Session: Plant Breeding and Genetics--Three


Tuesday, September 11, 2007: 1:15 PM-3:30 PM
111 (Lubbock Memorial Civic Center)
Plant Breeding and Genetics--Three

Session Chair:	Dr. Mauricio Ulloa
Organizer:	Dr. C. Wayne Smith
1:15 PM		Molecular Evaluation of elite cotton cultivars using DNA markers Dr. G.B. Khandagale, Dr. A.B. Dongare, Dr. H.V. Kalpande, Ms. S.N. Salunkhe
1:30 PM		Preferential transmission of Gossypium sturtianum chromosome fragments in the progeny of [(G. hirsutum x G. raimondii)^₂x G. sturtianum] trispecific hybrid Dr. Halima Benbouza, Ms. Fatimata Bintou Hassedine Diouf, Dr. Jean Pierre Baudoin, Dr. Guy Mergeai
1:45 PM		ANALYSIS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.) VARIETIES USING AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (AFLP) MARKERS Dr. Everina Lukonge, Dr. Liezel Herselman, Prof. Maryke Labuschagne
2:00 PM		Varietal Contributions to Changes in Yield and Fiber Quality in Recent Decades Dr. Thomas A. Kerby, Dr. David W. Albers, Dr. Ken E. Lege, Mr. Thomas R. Speed, Mr. James C. Bosch
2:15 PM		Combining ability and utility of interspecific Gossypium matings Dr. Steve Hague, Dr. C. Wayne Smith, Dr. David Stelly
2:30 PM		Development of Fine-Count Cotton in the Sudan Mr. Ahmed M. Mustafa
2:45 PM		Improving Upland Cotton by Introducing Desirable Genes from Pima Cotton Dr. Jinfa Zhang, Dr. Richard Percy
3:00 PM		Glycan Oligomers in Mild and Strong Acid Extracts of Developing and Mature Cotton (G. hirsutum) Fibers and Textile Dr. Allen Murray, Dr. Robert Nichols
3:15 PM		Discussion
Sponsor:	Plant Breeding and Genetics