World Cotton Research Conference WCRC-2

06 September 1998 - 12 September 1998 , Athens, Greece

“New Frontiers in Cotton Research”

 

Organizing Committee

International 

Lawrence H. Shaw, Executive Director, International Cotton Advisory Committee, (Chairman)
Jean Philippe Deguine, Head Cotton Program, Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement, France
Sebastiao Barbosa, Regional Officer, FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile
Kiratso Kosmidou - Dimitropoulou, Director, Hellenic Cotton Board, Athens, Greece
Ioannis Tsitsipis, President, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Athens, Greece
Derek Russell, National Resources Institute, United Kingdom
Ralph Schulzé, Executive Director, Cotton Research and Development Corporation, Australia
Eugene Brock, Chairman, Cotton Board, South Africa
Zahir Hussain, Cotton Commissioner, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Pakistan

National

Kiratso Kosmidou - Dimitropoulou, Director, Hellenic Cotton Board, Athens, Greece (Chairman)
Urania Kechagia, Director, Cotton and Industrial Plants Institute, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Thessaloniki,  Greece ( V. Chairman)
Lydia Bouza, Hellenic Cotton Board, Athens, Greece, (Secretary)
Angeliki Avgoula, Hellenic Cotton Board, Athens, Greece, (Secretary)
Vassilia Tsouridou, Hellenic Cotton Board, Athens, Greece, (Treasurer)
Maria Anastasiou, Hellenic Cotton Board, Athens, Greece
Thalia Kouloula, Hellenic Cotton Board, Athens, Greece
Irini Kyriakidou, Hellenic Cotton Board, Athens, Greece
Maria Malikoutsaki-Mathioudi, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Athens, Greece
Panaghiotis Tsotros, Ministry of Agriculture, Athens, Greece
Eleni Voulgaraki, Hellenic Cotton Board, Athens, Greece
Fotios Xanthopoulos, Cotton and Industrial Plants Institute, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Thessaloniki, Greece
Vasilios Zarkinos, Panhellenic Co-Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Athens, Greece

 

OVERVIEW ON CURRENT COTTON RESEARCH
1. BREEDING
2. BIOTECHNOLOGY
3. AGRONOMY
4. PHYSIOLOGY
5. CROP PROTECTION
6. FIBER QUALITY
7. COTTON AND ENVIRONMENT
8. MULTIDISCIPLINARY
9. NEW DEVELOPMENTS FROM INDUSTRY

• • • Opening address
      The Greek Minister of Agriculture

OVERVIEW ON CURRENT COTTON RESEARCH (Plenary papers)

• • • Breeding and cultivar development of cotton for specific cropping systems.
      G.A. Constable

• • • Genetic improvement of cotton utilizing the Multi-Adversity Resistance (MAR) system.
      K.M. El- Zik and P.M. Thaxton

• • • Fertilizer role in sustainable cotton production.                                                      
      M.N.A. Malik 

• • • A perspective of water management for the future.
      J. Spenser

• • • Cotton yield stagnation: Addressing a common effect of various causes.
      M. Fok

• • • Managing cotton growth and development with plant growth regulators. 
      D.M. Oosterhuis, K. Kosmidou and  J.T. Cothren

• • • Cotton disease control: Contrasting approaches. 
      R.J. Hillocks

• • • A future for IPM in cotton: the challenge of integrating new tools to minimize pesticide dependence. 
      G. Fitt

• • • New perspectives in improving cotton fibre quality and processing efficiency. 
      U. Kechagia and H. Harig

1. BREEDING
1a. Classical - Mutagenesis

• • • Continued progress in breeding for yield in the USA? 
      W. Jr. Meredith

• • • Breeding short duration, compact, leaf curl resistant variety of cotton in double cropping system of North India. 
      C.J. Kapoor and R.P. Bhardwaj

• • • Breeding for insect resistance in cotton utilizing morphological traits at the Cotton Research Institute, Sakrand, Sindh, Pakistan. 
      A.R. Soomro

• • • Host Plant Resistance to pathogens in MAR cotton germplasm. 
      P.M. Thaxton and K.M. El-Zik

• • • Building up resistance to Verticillium wilt in cotton through honeycomb breeding. 
      A.C. Fasoulas

• • • Crop water stress index (CWSI) as an indicator of water stress and yield performance among cotton cultivars. 
      J.C. Gutiérrez, M. Lopez and E.O. Leidi

• • • Drought susceptibility index as an indicator of genotypic drought tolerance in upland cotton. 
      J.C. Gutiérrez, M. Lopez and E.O. Leidi

• • • Identification of characters for selecting increased water use efficiency in cotton. 
      W.N. Stiller and G.A. Constable

• • • Concept of graphical genotypes for analyzing introgressed cotton populations. 
      R.G. Cantrell, M. Ulloa, J.Pederson and S. Liu

• • • Evaluating F3 lines of single crosses for yield improvement in cotton. 
      J. Lançon

• • • Suggestions to improve the AMMI method for measuring stability of genotypes. 
      S.A. El-Shaarawy

• • • Effect of chemical mutagens on fibre fineness of Egyptian cotton. 
      M.A.A. Raafat

• • • The effect of mutagenesis on Egyptian cotton. 
      M.A.A. Raafat

1b. Breeding - Molecular genetics

• • • Comparative efficiency of three selection methods for yield and quality of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). 
      D. Batzios, D. Roupakias, U. Kechagia and S. Galanopoulou-Sendouca

