Taking her pj’s off, now just have to get it off before the La Niña arrives

Phenotypic variability in the US upland cotton core set for root traits & water use efficiency at the late reproductive stage
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Root weight & very fine root length, surface area & volume improve water use efficiency
Clemson University NC State University Agricultural Research Service

Targeted genome editing for cotton improvement: prospects & challenges
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Genome editing is at the forefront of revolutionizing precision crop breeding
ICAR- Central Institute For Cotton Research Nagpur

Held out as long we could. No more red heads.

Pros - reduced labour and OH&S risks.

Cons - heavy, everything is expensive, one sided heads, so many sensors & what’s with head no.2? Why does it think it’s special?

Thanks to Andrew O'Connor for continually answering his phone 😂

Improve your #entomology knowledge with this 3 part online workshop from Crop Consultants Aus :) web.cvent.com/event/8b09d70b…

Cotton seed quality influences stand establishment, seedling vigor, plant growth throughout the season, and potential yield. This webinar discusses current research on cotton seed quality and tools growers can use to assist in planting decisions.​​ ow.ly/bV7o50NyR74

Statisticians from the University of Wollongong in Australia developed a new software called DWReml to analyze large datasets from crop breeding experiments conducted across multiple locations and years. Read details in #BiotechUpdates : tinyurl.com/48yvjd7x

It’s the time of year where the only time you have to take photos is out the windscreen

Last effective flower tagged 14/2/24 and one position above fully mature.
By the end of the week majority of fields will have had 1st pass defoliation done and into 2nd passes. Looking forward to see some April picked cotton this year in the Southern Valleys.

Photosynthetic machinery efficiency & water status are determinant for performance of semiarid-adapted cotton cultivars under drought
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Superior performance of FM 970, FM 978, and FM 985 is attributed to pigment accumulation & photosynthetic efficiency

#ICYMI : Looking for a silver lining? ARS developed a sustainable method to control cotton gin waste. With large quantities of the waste accumulating annually, this process will upcycle crop residue & pave the way for new applications of cotton gin waste. loom.ly/rrLtzwE

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Our ever vigilant @nswpdi cotton pathologist Duy Lee travelling to the southern reaches of the cotton valleys scouring for diseases🦠!

CRDC Cotton Australia CottonInfo Cotton Hub at UNE #alternaria

CottonWeeds: Empowering precision weed management through deep learning & comprehensive dataset
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Publicly accessible CottonWeeds dataset, coupled with high-performance models underscores the potential for accurate weed detection
DTU_Official Ajay Kumar Garg Engg. College (AKGEC), Ghaziabad

Weed baseline sampling in cotton in the Ord. CottonInfo CRDC NSW DPI Agronomy

On seedlings, BRR-infected epidermal tissue is often sloughed off when the growing conditions become warmer and plants grow bigger (noticing to cracking zones).

Not usual to have black root rot (BRR) post in late season diseases, but we see more often of BRR pathogen colonising & blackening woody tissue. Would be useful if we can understand the infection from the epidermis on seedlings to the pith of mature plants.

Enhancing cotton resilience to challenging
climates through genetic modifications
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Genome editing is a potential method for enhancing cotton's resistance to challenging environmental factors
University of Agriculture Faisalabad

Cotton sprouts as potential vegetable source
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Cotton sprouts exhibit promising potential as a vegetable source, thereby potentially enhancing the utilization of cottonseed in human dietary contexts
ZZU ScienceDirect

Did you know that #cotton is in some beers? Cotton linters, the tiny fuzz left on cottonseed hulls, are commonly used to make products like paper, but it can also be found in food products such as ice cream and beer. Happy #NationalBeerDay ! cottontoday.cottoninc.com/our-sustainabi…

Water & N supply at spatially distinct locations improves cotton water productivity & N use efficiency & yield under drip irrigation
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Water & N supply at spatially distinct locations promoted cotton root growth and reduced soil NO3-N leaching Shihezi University