{"id":122975,"date":"2026-01-14T16:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/122975\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:03:21","slug":"southwest-cotton-physiology-conference-set-feb-10-12-in-lubbock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/122975\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Cotton Physiology Conference set Feb. 10-12 in Lubbock"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Southwest Cotton Physiology Conference will be held Feb. 10-12 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock<\/a>, 1102 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1294. The event is hosted by Texas A&M AgriLife<\/a>, Kansas State University and Oklahoma State University.<\/p>\n

\"fluffy<\/a>The Southwest Cotton Physiology Conference will be in Lubbock on Feb. 10-12 and feature speakers from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. (Michael Miller\/Texas A&M AgriLife)<\/p>\n

The program will begin at 1 p.m. Feb. 10 and continue all day on Feb. 11 and again until noon on Feb. 12.<\/p>\n

The fee is $20, and registration is available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There will be eight and a half Texas Department of Agriculture<\/a> continuing education units and Certified Crop Advisers units in the following categories: two pest management, four crop management, one and a half in soil and water management, and one nutrient management.<\/p>\n

On the agenda<\/p>\n

The program will have the following topics and speakers on Feb. 10:<\/p>\n

Pathology and nematode update \u2013 Terry Wheeler, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research<\/a> plant pathologist and professor, Lubbock, and Tom Isakeit Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service<\/a> plant pathologist and professor, Bryan-College Station, all in the Texas A&M Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology<\/a>; and Maira Duffeck, Ph.D., assistant professor, entomology and plant pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.<\/p>\n

Variety performance and stability \u2013 Ben McKnight, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension statewide cotton specialist and assistant professor, Bryan-College Station; Ken Leg\u00e9, Ph.D., cotton specialist and assistant professor, Lubbock; and Emi Kimura, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension statewide peanut specialist, agronomist and associate professor, all in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences<\/a>; and Logan Simon, Ph.D., southwest area agronomist, Kansas State University, Garden City, Kansas.<\/p>\n

Cotton jassid and other insect control update \u2013 Suhas Vyavhare, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension entomologist and assistant professor, Texas A&M Department of Entomology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The program on Feb. 11 will include:<\/p>\n

Strategies to make cotton profitable I: Seeding rates and row spacing \u2013 Rebekah Pustejovsky, AgriLife Extension assistant and doctoral student at Texas Tech University; Oscar Fernandes Montero, graduate research assistant at Texas A&M University; Reagan Noland, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agronomist and associate professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, San Angelo; Kimura and McKnight.<\/p>\n

Physiology, growth and development I: Maturity and target development curve \u2013 Craig Bednarz, Ph.D., AgriLife Research crop physiologist and director of the Semi-Arid Agricultural Systems Institute and associate professor,\u00a0West Texas A&M University<\/a>, Canyon, and Brenna Cannon, doctoral candidate, Oklahoma State University.<\/p>\n

Testing ag performance solutions, TAPS: Opportunities in the southwest \u2013 Hope Nakabuye, AgriLife Research irrigation engineer and assistant professor, Lubbock; and Sumit Sharma, Ph.D., Extension irrigation management specialist, Oklahoma State University, Goodwell, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Precision ag\/irrigation technology I: Fertility and irrigation strategies, Katie Lewis, Ph.D., AgriLife Research soil scientist and professor with Texas A&M and Texas Tech University, Lubbock; and Brian Arnall, Ph.D., precision nutrient management Extension specialist, Oklahoma State University.<\/p>\n

Physiology, growth and development II: Seed size, stand uniformity and fiber quality \u2013 Reagan Heinrich, AgriLife Research research associate, Lubbock; Riley Siders, AgriLife Extension assistant and Texas Tech University graduate student; and Jonathon Salgado, AgriLife Extension student worker and graduate student, Texas Tech.<\/p>\n

Precision ag\/irrigation technology II: Irrigation automation, irrigation timing \u2013 Wenxuan Guo, Ph.D., AgriLife Research ecophysiologist and associate professor, Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Texas Tech University; Jonathan Aguilar, Ph.D., professor, Kansas State University.<\/p>\n

Plains Cotton Growers update, Mark Brown, director of field services, Plains Cotton Growers, Lubbock.<\/p>\n

The Cotton Board update, Shelley Heinrich, southern plains regional communications manager, The Cotton Board, Slaton.<\/p>\n

Ag retail panel discussion, with representatives from several regional retailers.<\/p>\n

On the agenda for Feb. 12 are:<\/p>\n

Strategies to make cotton profitable II: Conventional systems, extra-long staple systems and northern geography strategies \u2013 Jenny Dudak, Ph.D., plant and soil sciences assistant professor and Extension cotton specialist, Oklahoma State University; Leg\u00e9 and Simon.<\/p>\n

Precision ag\/irrigation technology III: Targeted pesticide application technologies \u2013 Sarah Lancaster, Ph.D., assistant professor and Extension specialist, Kansas State University.<\/p>\n

Organic cotton production \u2013 Bob Whitney, AgriLife Extension organic program specialist and Regents Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stephenville.<\/p>\n

Novel uses for cotton \u2013 Noureddine Abidi, Ph.D., managing director of the Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact McKnight at 225-454-0435,\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>; Leg\u00e9, 806-201-4775,\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>; Simon, 620-276-8286,\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>; or Dudak, 563-608-6112,\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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