Plant density modifies within-canopy cotton fiber quality.

Crop Science;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......global market, fiber quality must meet...transgenic cotton cultivars that were...yield and fiber quality before their...transgenic cotton cultivars. For instance...determine how fiber quality of cotton is affected...

Genetic improvement of New Mexico Acala cotton germplasm and their genetic...

Crop Science;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......1517 series of cotton cultivars and numerous...for its high fiber quality, good Verticillium...other types of cotton cultivars since the 1950s...importance in Acala cotton cultivars and germplasm...to introduce fiber quality genes from Acala...commercial ...

Estimation of genetic divergence among elite cotton cultivars-genotypes by...

Crop Science;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......cultivar analysis of various Australian cotton cultivars (Multani and Lyon, 1995), Pakistani cotton cultivars (Iqbal et al., 1997), and wild cotton...obtained from RAPD markers of 16 U.S. cotton cultivars was compared with the taxonomic distances...

Association of fiber quality parameters and within-boll yield components...

Crop Science;  November 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......of lint yield in upland cotton and fiber quality (Culp and Harrell, 1975; Culp et al...between lint yield/unit land area and fiber quality, especially between yield and fiber...association between total lint yield and fiber quality, while positive associations were noted...

Environmental Effects on Cotton Fiber Carbohydrate Concentration and...

Crop Science;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...SUPERIOR FIBER QUALITY can make cotton lint more desirable...Consequently, genetic improvements in fiber quality traits by U.S. cotton breeders over...mask any genetic improvements in fiber quality. A number of environmental factors...

Swatches.(cotton and textile industry news)(Brief Article)

WWD;  January 21, 2003 ;     256 words ......Michael D. Watson to vice president of fiber quality research. In this position, he will...responsible for the overall operation of the fiber quality research department, which directs...improvement opportunities to measure fiber quality. He was formerly senior director of...

Primitive accession derived germplasm by cultivar crosses as sources for...

Crop Science;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...FIBER QUALITY has become increasingly...yielding, commercial, upland cotton cultivars do not possess the fiber quality desired by the textile...the challenge to improve fiber quality. To improve the efficiency...high yield and acceptable fiber quality, it is ...

Cotton Inc. names assoc. director, retail mktg.: fills vp, fiber quality...

Home Textiles Today;  January 20, 2003 ;     220 words ......has promoted Michael Watson to vp, fiber quality research. He was previously senior...improvement opportunities for measurement of fiber quality and implementation of technological...In 1988, he was promoted to manager, fiber quality research, becoming senior director...

Genetic Similarity Indices for Ancestral Cotton Cultivars and their Impact...

Crop Science;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......reported an average CP of 0.07 for cotton cultivars released between 1970 and 1990. In...be overestimated. Over 30% of the cotton cultivars released between 1970 and 1990 were...showing that ancestors of modern upland cotton cultivars probably originated from a small area...

Challenges in testing transgenic and nontransgenic cotton cultivars.

Crop Science;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...COTTON CULTIVARS transgenically enhanced to impart...in OCTs (Lukefahr et al., 1966). Cotton cultivars can also vary in leaf trichome density...The First Contingent of Transgenic Cotton Cultivars A brief synopsis of the development...

Combining ability for within-boll yield components in cotton, Gossypium...

Crop Science;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......possible. Within the limits of accepted fiber quality, seeds-men, breeders, and geneticists...diverse cotton genotypes varying in fiber quality parameters, (ii) to compare within...germplasm lines released for exceptional fiber quality. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six diverse...

Effects of Seed and Farm Characteristics on Cottonseed Choice: A...

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......respect to price, seed type, yield, and fiber quality are examined by a willingness-to-pay...experiment, cotton, farm labor, farm size, fiber quality, willingness to pay (WTP) JEL Classifications...of cotton growers surveyed reported fiber quality to be "very important" when ...

Registration of TTU 202-1107-B and TTU 271-2155-C Mutant Germplasm Lines...

Crop Science;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......breeding programs developing improved fiber quality. TTU 202-1107-B and TTU 271-2155-C...sub.3] plants selected in 1995 for fiber quality exceeding that of the parental cultivar...271 were evaluated for yield and for fiber quality in replicated trials at Lubbock, TX...

Pedigree- vs. DNA marker-based genetic similarity estimates in cotton.

Crop Science;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......among germ-plasm. The pedigrees of cotton cultivars have been assembled and published...average COP of 0.07 for 260 Upland cotton cultivars released in the USA between 1970 and...genetic diversity in modern Upland cotton cultivars. This inconsistency casts doubt in...

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: Cotton Blue Book available at Va Valley cotton gins.

M2 Presswire;  December 10, 1999 ;     550 words ......Norman said, issues relating to cotton fiber quality were of special interest to growers...blue book, he said, contains a 10-year fiber quality analysis summary, from 1990 through...what's important, and a comparison of fiber quality over the years. Charts showing a 16-ye...