Seventh Asian Cotton Research and Development Network Meeting’ (ACRDN) Le Meridien, Nagpur, India, September 15-17, 2017.
Theme: Production of quality fibre and doubling cotton farmers’ income Details of Technical Sessions
Indian Society for Cotton Improvement, International Cotton Advisory Committee, ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton
Research and ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology
The Seventh Meeting of the Asian Cotton Research and Development Network was held at Nagpur during 15-17 September 2017. The Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI), Mumbai hosted the meeting together with the ICAR-CICR (Central Institute for Cotton Research), Nagpur and ICAR-CIRCOT (Central institute for research on Cotton Technologies). The main theme of the meeting was PRODUCING QUALITY FIBRE & DOUBLING COTTON FARMERS INCOME. Cotton researchers from public and the private sector participated. Dr. C. D. Mayee, President, Indian Society for Cotton Improvement, was the chairman, of the organizing Committee. The meeting elected Dr. Prashant G. Patil as Chairman of the Network until the next meeting.
Dr P. G. Patil
Director,
Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology,
Adenwala Road, Matunga (East), Mumbai-400 019.
Tel. 24127273/76, 24184274/75
Fax No. 24130835/24157239
E-mail: director.circot@icar.gov.in
Abstracts: Cover Pages, Part 1 and Part 2
Friday, September 15, 2017
10.30-11.30 hrs Plenary Session
Chair: Dr Anand Kumar Singh, DDG (Crop Science), ICAR, New Delhi
Co-chair: Dr AK Basu, Former Director, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
- KING COTTON, future for Asia
Shri Suresh Kotak - The importance of research to the global cotton sector
Dr Terry Townsend
Rapporteurs: Dr. M. V. Venugopalan
11.30-13.30 hrs Global Best Practices for High Yields
Chair: Shri Suresh Kotak, Chairman, ISCI, Mumbai
Co-chair: Shri Ramesh Deshpande, World Bank Expert
- Best practices for high yields in Australia
Derek Russell - Best practices for high yields in Egypt
Mohamed A. Negm - Refining and adapting global best practices for enhancing the productivity of Indian cotton
MV Venugopalan , KR Kranthi, D Blaise and Vandana Satish - Best practices for high yields in Bangladesh
Kamrul Islam
Rapporteurs: Dr. M. V. Venugopalan
14.30-15.30 hrs Poster Session
Coordinators: Dr. D. Blaise and Dr. Nandini Gokte – Narkhedkar
Rapporteurs: Dr. T. R. Loknathan
15.30-17.00 hrs Panel Discussion 2: Cotton Mechanization
Chair: Dr. RP Kachru, Ex ADG(PE), ICAR, New Delhi (India)
Co-chair: Dr PG Patil, Director, ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai (India)
Co-chair: Prof. SP Deshmukh, ICT, Mumbai (India)
- Small holder cotton mechanization: bane or a boon
Gautam Majumdar - Effect of various ginning technologies on fibre properties of machine-harvested cotton
SK Shukla - Technological advances in double roller gin plant machineries in India during 2010-2016
MK Sharma - Rajkot Agricultural implements–Shaktiman Brand
Jagvir Singh, Product Manager, Tirth Agro Technology Pvt. Ltd
Rapporteurs: Dr. A. R. Reddy and Dr. K. P Raghavendra
15.30-17.00 hrs SAARC SPECIAL Concurrent Panel Discussion Session 3: GERMPLASM EXCHANGE
Chair: Dr. RK Singh, ADG (CC), ICAR, New Delhi (India)
Co-chair: Dr. R. Ramasamy, CMD, Rasi Seeds, Salem
Panellists: Dr. V. Kumar, Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan, Dr. Farid Uddin, Dr. S. Manickam, Dr. Vipin Dagaonkar
Rapporteurs: Dr. H. B. Santosh and Mr. Prabhulinga T
Saturday, September 16, 2017
10.15-12.15 hrs 4A: Cotton viral diseases
Chair: Dr Judith Brown, Professor, School of Plant Sci., Univ. of Arizona (USA)
Co-chair: Dr. D. Monga, Head, CICR, Regional Station, Sirsa (India)
- Genomic pathology and molecular diagnostics for tracking the status of a rapidly evolving geminiviruses in cotton-vegetable systems
Judith Brown - Breeding cotton for CLCuD resistance
Albert Santos - Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease in India- Integrated management strategies and the way ahead
D Monga - Interspecific hybridization for cotton leaf curl disease resistance in upland cotton
Dharminder Pathak
Rapporteurs: Mr. Prabhulinga T and Dr. K. P. Raghavendra
10.15-12.15 hrs 4B: Breeding for quality & high yields
Chair: Dr Mohammed A. Negm, Vice Chairman (ICAC) & Professor (Agri. Res. Centre), Egypt
Co-chair: Dr AK Basu, Ex- Director, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
- Evaluation of advance generation population of G. hirsutum cotton for high GOT% and high yield under North zone irrigated conditions
SL Ahuja - Additive main effects and multiplicative interaction analysis in upland cotton
MM Abed Ali - Combining ability analysis for seed cotton yield and its component traits in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
Vadodariya KV - Genetic variation for harvest index in upland cotton (G. hirsutum L.)