• • • Selection efficiency for cotton fibre quality in segregating material by different instruments. 
      F.P. Xanthopoulos and U.E. Kechagia

• • • Combining ability for fibre properties in influential upland cotton varieties. 
      G.O. Myers and H.Lu

• • • Changes in breeding strategy for needs in liberalized cotton industry in Uganda. 
      L.K. Serunjogi,  S.B. Mukasa, W. Odeke and G. Ochola

• • • Cotton breeding studies in Turkey: History and future trends. 
      O. Gencer, H.B. Karadayi and I. Eksi

• • • Colour cotton research in Mahyco, India. 
      K.A. Joshi and S.S. Chirde

• • • Reaction of some segregating populations and newly introduced cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) germplasm to Xanthomonas campestris pv. Malvacearum. 
      A.M. Mustafa

• • • Participatory cotton breeding in Benin. 
      J. Lançon

• • • Genetic progress of cotton yield in Brazil. 
      L.P. de Carvalho and R. de Macedo Vieira

• • • Selecting cotton for resistance to Boll Weevil in Brazil. 
      L.P. de Carvalho and R. de Macedo Vieira

• • • Achieving multiple pest tolerance through manipulation of morphological features in cotton. 
      B.M. Khadi, V.N. Kulkarni and S.S. Narajji

• • • Chromosomal location of RFLP markers linked to QTL in cotton. 
      S.Saha, J.N. Jenkins, J.C. McCarty and D.M. Stelly

• • • Introgression of pigment gland morphogenisis delay into upland cotton: Potential of DNA markers to monitor parental contribution to progenies. 
      Vroh Bi, G. Mergeai, J.P Baudoin, J.M. Jacquemin and P. du Jardin

• • • Inheritance studies of quantitative characters in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). 
      A.Kapoor

• • • Genetics of yield and its contributing traits in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). 
      R.P. Bhardwaj and C.J. Kapoor

• • • An RFLP and QTL linkage map in Gossypium hirsutum L. 
      J.N. Jenkins, Z. Shappley and J.C. McCarty

• • • A comparison between RAPD and phenotypic analyses on 24 cotton genotypes. 
      T.T. Cabral, J.C.V. Penna and L.R. Goulart

1c. Breeding - Genetics

• • • Diversity of primitive upland cotton germplasm. 
      J.C. McCarty and J.N. Jenkins

• • • Heritability of fibre strength in genetically engineered cotton. 
      O.L. May, T.J. Wofford and M.E. John

• • • Genetics and improvement of lint characters in naturally coloured cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) 
      N.D. Janbhale, R.M. Paralkar, N.V. Yadav, R.S. Darade, M.D. Yadav and S.S. Mehetre

• • • Path coefficient analysis in half diallal hybrids of some glandless cotton cultivars (Gossypium hirsutum L.). 
      L. Efe and O. Gencer

• • • Inheritance of important properties inhalf diallel hybrids of some glandless cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars. 
      L. Efe and O. Gencer

• • • Brown cotton – home coming. 
      A. Tariq

1d. Hybrids - Varieties

• • • Male sterility – New frontiers in cotton breeding. 
      B.M. Khadi, V.N. Kulkarni, I.S. Katageri and R.R. Soddi

• • • Research and development efforts on hybrids of diploid cotton in Mahyco, India. 
      C.B. Chaporkar

• • • Production of high gossypol cotton plants with low gossypol seed from trispecies hybrids including G. sturtianum Willis. 
      G. Mergeai, J.P. Baudoin and I. Vroh Bi

• • • Heterosis component studies in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). 
      C.J. Kapoor

• • • Comparative evaluation of intraspesific isohybrids in Gossypium hirsutum L. 
      V.S. Dagaonkar, G.V. Umalkar and L.P. Aurangabadkar

• • • Cotton hybrids and their role in Indian economy. 
      M.S. Kairon and P. Singh

• • • Host suitability and yield response of three cotton varieties to Meloidogyne incognita. 
      C.L.Elliot, J.D. Mueller and S.A. Lewis

• • • Effect of salinity on botanical characters and fibre maturity of three Egyptian cotton cultivars. 
      M.T. Nawar, A.M. Zaher, K. El-Sahhar and S.A. Abdel-Rahim

• • • Response to pix of cotton varieties in Greece. 
      T. Veloukas, C. Le Rumeur, V.Laios and G. Vassiliou

2. BIOTECHNOLOGY

• • • Optimization of microprojectile bombardment parameters for pollen-mediated transformation in Gossypium hirsutum L. 
      D. Deng, G. Wang, T. Zhang, H. Wang, S. Shi and J.Pan

• • • Pollen-mediated transformation by microprojectile bombardment is genotype class independent in Gossypium hirsutum L. 
      D. Deng, T. Zhang, G. Wang, S. Shi and J.Pan

• • • Confocal imaging on microprojectile-bombarded pollen of Gossypium hirsutum L. 
      D. Deng, G. Wang, S. Shi, T. Zhang, and J.Pan

• • • Development of an efficient regeneration and transformation system for commercially grown South African cotton cultivars. 
      C. Mc. Naughton, M.E.C. Rey

• • • Development of transgenic insect-protected cotton plants. 
      W. Ni, Z. Zhang, B. Zhang, Y. Xu, S. Guo

• • • Haploid induction in cotton: A future perspective. 
      A.G. Mavromatis, D.N. Vlachostergios and D.G. Roupakias

