ARS Research Labs Studying Cotton

• U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Plant Physiology and Genetics Research
• Cotton Ginning Research
• Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center
• Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research
• Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research
• Cropping Systems Research Laboratory
• Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Cotton Production and Processing Research
• Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research
• Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research
• Southern Regional Research Center
• Southern Regional Research Center: Cotton Structure and Quality Research
• Southern Regional Research Center: Commodity Utilization Research
• Southern Regional Research Center: Cotton Fiber Bioscience and Utilization Research
• Southern Regional Research Center: Cotton Quality and Innovation Research
• Crop Science Research Laboratory
• Crop Science Research Laboratory: Genetics and Sustainable Agriculture Research
• Crop Genetics Research
• Cotton Ginning Research
• Genomics and Bioinformatics Research
• Crop Production Systems Research

103 Research Projects Studying Cotton

• Developing multivariate machine learning models for early-season cotton yield prediction across the conterminous united states (Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research)
• Combining new cover crop species and management strategies to reduce deer pressure in seedling cotton (Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research)
• Enhancing the durability of cotton production systems in the southeastern united states (Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research)
• Combining new cover crop species and management strategies to reduce deer pressure in seedling cotton (Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research)
• Genomic selection is looming: building a robust genotypeto-phenotype platform to revolutionize public cotton breeding (florence) (Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research)
• Developing a haplotype-assisted breeding system for upland cotton (Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research)
• Advancing cotton genetics and innovative cropping systems for improved quality and production (Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research)
• Collaborative research and outreach to facilitate cotton production in the thermo-limited regions of the southern ogallala aquifer - phase 2 ttu (Conservation and Production Research Laboratory: Soil and Water Management Research)
• Collaborative research and outreach to facilitate cotton production in the thermo-limited regions of the southern ogallala aquifer - phase 2 wtamu (Conservation and Production Research Laboratory: Soil and Water Management Research)
• Collaborative research and outreach to facilitate cotton production in the thermo-limited regions of the southern ogallala aquifer - phase 2 tamu (Conservation and Production Research Laboratory: Soil and Water Management Research)
• Collaborative research and outreach to facilitate cotton production in the thermo-limited regions of the southern ogallala aquifer - phase 2 ksu (Conservation and Production Research Laboratory: Soil and Water Management Research)
• Hydrothermal liquification studies to valorize the cotton and companion crops byproducts available in the southwestern united states (Cotton Ginning Research)
• Innovative solutions to enhance quality, economic viability, and sustainability of western and long-staple cottons and companion crops (Cotton Ginning Research)
• Introgression breeding to develop cotton cultivars with desirable seed and fiber quality for sustainable agriculture (Cotton Ginning Research)
• Evaluation of current air quality dispersion models used to permit low-level agricultural point sources - cotton gins (Cotton Ginning Research)
• Modernization of cotton quality measurement (Cotton Ginning Research)
• Conversion of cotton gin trash to liquid fuels and other bioproducts via hydro-pyrolysis and other thermochemical processes (Cotton Ginning Research)
• Determination of round cotton module weights to improve data accuracy for improvement of cotton gin operations efficiency and bale traceability (Cotton Ginning Research)
• Plastic contamination removal robot for cotton fields (Cotton Ginning Research)
• Cotton post-harvest trash and by-product characterizations (Cotton Ginning Research)
• Modernization of cotton quality measurement (Cotton Ginning Research)
• Evaluating differences in cotton fiber types at initiation and determining the underlying basis for those differences (Crop Genetics Research)
• Developing strategies and tools to mitigate biotic and abiotic stresses in cotton and managing the national cotton variety testing program (Crop Genetics Research)
• Developing cotton germplasm for u.s. growers resistant to diseases and environmental stresses (Crop Genetics Research)
• Characterization and introgression of nematode resistance into upland cotton (Crop Genetics Research)
• Identifying and mitigating emerging disease threats for cotton (Crop Genetics Research)
• Evaluate cotton germplasm for environmental influence under extreme climate conditions (Crop Genetics Research)
• Identifying and mitigating emerging disease threats for cotton (Crop Genetics Research)
• Identifying and mitigating the effects cotton pests and diseases (Crop Genetics Research)
• Establishing the infrastructure to develop prediction tools for diseases and affecting cotton to better inform management decisions (Crop Production and Protection)
• Alabama cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• South carolina cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Florida cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Georgia cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Arkansas cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Development of prediction tools for diseases and mycotoxins affecting corn and mississippi cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Developing disease prediction tools in corn and cotton to optimize management plans (Crop Production and Protection)
• Texas wheat and cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Development of prediction tools for diseases and mycotoxins affecting corn and cotton to better inform management decisions in louisiana (Crop Production and Protection)
• Oklahoma cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Tennessee cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Development of molecular diagnostics and cotton disease predictive tool (Crop Production and Protection)
• Development of predictive tools for oklahoma cotton diseases (Crop Production and Protection)
• Alabama cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• South carolina cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Development of prediction tools for diseases and mycotoxins affecting corn to better inform management decisions and louisiana cotton disease (Crop Production and Protection)
• Development of molecular diagnostics and cotton disease predictive tool (Crop Production and Protection)
• Development of prediction tools for diseases and mycotoxins affecting corn and mississippi cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Development of predictive tools for oklahoma cotton diseases (Crop Production and Protection)
• Arkansas cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Fy2025 florida cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Develop prediction tools for diseases & affecting cotton to better inform management decisions for georgia cotton producers (Crop Production and Protection)
• Establishing the infrastructure for disease prediction tools in corn and cotton (Crop Production and Protection)