SM Palve - G x E interaction and stability analysis in cotton
DH Patel
Rapporteurs: Dr. H. B. Santosh and Dr. Guru Prasad
10.15-12.15 hrs 4C: Abiotic stress and Climate change
Chair: Dr Md. Farid Uddin, Executive Director, Cotton Development Board, Bangladesh
Co-chair: Dr AH Prakash, Project Coordinator, ICAR-CICR, Regional Station, Coimbatore (India)
- Waterlogging tolerant Gossypium hirsutum germplasm accessions
Vinita Gotmare - Root system architecture (RSA) under stress: Implications for adaptive responses in cotton
JH Meshram - Effect of cotton seed oilcake on cotton yield and yield contributing characters
Khalequzzaman
Rapporteurs: Dr. A. R. Reddy and Dr. C. Sundaramoorthy
12.30-14.00 hrs 5A: Whiteflies
Chair: Dr Timothy Dennehy, Global IRM Manager, Seeds & Traits, Bayer, NC (USA)
Co-chair: Dr D Monga, Head, ICAR-CICR, Regional Station, Sirsa (India)
- Global perspectives on whitefly
Timothy Dennehy - Studies to identify most virulent strains of entomopathogenic fungi for microbial control of sweet potato whitefly (Bemicia tabaci) infesting cotton in North India
SK Sain - Whitefly epidemics in north cotton growing zone of India: lessons learnt and way forward
Rishi Kumar - Status of insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci to commonly used insecticides in cotton from Punjab
Satnam Singh
Rapporteurs: Mr. Prabhulinga T and Dr. K. P Raghavendra
12.30-14.00 hrs 5B: Socio-Economics and Technology transfer
Chair: Dr. M. P. Thakur, Director (Extension), IGKV, Raipur (India)
Co-chair: Dr. D. M. Mankar, Director (Research), PDKV, Akola (India)
- Global best practice for higher cotton productivity- Can India adopt and improve?