• • • Transformation of egyptian cotton tissue (Gossypium barbadense) using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. 
      O.A. Momtaz, A.A. Diab, M.R. Abushady and M.A. Madkour

• • • Induction of multiple shoot differentiation and increasing transformation frequency in shoot tips of egyptian cotton (Gossypium barbadense). 
      O.A. Momtaz

• • • Response to in vitro regeneration of immature zygotic embryos in cotton (Gossypium spp). 
      D.N. Vlachostergios, D.G. Roupakias and A.G. Mavromatis

• • • Efficient protoplast isolation towards an adapted culture protocol for cotton (Gossypium sp.). 
      B. Bojinov, M.C, Chupeau, C. Pannetier and Y. Chupeau

• • • Cotton biotechnology in Uzbekistan. 
      A. Abdukarimov

• • • Genetics and combining ability of leaf curl virus resistance in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). 
      L.S. Randhawa, B.L. Chopra, P.S. Nagi, H.S. Dhami and B. Indu

• • • Random amplified polymorphic DNA studies in cotton. 
      Rubeena and L.S. Randhawa

• • • Utilization of cotton haploids in basic and applied research. 
      S.S. Mehetre and D.V. Dahat

• • • Obtaining of insect-resistant cotton by transformation with Agrobacterium. 
      W. Wang, W. Chen, Y. Gao and Z. Zhu

3. AGRONOMY
3a. Cultural practices

• • • Conservation tillage for cotton growing. 
      M. Poveda

• • • Application of soil monitoring, benchmarking and crop simulation in commercial dryland cotton management. 
      M.P. Bange and P.S. Carberry

• • • Soil tillage effect in cotton crop. 
      C. Kavalaris and T.A. Gemtos

• • • Sudac-K, a cultivar for narrow row cultivation in the Sudan Gezira. 
      K. El-Siddig

• • • Effects of previous cultivation of sugarbeet on the subsequent cultivation of cotton. 
      S. Galanopoulou- Sendouca, E. Kontsiotou, A. Gertsis and T. Gemtos

• • • Long term cotton based crop rotation experimentation. 
      M. Ahmad, M. Khan, W. Sultan, M. Hassan and N. Austin

• • • Comparative review of the most important weather parameters and their impact on cotton yield under Greek conditions. 
      N.G. Danalatos, S. Galanopoulou, A. Gertsis and K. Kosmidou

• • • Developing integrated weed management systems for cotton. 
      G.N. Roberts

• • • The influence of tillage on weed density, cotton growth and yield. 
      D.M. Papamichail, R.J. Froud-Williams, I.G. Eleftherohorinos and F.T. Gravinis

• • • Weeding initiation time and frequency: their effect on performance and the economics of weed control in cotton. 
      P. Elobu, J.F. Orwangga, J.R. Ocan, A. Okwii and B.H. Alepo

• • • Physiological effects on cotton plant sown under plastic mulch. 
      M. Colomer, M. Lopez and J.C. Guttiérez

• • • Integrated crop management practices in cotton under Greek conditions. 
      G. Vassiliou, C. Le Rumeur, T. Veloukas, T. Parentis and V. Laios

• • • The effect of irrigation and fertilization on cotton growth and development under Greek conditions. 
      M. Polychronides, S. Galanopoulou-Sendouca, S. Aggelides and N.G. Danalatos

• • • Performance of two stripper cotton cultivars planted at three ultra-narrow row spacings. 
      C.J. Fernández

• • • Mechanized picking of cotton cultivated in narrow rows in Greece. 
      D. Bartzialis, S. Galanopoulou-Sendouca, N.G. Danalatos and C. Karamaligas

3b. Nutrition

• • • Foliar fertilization in cotton. 
      M. M. El –Fouly and M.M. Shaaban

• • • Nitrogen fertilization of cotton based on inorganic nitrogen analysis of the soil. 
      C.J. Steenkamp and A. Jansen

• • • Influence of nitrogen and boron interaction on cotton production. 
      A.O. Abaye, C.W. Adcock and D.M. Oosterhuis

• • • Effects of organic and inorganic nitrogen fertilizer applications on cotton yield, quality and soil properties in Gezira, Sudan. 
      H.S. Ibrahim, B.A. Mohamed and N.H. Osman

• • • The effects of the nitrogen fertilizer rates on the uptake and yield of cotton on calcareous soil. 
      I.K. Mitsios, C. Paschalidis, E. Stavrinos, S. Christidou and N. Katranis

• • • KTS- Pottasium Thiosulphate- a liquid potassium and sulphur fertilizer for cotton production. 
      J.G. Clapp

• • • The effect of potassium fertilizer plus higher nitrogen rates on growth and yield of cotton. 
      E.A. Makram and S.A. Ali

• • • Yield and quality properties of cotton as affected by potassium fertilization. 
      O. Gormus and A. D. Kanat

• • • Effects of foliar applied potassium on cotton in the San Joaquin valley of California. 
      B.L. Weir

• • • Tillage, cover crop and N effects on cotton growth in 19cm row widths. 
      P.J. Bauer, D.W. Reeves and R.M. Johnson

• • • Influence of nitrogen nutrition on the yield and quality of cotton. 
      S.J. HappyNook

3c. Irrigation

• • • Influence of irrigation and plant density on cotton yield in southern Italy. 
      G. De Mastro

• • • Economization of nitrogen requirement of summer irrigated cotton through use of biofertilizers. 
      V.S. Mane, S.S. Mehetre and N.D. Jadhav

