Beltwide Cotton Conferences
January 3-6, 2006
San Antonio, Texas

Cotton Engineering-Systems Conference

Effects of Cyclone Diameter on Performance of 1D3D and 2D2D Cyclones
William Brock Faulkner, Bryan W. Shaw, Michael D. Buser

Source Testing of Particulate Matter Emissions from Cotton Harvesters - System Design
J.D. Wanjura, C.B. Parnell, B.W. Shaw, S.C. Capareda

A Comparison of Predicted Property Line Particulate Concentrations using ISCST3, AERMOD, WindTrax, and AUSTAL View
Jacob Joseph Powell, Calvin B. Parnell, J. D. Wanjura, Bryan Shaw

Rationale for Integrating a Heat and Power Generating Unit in a Cotton Gin Fueled by Cotton Gin Trash
Sergio C. Capareda, Calvin B. Parnell, Greg A. Holt, Art Lilley, Robb Walt, James Diebold

Characteristics of Fuel Pellets Produced From Cotton Gin By-Products and Guayule Bagasse
Greg A. Holt, Francis S. Nakayama, Terry A. Coffelt, Terry L. Blodgett

Fertility and Toxicity of Potting Soils Prepared from Ginning and Dairy Wastes Anaerobic Digestate
Paul A. Funk, Carlos B. Armijo, William C. Lindemann, Brad E. Lewis, Robert P. Flynn, Maritza Macias-Corral

Real-time Sensing of Lint Quality
Mathew G. Pelletier, Dennis Steele

Development of an Operator Feedback System for the Module Builder
Robert G. Hardin IV, Stephen W. Searcy

Spindle Design Effects on Cotton Quality
Kevin D. Baker, S. Ed Hughs

Instrumental Measurement of Leaf Grade: Progress Report
Preston E. Sasser, Sunho Lee, Yupeng Zhang, C. Kyle Shofner, Frederick M. Shofner

Genetic Traits Associated with Seed Coat Fragments, Motes, and Neps
J. Clif Boykin

Variability of Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI) Tape Placement Using RTK-GPS Guided Equipment
James P. Bordovsky

Comparison of Soil Water Relationships of Cotton Simulation Models in the Texas High Plains
Randy W. Clouse, Stephen W. Searcy

Influence of Soil Moisture Content upon Cotton Fiber Quality for both Irrigated and Rain-fed Cotton
Yufeng Ge, Ruixiu Sui, John Alex Thomasson

Selection of COTMAN sampling points using historical site-specific data sets
Randy W. Clouse, Stephen W. Searcy

Innovative Strategy for Determining Stink Bugs and Stink Bug Damage
Will Henderson, Ahmad Khalilian, Sam Turnipseed, Young Han

Precison Cotton Farming in the San Joaquin Valley of California
Lowell Zelinski, Brock Taylor

Utilizing Aerial Imagery to make Site-specific Defoliation Applications to Cotton
Matthew T. Kirkpatrick, Darren M. Dodds, Daniel B. Reynolds, J. Trenton Irby, Johnathan A. Huff, Charles G. O'Hara, Jeffery L. Willers

Validation of a Cotton-Weather Simulation Model: Factors of Agronomic Interest
Jose C. Medeiros, Carlos J. Fernandez, Jill Booker, Robert Lascano

Predicting Nematode Hotspots Using Soil EC Data
Calvin Perry, George Vellidis, Dana Sullivan, Keith Rucker, Robert C. Kemerait

Reducing Recompaction with Automatic Steering
Randy L. Raper, Eric B. Schwab, Jason S. Bergtold

Determining the Optimum Timing for the Final Furrow Irrigation on Mid-South Cotton
Earl Vories, Tina Gray Teague, Jeremy Greene, Jason Stewart, Ernest L. Clawson, Horace Pringle, Bobby Phipps

Cotton Response to Multiple Irrigation Rates Controlled by a Constant Time Threshold
Donald F. Wanjura, James R. Mahan, Bobbie L. McMichael, Dennis Gitz, Dan R. Upchurch

Evaluation of a 15-Inch Spindle Harvester in Various Row Patterns; Three Years Progress
Michael Herbert Willcutt, Eugene P. Columbus, Normie W. Buehring, Robert R. Dobbs, M.P. Harrison