Performance of Two Stripper Cotton Cultivars Planted at Three Ultra-narrow Row Spacings
By Muhammad Naveed Arshad on Aug 3, 2018

WCRC WCRC2

ABSTRACT Ultra-narrow cotton creates new possibilities for shortening the growing season of cotton thus decreasing costs of production inputs, but the optimum row spacing for ultra-narrow planting is still under investigation. The experiment was conducted at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Centre in Uvalde, Texas,...

Contents Of The WCRC 2
By Muhammad Naveed Arshad on Aug 3, 2018

WCRC WCRC2 Agronomy

Cultural Practices Long-term Cotton Based Crop Rotation Experimentation Application of Soil Monitoring, Benchmarking and Crop Simulation Mechanized Picking of Cotton Cultivated in Narrow Rows in Greece Physiological Effects on Cotton Plant Sown under Plastic Mulch Review of the Most Important Weather Parameters and their Impact on Cott...

Sudac-K, A Cultivar for Narrow Row Cultivation in the Sudan Gezira
By Muhammad Naveed Arshad on Jul 31, 2018

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ABSTRACT At the Gezira Research Station, Wad Medani, Sudan, a field study was initiated in 1996 to determine the response of morphologically contrasting upland cotton cultivars to different row widths and within-row spacing. Sudac-K is a newly synthesized okra-leaf type, resistant to whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Genn.) and is claimed to produce less s...

Weeding Initiation Time and Frequency: Their Effect on Performance and the Economics of Weed Control in Cotton
By Muhammad Naveed Arshad on Jul 31, 2018

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ABSTRACT Experiments were conducted at Serere Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute (SAARI) in 1996 and 1997 to determine the time of initiation and number of cultivations to optimise returns and the cost of weed control. Weeding was started either early (30 days after planting, (dap)) or late (45 dap). In both cases, plots were cu...

Comparative Review of the Most Important Weather Parameters and their Impact on Cotton Yield under Greek Conditions
By Muhammad Naveed Arshad on Jul 31, 2018

WCRC WCRC2

ABSTRACT Important weather parameters and their impact on cotton productivity were investigated in three main regions of Greek cotton production. Daily values of air temperature, solar radiation and precipitation for the period 1994-1997 were used, recorded on data loggers in fully automatic meteorological stations installed in the three study are...

Physiological Effects on Cotton Plant Sown under Plastic Mulch
By Muhammad Naveed Arshad on Jul 31, 2018

WCRC WCRC2

ABSTRACT The physiology of the cotton plant was studied in cotton sown under plastic. This practice is widespread among cotton growers in the Guadalquivir River Valley (SW Spain). Field experiments were conducted in 1993, 1994 and 1995 at Alcalá del Rio (Seville). In one experiment, cotton was sown on two dates in March. This is very early and is...

Mechanized Picking of Cotton Cultivated in Narrow Rows in Greece
By Muhammad Naveed Arshad on Jul 31, 2018

WCRC WCRC2

ABSTRACT The early cotton picker, adjusted to pick at 1 metre spacing, imposed this spacing on the traditional cotton cultivation system. Subsequent experimental results proved the superiority of narrower row spacing in many cases. Accordingly, in the 1980’s, many farm machinery companies in the USA started to convert existing cotton pickers to pi...

Application of Soil Monitoring, Benchmarking and Crop Simulation in Commercial Dryland Cotton Management
By Muhammad Naveed Arshad on Jul 31, 2018

WCRC WCRC2

ABSTRACT Many agronomic decisions involve risk as many of the factors involved are unknown or uncertain (e.g. rainfall). History can often serve as our best guide to the potential risks and benefits of a particular strategy. The use of crop simulation models is a powerful, and often the only, way to address such issues. Participatory research appr...

Long-term Cotton Based Crop Rotation Experimentation
By Muhammad Naveed Arshad on Jul 31, 2018

Agronomy & physiology WCRC WCRC2

ABSTRACT Cotton is the main cash crop of temperate regions in Punjab, Pakistan, accounting for 60% of total foreign exchange earnings and providing above 55% of total employment. Cotton-fallow-cotton and cotton-wheat-cotton are traditional rotations of the region. Introduction of maize, sunflower and soybean has necessitated the development of new...

2nd SINO-PAK International Conference on Innovations in Cotton Breeding and Biotechnology, 2018
By Muhammad Umar Iqbal on Jul 28, 2018

Cotton Breeding and Biotechnology

 CALL FOR PAPERS SINO-PAK International Conference on Innovations in Cotton Breeding and Biotechnology 26-27 November, 2018, Multan, Pakistan http://mnsuam.edu.pk/cottonconference Sino-Pak International Conference on Innovations in Cotton Breeding and Biotechnology 2018 organized by Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan...