• • • Irrigation withdrawal time, nitrogen fertilization and cultivar maturity interactions in upland cotton. 
      C.J. Fernández

• • • Optimization of cotton irrigation using evolutionary algorithm and simulation model. 
      R.A. Sequeira, E. Jallas, M. Cretenet and S. Turner

• • • Effects of meteorological parameters and irrigation on cotton phenology in Greece. 
      A. Liakatas, D. Roussopoulos, C. Angelakis and C. Christodoulou

• • • Assessing the salinity threat to sustainable irrigated cotton production in the lower Gwydir and Macintyre valleys. 
      J. Triantafilis, M.F. Ahmed and A.B. McBratney

4. PHYSIOLOGY
4a. Physiology

• • • Twenty-five years after Beasley and Ting: revealing fundamendal properties of fibre-growth with cotton ovule cultures. 
      B.A. Tripplet

• • • Cell wall subunits, “Glue’ matrix and cotton fibre development. 
      A.K. Murray, J.A. Garino, J. Brown, G.F. Sassenrath-Cole and J.M. Bradow

• • • Sycrosyl oligosaccharide metabolism and cotton fibre development. 
      A.K. Murray, J.A. Garino, J. Brown and J.M. Bradow

• • • Genetic variability for root development in cotton. 
      B.L. McMichael, Y. Waisel. A.Eshel and J.J. Burke

• • • Assessing effects of canopy nitrogen and light distribution on radiation use efficiency of cotton. 
      M.P. Bange and S.P. Milroy

• • • Factors effecting yield of okra-leaf cotton types in the Mississipi Delta. 
      J.J. Heitholt and W.R. Meredith, Jr

• • • Plant  proteins responsible for fibre strength in cotton. 
      A.A. Akhumov, F.A. Ibragimov, Z. Golubenko, N.A. Abdurashidova, E.C. Mustakimova and Y.V. Beresneva

• • • Asset as an in-furrow application to enhance early-season growth and lint yield. 
      A. Steger, D.M. Oosterhuis, W.C. Robertson, C. Guo, D. Coker and A. Daniel

4b. Modeling

• • • Modeling light-interception for a cotton population model. 
      E.Jallas, R.A. Sequeira, S. Thanisawanyangkura, H. Sinoquet, S. Turner and M. Cretenet

• • • COTONS, a cotton simulation model for the next century. 
      E.Jallas, R. Sequeira, P. Martin, S. Turner and M. Cretenet

• • • Evaluation of GOSSYM- a cotton crop simulation model-under the soil, climatic and cultural conditions in Greece. 
      A.C. Gertsis, S. Galanopoulou, F.D. Whisler, G. Papathanasiou, A. Symeonaki and K. Patsialis

• • • Cotton phenology and growth processes: Model development. 
      K. Reddy and V.R. Reddy

• • • Utilization of spectral imaging to detect N and K sufficiency in cotton. 
      J.J. Varco, H. Buscaglia, M.R. Seal and G.A. May

• • • Spectral data analysis for cotton growth monitoring. 
      L. Toulios, M. Toulios and G. Zerva

• • • Validation and application of GOSSYM. A cotton growth simulation model under the soil, climatic and cultural conditions of Spain. 
      J.C. Gutiérrez, M. Lopez and M. Colomer

4c. Water stress –Low inputs

• • • Estimating cotton water stress for production management. 
      D.F. Wanjura and D.R. Upchurch

• • • Physiological and molecular response of cotton o water deficit. 
      A.L. Nepomuceno, J. McD. Stewart, D.M. Oosterhuis and R.B. Turley

• • • Use of model assisted yield frameworks for the analysis of cotton cultivar response to drought. 
      M.J. Lacape and J. Wery

• • • Nitrogen fertility management during water stress in cotton. 
      L.J. Zelinski

• • • Variability in K and Na uptake in wild and commercial Gossypium hirsutum seedlings under saline conditions. 
      E.O. Leidi, J.C. Guttiérrez, J.McD. Stewart

• • • Natural resource management in hybrid cotton in rainfed vertisols. 
      M.S. Kairon

• • • Sustainable land management systems for cotton. 
      K. Rohde, D. Waters and D. Yule

• • • Organic cotton experiments in northern Benin. 
      P. Ton

• • • Physiological responses of cotton to water deficit in Pakistan. 
      J. Gorham, J. Bridges, M.N.A. Malik and I.A. Khan

• • • Physiology of cotton under irrigated and dryland conditions in Spain. 
      J. Gorham, E.O. Leidi, J. Bridges and J.C. Guttiérrez

• • • Leaf carbon isotope discrimination in Gossypium hirsutum under drought conditions. 
      E.O. Leidi, M. Lopez and J.C. Guttiérrez

• • • Laboratory screening test for cotton seed germination and emergence under low temperatures. 
      N. Hopper, D. Schultze and B. Duesterhaus

• • • Physiological and yield responses of field-grown cotton to shade. 
      D. Zhao and D.M. Oosterhuis

• • • Problems of growing cotton in marginal regions. 
      M. Bozhinov, L. Dimitrova, A. Kassyanenko and Y. Stepanov

4d. Growth Regulators

• • • Mep Plus – A newly registered PGR. 
      T.D. O’Neal, R. Atkins and J. Hickey

• • • PGR-IV increased cotton yield by affecting various fruiting parameters. 
      K. Kosmidou, L.Bouza, S. Papadopoulou, I. Grigoriadis, A. Karagounis, G. Konstantinidis, K. Patsialis and V. Svidridou

