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Focus on Cotton
Focus on Cotton The Focus on Cotton webcast series features timely, science-based and peer-reviewed information on cotton plant health. Learn from plant health management professionals from around the U.S.
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August 24, 2023
Precision Soil Sampling Approaches for Site-Specific Nutrient Management
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.
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Cotton Specialists Corner
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Cotton News
Cotton News
Cotton Farming
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First Bale Harvested Fetches $25,000 for Scholarship Fund
October 8, 2024
The official certified first bale of U.S.-grown cotton harvested in 2024 was auctioned for $25,500 at the annual First Bale Auction and Scholarship Fu… Read More
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Low River Levels on the Mississippi River: Not the Three-peat We Want
October 1, 2024
The Mississippi River level measured at Memphis, Tennessee, has dropped to severe low levels for the third year in a row. As of 11:35 a.m. on Sept. 23… Read More
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More Than One Way To Scout A Crop
October 1, 2024
When I was about eight years old, my dad would take me to the farm on Sunday afternoons to see how the cotton crop looked. He usually switched up whic… Read More
