5th Meeting of the Asian Cotton Research & Development Network at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan from February 23-25, 2011
The Cotton Research Institute, Faisalabad, Government of the Punjab, Pakistan hosted the 5th Meeting of the Asian Cotton Research & Development Network at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan from February 23-25, 2011. The Department of Agriculture of the Government of the Punjab, Pakistan, International Cotton Advisory Committee, FAO Sub Regional for Central Asia and CABI South Asia, Pakistan in addition to a large number of private sector companies sponsored the meeting. Cotton Researchers from the public and private sectors were invited to attend. Dr. Noor-ul-Islam was elected Chairman of the Network until the next meeting to be held in three years.
Dr. Noor-ul-Islam
Chairman, Asian Cotton Research & Development Network
Director General Agriculture (Research)
Ayub Agricultural Research Institute
Faisalabad
Pakistan
Phone: 92-41-2654359
Fax: 92-41-2653874
email: dgaraari@yahoo.com
WEDNESDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2011
Session 1: Inaugural Session
Session 2: Insect Pests and Pesticides
- Status of Bt cotton, Introgression and Heterosis Breeding In India
Dr. B. M. Khadi. Dean. Post Graduate Studies. University of Agricultural Sciences. Dharwad. Karnalaka. India - Historical Perspective and Achievements in Biological Management of Cotton Mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley in Pakistan
Mr. R. Mahmood, M. N. Aslam, G.S. Solangi and A. Samad, CABI South Asia, Rawalpindi, Pakistan - Use of PVX Vector as Expression System and Mealybug as a Model Target Insect for Resistan ce Against Sucking Pests
Ms. Mussarat Shaheen. Aril Muhammad Khan, Shaista Javed. Amir Raza, Muhammad Ashlaq, Imran Amin, Zahid Mukhlar and Shahid Mansoor. National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan - Experience with Biotech Cotton in China
Dr. Jingyuan Xia, Director General, National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Centre (NATESC). Ministry or Agriculture, China - Emerging Pests of Bt Cotton and Dynamics of Insect Pests in Different Events of Bt Cotton
Dr. Shashikant S. Udikeri, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India - Cotton Whitefly in Pakistan: A Single Species or Species Complex?
Dr. Ghulam Rasul Batoch, Ashtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Nouman Tahir and Shahid Mansoor, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan - Preliminary Observations on Egg Parasitoids of Cotton. Jassid Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) on cotton
Mr. H.A. Sahito, I Haq. A.G. Sulehria and A.A. Nahyun, CABI South Asia, Rawalpindi, Pakistan - Global Changes and Recent advances in the Pesticide Industry
Dr. Shakeel Ahmed, Syngenta Pakistan
Session 3: Leaf Curl Virus Diseases
- Recent Changes in Cotton Leaf Curl Disease Complexes; Are we Heading Towards Another Epidemic?
Shahid Mansoor, Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan - Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Cotton
Dr. Judith Brown, Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA - Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease in India: Recent Status and Management Strategies
Dr. Dilip Ponga, Head, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Research Station, Sirsa, Haryana, india - A New Strategy to Develop Virus-tolerant Cotton Plants
Dr. Tayyab Husnain, Centre of Ecvellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Session 4: Panel discussion – Non-chemical Control Measures
- Biotech Cotton for Tomorrow.
Tiazhen Zhang, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, China - Insecticide Resistance Management of Emerging Pest Complex on Bt Cotton.
Mushtaq Ahmad, Ex-Deputy Chief Scientist, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad, Pakistan - Recent invasive Hemipterans and their biological control in Asia
Dr. Rangaswamy Muniappan, Program Director, IPM CRSP, Virginia Tech, VA, USA - Correlation of (+) gossypol level in seeds of cotton hybrids with their insect and disease resistance
Dr. Shadman Namazov, Uzbek Scientific Research Institute of Cotton Breeding and Seed Production. Uzbekistan - Combating Cotton Leaf Curl Disease: A Way Forward
Dr. Mehboob-ur-Rehman, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Session 5: Cotton Agronomy and Physiology: Still a Key to Higher Productivity
- Identifying Physiological Traits of Cotton Genotypes to Cope With Water Shortage Problems.
Fiaz Ahmad, Shabab-ud-Din and Rehmat Ali, Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan, Pakistan - The effect of zinc application methods on seed cotton yield, lint and seed quality of cotton (gossypium hirsutum l.) In east Mediterranean region of Turkey
Dr. Lale Ete, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Field Crops Deparment, Kahramanmaras, Turkey - The Use of Sewage Water (City Waste Water) in Cotton Production
Mr. Ebadollah Banana, Head of Cotton and Field Crops Deparment, Agricultural Research and Natural Resources Center of Tehran Province, Cotton Research Institute, Varamin. Iran - Effects of Chiseling and Irrigation Intervals on Seedcotton (Gossypium hirsutum) yield under Southern Punjab Climatic Conditions
Dr. Dllbaugh Muhammad. Muhammad Naveed Alzat, Ilyas Raza, Mian Muhammad Anwar, Central Cotton Research Institute, Mutlan, Pakistan - Cotton Leaf Curl Virus: Threat to Pakistan Economy & Role of Four Brothers Group to Solve this Problem.
