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

Cotton Improvement Conference

Studies on Relationship among Gossypium diploid Species
Guoli Song, Jinfa Zhang, Fang Liu, shaohui Li, Zhanyou Xu, chunying Wang, xiangdi Zhang, John Z. Yu, Russell J. Kohel, Kunbo Wang

Chromosomal Assignment of Six Alpha-expansin Genes using SNP Markers in Cotton (Gossypium spp.)
Chuanfu An, Sukumar Saha, Johnie N. Jenkins, Brian Scheffler, Thea A. Wilkins, David M. Stelly

Improved Public Acalas for New Mexico
Denise A. McWilliams, Jinfa Zhang

Demonstration Results of Spatially Variable PGR and Defoliate Applications to Louisiana Cotton Producers During 2005
R. D. Bagwell, B. R. Leonard, J. Sharp, J. Temple, K. Paxton, R. Price, A. M. Stewart

Fiber Quality and Agronomic Traits of New Mexico Acala Cotton Released Since 1930s: 2005 Results
Henry Gatica-Palermo, Jinfa Zhang, Ed Hughs, Roy Cantrell

Field Performance of the Pee Dee Germplasm Collection
B. T. Campbell

Cotton Variety Test Results for Louisiana, 2005
James A. Hayes, W.D. Caldwell, D.J. Boquet, E. Clawson, A.M. Stewart, J.I. Dickson

Cotton Marker Database
Jodi Scheffler, Brian Scheffler, Anna Blenda, Dorrie Main, John Yu, Roy Cantrell

Gland Variation and Gossypol Content in Gossypium hirsutum
Gabriela Romano, Jodi Scheffler

Progress Report for the Evaluation of Cotton Landraces from the USDA-ARS Cotton Germplasm Collection
James E. Frelichowski Jr., Mauricio Ulloa

Evaluation of a Commercial ELISA Kit for Quantifying Cry1Ac Production in Glandless Cotton
Lori L. Hinze, Russell J. Kohel

2005 Evaluation of Roundup Ready Flex Varieties
A. C. York, A. M. Stewart, Joel C. Faircloth

Association Analysis of Morphological Characters with Molecular Markers in a TM-1 x 3-79 RI Population Grown inThree Diverse Environments
Steven Hoffman, Russell Kohel, Mauricio Ulloa, Jaemin Cho, Zhanyou Xu, C. Wayne Smith, Alan Pepper, Roy Cantrell, John Z. Yu

Notice of Release of Arkot 8712 Germplasm Line of Cotton
Fred Bourland, Joseph T. Johnson, Don C. Jones

Notice of Release of Arkot 9111 Germplasm Line of Cotton
Fred Bourland, Don C. Jones

Notice of Release of Arkot 9203-03 and Arkot 9203-17 Germplasm Lines of Cotton
Fred Bourland, Don C. Jones

Notice of Release of Arkot 9202 and Arkot 9208 Germplasm Lines of Cotton
Fred Bourland, Don C. Jones

Notice of Release of Three Arkot S23 Germplasm Lines of Cotton
Fred Bourland, Don C. Jones

Notice of Release of Three Nectariless Arkot Germplasm Lines of Cotton
Fred Bourland, Don C. Jones

Notice of Release of Arkot 9315 and Arkot 9409 Germplasm Lines of Cotton
Fred Bourland, Don C. Jones

Cotton Germplasm Enhancement and Evaluation by SSR Markers
Xiongming Du, Junling Sun, Zhaoe Pan, zhongli Zhou, Baoyin Pang, Guo qiang Liu, Guang-rong Qin, John Yu, Russell Kohel

An Intraspecific SSR Linkage Map of Cotton
Osman A. Gutierrez, Jixiang Wu, Johnie N. Jenkins, Jack C. McCarty, Dwaine A. Raska, David M. Stelly

Evaluation of the CMD Panel
Brian Scheffler, Gabriela Romano, Jodi Scheffler

Development of High Throughput DNA Marker Systems in Cotton Based on Gene and Regulatory Sequences
Jinfa Zhang, Yingzhi Lu, Mingxiong Pang, Sarah Higbie, Doug Hinchliffe, Chen Niu, Youlu Yuan, Shuxun Yu

