Breeding Acala 1517 Cottons, 1926 to 1970, Memoir Series Number 4

Series

Memoir Series

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Author

Staten, Glen

Contributor

Leyendecker, Philip J.

Subject (LCSH)

Acala cotton--Varieties--New Mexico

Cotton--History--New Mexico

Subject (NALT)

cotton

varieties

agricultural history

Table of contents

A commercial crop develops

The progression of varieties and strains

College Acala

Acala 1064 and 1517A

Acala 1517

Experimental strain 1450

Acala 1517WR

Acala 1517B

Impact on quality of area crop

Impact on other varieties

The Acala 1517C family

Acala 1517BR and BR-1

Acala 1517D

Acala 1517BR-2

Acala 1517V

Hopicala

Acala 3080

Acala 1517-70

Breeding methods and special problems

Pollination control

Re-exploration by selection

Synthesis of strains

Variety seed maintenance

Breeding for bacterial blight resistance

Breeding for verticillium wilt tolerance

Breeding for fiber quality

Fiber length

Fiber length uniformity

Fiber strength

Fiber elongation

Micronaire reading

The men who built the varieties

References

Extent

52 pages

Notes

Memoir series publication containing a history of the development of Acala cotton varieties in New Mexico beginning in 1926.

Original publisher

New Mexico State University

College of Agriculture and Home Economics

Place of publication

Las Cruces (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Page, Kristen

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPM000MS4.pdf