The 12th ICAC-Network Meeting of the Interregional Cooperative Network on Cotton for the Mediterranean and Middle East Regions held in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt
7-9 October 2015
Ninty-seven delegates from ten countries attended the meeting. Dr. Mohamed A. M. El-Sayed Negm of the Cotton Research Institute, Egypt who is General Coordinator of the Network served as the primary host of the meeting.
Dr. Negm was re-elected as General Coordinator of the Network until the next meeting. negmmohamed@icloud.com
It was decided to hold the next meeting is Spain.
WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2015
8.00 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 9.30 Welcome Address
- Welcome
Dr. Mohamed A. M. El-Sayed Negm, General Coordinator of the Network - Welcome
Dr. Ahmed Mustafa, Chairman, Cotton and Textile Holding Company, Egypt - Welcome
Dr. Mahmoud El Bagoury, Chairman CATGO, Egypt - Welcome
Dr. M. Rafiq Chaudhry, International Cotton Advisory Committee
9.30 – 10.00 Keynote Speaker
- Future of Biotechnology in Cotton
Keshav R. Kranthi, India - Science Based Technological Innovations for Textile Development
Ali Ali Hebeish, Egypt
11.00 – 12.30 Session 1 “Breeding”
- Egyptian Cotton Breeding Program
Hasan El Adly, Egypt - Maintaining Scheme of the Egyptian Cotton Varieties
Gaber M. Hemaida, Egypt - Molecular Breeding: Cotton Transcriptome Analysis, Characterization and Validation of Fiber Strength Genes Assistive in Marker Assisted Selection
B. Patil, India - Effects of Interspecific Hybridization on Cotton
Mehmet Coban, Turkey
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.50 Session 2 “Breeding”
- Leaf Reddening Index as an Indicator of Leaf Reddening Malady in Bt Cotton Hybrids: Causes and Remedies
B. S. Janagoudar, India - A Graphical Method to Determine Dominant and Recessive Gene Percents Using Diallel Analysis in Cotton
Ercan Efe, Turkey
4.50 – 15.40 Session 3 “Breeding”
- Ecophysiological Analysis and Modeling of Genotype by Environment by Crop Management Interactions on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) In Cameroon for the Design of Ideotypes
Romain Loison, CIRAD, France - Association Mapping for Seed Cotton Yield, Yield Components and Fiber Quality Traits in Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
Ishwarappa S. Katageri, India
15.40 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 16.40 Session 4 “Irrigation”
- Advantages of the Pivot Irrigation Systems on ELS Cotton
Felipe Rey Montero, Spain - Irrigation Applications & Management
Khalid Shalabi, Egypt
16.40 – 17.50 Session 5 “Country Report”
- Cotton Cultivation in Non-traditional Areas of Bangladesh
Farid Uddin, Bangladesh - Cotton Research Aspects In Greece
Eleni Tsaliki, Greece - Extra-Fine Cotton Improvement in Sudan
Ahmed Mostafa, Sudan
THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2015
9.30 – 10.45 Session 6 “Agricultural Practices”
- Use of male sterility in cotton and molecular markers for fertility restoration in CGMS of G. hirsutum Cotton
Ishwarappa S. Katageri, India - Determination of Some Agricultural and Technological Properties of Cotton Planted As Second-Crop in Wheat-Cotton Cultivation System
Sema Basbag, Turkey - The History, Development and Future of Cotton Extension in India
Usha Rani Joshua, India
11.10 – 11.40 Coffee Break
11.40 – 12.30 Session 7 “Agricultural Practices”
- Sixty Years of Cotton Breeding in Cameroon: Interaction Between Genetic Improvement and Rainfed Cropping Conditions
Romain Loison, CIRAD, France - Effect of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) on Verticillium Wilt of Cotton
Hamdullah Korhan, Turkey
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.15 Session 8 “Technology”
- Leading Products in Quality Measurements and Certification for Textile Industry
May Ragab, Egypt - Competition and Efficiency Within the Equity Markets
Wagdy Hendy, Egypt - Recycling of the Cotton Stalks to Economic Products Between the Importance and Application
Amal Owis, Egypt
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee Break
15.45 – 23.30 Session 9 “Fiber Technology”
- Comparison of HVI, AFIS and CCS for Cotton Testing Methods
Susan H. Sanad, Egypt - Producing Yarn with Durable Properties via Cotton Blends with Regenerated Cellulosic Fibers (Bamboo) Using Ring and Compact Spinning Systems
M. N. El-Banna, Egypt - Cotton Ginning Technologies – Selection Criteria for Optimum Results
Lalit Kalantri, India - A Prospective for a New Leaf Grade by HVI
Hazm Fouda, Egypt
FRIDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2015
9.30 – 10.30 Session 10 “Textile”
- Developing a DNA-based Technology for Identifying the presence and percentage of Egyptian cotton fibers in various textile products
Mohamed Negm, Egypt - Protecting Egyptian Cotton Logo by DNA
Khaled Schuman, Egypt - Evaluation of Egyptian Cotton Variety (Giza 90) and Promising Cotton Cross for Yarn Characters
A.A.A. El-Banna, Egypt
10.30 – 11.15 Session 11 “Concluding Sesssion”
- It was decided to hold the next meeting in Spain.
- Dr. Negm was re-elected as General Coordinator of the Network until the next meeting.
- The Meeting decided to publish a success story on dealing with stickiness. It was in particular reference to the work done in Sudan. Dr. Abdelrahman Hassan Abdlelatif and Dr. Ahmed Mostafa of Sudan will prepare the report in 3-4 months. The report will be placed on the Network page.