Agenda and Presentations

13^th Meeting (Cartagena, Colombia – 2013)

ALIDA 13^th Meeting
October 3, 2013
Cartagena, Colombia

President of ALIDA:
Ing. Agr. Diana R. Piedra
Project Coordinator of Chaco-Formosa Regional Center
INTA (Argentina)

Meeting Coordinator
Dr. Jorge Cadena
Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation (CORPOICA) of Colombia

Three prominent American researchers gave their presentations during the meeting: Dr. Wayne Smith and Dr. Steve Hague of Texas A&M University and Dr. Megha Parajulee of Texas Technical University. Their presentations were based on “Trends in the development of upland cotton varieties and education in plant selection”, “Development of resistance to multiple adversities in cotton” and “Current status of Research on the Management of White Fly in Cotton” respectively. Dr. M. Rafiq Chaudhry of the ICAC made his presentation based on the production costs of cotton.

Presentations of the meeting (in the original version)

Thursday, October 3, 2013

9.00-10.30 hrs 1^st Session

Opening Presentation
Iván Bonacic Kresic, Presidente de ALIDA, INTA, Argentina

Costs of Cotton Production

Rafiq Chaudhry – Technical Information Section, ICAC

Current Status of Research on Whitefly Management in Cotton

Megha N. Parajulee – Professor, Faculty Fellow, and Regents Fellow, Texas A&M University AgriLifeResearch and Extension Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA

Development of Resistance to Multiple Adversities in Cotton

Steve Hague, Cotton Plant Breeder, Texas A&M University

11.00-12.30 hrs 2^nd Session

Upland Cotton Cultivar Trends and Plant Breeding Education Trends