Our major research goal is the development of new cotton cultivars with high yield and improved fiber quality. We are currently combining cultivar development efforts with research to determine the best method for inbreeding and selecting cotton in early generations. Specifically, this research is designed to determine the magnitude of genetic variability in adapted cotton germplasm for such traits and yield, fiber length, micronaire, lint percentage, and boll size.
Primary areas of research responsibilities are in soybean and cotton breeding and genetics. For soybean the major objective is cultivar development, with research primarily focused on adaptation to double cropping.
