Page 14 - May-June-2017

14
ICAC announced winner of the ICAC

Cotton Researcher of the Year for 2017

Dr. David Matthias Stelly, Professor in the Department years of professional experience and leadership in
of Soil & Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University and plant breeding of cotton. His expertise includes
Texas A&M Agri-Life Research is announced as the germplasm introgression, reproductive biology and
winner of the ICAC Cotton Researcher of the Year for cytology, cytogenetics, genetic and genomics.
2017.
His scientific endeavors entail a broad spectrum of
Dr. David M. Stelly is a Professor in the Department wild species germplasm, introgression methods,
of Soil & Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University and chromosome substitution, genetic analysis, genotyp-
Texas A&M AgriLife Research. He is world known ing, genome and trait mapping, marker assisted
cotton breeder and geneticist who started his selection, reproductive cytology and genetics etc.
research career in 1970s. Dr. Stelly has more than 30

Registration opens for 76th

plenary meeting of ICAC

According to the sources the registrations for the 76th Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory
Committee is now open on the web www.icac.org. The meeting will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 23
to 27th of October 2017. Being the 6th largest cotton producer and 5th largest exporter, Uzbekistan has
created a modern complex of production, processing and marketing since independence in 1991.

According to the officials the agenda of the meeting this time will include a scheduled discussion on topics
like inter-fiber completion, technology transfer, quality assessment, cotton yields, logistics and contract
compliance. The participants in the plenary meeting will have an opportunity to experience the rich heritage of
Central Asia and the Great Silk Road, and technical tours showcasing the cotton technology and history of
Uzbekistan will be offered.