Monday, September 10, 2007: 1:15 PM-5:30 PM
112 (Lubbock Memorial Civic Center)
Value Added Issues for Fiber and Seed
The value added session will have presentations showing techniques or methodologies that produce increased value utilizing both fiber and seed. Perspectives will be international in scope and information will be given from both public and private researchers. Methodologies described will range from practical use of non-lint components to molecular techniques to alter seed chemistry.
1:15 PM			Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM			Monsanto Presentation Mr. A. Monsanto
1:55 PM			RNAi-mediated, selective, and substantial reduction in gossypol levels from cottonseed to enhance its food and feed value  Dr. Keerti S. Rathore, Dr. Ganesan Sunilkumar, Dr. Robert D. Stipanovic, Mr. Tom Wedegaertner
2:15 PM			Cotton Plant Stalk – An Alternate Raw material to Board Industry Mr. P. G. Patil, Mr. R. M. Gurjar, Dr. A. J. Shaikh, Dr. R. H. Balasubramanya, Dr. K. M. Paralikar, Dr. P. V. Varadarajan
2:35 PM			Bayer CropScience Presentation Mr. A. Bayer CropScience Representative
2:55 PM			 Increasing cottonseed utilization through breeding and genetic engineering to produce high levels of (+)-gossypol in seed Dr. Jinggao Liu, Dr. Alois A. Bell, Dr. Robert D. Stipanovic, Dr. Lorraine S. Puckhaber
3:15 PM			Detection of Contamination with Bt Transgene in Commercial  Cottonseed of Argentinean Non-transgenic Cultivars Ms. Ariela Gonzalez, Mr. Olegario Manuel Royo, Mrs. Maria Alejandra Simonella, Ms. Elisa Martinez
3:35 PM			A Unique Cotton Brand Mr. A. Syngenta representative
Sponsor:	Value-added Issues for Fiber and Seed

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