Development of Plant Regeneration and Transformation Protocols for Elite Georgia Cotton Lines
Kedong Da, Jennifer McCurdy, Peng W. Chee

Evaluating the Use of Cotton Chromosome Substitution Lines with a Newly Developed Model
Jixiang Wu, Johnie N. Jenkins, Jack C. McCarty, Sukumar Saha

From in-silico Prediction to in-vivo Validation: Evo101 - A New Gene Candidate with Key Role to Modulate Cotton Fiber
Sharon Ayal, Rodrigo Yelin, Dotan Dimet, Evgenia Gold, Gil Ronen, Hagai Karchi

Analyzing Yield Trials : Taking out Spatial Variability
Daryl T. Bowman

Development and Honeycomb Selection of Partial Interspecific Lines in Cotton
Stella Kantartzi, Athanasios Mavromatis, Demetrios Roupakias

Obsolete Conventional vs Modern Transgenic Cultivars Performance Evaluations
William R. Meredith

Fiber Quality of a Near-isogenic Introgression Line Series from an Upland by Pima Interspecific Cross
Edward L. Lubbers, Peng W. Chee, Andrew H. Paterson, C. Wayne Smith

Release of Three Upland Cotton Germplasm Lines Possessing High Fiber Quality
Richard Percy, Roy Cantrell, Mauricio Ulloa

Performance of Roundup Ready Flex Cotton Cultivars in the Southwest in 2005
Randal K. Boman, Mark S. Kelley, Robert G. Lemon, John R. Gannaway, J.C. Banks

Yield and Quality Improvement of Significant D&PL Varieties During the Last 25-Years
Thomas A. Kerby, William V. Hugie

Repeatability of Yield Stability Statistics in Cotton
Dimitrios Baxevanos, Jesus Rossi, C. Goulas, S. Tzortios

Performance of Roundup Flex© Cotton Varieties In the North Mississippi River Delta
Bobby Phipps, Robert Montgomery, Ron Akin, Andrea Phillips, William Robertson, Chism Craig

Recovery of Recurrent Parent Traits when Backcrossing in Cotton
Melanie B. Bayles, Laval M. Verhalen, Lloyd L. McCall, William M. Johnson, Bradley R. Barnes

Inheritance of Resistance to Reniform Nematode in an Interspecific Cross of Gossypium
A. Forest Robinson, Osman A. Gutierrez, Johnie N. Jenkins, Jack C. McCarty, Martin J. Wubben, Clarence E. Watson

Commercial and Improved Germplasm Evaluations for Fusarium Wilt, FOV race 1 with root-knot nematodes and race 4
Mauricio Ulloa, Bob Hutmacher, R. Michael Davis, Rebecca Bennett, Richard Percy, Brian Marsh, Steve Wright, Michael McGuire

Evaluation of Nectariless Breeding Lines for Resistance to Plant Bugs
T. P. Wallace, F. A. Harris

Disease Resistance in Transgenic Cottons
Kanniah Rajasekaran, Mauricio Ulloa, Bob Hutmacher, Jeff Cary, Thomas Cleveland

Management and Lint Quality Characteristics for Variety Choice in New Mexico
Denise A. McWilliams

Segregation for Fiber Quality Traits in Six Upland Cotton Populations
David B. Weaver, Rachel S. Badger

Comparison of Fiber Properties of Saw and Roller Ginned Lint Samples
Joseph T. Johnson

Glycan Oligomer Profiles of Cotton
Allen K. Murray, Robert L. Nichols, Roy Cantrell

Characterization of Cotton Cultivars by Glycan Oligomer Analysis
Allen K. Murray

Promoter Anchored Amplified Polymorphism in Cotton
Mingxiong Pang, Jinfa Zhang, Shuxun Yu, Richard Percy

Molecular Analysis of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility and Restoration in Cotton
Fei Wang, Jinfa Zhang, James McD. Stewart

Plant Disease Resistance Gene Analogues in Cotton: Mapping and Expression
Chen Niu, Yingzhi Lu, Jinfa Zhang