Extra-fine cotton improvement in sudan
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author Ahmed M. Mustafa, Maria Abdalla Abdelrahman Musa and Abdrahman Abdellatif Agricultural Research Corporation, Wad Medani, Sudan Abstract New Extra-fine cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.) lines have been developed with intermediate reaction to bacterial blight disease. The advantage seed cotton yield of the lines over Ba...

Cotton research aspects in Greece
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author Tsaliki and A. Kaliva  Hellenic Agricultural Organization – DEMETER Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources Institute, Thermi Thessaloniki – Greece Abstract Cotton  is a  major  agricultural crop  in Greece, accounting  for more than 8 percent of total agricultural output. More than 55,000 farmers grow cotton, produc...

Cotton Cultivation in Non-traditional areas of Bangladesh
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Authors Md. Farid Uddin Executive Director Cotton Development Board, Khamarbari, Dhaka Bangladesh Abstract Bangladesh is the 2nd apparel producer of the world after China. The contribution of GDP and employment is the highest by Textile and Clothing sector of Bangladesh. There are 5000 RMG, 407 spinning mill, 396 knitwea...

Center Pivots “Applications & Management”
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Authors Khaled Shalabi Agricultural Research Engineering Institute-ARC-Giza, Egypt Abstract The presentation sheds the lights on the importance of theirrigation applications and irrigation management. Irrigation applications that could be configured by center pivot and its sprinkler packagesto match the different soil types...

Advantages of the pivots irrigations systeme on els cotton varieties
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author Manuel Lopez Garcia (Departamento de algodon  de C.I.F.A. Las Torres SPAIN) Felipe Rey Montero (Director de investigación de Semillas Sostenibles Iberica) Abstract This study aims at a better understanding of yield and quality of fiber ELS varieties, using irrigation systems LEPA (low energie aplications precision) c...

Comparative chloroplast genome sequence analyses of gossypium thurberi with two cultivated allotetraploid gossypium species
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author Farshid Talat West Azerbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, AREEO, Urmia, Iran Abstract The chloroplast is the sole site for photosynthetic activities in green plants and contains the whole enzymatic machinery needed for this purpose. Gossypium thurberi is a wild diploid species and also one of...

Association mapping for seed cotton yield, its contributing and fiber quality traits in Upland Cotton (G. hirsutum L.) germplasm lines.
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author Suresh handi and I.S.Katageri* *Professor and Head, Institute of Agribiotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, INDIA, katageriis@uasd.in Abstract Determination of the genetic  basis of complex quantitative traits has been one of the major scientific challenges in the process of crop i...

The history, development and future of cotton extension in india
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author USHA RANI Senior Scientist, Central Institute for Cotton Research, ICAR, Regional Station, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Abstract The influence of Extension in Indian Cotton sector is time immemorial, influential and imperative. Extension in cotton started during the American civil war, when the Confederacy has stopp...

Determination of Some Agricultural and Technological Properties of Cotton Planted As Second-Crop in Wheat-Cotton Cultivation System
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author Sema Basbag*                                       Remzi Ekinci* *Dicle University Faculty of Agriculture, Field Crops Department 21280- Diyarbakır, sbasbag@dicle.edu.tr Abstract The opportunity to increase agricultural areas is limited so that increasing demands can be achieved by producing more products from existe...

Designing African rainfed cotton ideotype by simulation
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author ROMAIN LOISON CIRAD – France Abstract Crop simulation models (CSM) dynamically estimate agricultural production as a function of weather and soil conditions, and crop management. They can be used for evaluating cultivars in  actual and future tropical conditions. In Northern Cameroon, cotton (Gossypiumhirsutum L.) is...

Morpho-physiological traits conferring drought adaptation among cotton genotypes in Cameroon
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author ROMAIN LOISON CIRAD – France Abstract In Cameroon, water shortage is the major abiotic factor limiting cotton (Gossypiumhirsutum L) yield and lint quality. Understanding cotton physiological responses to water supply and their consequences on growth and development therefore provides insight into the problem of yield...

