Project Number: 6202-21000-031-01
Project Type: Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Oct 01, 2004
End Date: Sep 30, 2009

Objective:
The object of this agreement between the National Cotton Council of America (NCCA) and the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is to accelerate cotton genetics, breeding, and germplasm maintenance.

Approach:
Cotton accessions will be grown at a tropical location during the winter months. Such a procedure makes it possible to grow, under field conditions, an additional generation of cottons during the winter months to secure seed to be returned to the cotton breeders of the United States by planting time, and to multiply photoperiodic stocks of the Cotton Germplasm Collection.