The 10th ICAC-Network Meeting of the Interregional Cooperative Network on Cotton for the Mediterranean and Middle East Regions held in Alexandropoulos, Greece
September 29-30, 2008
Delegates from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Turkey, CIRAD and ICAC attended the meeting. The meeting elected Dr. Oktay Gencer of Turkey as the new Coordinator until next meeting of the Network.
Dr. Oktay Gençer Director Cotton Research and Application Centre University of Çukurova Adana 01330 Turkey Phone: 90-322-3386797 Fax: 90-322-3386797, 3386381, 3386797 Email: ogencer@mail.cu.edu.tr
The meeting authorized the Coordinator to constitute a limited number of working groups and appoint Chairmen to lead the group activities. The Coordinator will work with Chairmen to layout their program until the next meeting.
Participating countries decided to hold the next meeting in three years in Turkey. The next meeting will consider the need to reduce the duration of meetings to two years.
The Coordinator will take all necessary steps to enhance participation of maximum number of countries in the future meetings.
The Coordinator will prepare a directory of cotton researchers in the region.
MONDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2008
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 10.0 Opening Addresses – Country Reports
- Country Report – Turkey
Oktay Gencer, University of Cukurova, Cotton Research and Application Center, 01330 Adana, Turkey - Cotton Situation in Poland
Malgorzata Matusiak, Textile Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
10.00 – 11.00 Session 1 “Cotton Breeding”
- Intra-Cultivar Selection Under Ultra-Low Density as a Means of Breeder Seed Conservation
Ioannis Tokatlidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Dep. of Agricultural Development, Orestiada, Greece - Relationships Between Some Physio-Morphological Traits and Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Yield
Sema Basbag, Remzi Ekinci, Oktay Gencer - Inheritance of Fiber Length in Diallel Cotton Crosses
Ana Stoilova, Cotton and Durum Wheat Research Institute, 6200 Chirpan, Bulgaria - Research on the Possibility of Inducing Haploid Embryos Through Irradiated Pollen Technique in Cotton
Salre Turkoglu, Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
11.00 – 13.15 Session 2 “Cotton Nutrition – Water Management”
- Response of New Cotton Varieties to Fertilizing Levels in the Conditions of Southern Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Galia Panayotova, Cotton and Durum Wheat Research Institute, 6200 Chirpan, Bulgaria - Cotton Irrigation Regime Under Conditions of Regulated Water Deficit
I. Saldzhiev, G. Nikolov, Cotton and Durum Wheat Research Institute, 6200 Chirpan, Bulgaria - Yield and Technological Characteristics in Advanced Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Lines Under Drought Stress Conditions
Cetin Karademir, Oktay Gencer
13.15 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Session 3 “Cotton Physiology – Weed Control”
- Reflection of Some Foliar-Applied Herbicides on the Length of the Plumule and the Root of the Germinating Cotton Plants
Dimitar Stoychev, Maya Dimitrova, Grozi Delchev, Cotton and Durum Wheat Research Institute, 6200 Chirpan, Bulgaria - A Research of determination of effects on morphological, physiological and technological properties of cotton grown under plastic mulch in Çukurova region
Bekir S. Özbek - An Investigation of the Effect of Some Agricultural Applications on Plant Monitoring Parameters and Plant Mapping of Cotton
Petek Toklu, Hacer Kaya - Production of quality seed-cotton in West and Central Africa
Michel Cretenet, Bruno Bachelier, Cirad UPR 102, Montpellier, France
15.30 – 17.15 Session 4 “Cotton Technology”
- Cotton Fiber Quality Characterization by Complex Indices
J. Militky, D Kremenáková, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic - Influence of Production Technology on the Hairiness Index of Cotton Yarn
J. Militky, S. Ibrahim, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic - Influence of cotton quality and construction parameters on the strength of rotor yarns
J. Militky, D Kremenáková, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic - Applications of the Naturally Colored Cotton in the Woven Fabrics
Malgorzata Mutusiak - An Investigation on Seed Oil Content and Fatty Acid Composition of Early, Mid and Late Maturing Cotton Varieties (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in the Cukurova Region of Turkey
Ender Karahan, Oktay Gencer - Issue of enhancing network operation: example of a common tool that may help
Michel Fok, Cirad UPR 102, Montpellier, France - Breeding of New Early-Matured Cotton Varieties with Improved Fiber Quality
Ana Stoilova, Cotton and Durum Wheat Research Institute, 6200 Chirpan, Bulgaria
20.30 Dinner