USDA-ARS

Cropping Systems Research Lab

Field Day

August 7 2018

USDA-ARS Research Farm

 3810 4th Street Lubbock, TX

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Morning Session

Managing Yield and Fiber Quality in Rainfed Cotton Production Systems. 

  (Dr. James Mahan, Dr. Paxton Payton)

Screening Sorghum Germplasm for Temperature and Drought Tolerance. 

  (Dr. Zhanguo Xin, Dr. Gloria Burow, Dr. Yves Emendack)

Genetically Engineered Stress Tolerance in Cotton. 

Part 2 by Dr. Payton

  (Dr. Hong Zang, Dr. Paxton Payton, Dr. Dennis Gitz)

Identification of Corn Heat and Drought Tolerance Phenotypes. 

  (Dr. Junping Chen)

Afternoon Session

Opening Remarks and Introductions. 

  (Dr. Robert Lascano)

Cotton Production & Processing Research Unit: More than just cotton.

  (Dr. Mathew Pelletier)

Livestock Issues Research Unit: Who we are and what we do.

  (Dr. Jeff Carroll)

High Plains agro-climate: a focus on sorghum and cotton production.

  (Dr. Steve Mauget)

Dust trends on the Llano Estacado.

  (Dr. John Stout)

How soil health can improve production on the Southern High Plains.

  (Dr. Veronica Acosta-Martinez)

Food Safety: From pasture to plate.

  (Dr. Rand Broadway)