The ICAC
RECORDER
The main vehicle for providing updates on production research is a quarterly journal called The ICAC RECORDER. Four issues of the journal are published in March, June, September and December of every year. The ICAC RECORDER was first written in English only but is now published in the three official languages of the ICAC; English, French and Spanish.
In addition to feature articles, which usually provide a review of a specific issue, short notes highlighting research achievements are also included in each issue. Important cotton meetings and publications are also reported in the ICAC RECORDER.
A limited number of copies are made available at no cost to cotton research institutions in ICAC member countries. However, the publication is also available from the ICAC Secretariat at an annual subscription rate of US$175.00 hard copy and US$140.00 electronic version.
Review
Articles
Updates on production research are also provided through detailed review articles. Researchers of international reputation in their expertise are contracted to write detailed review articles in English. Since 1989, following articles have been published:
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Cotton Fiber Impurities (Dr. L. Verschraege, 55 pages, 1989)
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Stickiness in Cotton (Dr. Debra J. Hector and Dr. Ian D. Hodkinson, 44 pages, 1989)
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Biotechnology of Cotton (Dr. James McD. Stewart, 56 pages, 1991)
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Short Fiber Contents and Uniformity Index (Dr. Hassan M. Behery, 48 pages, 1993)
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Insecticide Resistance and its Management in Cotton Insects (Dr. Steve J. Castle, Dr. Nilima Prabhaker & Dr. Thomas J. Henneberry, 55 pages, 1999.
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Biotechnology in Cotton Research and Production, Second Edition. (Dr. James McD. Stewart. The publication will be available soon)
A limited number of copies of the review articles are provided free to member countries. Additional copies can be ordered from CAB International. However, the article on insecticide resistance can be purchased from the ICAC.
CABI Publishing,
CAB International
Wallingford, Oxfordshire,
OX10 8DE, UK
Tel: +44 1491 832111
Fax: +44 1491 829292
email: orders@cabi.org
Technical
Seminar
The TIS at every Plenary Meeting of the ICAC organize a one-day Technical Seminar on a selected topic. The Technical Seminar is the most important activity of the ICAC's Committee on Cotton Production Research. The Committee on Cotton Production meets every year at the Plenary Meeting, holds a Technical Seminar and decides a topic for the next seminar in addition to discussing other activities of the TIS and technical issues in the field of production research.
Leading experts on a selected topic are invited to present papers in the Technical Seminar. Papers presented and submitted for the Technical Seminar are compiled and published each year.
The publications are available from the ICAC.
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