Friday, November 14, 2025

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Improved Resistance

3 Pima Cotton Cultivars Best At Combating Fusarium Wilt Disease • By Tiffany Dobbyn, University of California •  Pima cotton is the predominant variety of cotton grown in California. It’s ideal for making premium fabrics for clothing and bed sheets. But Fusarium...

Southern Cotton Ginners fetes Fred Bourland for breeding achievements

When Fred Bourland left the family cotton farm in Mississippi County for the University of Arkansas, clear across the state in Fayetteville, he had anything but farming on his mind. “I grew up around cotton,” Bourland said. “When I went...

Arkansas Breeder Reflects On 50 Years Of Cotton

Dr. Fred Bourland was born and raised on a cotton and soybean farm in northeast Arkansas. He began working in cotton breeding as a graduate student at the University of Arkansas in 1970 and has been actively involved in...

‘They Gone About As Fer As They Can Go’?

In the 1943 musical Oklahoma!, cowboy Will Parker makes a trip to Kansas City in 1906 and is awed by the progress the city has made. He describes his experience in a song that includes the lyrics, “Everything’s up...

FDA OKs ultra-low gossypol cottonseed for human, animal food

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to ultra-low gossypol cottonseed — known as ULGCS — to be used as human food and in animal feed, something Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have been working on for...

Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus Present In Alabama; Scouting Essential

Extension professionals have already confirmed the presence of cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV)—the causal agent of cotton blue disease — on multiple research substations across Alabama. The aphid-transmitted disease has been monitored closely since it appeared in cotton fields...

Celebrating A Century Of Service

Greetings from the University of Georgia Tifton Campus! We have been celebrating a momentous occasion at UGA Tifton, and I would like to share that event with you. A bill passed by the Georgia General Assembly in August 1918...

California Fights To Beat Fusarium Wilt Race 4

An increasing topic of conversation between researchers and producers at area meetings across the Cotton Belt is Fusarium wilt race 4 (FOV4) — a fungal disease that is difficult to control in cotton and can survive in soils indefinitely. With...

UGA crop geneticists awarded $935,000 to breed softer cotton, more resilient peanuts

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences plant breeders almost $1 million in grants this fiscal year to produce improved cotton and peanut varieties. Searching for...

Americot adds six to its research and breeding, customer service teams

Lubbock, Texas-based Americot Inc. recently added six members to its research and breeding and customer service teams. They are Cade Holliday, Southeast Region; Chase Samples, Research & Breeding; Deakin Stokes, South Plains Region; Jarrod David, Northern Plains Region; and...

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