M. Sabesh - Is MSP relevant for cotton farmers in India?
A. R Reddy - Role of ICTs in promotion of best cotton management practices and enhanced productivity
S. M. Wasnik - Best farmer friendly transfer of technology practices proposed to double the cotton farmers’ Income in India
S. Usha Rani -
The Better Cotton Initiative: Developing better cotton as a mainstream commodity
Rajeev Baruah
Rapporteurs: Dr. A. R. Reddy and Dr. C. Sundaramoorthy
12.30-14.00 hrs 5C: Nanotechnology -Applications in cotton
Chair: Dr. S. Sreenivasan, Former Director, ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai (India)
Co-chair: Dr. R. P. Nachane, Former Head, QEID, ICAR-CIRCOT
- Application of nanotechnology in cotton
N. Vigneshwaran - Electrospun nanomaterials – Basics and Applications
R. Guruprasad - Development of functional cotton textiles using nano-ZnO
A. Arputharaj - Application of Nanocellulose in pulp & paper and composites
A. K. Bharimalla
Rapporteurs: Er. A. K. Bharimalla and Dr. P. K. Mandhyan
15.00-17.00 hrs 6A: Bollworms -IPM/IRM
Chair: Dr. Derek Russell, Hon. Associate Professor, Univ. of Melbourne (Australia)
Co-chair: Dr. B. V. Patil, Professor of Entomology (Retd.) and Former VC, UAS- Raichur (India)
- A Brief History of Helicoverpa and Pectinophora
Derek Russell -
Resistance monitoring of Helicoverpa armigera to insecticides across different locations of Karnataka
B. V. Patil - Status of Heliothines resistance to Bt cotton in the world
G. M. V. Prasada Rao - Bio-rational Insecticides against pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders in Bt cotton
H. R. Desai
Rapporteurs: Mr. Prabhulinga T
15.00-17.00 hrs 6B: Nutrient Management technologies
Chair: Dr. Kamrul Islam, Senior Scientific Officer, Cotton Development Board (Bangladesh)
Co-chair: Dr. ND Parlawar, Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Nagpur (India)
- Effect of foliar nitrogen fertilization on cotton yield, fiber properties and seed quality
M. T. Rahman - Performance of different levels of NPKS on growth and yield of some newly released cotton varieties
Md. Mominul Islam - Influence of foliar application of potassium and mepiquat chloride on yield, quality and uptake of micronutrient of cotton
Kamrul Hassan - Trichoderma-Azotobacter bio-film as a promising inoculant for enhancing plant growth and soil nutrient dynamics in cotton
K. Velmourougane
15.00-17.00 hrs 6C: Bio-Reviews
Chair: Dr. B. M. Khadi, Former Dean (Post Graduate Studies), UAS, Dharwad (India)
Co-chair: Dr. R. H. Balasubramanya, Former Head, CBPD, ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai (India)
- Problems and prospects of cotton cultivation in Gujarat
B. G. Solanki - MAGIC: A new genetic resource multiple trait improvement and QTL identification in cotton (G. hirsutum)
Suman Bala Singh - Developmental breeding for jassid tolerance with high productivity and superior fibre quality in G. hirsutum
T. R. Loknathan - Diverse bacteria associated with entomopathogenic nematode species-potential sources of insecticidal toxins
Nandini Gokte Narkhedkar - Cotton pests scenario during last decade in India
V. S. Nagrare - Recent advances in fermentation technology for value-addition to cotton stalks and cottonseed
V. Mageshwaran
Rapporteurs: Dr. H. B. Santosh
17.15-18.45 hrs 7A: CRISPR-CAS-9 and Biotech ideas for cotton
Chair: Dr. P. K. Chakrabarty, ADG(PP), ICAR, New Delhi (India)
Co-chair: Dr. R. Ramasami, Managing Director, Rasi Seeds, Attur (India)
- Exciting prospects biotech cotton
Bhagirath Choudhary - Comparison of fiber genes expression in wild and lint-less mutant cotton
G. Balasubramani - Identification and characterisation of LIM gene in Gossypium arboreum
K. P. Raghavendra - CRISPR/Cas technology for next-generation cotton: an overview
Joy Das - RNA sequence mediated transcriptome analysis of Gossypium hirsutum genotypes for fibre strength
B. R. Patil - Application of CRISPR-CAS-9 system to develop gossypol free cotton seed in upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L.
I. S. Katageri
Rapporteurs: Dr. K. P. Raghavendra and Dr. H. B. Santosh
17.15-18.45 hrs 7B: Field Experiments for high yields
Chair: Dr. B. G. Solanki, Cotton Scientist, Navsari Agri. Univ., Surat (India)
Co-chair: Dr. D. Blaise, I/c Head, Crop Production, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur (India)
- Stale seed bed technique and leguminous cover crops as tools in integrated weed management of irrigated cotton of southern India
P. Nalayini - Effect of sowing time on productivity and profitability of Bt and non Bt cotton in climate change situation
