtaz, Ahmed Barakat, Ahmed Bahieldin, Mona Sadek and Magdy Madkour	1429
Metabolic Engineering for Increased Cottonseed Oleic Acid Content K. D. Chapman, S. Austin-Brown, H. Wessler, T. Huynh, C. Hoang, S. Sparace, T. Ricchiuti, A. Kinney, K. Ripp, I. Pirtle, R. Pirtle and M. Nampaisansuk	1434
Manipulation of Fiber Quality in Transgenic Cotton via Ectopic Expression of Fiber Genes R. Mishra, N. R. Yadav and T. A. Wilkins	1437
Inhibition of Fiber Elongation on Cultured Cotton Ovules by Latrunculin B J. McD. Stewart, R. Cao and F. Baluska	1439
Protein Changes Associated with Somatic Embryogenesis in Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) H. Vandenhout	1439
Effect of Mutagens on the Associations between Fiber Fineness and Some Economic Characters in Egyptian Cotton Mohamed A. Raafat	1441

JOINT SESSION: IMPROVEMENT/PHYSIOLOGY CONFERENCES - SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM
A Review of Yield and Quality Trends and Components in American Upland Cotton Hal Lewis	1447
Opportunities for Improving Cotton's Tolerance to High Temperature J. J. Burke	1453