2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Evaluation of Extra Long Staple Upland Cotton Cultivars.
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717-2 Evaluation of Extra Long Staple Upland Cotton Cultivars.



Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 1:30 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 370B
Kolbyn Joy1, C. Wayne Smith1, Steve Hague1, Eric Hequet2 and Ed Hughs3, (1)Soil & Crop Science, Texas A&M University, TAMU 2474, College Station, TX 77843-2472
(2)International Textile Research Center, Box 45019, Lubbock, TX 79409-5019
(3)Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 578, Mesilla Park, NM 88047
The Cotton Improvement Laboratory (CIL), Texas Agrilife Research, has developed Extra Long Staple (ELS) upland, Gossypium hirsutum, cotton that equals the length of American pima, G. barbadense, and has made meaningful progress in developing uplands with fiber strength equaling pima.  Two ELS upland lines along with FiberMax 832LL, PSC 355, and DPL Pima HTO were grown in a randomized complete block with three replications in 2007.  HVI, AFIS, and combed spinning performance data will be presented from roller-ginned and saw-ginned samples.  In a previous study, these ELS upland lines produced a stronger 50s carded yarn and exhibited longer lengths than did the control, FM832LL.
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