• • • Effect of four growth regulators – cytokin, cytoplex, atonic and PHCA- on cotton fruiting pattern, yield and quality. 
      K. Kosmidou, L.Bouza, S. Papadopoulou, E. Anyonopoulos, D. Andreadou, A. Krommidas and T.Tsamasiotis

• • • RyzUp: post-application environment controls growth responses in cotton. 
      C.J. Fernández and J. A. Landivar

• • • Glycinebetaine treatment improves cotton yields in field trials in Pakistan. 
      J. Gorham, K. Jokinen, M.N.A. Malik and I.A. Khan

• • • Exogenously-applied glycinebetaine is not rapidly re-translocated in cotton. 
      J. Gorham, J. Bridges, K. Jokinen and K. Tiihonen

• • • Heat tolerance of cotton genotypes assessed by electrolyte leakage, chlorophyll fluorescence analysis and performance in the field in Pakistan. 
      J. Gorham, J. Bridges and M.N.A. Malik

5. CROP PROTECTION
5a. Ecology

• • • The status of  Bemesia as a cotton pest: past trends and future possibilities. 
      D. Gerling and T. Henneberry

• • • Spatial distribution of Preimaginal Bemesia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in cotton. 
      E. Sekeroglu, K. Karut, S. Yildiz and C. Kazak

• • • Seasonal ecology of Deraeocoris pallens (Hemiptera: Miridae) in cotton. 
      M.D. Ghavami, A.F. Ozgur and E. Sekeroglu

• • • The influence of host plants on the mating success of the cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa Armigera (H?bner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). 
      O.L. Kvedaras, P.C. Gregg. and A.P. Del Socorro

• • • Movement of Boll Weevils in three areas of Texas relative to cotton plant phenology. 
      J.R. Coppedge and G.D. Jones

• • • Survival and control of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis, around overwintering habitat in the United States. 
      D.R. Johnson, M.P. Maret and L.D. Page

• • • Parasitism and other mortality in the cotton Boll Weevil Anthonomus grandis Boh. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Paraguay. 
      I. Gallo

• • • Capture of Alabama agrillacea Hubner (Lepidortera: Noctuidae) Adults in light traps in cotton, Gossypium hirsutum (L.) (Malvales: Malvaceae) Crop infestation, an alert mechanism. 
      G.B. Contreras, S.M. Mazza de Gaiad, M.A. Simonella, O.M. Royo, M.G.A. Polak, J.A.F. Poisson, J. Marinich and J.A. Schroeder

• • • Mass rearing and use of a new species of Chrysoperla (Neuropteral Chrysopidae) in cotton crops in Argentina. 
      M.G.A. Polak, G.B. Contreras, M.J. Marinich, O.M. Royo, M.A. Simonella and J.A.F. Poisson

5b. Pesticide Resistance

• • • Efficacy of Bt cotton plants in Australia: What is going on? 
      J.C. Daly and G.P. Fitt

• • • Management of insecticide resistant Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in cotton in India. 
      D.A. Russell, J. Singh, D.R. Jadhav, T. Surulivelu, A. Regupathy and K.R. Kranthi

• • • Insecticide resistance mechanisms in Indian Helicoverpa armigera (H?bner). 
      K.R. Kranthi

• • • Analysis of pyrethroid resistance in Helicoverpa armigera in Pakistan. 
      M. Ahmad, M. Iqbal Arif and Z. Ahmad

• • • Pyrethroid resistance in Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (H?bner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in West Africa. 
      M. Vaissayre, T. Martin and J.M. Vassall

• • • Effect of leaf cuticular wax extract of wild Gossypium spp. on behaviour of Helicoverpa armigera (H?bner). 
      P.B. Mohite, S. Uthamasamy and B. Thayumanavam

• • • Mechanism of resistance in wild Gossypium species to Helicoverpa armigera (H?bner).
      P.B. Mohite and S. Uthamasamy

• • • The population dynamics of Aphis gossypii Glover (Homoptera: Aphididae) on cotton, in Greece. 
      E.T. Kapatos, A. Sahinoglou, E.T. Stratopoulou          

• • • Quantifying the organophosphate resistance of two geographically separate cotton Aphid populations by means of a Polyacrylamide-Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE) technique. 
      L. van Staden, A. Bennett, C.L.N. du Toit and A.L. Bennett

• • • Efficacy and impact of some insecticides used to control Aphids, Aphis gossypii Glover (Homoptera: Aphididae) on cotton in Uganda, on predators. 
      M.B. Sekamatte and M. Ogenga-Latigo

5c. Plant Resistance

• • • Update on the area-wide Budworm/Bollworm management program with virus in the United States. 
      D.A. Streett, M.R. Bell and D.D. Hardee

• • • The role of spiders in the control of cotton pests in the cotton cropping systems of Eastern Uganda.    
      G. Epieru, D. Ocen, F. Odeng and M. Barwogeza

• • • Dynamics of Whiteflies and their enemies in cotton fields: implications for pest management. 
      G.M. Moawad and D. Gerling

• • • Use of pheromones for pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella, Saunders) mating disruption in Israel. 
      A. Niv

• • • Chemical control of Aphid population in cotton using hydraulic and electrostatic sprayers and Aphid alarm pheromone. 
      J.A. Tsitsipis, J.T. Margaritopoulos, L.E. Smart, B.J. Pye, E.S. Panagiotaki, K.D. Zarpas, N. Tomara and J. Vaggelas