• Tennessee cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Oklahoma cotton disease predictive tool development (Crop Production and Protection)
• Support of prediction tools for diseases and mycotoxins affecting cotton and wheat (Crop Production and Protection)
• Molecular mechanisms underlying gossypol and chlorantraniliprole detoxification in cotton and corn pests (Crop Science Research Laboratory: Corn Host Plant Resistance Research)
• Enhancing agronomic traits, fiber quality, and resistance to environmental stress, nematodes, and fungal diseases in cotton (Crop Science Research Laboratory: Genetics and Sustainable Agriculture Research)
• Enhancing the profitability and sustainability of cotton fiber, seed, and byproducts through innovations in harvesting, ginning, and post-ginning processes (Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Cotton Production and Processing Research)
• Technologies to protect and manage seed cotton in modules (Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Cotton Production and Processing Research)
• Enhancing fiber quality to improve the value of us cotton (Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Cotton Production and Processing Research)
• Detecting precursors to combustion for cotton coproducts to improve storage and mitigate fires (Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Cotton Production and Processing Research)
• Enhancing the selection and utilization of primitive landraces in breeding for climate resiliency in cotton using (Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research)
• Investigation of population shifts of fusarium wilt and pathogen infection assessment for maintaining sustainable cotton production (Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research)
• Developing a haplotype-assisted breeding system for upland cotton - stoneville (Genomics and Bioinformatics Research)
• Genomic selection is looming: building a robust genotype-to-phenotype platform to revolutionize public cotton breeding (Genomics and Bioinformatics Research)
• Genomics of kenaf, cotton, and other malvaceae (Genomics and Bioinformatics Research)
• Genomic selection is looming: building a robust genotype-to-phenotype platform to revolutionize public cotton breeding (Genomics and Bioinformatics Research)
• Genomic selection is looming: building a robust genotype-to-phenotype platform to revolutionize public cotton breeding (Genomics and Bioinformatics Research)
• Water use, growth, and yield of cotton and guayule under gravity drip irrigation (Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory)
• Quantifying soil organic carbon on cotton farms throughout the southeastern us and texas (Plant Science Research)
• Quantifying soil organic carbon on cotton farms throughout the southeastern united states and texas (Plant Science Research)
• Quantifying soil organic carbon on cotton farms throughout the southeastern us and texas (Plant Science Research)
• Cotton leaf roll dwarf virus disease management (Soil Dynamics Research)
• Cotton leaf roll dwarf virus disease management (Soil Dynamics Research)
• Enhancing the endurance of bt toxins in cotton (Southern Insect Management Research)
• Exploiting genetic variation of australian and african diploid accessions for american tetraploid cotton (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research)
• Maintenance, distribution, and utilization of cotton genetic resources (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research)
• Advancement of cotton genetic resources through use of a costa rican counter season nursery (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research)
• Continued development of a publicly accessible comprehensive cotton database (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research)
• Management of cotton genetic resources and genetic improvement of cotton (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research)
• Improving abiotic stress tolerance for sustainable cotton production (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research)
• Development of day-neutral resources of the cotton germplasm collection (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research)
• Advancing cotton improvement through germplasm stewardship, seed increase, and scientific utilization (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research)
• Genomic diversity and genotypic assessment of pecan and cotton (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research)
• Developing genome editing resources for modifying genes to improve priority traits in cotton (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Crop Germplasm Research)
• Partners in crime: pathobiome of fusarium cotton wilt pathogen (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research)
• Molecular and genetic approaches to manage cotton and sorghum diseases (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research)
• Enhanced cottonseed profitability and sustainability through improved genetics and byproduct formulation (Southern Regional Research Center: Commodity Utilization Research)
• Creation of enhanced-value cotton germplasm via modulation of cyclopropyl fatty acid accumulation (Southern Regional Research Center: Commodity Utilization Research)
• Creation of enhanced-value cotton germplasm via modulation of cyclopropyl fatty acid accumulation (Southern Regional Research Center: Commodity Utilization Research)
• Genomic dissection and molecular characterization of fiber quality traits for cotton variety improvement (Southern Regional Research Center: Cotton Fiber Bioscience and Utilization Research)
• Increased sustainability and utilization of cotton and other natural fiber-based textiles and commercial goods (Southern Regional Research Center: Cotton Fiber Bioscience and Utilization Research)
• New characteristics for enhancing cotton fiber performance and marketability (Southern Regional Research Center: Cotton Quality and Innovation Research)
• Development of cotton-based materials for advanced consumer products (Southern Regional Research Center: Cotton Quality and Innovation Research)
• Determining approaches for controlling invasive cotton seed bug (oxycarenus hyalinipennis) (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Pest Management and Biocontrol Research)
• Characterizing physiological traits associated with heat and drought tolerance using remote sensing in cotton and soybean (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Plant Physiology and Genetics Research)
• Cotton field physiological phenotyping (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Plant Physiology and Genetics Research)
• Drone imaging for characterizing cotton physiology (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Plant Physiology and Genetics Research)
• Remote sensing methods to improve the estimation of canopy temperature in cotton (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Plant Physiology and Genetics Research)
• Molecular genetic and proximal sensing analyses of abiotic stress response and oil production pathways in cotton, oilseeds, and other industrial and biofuel crops (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Plant Physiology and Genetics Research)
• Optimizing cotton production in arizona by investigating impacts of pressurized drip and flood irrigation on soil salinity, growth, and lint yield (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Water Management and Conservation Research)
• Field determination of crop water use of sesbania, lettuce, broccoli, and yield responses of cotton genotypes to deficit irrigation (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Water Management and Conservation Research)