Ch. Muhammad Hanif, Four Brothers Group, Pakistan
Session 6: New Technological Developments and their Utilization
- New developments in Cotton Technologies
Dr. Freddie Bourland, Center Director, Northeast Research and Extension Center, University of Arkansas, USA - Recent advances in ginning for lowering cost and improving of efficiency
Mr. Mahendra Kumar Sharma, President. Baja Steel Industries Ltd. Nagpur, India - Particle Boards from Cotton Stalks
Dr. Abdul Jabbar Sheikh, Director, Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai, India - Research on the Ultra-microstructure, Chemical Properties, Genetic Effects and QTLs Location of Natural Color Cotton
Dr. Xiongming Du, Cotton Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Session 7: Country Reports
- Bangladesh
- Iran
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Thailand
Session 8: New Trends in Cotton Breeding for Yield and Quality
- Iran’s experience in stacking insect resistance in transgenic cotton
Dr. Behzad Ghareyazie, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran - Introgression of Desirable Characters for Growing Cotton in Punjab, Pakistan.
Dr. Abid Mahmood, Director. Cotton Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan - Recorded video presentation, Innovation: Teaching and Old pLant New Tricks
Agricultural Research, Cotton Incorporated, USA - Breeding of early maturity, high-yielding and olerant to fusarium oxysporum cotton varieties of g.barbadense l. differing with increased fiber quality and quantity
Dr. Victor Avtonomov, Head of Department, Uzbek Scientific Research Institute of Cotton Breeding and Seed Production. Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Session 9: Intellectual Property Rights
Session 10: Leaf Curl Virus Disease: Threats and Challenges
- Exploring Potential Sources for Leaf Curl Virus Resistance in Cotton.
Saghir Ahmad, Cotton Research Station, Multan, Pakistan - Virus diseases of cotton in Uzbekistan
Dr. Zarifa Kadirova, Institute of Genetics and Plant Experimental Biology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Agronomic Management of Cotton Leaf Curl Virus in Cotton
Dr. M. Igbal, Associate Professor. Islamia University. Bahawalpur, Pakistan - Understanding of Resistance in G. arboreum and other Novel Sources of Resistance Against Cotton Leaf Curl Disease.
Iftikhar Ali Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Imran Amin, Khalid Parvez Akhtar, Noor-ul-Islam and Shahid Mansoor, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan - Biology, Host Specificity, Population Trends of Aenasius bambawalei Hayat and its Role in Controlling mealybug Phencoccus solenopsis Tinsley at Tandojam
Sindh. G. S. Solangi and R. Mahmood, CABI, Pakistan
Session 11: Cotton Improvement
- Fine tuning RNAi for Resistance Against Cotton Leaf Curl Disease Complex.
Shahid Mansoor, Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan - Targeting Insect Pests Through Bt and non-Bt Genes.
Zahid Mukhtar, Sher A. Khan, Shaheen Asad, M. Arshad, Nasir A. Saeed, Allah Dino Shah, M. Nouman Sohail, M. Asif, Afzal Naeem, Yusuf Zafar, Shahid Mansoor and Zafar M. Khalid, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan - Resurgence of Natural Colored Cotton in Pakistan
Mr. Anwar Tariq, Consultant, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan - Breeding of early maturity, high-yielding and tolerant to fusarium oxysporum cotton varieties of g.barbadense l. Differing with increased fiber quality and quantity
Prof. Oybek Kimsanbaev, Head of Project, Uzbek Scientific Research Institute of Cotton Breeding and Production. Tashkent. Uzbekistan
Session 12: Prospects and Limitations of Biotechnology
- Bt Cotton in Punjab: Current Status
Muhammad Zaffar Iqbal and Ihsan Ullah, Biotechnology Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan - Mealybug Infestation and Control
Dr. Keshav Kranthi, Director, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India - Over Expression of AVP1 Gene Improves Salt and Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Cotton.
Shaheen Asad, Muhammad Arshad, Zahid Mukhtar1, Yusuf Zafar, Muhammad Yasin Ashraf and Shahid Mansoor, Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad, Pakistan - Utilization of Natural Diversity in Upland Cotton (G. hirsutum) Germplasm Collection for Pyramiding Genes via Marker-assisted Selection Program
Dr. Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov. Lead scientist/Principal Investigator. Institute of Genetics and Plant Expermintal Biology - Cotton Fiber Improvement Strategies through Genetic Engineering.
Aftab Bashir, Agricultural Biotechnology Division, NIBGE, Faisalabad, Pakistan - Use of Molecular Marker Technology for Drought and Salt Tolerance in Cotton
Dr. Muhammad Said, Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Session 13: Concluding Session
- Acknowledgements on behalf of the Organizing Committee
Dr. Noor Ul Islam, Director General, Ayub Agriculture Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan - General discussion on the Network activities
- Election of a new Chairman
- Remarks from the outgoing Chairman, Dr. Jingyuan Xia, China
- Address from the new Chairman
- Concluding remarks
Mr. Arif Nadeem, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Punjab, Pakistan