Articles Related To Genetics 04/18
By Muhammad Naveed Arshad on Apr 30, 2018

Biomol - Biotechnology Cotton Genome

  List provided by Ahmed Abdelmoghny elkomy_a@yahoo.com Recent insights into cotton functional genomics: progress and future perspectives Javaria Ashraf et al., Plant Biotechnology Journal (2018) 16, pp. 699–713 Corresponding author: sglzms@163.com Recent insights into cotton functional genomics: progress and future perspectives Javar...

Administrative Control of PCCC
By Fiaz Ahmad on Apr 18, 2018

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The administrative control of Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) has been shifted from Ministry of Commerce and Textile to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research. The decision is taken by the Government keeping in view the suggestions made by a high level review committee. The decision is hoped to favorably impact cotton research...

Technical Assistance for C-4 Countries
By Fiaz Ahmad on Apr 18, 2018

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A total of 7 delegates from Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Benin will be visiting Pakistan from April 22 to May 05, 2018. During the stay in Pakistan delegates will make exposure visits of different cotton research Institutions, textile and garment industry  and academic institutions at Lahore, Faisalabad and Multan. A full day is reserved for Pakist...

Articles related to genetics 03/18
on Mar 12, 2018

Breeding & Genetic improvement Biomol - Biotechnology

List provided by Ishwarappa KATAGERI katageriis@uasd.in Genetic Analysis of Gossypium Fiber Quality Traits in Reciprocal Advanced Backcross Populations Chandnani R et al. Plant Genome. 2018 Mar; 11(1). doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2017.06.0057 Corresponding author: paterson@uga.edu In mapping populations segregating for many loci, the large amou...

Cotton-innovation website
By Bruno Bachelier on Mar 12, 2018

Measurement classing Information Sustain-WestCentralAfrica PestControl-WestCentralAfrica ProdExtension-WestCentralAfrica Croprotection-WestCentralAfrica Environment

Cotton-innovation website: A site dedicated to cotton innovations for West and Central Africa, an English version of this website is now available Factsheets are available on innovations in the cotton supply chains, sustainability indicators for cotton farming systems (related to the SEEP report), economic information, etc. Enjoy your visit....

Articles related to genetics & breeding 03/18
on Mar 6, 2018

Breeding & Genetic improvement Biomol - Biotechnology

List provived by Ahmed Elkomy elkomy_a@yahoo.com QTL mapping for some important drought tolerant traits in upland cotton M. A. Saleem et al. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 2015, 25(2): 502-509. Corresponding author: asifsaleempbg@gmail.com Drought stress is a major factor limiting crop production. Genetic improvement is possibl...

Articles related to crop protection - 03/18
on Mar 6, 2018

Crop Protection

List provided by Sandhya Kranthi: sandhya.kranthi@gmail.com Endogenous Ethylene Concentration Is Not a Major Determinant of Fruit Abscission in Heat-Stressed Cotton (Gossypium hirsutumL.) Najeb, Sarvar et al.  Front. Plant Sci., 21 September 2017 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01615 We investigated the role of ethylene in the response of co...

Light and simplified cultivation of cotton, an approach of global relevance?
on Jan 3, 2018

Breeding & Genetic improvement Agronomy & physiology Agro-physio-Asia Breeding-Asia

A paper recently published about China In a recent visit to Shadong Cotton Research Institute, I was introduced to the approach of carrying out new cultivation techniques destined to adapt to the current context of labor scarcity and high production costs for cotton production in China. This approach is being elaborated in a recent paper by the re...

ICRA Promotional Material
on Oct 18, 2017

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ICRA Promotional Material

Seventh 'Asian Cotton Research and Development Network' Meeting, 15-17 Sept 2017, Nagpur India.
By Keshav Kranthi on Oct 14, 2017

Breeding & Genetic improvement Weed control Disease control Crop Protection Economics and policy Agronomy & physiology Production Extension Biomol - Biotechnology Climate change Social issues Sustainability Post Harvest Pest control Agro-physio-Asia WeedControl-Asia Sustain-Asia Social-Issues-asia Post-Harvest-Asia PestControl-Asia Biomol - Biotech-Asia ProdExtension-Asia Eco&Policy-Asia Disease-Asia-51 Croprotection-Asia Climate-Asia Breeding-Asia

The Seventh Meeting of the Asian Cotton Research and Development Network was held at Nagpur during 15-17 September 2017. The Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI), Mumbai hosted the meeting together with the ICAR-CICR (Central Institute for Cotton Research), Nagpur and ICAR-CIRCOT (Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technologies). The...