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January 20, 2023
Getting to the Roots: The New Frontiers of Cotton Breeding
Current science recognizes the importance of root architecture in breeding drought-resilient crop varieties. Recent research has identified novel root ideotypes that would be advantageous in varied soil and climatic conditions. With the advances in genomics and the availability of new tools for root phenotyping, we have better ability to breed new varieties with beneficial root traits. In this presentation, Sruthi Narayanan reviews the importance of roots in improving cotton yields in the U.S. Southeast, current investments in root breeding, and root ideotypes that have been proposed in the literature for crop improvement.
Update of Cotton Fiber Quality Mapping
Advanced Planting Technologies Customized for Arizona Cotton
Cotton Variety Performance, Stability, and Identification: View from the Gin
Genetic and Virulence Dynamics of Fov4 and Xcm
Episode 39: Cotton Variety Development, Evaluation and Selection
Episode 38: Cotton Nematode Management Across the U.S. Cotton Belt
Episode 37: A Look Back and Forward at the Texas Cotton Crops of 2023 and 2024
Episode 36: Deer Damage in Cotton
PhytoGen Cottonseed Wins Big In University Trials
March 5, 2024
PhytoGen cottonseed, the U.S. cottonseed brand of Corteva Agriscience, says its newer varieties offer producers higher yield potential with built-in… Read More
Cotton Farmers Spring Into Action
March 4, 2024
No, it’s not quite time to drag out the cotton picker but give it a few days and growers will be waking up in the fall to implications of decisions… Read More
2024 TCGA Special Section
March 1, 2024
It is time once again to return to Lubbock for the 116th Annual Meeting and Cotton Trade Show of the Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association. The TCGA sta… Read More