Sixty Years Of Cotton Breeding In Cameroon: Interaction Between Genetic Improvement And Rainfed Cropping Conditions
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author ROMAIN LOISON CIRAD – France Abstract Seed cotton (Gossypium  hirsutum L) yield in Northern Cameroon has been declining since the 80s despite breeding efforts. We used a set of widely grown cotton cultivars released at  different dates to study genetic improvement under different cropping conditions in Cameroon, and i...

Ecophysiological analysis and modeling of genotype by environment by crop management interactions on cotton (gossypium hirsutum l.) in cameroon for the design of ideotypes
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to Content Author ROMAIN LOISON CIRAD – France Abstract Cotton lint is the first natural fiber used in the world. Cotton provides income to more than 10 million people in West and Central Africa. In Cameroon, it is produced in rainfed conditions and water shortage is the major abiotic factor limiting yield and lint quality. In this co...

A graphical method to determine dominant and recessive gene percents using diallel analysis in cotton
on Jun 16, 2019

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Back to content Authors Ercan EFE KahramanmarasSutcuimam University, TURKEY Abstract In diallel analysis widely used by plant breeders, WrvsVr graph gives important knowledge about the parents. In this graph, it’s possible to interpret distribution of dominant and recessive genes among the parents by investigating the relations between W*r...

Effects of interspecific hybridization on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.*Gossypium Barbadense L.)
on Jun 15, 2019

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Back to Content Authors Mehmet ÇOBAN1, Aydın ÜNAY2, Hakan ÇİFCİ3,Birnur İLHAN4 1Cotton Research Institute, 09800 Nazilli, Turkey 2Department of Crop Science, Adnan Menderes University, 09100 Aydin, Turkey 3Sheep Breeding Research Institute, 10200 Bandırma, Turkey 4General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies, 06171 Anka...

Leaf reddening index as an indicator of leaf reddening malady in bt cotton hybrids: causes and remedies
on Jun 15, 2019

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Back to Content Authors Y. Rakshitha1, B. S. Janagoudar* and A. Amaregouda2 1 Postgraduate scholar, 2 Professor of Crop Physiology *        Correspondence : Dr. B. S. Janagoudar, Dean (Agri), College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad – 580 005, Karnataka, India e-mail : bjanagoudar56@gmail.com, deanacd@uasd.i...

Molecular breeding: cotton transcriptome analysis, characterisation and validation of fibre strength genes assistive in marker assisted selection
on Jun 15, 2019

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Back to Content Author B.R.Patil,I.S. Katageri,B.M Khadi, G. Balasubramani, K.P.Raghvendra, J.Amudha, S.K.Deshpande Abstract The relative gene expression of GhcesA1, GhcesA2, and GhcesA7 orthologus of AtcesA8, AtcesA4, and AtcesA7 respectively, Ghcobl4, Ghfla3 and GhMT1genes using Recombinant Inbred Lines mapping population was studied through...

Maintaining Scheme of The Egyptian Cotton varieties
on Jun 15, 2019

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Back to Content Author Gaber M. Hemaida  Cotton Research Institute, ARC, Egypt. Abstract In Egypt, the problem of cotton varieties deterioration has been the subject of concern since the early days of Egyptian cotton cultivation. It appears to be true, that many varieties in the early years of this century went out of cultivation because t...

Egyptian Cotton Breeding Program
on Jun 15, 2019

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Back to Content Author Hasan Al-Adly Cotton Research Institute, Giza-Egypt Abstract All the Egyptian cotton varieties belong to Gossypium barbadense L. Egyptian cotton breeding program is unique and depends onbreeding pure progeny lines, therefore Egyptian cotton varieties have higher stability and continues for several years in common agr...

Keynote speech: Science – based technological innovations for textile development
on Jun 15, 2019

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Back to Content Author Prof. Dr.  A. Hebeish National Research Centre, Textile Research Division Dokki, Cairo, Egypt Abstract See attachment Back to Content