1990 BELTWIDE COTTON PRODUCTION CONFERENCE
Jan. 10-13, Las Vegas, NV
Editors
C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter

TABLE OF CONTENTS




Conference Chairman's Address
William T. Lovelady
3
U.S. and World Cotton Outlook
William B. Dunavant, Jr.
4
Food Safety: The Administration's View
Daniel D. Haley
9
Pesticide Regulations in the 1990's: Evolving Issues and the Role of Cotton User Groups
Douglas D. Campt
11
The 1990 Farm Bill: Major Commodity Provisions
Charles D. Penry
13
1990 Farm Legislation: The Conservation Title
Robert L. Redding
14
Improvements in Cotton Through Genetics and Breeding since 1975
R.R. Bridge
16


A DILEMMA: WHAT TO DO WITH PESTICIDE CONTAINERS

Bulk Storage
Charles G. Rock
19
The Problem
C.L. (Bill) Scott
19
Mississippi Pesticide Container Rinsing, Collection, and Recycling Demonstration Project
Robert H. McCarty
20
Pesticide Container Design Study and Container Regulations
Robert L. Denny
21


TEAM APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT FOR QUALITY

Production Management Factors That Influence Fiber Quality
William R. Meredith, Jr.
22
A Good Bale of Cotton: Interaction of Variety, Harvesting and Ginning
W.Stanley Anthony
27
Management of Barky Cotton
Don Bell
33
Sticky Cotton: Problem, Causes, and Management
Frank L. Carter
34
Changes Taking Place in Cotton Grading: A Status Report on the USDA Advisory Committee on Cotton Marketing
Steve C. Verett
36


TEAM APPROACH TO GETTING AND KEEPING A STAND

Development of a Price Reporting System for HVI Grading
Don Ethridge
37
Planting Seed Quality - Vigor Testing
William H. McCarty and Charles Baskin
40
Proper Seedbed Preparation
Lyle M. Carter
41
Managing Seedling Diseases
Earl B. Minton
43
Making Replant Decisions
James R. Supak
45
Early-Season Weeds and Their Management
J.C. Banks
48
Managing Early-Season Insects
Gary A. Herzog
50


MANAGEMENT AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN COTTON PRODUCTION PRACTICES

Managing Modern Cotton Cultivars
Johnie N. Jenkins
51
Fertilizer Placement; Past, Present, and Future?
Gordon R. Tupper and M. Wayne Ebelhar
57
Reassessing Potassium Requirements of Cotton for Yield and Fiber Quality
K.G. Cassman, T.A. Kerby, B.A. Roberts, and S.M. Brouder
60
Water Management for Upland and Pima Cotton
Jeffrey C. Silvertooth
64
Plant Growth Regulators and Harvest Aids -- Proper Use
Kater Hake
67


SPECIAL SESSION: NEW DEVELOPMENTS FROM INDUSTRY

VA Mycorrhizal Inoculation Improves Cotton Yields on Low-Phosphorus Soils
T.E. Wood and G.S. Johnson
95
Baytan® 30 FL: A New Systemic Fungicide for Cotton
Charles T. Graham, Jr.
96
U.S.M. (Uprooter/Shredder/Mulcher)
Yarron Ben-Dor
97
Genetically-Engineered Herbicide Tolerant Cotton
Donna Mitten and Jack Kiser
97
Deep Band Fertilizer and Dry Lime Applicator: New Implement for Nutrient Placement and pH Correction in the Subsoil for Cotton.
C.G. White, Jr.
99
Consolidated HGM Model 400 Roller Gin and Feeder
Russell M. Sutton
100
Butacide 8EC: An Insecticide Synergist for Control of Resistant Tobacco Budworms
C.A. Silcox
101
COBRA 2EC for Post-Directed Broadleaf Weed Control in Cotton
B.A. Womble, G.J. Rich, and W.D. Sewell
102
Cytokin: The Fruiting Hormone for Cotton
Jerry V. Mayeux
104
Pre-Shaping Seedbeds
John O. Moore
106
Orthene 90s (Acephate) a New Labeled In-Furrow Application
M.R. Bates and W.D. Sewell
106
9960 Cotton Picker
T.A. Deutsch and S.A. Junge
109
F2 from Hybrid Cotton Planting Seed: CB219; CB232; CB407, and CB 1135
Pat Holverson
111

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