• • • Inhibition of esterase mediated hydrolysis of 1-Naphthyl Butyrate in B-Biotype Bemesia tabaci (Hemiptera; Aleyroididae) in Australia. 
      E.L.A. Cottage and R.V. Gunning

5d. Biological control

• • • Bt cotton: Status of  Heliothine resistance in the United States. 
      D.D. Hardee, D.V. Sumerford and L.C. Adams

• • • Esterase inhibitors restore pyrethroid susceptibility in Australian Helicoverpa armigera. 
      R.V. Gunning, G.D. Moores and A.L. Devonshire 

• • • Synergistic effect of piperonyl butoxide on the toxicity of Deltamethrin against two resistant strains of the bollworm Helicoverpa armigera in Côte d’Ivoire. 
      T. Martin, J.M. Vassal, F. Hala N’Klo, O. Ochou and M. Vaissayre

• • • Resistance of Aphis gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididae) to insecticides. 
      P.M. Ioannidis

• • • Okra-leaf and normal leaf cotton resistance to silverleaf whitefly. 
      E.T. Natwick, C.C. Chu, G.Constable, and D.E. Brushwood

• • • Chlorguard plus: new insecticide combination product effective against cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hb.). 
      B.V. Patil, M. Bheemanna and S.A. Ram

• • • Cotton insect pest control with Indoxacard: A novel insecticide. 
      P. Michaelides and S.N. Irving

• • • Antixenosis and antibiosis determination to Bollworm (Heliothis virescens) in seven advanced lines and three cultivars of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in Argentina. 
      G.B. Contreras, G.W. Videla, O.M. Royo and J. Poisson

• • • Predatory Arthropods in australian cotton fields. 
      P.C. Gregg, J.N. Stanley, M.L. Johnson and M. Yee

• • • Distribution of  Heliothine Larvae in Bt and Non-Bt cotton in Texas. 
      P.V. Pietrantonio and K. Heinz

5e. Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

• • • Application techniques to meet the requirements of IPM, IRM and transgenics. 
      G.A. Matthews

• • • The Israel cotton IPM-IRM strategy – retrospect and prospect. 
      A.R. Horowitz, G. Forer and I. Ishaaya

• • • Field demonstration of integrated pest management in cotton in India. 
      A.K. Basu

• • • Integrated pest management strategy for irrigated cotton. 
      B.V. Patil and M. Bheemanna

• • • A system approach to sustainable insect pest management in cotton. 
      T. Surulivelu, K. Venugopal, R. Kannan and V. Pandi

• • • Proposed strategies in integrated pest management in the Gap Region of Turkey. 
      C. Mart and A. Uludag

• • • Integrated pest management on cotton in South Africa. 
      C.L.N. du Toit

• • • Effect of structural adjustment programmes on pest control in Tanzania: case study of Helicoverpa armigera (H?bner) on cotton. 
      J.C.B. Kabissa, W. Heemskerk, E.E. Temu and J. Anania

• • • Recent advances in cotton production for efficient insect pest management. 
      M.S. Kairon

• • • Procedures, advantages and constraints of staggered targeted control programmes on cotton in West Africa. 
      P. Silvie, J.P. Deguine, S. Nibouche, B. Michel and M. Vaissayre

• • • Cotton insect pest problems and management strategies in Côte d’Ivoire, W. Africa. 
      O.G. Ochou, T. Martin and N.F. Hala

• • • “Hamabia” – Intercrop integrated pest management in the Jordan valley. 
      R. Or

• • • Reniform Nematode: possibly the most serious threat to world cotton production since the boll weevil. 
      E.C. McGawley, C. Overstreet and J.P. Bond

• • • Prevelance of Thielaviopsis basicola in cotton soils in Arkansas and its associastion with the root rot nematode. 
      C.S. Rothrock and T.L. Kirkpatrick

• • • Prospects for a sustainable cotton industry in Tropical Australia using novel crop and pest management. 
      G.R. Strickland, S.S. Yeates, G.P. Fitt, G.A. Constable and S.J. Addision

5f. Seed Treatments

• • • New development in cottonseed treatment from China, CIS Republics and United States. 
      L. Jin yu Li, E. Gregoriance and D.T. Schulteis

• • • Chemical seed treatments for the control of cotton seedling pathogens. 
      E.J. Paplomatas and K. Elena

• • • Cottonseed treatment in addition to chemical control of sporadic pests for the small scale farmer.
      A. Bennett, E. Richter, C.L.N. du Toit and D. Brits

• • • An evaluation of insecticide seed treatments against thrips in Southern Australia. 
      R.R. Eveleigh, J.P. Marshall and L.J. Wilson

• • • Imidcloprid seed teatment effect on sucking pests, predators, plant growth and productivity in cotton. 
      T. Surulivelu, K. Venugopal, R. Kannan and V. Pandi

• • • Relative resistance of Gossypium species to insect complex under non-sprayed conditions. 
      A. Tariq and A. Rashid

5g. Insect Pests

• • • New spray adjuvant increases the efficasy of cotton insecticides. 
      B. Killick and D.T. Schulteis

• • • Bollworm sampling for action thresholds in Sub Saharan Africa: spactial and probability distribution. 
      E. Goze, S. Nibouche and J.P. Deguine

• • • Spatial and probability distribution of Aphis gossypii infestation in West Africa: application to non random field sampling. 
      E. Goze and J.P. Deguine

