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ARS Home Plains Area Lubbock, Texas Cropping Systems Research Laboratory Docs CSRL Field Day 2018







USDA-ARS  Cropping Systems Research Lab  Field Dayheadline bar /ARSUserFiles/30960500/CSRL Banner.jpg USDA-ARS Cropping Systems Research Lab Field Day August 7 2018 8:15 A.M.- 3:30 P.M USDA-ARS Research Farm 3810 4th Street Lubbock, TX [5 CCA Crop Management Continuing Education Units] *RSVP to Erin.Wallney@ars.usda.gov* *USDA-ARS CSRL Field Day Program PDF*
 **Schedule** **8:15 – 8:45  Registration and Coffee** **8:45 – 12:00  Field Tour**  **Sorghum Breeding for Sugar Cane Aphid Resistance.** **(Dr. Chad Hayes)** **Screening Sorghum Germplasm for Temperature and Drought Tolerance.** **(Dr. Zhanguo Xin, Dr. Gloria Burow, Dr. Yves Emendack)** **Managing Yield and Fiber Quality in Rainfed Cotton Production Systems.** **(Dr. James Mahan, Dr. Paxton Payton)** **Cotton Breeding for Drought and High Temperature Stress Tolerance.** **(Dr. Mauricio Ulloa)** **Update on FOV4 Tolerance in Upland Cotton.** **(Dr. Mauricio Ulloa)** **Genetically Engineered Stress Tolerance in Cotton.** **(Dr. Hong Zang, Dr. Paxton Payton, Dr. Dennis Gitz)** **Identification of Corn Heat and Drought Tolerance Phenotypes.** **(Dr. Junping Chen)** **Selection of Drought Tolerant Peanut Varieties for the Southern High Plains.** **(Dr. Mark Burow-TAMU, Dr. Naveen Puppala-NMSU, Dr. Paxton Payton)** **Development of Low-cost Sensors for Crop Management.** **(Dr. James Mahan)**  **12:00 – 1:30 Lunch** **1:30 – 3:30 Afternoon Presentations**  **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 Carrol)** **High Plains agro-climate: a focus on sorghum and cotton production.** **(Dr. Steve Mauget)** **Dust trends on the Llano Estacado.** **(Dr. John Stout)** **Methods to assess cotton germplasm and water use efficiency.** **(Dr. Dennis Gitz)** **How soil health can improve production on the Southern High Plains.** **(Dr. Veronica Acosta-Martinez)** **Food Safety: From pasture to plate.** **(Dr. Rand Broadway)**
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