K. Sankaranarayanan - Investigating plant breeding selection efficiency and performance trends in Gossypium hirsutum L.
Rajesh S. Patil
Rapporteurs: Mr. Prabhulinga T
17.15-18.45 hrs 7C: HDPS Cotton
Chair: Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan, Ex- ADC(CC), ICAR, New Delhi (India)
Co-chair: Dr. K. S. Baig, Associate Cotton Breeder, VNMKV, Nanded (India)
- Evaluation of compact genotypes of American cotton under High Density Planting System (HDPS)
S. B. Deshmukh -
Subiksha, the compact long staple cotton variety with high strength suitable for high density panting system in India
S. Manickam - Evaluation of genotypes for High Density Planting under South Gujarat condition
K. B. Sankat
Rapporteurs: Dr. A. R. Reddy
Sunday, September 17, 2017
9.00-10.30 hrs 8A: Sustainable technologies for high yields
Chair: Dr. V. Kumar, Ex. Head, Cotton Centre, Surat (India)
Co-chair: Dr. S. Manickam, Pr. Sci., ICAR-CICR, Regional Station, Coimbatore
- Sustainable intensification of Rabi cropping through cotton + lentil Intercropping in Southern Bangladesh
Md. Farid Uddin - Selecting appropriate based cropping pattern for increasing cropping intensity in Bangladesh
Sima Kundu - Improving for sustainable cotton production through enhanced resilience to climate change in Asia-Pacific region under the IAEA, Technical Cooperation RAS Project
Md. Kamrul Islam
Rapporteurs: Dr. A. R. Reddy and Mr. Rakesh Kumar
9.00-10.30 hrs 8B: Breeding for Desi Cotton Improvement
Chair: Dr. V. N. Waghmare, Director, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur (India)
Co-chair: Dr. I. S. Katageri, Head, Biotechnology Department, UAS, Dharwad
- Identification of best GMS lines having maximum cross boll setting in desi cotton (G. arboreum L.)
Sandip A. Patil - Improvement of G. arboreum cotton for fibre quality traits vis-a-vis seed cotton yield under north Indian conditions
S. K. Verma - Evaluation of Gossypium herbaceum germplasm race Wightianum under different sowing dates in the central cotton zone of India
D. V. Patil - Performance of long linted Gossypium arboreum genotypes for yield and fibre quality parameters under rainfed condition
V. N. Chinchane
Rapporteurs: Dr. K. P. Raghavendra and Dr. H. B. Santosh
9.00-10.30 hrs 8C: Ginning and Quality Evaluation
Chair: Dr. R. P. Kachru, Ex ADG(PE), ICAR, New Delhi (India)
Co-chair: Dr. G. R. Anap, Former Head MPD & Consultant, ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai (India)
- Integrated single locking cotton feeder cum cleaner for double roller gin
V. G. Arude - Industrial quality requirement of cotton vis-à-vis its availability- Indian scenario
P. K. Mandhyan - Contamination status of India cottons
C. Sundaramoorthy - Design and development of cotton lint opener for preparation of samples in fibre quality testing
S. V. Ghadge - Force variation on beater shaft of double roller gin under different working condition
Varsha Satankar
Rapporteurs: Dr. P. K. Mandhyan Dr. S. V. Ghadge
11.00-12.30 hrs Open Forum- New Ideas & ICRA Activities
Chair: Dr. K. R. Kranthi
Co-Chair: Dr. M. S. Kairon
- Young Scientists Open forum New Ideas Panel
- ICRA-ACRDN Young Scientists Medal 2017
- Taking ICRA Forward
Dr Mohammad Negm
Rapporteurs: Dr. AR Reddy
12.30-14.00 hrs Valedictory Session
Chair: Dr. Kavita Gupta , Textile Commissioner, Govt. of India
Co-Chair: Dr. C. D. Mayee, President, ISCI, Mumbai
- Novel technologies –Today and Tomorrow
Dr. C. D. Mayee -
Summary Recommendations
Dr M. V. Venugopalan and Dr C. Sundaramoorthy -
Valedictory Address
Dr. Kavita Gupta -
Vote of Thanks
Dr. M. V. Venugopalan
Rapporteurs: Dr. MV Venugopalan and Dr. AR Reddy