U.S. cotton belt

Some fungi are found especially in fiber from certain parts of the U.S. Cotton Belt (Table I). This geographical localization appears in certain cases to be related to physiological properties of the fungi involved. Thus, Colletotrichum gossypii is a fungus which requires liquid moisture for the dispersal of its spores it is limited to fiber from the more humid eastern and mid-south parts of the Cotton Belt (J ). It causes a plant... 

So far, Texas and the mid-south are the only states in the U.S. cotton belt where formal resistance management programs have been implemented. These programs are described briefly below and in more detail by D. Bull and J. Menn in this volume. In Alabama, state researchers, private consultants and industry representatives have met to discuss the implementation of a program. 

Table 1. Average Bacterial Counts for Commercial Cotton Fiber Samples From the U.S. Cotton Belt in Four Crop Years ... 

Table 2. Average Counts for Total Bacteria and Gram-Negative Bacteria on Samples of Commercial Fiber from Four Major Regions of the U.S. Cotton Belt in the Crops of 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1984.

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