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STEVE HAGUE, Texas A&M AgriLife Research cotton breeder at College Station, is shown in one of his test plots.</p>
One advantage of a public breeding program for cotton is the diverse germplasm available to screen for a variety of traits that may increase the pest resistance spectrum, drought and other stress tolerance and options that fit specific growing conditions.
“But we also want to make certain we develop cultivars that can compete with commercial varieties in yield and fiber quality,” says Steve Hague, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research cotton breeder at College Station.