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Effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) on Growth, Yield, and Physiological Parameters of Field Grown Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
(2015-09-04)
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) crops usually experience some type of environmental stress during the season. Soil moisture deficits along with high temperatures pose the biggest constraints for crop productivity. Although ...
Optimal Joint Program Election in Stacked Income Protection Plan for Upland Cotton Producers in Texas
(2015-12-11)
To achieve the goal of the 2014 Farm Bill, many programs (direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, and ACRE) that relied on market trends were replaced with other types of risk management tools. Upland cotton producers ...
Crop- and Location-Specific Drought Index for Agricultural Water Management: Development, Evaluation, and Forecasting
(2015-08-04)
Severe droughts have plagued the United States over the last few years. The 2011 Texas drought, the 2012 U.S. drought, and the current California drought have greatly impacted the nation’s economy and agricultural production. ...
Introgression of the Ultra-Low Gossypol Cottonseed Trait in Elite Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Cultivars
(2015-05-22)
Food security is one of the most important challenges that society will continue to face in a world with a rapidly expanding population coupled with a growing affluence. Cottonseed is an underutilized source of protein and ...
Development of Genomic Markers and Mapping Tools for Assembling the Allotetraploid Gossypium hirsutum L. Draft Genome Sequence
(2015-04-01)
Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is the largest producer of natural textile fibers. Most worldwide and domestic cotton fiber production is based on cultivars of G. hirsutum L., an allotetraploid. Genetic improvement of cotton remains ...
Fungal Endophytes and Their Ecological Roles in Cotton: Evaluation of Potential Antagonistic Activity against Plant Parasitic Nematodes and Insect Herbivores
(2015-10-20)
Results showed that both endophytes could negatively affect root-knot nematode infection and reproduction in cotton under greenhouse conditions. Further, endophytic C. globosum was also shown to negatively affect the ...
Expression Analysis and Mapping of the Semigamy Gene in Cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.)
(2015-04-24)
Several naturally occurring apomicts rely on various forms of semigamous reproduction, where female and male nuclei fail to fuse after fertilization. Heritably high frequencies of haploids among monoembryonic seed were ...