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Research Projects for 2005

Alabama Cotton Commission

No. Titles Researchers Summaries Reports

2005

Request

($)

2005

Funded

($)

Pests
1 Crop Rotation for Control of Reniform Nematodes in Irrigated Cotton Fields Gazaway, McLean, Akridge PDF PDF 9,600 7,500 (CI)
2 Reniform nematode management investigations Lawrence, Monks, Glass, Delaney, Gazaway, Price, Balkcom Arriaga, Akridge, Moore PDF PDF 26,000 25,000 (CI)
3 Boll Rot and Hard Lock of Cotton (continuing)*** Lawrence, Monks, Delaney, Glass, Pegues PDF PDF 0  
4 Evaluation of Seed Specific Fungicide Applications for Reducing Early Season Cost Associated with Seedling Disease Management Lawrence, Fulton, Monks, Goodman, Burmester, Norris PDF PDF 6,620 3,000 (ACC)
5 Field Evaluations of Treatments for Reniform Nematode Control Burmester, Potter, Juykendall, Derrick, Griffith PDF PDF 5,500 5,500 (ACC)
6 Production and Characterization of Bt resistance in Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa zea Moar PDF PDF 18,000  
7 Evaluation of New Novel Insecticide Chemistry and Biotechnology to Determine Where They Best Fit in the Alabama Cotton Pest Management Production System Smith, Freeman PDF PDF 14,540 13,000 (ACC)
8 Comparison of Roundup Ready, Liberty-Link, and Conventional Weed Management Systems in Cotton Patterson PDF PDF 6,500 6,500 (CI)
9 Monitoring for Glyphosate-Resistant Pigweed Patterson PDF PDF 4,500  
10 Evaluation of Weed Suppression Provided by a High-Residue Rye Cover in Conservation-Tillage Cotton Price, Monks, Patterson PDF PDF 3,750 3,750 (ACC)
11 Evaluation of a Two Pass Herbicide System in Three High Residue Rye Cover Conservation-Tillage Cotton Systems Price, Monks, Patterson PDF PDF 4,750 4,750 (ACC)
Fertility
12 Maximizing Cotton Potassium Fertility on Balckbelt Soils of Alabama Huluka, Mitchell PDF PDF 4,000  
13 Fertilization of Cotton on Black Belt Soils Mitchell, Delaney, Huluka,Yates, Holliman PDF PDF 8,000 8,000 (CI)
14 Continued Support of Long-term Field Research Mitchell, Delaney PDF PDF 5,000 1,000 (ACC)
Variety Selection, Comparisons, etc.
15 Enhancing Cotton Variety Selection Through On-Farm Evaluations Monks, Burmester, Birdsong, Delaney PDF PDF 10,000 10,000 (CI)
16 Breeding Cotton for Yield and Quality in Alabama Weaver PDF PDF 25,000 15,000 (CI)
17 Breeding New Varieties of Cotton for Heat and Drought Tolerance: Elite Germplasm Development using Molecular Markers Locy, Weaver, Singh PDF PDF 31,000 9,200 (CI)
18 Screening Cotton Germplasm Accessions for Heat and Drought Tolerance Weaver, Locy PDF PDF 0  
19 Evaluation of Cold Tolerant and Conventional Cotton Varieties and Planting Dates Delaney, Burmester, Monks PDF PDF 6,000 6,000 (ACC)
20 Screen Commercial Cotton Varieties Against Fusarium Wilt Gazaway, Glass PDF PDF 2,000 2,000 (ACC)
Tillage
21 Cotton Systems Research: Evaluating Herbicide Technologies, Tillage Systems, and Row Spacings Balkcom, Price, Arriaga, Delaney PDF PDF 0  
22 Airborne Imagery for Rapid Cotton Productivity Assessments Huluka, Mitchell, Shaw PDF PDF 10,000  
Precision Ag
23 Utilizing Precision Agriculture to Determine Spatial Variation in Nematode Population and the Effect on Yield Hall, Norwood, McLain, Britnell, Armstrong, Reed, Potter PDF PDF 5,000 5,000 (CI)
24 Precision Fertilization Using Sub-surface Drip Irrigation for Site-specific Management of Cotton Dougherty, Burmester, Fulton, Norris, Harkins, Curtis, Monks PDF PDF 15,000 10,000 (ACC)
25 Evaluation of Variable-Rate Seeding for Cotton Fulton, Norwood, Burmester, Hall, Mask, Shaw, Dillard PDF PDF 7,500 7,500 (ACC)
26 Evaluation of Variable Rate N Applications to Cotton Norwood, Burmester PDF PDF 0  
Equipment
27 Evaluation of Precision Strip Tillage for Alabama Farmers Burmester PDF PDF 3,000 3,000 (ACC)
28 Equipping Regional Extension Agents for Performing On-Farm Result Demonstration Monks, Burmester, Delaney, Birdsong, Goodman PDF PDF 7,500 6,500 (ACC)
Irrigation
29 Growing Cotton with Subsurface Drip Irrigation on Coastal Plain Soils at the Wiregrass Research Station Birdsong, Curtis PDF PDF 6,000 5,000 (CI)
Conferences
30 2005 Alabama Crop Tour and Conference Hall, Norwood, Petcher, Monks, Mask PDF PDF 8,000 3,000 (ACC)
Total Requested 252,760 69,000 (ACC), 91,200 (CI)
***Activities associated with 2004 CI funded projects will be in 2005. There was not a request to refund some of these projects but they are listed as a $0.00 request because the planned activities will occur this year.

 

 

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