• • • Optimum sample size of Bollworms on cotton plants in Burkino Faso. 
      D. Traore, O.S. Hema and S. Traore

• • • Comparison of vertical cloth and whole plant bag sampling methods for estimating predator populations on cotton. 
      M.A. Sosa, J.R. Farin'a  Nun'ez and S. Mazza

• • • Capture of Alabama agrillacea Hubner adults with black light traps. 
      M.A. Sosa

• • • Spraying apparatus for pest control  in cotton for the small farmer. 
      C.L.N. du Toit

• • • A new technology for improved pesticide coverage on the cotton canopy: part I. Sprayer development. 
      S. Gan-Mor, A Grinstein, Y. Riven, H. Beres, E. Kletter, J. Spenser, G. Forer, E. Tzvieli and I. Zur

• • • A new technology for improved pesticide coverage on cotton canopy: part II. Field efficasy. 
      A.Grinstein, S. Gan-Mor, E. Kletter, J. Spenser, G. Forer, N. Aharonson, M. Gershon, D. Gerling, D. Nano, Y. Riven and D. Veierov

• • • Sampling techniques for the evaluation of Aphis gossypii Glover (Homoptera: Aphididae) Infestation in cotton, Gossypium hirsutum (L.). 
      S.M. Mazza, G.B. Contreras, M.A. Simonella, M.G.A. Polak, J.A. Schroeder, C.J. Tannure and O.M. Royo

5h. Diseases

• • • Etiology, incidence and prevelance of cotton wilt disease and strains of wilt pathogen in Cukurova. 
      M. Bicici and S. Kurt

• • • Development of Verticillium dahliae in cotton plants grown in Cukurova and reaction of some cultivars to wilt. 
      S. Kurt and M. Bicici

• • • The development of new strains of Verticillium dahliae in Australia. 
      S.J. Allen and P.A. Lonergan

• • • Agrobacterium bronzing and wilt of cotton: epidemiology and control. 
      A.A. Bell

• • • Fusarium wilt disease manifestation in cotton fields of Tanzania. 
      T.H.M. Kibani and R.J. Hillocks

• • • Cotton leaf curl virus: a threat to Pakistan cotton. 
      Z. Ahmad and M. Ali

• • • Management of cotton leaf curl virus disease in India. 
      J. Singh, A.S. Sohi, D.S. Brar, I. Denholm, D. Russell and R. Briddon

• • • Search for elite sources of resistance to leaf curl virus in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). 
      D. Singh, P. Rathore, R.Singh and K. Singh

• • • Interactions of Fusarium and Verticillium  wilt Root-Knot Nematodes in cotton. 
      D. Katsantonis and R. Hillocks

• • • Development of genotypes that are tolerant Verticillium wilt in Iran. 
      H. Moshirabadi

• • • Mortphophysiological changes of cotton under saline stress in the presence of Fusarium oxysporum sp. vasinfectum. 
      E. Turco, D. Naldini, M. Broggio and A. Ragazzi

• • • Fusarium wilt of cotton in Australia. 
      N.Y. Moore, J.K. Kochman, N.R. Obst, W.T. O’Neill and S. Bentley

6. FIBER QUALITY
6a. Fiber Quality

• • • Fibre property variability from bale to bale. 
      G.H. Davidonis, A.S. Johnson and K.B. Hood

• • • Variability of cotton fibre quality. 
      P. Clouvel, E. Goze, R. Sequeira, J. Dusserre and M. Cretenet

• • • Degree of Verticillium wilt infection and the relative damage in fibre quality paramaters. 
      U.K. Kechagia and F.P. Xanthopoulos

• • • Effects of meteorological parameters and irrigation on micronaire index of cotton in Greece. 
      D. Roussopoulos, A. Liakatas, C. Angelakis and C. Christodoulou

6b. Contamination

• • • Update on cotton stickiness measurement. 
      E. Hequet, D. Ethridge and B. Wyatt

• • • Bemesia (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) honeydew and sticky cotton relationships. 
      T.J. Henneberry, D.L. Hendrix and L. Forlow Jech

• • • Honeydew and seed coat fragments: identifying and counting two major cotton fibre contaminants. 
      J.P. Gourlot, M. Krifa, R. Frydrych and J.L. Chanselme

• • • Investigation of within-bale variability of stickiness measurement. 
      J.L. Chanselme, A.S. Fadlalla, E. Goze, O.F. Tamime and A.H. Abdelatif

• • • Grading suitable for commercial application. 
      N.A. Ali and B.A. Mohamed

• • • Nep content in relation to cotton fibre quality characteristics. 
      H. Panagiotalidis and E. Makridou

6c. HVI assessment

• • • HVI: the system that has revolutionised the testing of cotton fibre quality. 
      L. Hunter

• • • Update on HVI measurements. 
      E. Hequet and D. Ethridge

• • • A reference test for HVI strength measurement. Part 1: Description of instrument and hardware Requirements. 
      C.K. Bragg , J.P. Gourlot and J.D. Wessinger

• • • A reference test for HVI strength measurement. Part 2: Experience with International cottons. 
      C.K. Bragg , J.P. Gourlot and J.D. Wessinger

• • • Modification of  the HVI software as an essential step towards a global cotton standardisation system. 
      E. Assal and P. Steele

• • • Comparative analysis of cotton maturity assessment methods. 
      I. Frydrych, W. Zurek and J. Andrysiak

