ICAC Releases Technical Seminar Papers from 72nd Plenary Meeting

By Mike McCue|December 5, 2013

The Technical Seminar Papers presented during the 72^nd Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) in Cartagena, Colombia, from Sept. 29 – Oct. 4, 2013, are now available for free download.

The topics include:

“Round Table for Biotechnology in Cotton,” by Keith Menchey, Chairman of the Round Table for Biotechnology in Cotton, National Cotton Council of America
“The Role of Genomic Studies in Boosting Yield,” by Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov, Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan,
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan, “Uzpakhtasanoat” association, Uzbekistan
“Standardization of Planting Seeds Nomenclature: Recommendations from the Secretariat,” by Rafiq Chaudhry, International Cotton Advisory Committee
“Physiological Limitations and Solutions for Improving Cotton Yields,” by Eduardo Barragan Quijano, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (CORPOICA), Colombia
“Global Warming and Cotton productivity,” by Derrick M. Oosterhuis,University of Arkansas, USA
“Update on International Cotton Researchers Association,” by Dean Ethridge, Member of the Executive Committee of ICRA, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute, Texas, USA
“Preparations for the World Cotton Research Conference,” by Luiz Renato Zapparoli, president, Organizing Committee of the WCRC-6, President, Goias Cotton Growers Association, Brazil

The papers can be found at https://www.icac.org/cotton_info/publications/tech_seminar/pub_tech_seminar/tis2013.pdf

In addition, all Technical Seminar Papers from previous ICAC Plenary Meetings are available free of charge and can be found at http://www.icac.org/login?url=%2Fpubdetail.php%3Fid%3DP0000055.