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717-2 Evaluation of Extra Long Staple Upland Cotton Cultivars.

See more from this Division: C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics
See more from this Session: Genetic Improvement of Cotton and Peanut

Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 1:30 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 370B

Kolbyn Joy1, C. Wayne Smith1, Steve Hague1, Eric Hequet2 and Ed Hughs3, (1)Soil & Crop Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
(2)Intl. Textile Res. Center, Lubbock, TX
(3)Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, Mesilla Park, NM
Abstract:
The Cotton Improvement Laboratory (CIL), Texas Agrilife Research, has developed Extra Long Staple (ELS) upland, Gossypium hirsutum, cotton that equals the length of American pima, G. barbadense, and has made meaningful progress in developing uplands with fiber strength equaling pima.  Two ELS upland lines along with FiberMax 832LL, PSC 355, and DPL Pima HTO were grown in a randomized complete block with three replications in 2007.  HVI, AFIS, and combed spinning performance data will be presented from roller-ginned and saw-ginned samples.  In a previous study, these ELS upland lines produced a stronger 50s carded yarn and exhibited longer lengths than did the control, FM832LL.

See more from this Division: C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics
See more from this Session: Genetic Improvement of Cotton and Peanut

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