• • • Fibre fineness and maturity as measured by image analysis AFIS, MANTIS and HVI methods in some Egyptian and American cotton cultivars. 
      M.T. Nawar, M.A. Nassar, J.J. Herbert and N.S. Abd El-Gawad

• • • Fibre maturity as measured by the degree of thickening percent, Lord method and Shirley FMT instrument in Egyptian cotton cultivars. 
      M.T. Nawar, A.M. El-Marakby, M.H. El-Agroudy and R.M. Mohamed

• • • Specific surface area of cotton maesured by Methylene blue Absorption and relation to its fininess. 
      B. Kaewprasit, E. Hequet, J.P. Gourlot and N. Abidi

6d. Ginning and spinning

• • • Ginning: a new frontier. 
      W.S. Anthony

• • • Gin machinery influence on cotton quality and value. 
      W.S. Anthony

• • • Computerized process control for gins. 
      W.S. Anthony

• • • Maintaining quality of stripper harvested cotton from field to Textile Mill. 
      A.D. Brashears and R.V. Baker

• • • Ginneries and cotton distribution in Kenya. 
      D.S. Kunwar

• • • Changes of cotton fibre linear density and maturity during the spinning process. 
      T. Swieçh and I.Frydrych

• • • How genotype and temperature modify yarn properties and dye uptake. 
      J.M. Bradow and P.J. Bauer

• • • Long linted Gossypium arboreum for meeting textile industrial needs. 
      V.N. Kulkarni and B.M. Khadi

• • • A high-efficiency method of fibre opening and cotton trash removal. 
      S.F. Chiu and S.S. Chiou

• • • Relationships between cotton fibre properties and Mill processing results from bale to card sliver. 
      B. Faerber and P. Loesbrock

• • • The solutions for controlling fabric barré. 
      J.M. Yankey

• • • Significance of non-conventional in assessing yarn parameters. 
      E. Van Nimmen, L. Van Langenhove and A.V. Moharir

• • • Scanning electron microscope of fibre initiation and effect of organic matter on its development in Egyptian long and extra-long staple cotton cultivars (G. barbadense). 
      O.A. Momtaz

• • • Comparison of mechanical and hand  harvesting of cotton regarding lint quality factors under Turkish conditions. 
      H.U. Evcim and E. Oz

7. COTTON AND ENVIRONMENT

• • • Cotton pesticides in perspective: minimising their impact on produce and in Riverine ecosystems. 
      I. Kennedy, F. Sanchez-Bayo, N. Lee, H. Beasley, S. Wang, L. Hugo, A. Crossan, S. Southan, 
      R.A. Caldwell and S. Baskaran

• • • Beneficial use of municipal, industrial and agricultural wastes in cotton production. 
      D.J. Boquet and G.A. Breitenbeck

• • • Composting cotton mill waste. 
      V.D. Tsatiris, C.I. Siminis, M.D. Kefaki, V.I. Manios and D. Davaris

8. MULTIDISCPLINARY

• • • Cotton seed scenario in India. 
      A.K. Basu

• • • Losses incurring during cotton mechanical harvesting, in central Greece. 
      T.A. Gemtos and E. Mygdakos

• • • Comparison between conventional and organic cotton growing in Greece: economics of four year studies. 
      E. Mygdakos, K. Patsialis and F. Voliotou

• • • A comparative cost analysis of organic and conventional cotton production in Viotia – Greece. 
      C. Fotopoulos and C.J. Pantzios

• • • Cottonseed utilization and human nutrition. 
      A.E. Labropoulos

• • • Waxes and wax pores of adult silverleaf whiteflies, Bemesia argentifolia, and their dustywing predator, Semidalis flinti. 
      D.R. Nelson, T.P. Freeman, J.S. Buckner and C.G. Jackson

• • • The effect of sludge and water from a sewage treatment plant on the growth of cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum). 
      A. Tsakou, N.S. Christodoulakis, F. Kokkinos and I. Petri

• • • The Brazilian cotton crisis. 
      M.G.S. Braga, R. Braga Sobrinho and F.A. de Souza

• • • Factors limiting cotton productivity in Uganda. 
      G.M. Ochieng

• • • Integrated pest managenent for cotton: an international project funded by the common fund for commodities (CFC). 
      G. Forer and J.Spenser 

• • • Cotton Boll Weevil research in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay in the framework of the ICAC / 04 project. 
      T. Stadler

9. NEW DEVELOPMENTS FROM INDUSTRY

• • • Carfentrazone-Ethyl (F8426): a new low-dose cotton defoliant. 
      A. Anastasiadis, B.A. Garcia, J.P. Laffranque and S.W. Shires

• • • Performance of genetically transformed Bt cotton in South Africa and implications for emerging small scale farmers. 
      A.L. Bennett

• • • Integrated crop management in the age of genetically engineered traits. 
      F. Eversheim

• • • Gaucho – a new dimension in cotton seed treatment. 
      R. Altmann

• • • Influence of seed processing and delinting on the degree and uniformity of seed-to-seed loading after treatment with Gaucho and Monceren T WS. 
      L. Dobri, J. Meyer, H. Platzen and E. Seidel

• • • FINISH, a physiological approach to cotton boll opening and defoliation. 
      T.G. Szöke

• • • Fiber contamination and impurities Tester – FCT: a powerful tool to help the ginner to optimize trash, neps and seed coat fragment content during ginning. 
      U. Mor

• • • A new device for small scale cottonseed acid delinting. 
      A. Doitsinis and G. Baziotis