1. Cotton Winter Nursery-Overview

2. Requirements for Significant Genetic Gains in Yield and Quality
Genetic diversity
Expanded evaluation of germplasm in public sector
Rapid generation advance
Better screening methodology
Abiotic/biotic stress tolerance
Nematodes
Heat/drought stress
Better understanding of yield components
Interactions with managements/systems

3. ALL MAJOR CROPS Counter Cyclical Nursery
MAIZE- Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Chile
SMALL GRAINS- New Zealand, AZ, MX
SOYBEANS- Puerto Rico, Chile
COTTON- Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, South Africa

4. Land Grant Universities
50 yr PARTNERSHIP
Land Grant Universities
SAAESD
USDA-ARS
Cotton Incorporated
INIFAP
Highlight 2004 Research in:
1- Pest Control (insect and weeds)
2- Ag Economics, profitability
3-Cottonseed
4-Breeding and Genetics
Private Industry
NCC-Cotton Foundation

5. Cotton Winter Nursery

6. 2005 COTTON WINTER NURSERY (28 collaborators)
UNIVERSITIES
North Carolina State Univ.
University of Arkansas
Louisiana State Univ.
Texas A&M Univ.
University of Georgia
New Mexico State Univ.
Oklahoma State Univ.
USDA-ARS
Shafter, CA
Maricopa, AZ
College, Station
Stoneville, MS
Starkville, MS
Florence, SC
SEED COMPANIES
Phytogen
Emergent Genetics
CPCSD
Bayer Crop Science

7. Planted Sept.-Oct.
Harvested March-April
Size -~7 acre
Perennial nursery maintained

8. Community Resource Permits and phytosanitary certificates
Seed handling and processing
Selfing and crossing
Population development and generation advance
Accelerated breeding
Germplasm maintenance

9. Challenges Irrigation system Transgenic permits
(BT, RR, BTII, BG/RR, )

10. Cotton Incorporated Roy G
Cotton Incorporated Roy G. Cantrell, VP Ag Research Cary, NC

11. Mission
Cotton Incorporated’s mission is to increase the demand for and profitability of U.S. upland cotton through research and promotion.

12. Cotton Incorporated and the Cotton Industry Pipeline

13. Who Is Cotton Incorporated?
Not-for-profit Research & Promotion Agency
~200 Employees worldwide
Agency unlike that for any commodity
NOT a Granting Agency

15. Cotton Incorporated Worldwide Offices
New York 
Los Angeles
Osaka  
Cary, NC 
Shanghai 
Mexico City 
Singapore

16. History Cotton Research and Promotion Act of 1966
Company formed in 1970
Voluntary Program through 1991
CRP Act Amended in 1991
Mandatory Assessment for Importers and Producers

17. National Cotton Council
Not affiliated w/ USDA, Cotton Board, or Cotton Incorporated
Membership represents all sectors of cotton industry
Primary mandate is policy
Essential to separate research and promotion program from policy!
Compliments activities of Cotton Incorporated

18. Optimizing Cotton Production and Profitability
Research on reduction of input costs
Research to add value to cotton
Research on “risk management”
Reducing variability in yield and quality
Decision making resources
2004 Crop year illustrated dramatically the yields and fiber quality that can be obtained with effective management, efficient insect control, improved varieties, and of course favorable growing conditions. The challenge to the US cotton industry is to sustain and continue yield and fiber quality improvement. Anything less, will further diminish the competitiveness of the US producer. This will only be achieved through accelerated technology development and implementation.

19. Ag Research Division Agronomy Genetics Entomology Biotechnology IPM
Ginning Technology
Irrigation Technology
Cottonseed
Crop Modeling
Highlight 2004 Research in:
1- Pest Control (insect and weeds)
2- Ag Economics, profitability
3-Cottonseed
4-Breeding and Genetics
Plant Physiology
Precision Agriculture
Production Economics

20. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Senior Director
P. F. O’Leary
Ph.D
Entomology
IPM
SSP - West
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Senior Director
R. L. Nichols
Ph.D
Agronomy
Weed Control
Nematology
SSP – Mid-South
Vice President
R. G. Cantrell
Ph.D
Director
J. M. Reeves
Ph.D
Production Economics
SSP - Southwest
Associate Director
D. C. Jones
Ph.D
Physiology
Genetics
Biotechnology
Director
T. C. Wedegaertner
MS, MBA
Cottonseed Marketing
Cottonseed Processing
Nutrition
Associate Director
E. M. Barnes
Ph.D
Engineering
Conservation Till
Precision Farming
SSP - Southeast
Our group is headed-up by Dr. Roy Cantrell who has recently replaced Dr. Bill Lalor as Vice President.
Under Roy are 6 managers. Currently, the Ag Engineering position previously held by Tommy Valco is vacant.
We divide up the responsibilities of the research program according to our technical expertise.
For example as the entomologist I manage all of the projects that deal with the bug pests.
Several of us have the added responsibility of being liaisons to the various State Support Programs. Gay has the Southeast, Bob the Mid-South, ??? Will have the Southwest and I am responsible for the far West

21. Budget Trends

23. 2004 Research Contract Funds

24. 2005 Cotton Incorporated Fellows
B. Hendrix
Ph.D. Student
U of AR
E. Lubbers
Post Doc Student
U of GA
J. Frelichowski
Post Doc Student
Shafter, CA
M. Palmer
Ph.D. Student
Clemson
D. Hinchliffe
Post Doc Student
NMSU
B. Blanche
Ph.D. Student
LSU
C. Braden
Ph.D. Student
Texas A&M
Graduates: 05/05
Brian Gardunia – Ph.D. Student; TAMU; working w/ Dr. David Stelly on transferring fiber quality and other important traits from related cotton species; comes from BYU
Chris Braden – Ph.D. Student; TAMU; Cotton Breeding working w/ Dr. Wayne Smith – genetic diversity and genetic improvement of fiber quality comes from Texas TX
Michael Palmer – Ph.D. Student Clemson; degree in genetics; working w/ Dr. Jeff Tomkins on development application of large-scale DNA marker systems in cotton
Dr. Joe Johnson – PostDoc at Univ of AR w/ Dr. Fred Bourland working on Development of cotton breeding techniques and germplasm to enhance cotton yield and quality. Worked w/ Monsanto after completing degree at MS State.
B. Gardunia
Ph.D. Student
Texas A&M
S. Hoffman
Ph.D. Student
Texas A&M
Started: 9/04

25. Thank You