To obtain a more human-like interaction with technical systems, those have to be adaptable to the users individual preferences, and current emotional state. In human-human interaction the behaviour of the speaker is characterised by semantic and prosodic cues, given (among other indicators) as short feedback signals. These so called filled pauses minimally convey certain dialogue functions such...

The balance between vegetative and reproductive growth is the central objective in cotton production system, which associated with maturity yield. In China, manual topping (MT) has been performed many years prior to or during flowering period inhibit enhance growth. MT gradually being replaced by chemical (CT) mepiquat chloride (MC, 180 g ha−1, 98% soluble powder) due labor shortages increasing...

Pantoea is comprised of a broad spectrum of species, including plant pathogens. Here, we provide an annotated genome sequence of Pantoea sp. strain Sc 1, which was isolated from a diseased cotton boll. This research provides the first genome sequence of a bona fide Pantoea sp. insect-vectored cotton pathogen.

Transgenic Bt cotton may have reduced susceptibility to aflatoxin contamination as a result of pink bollworm resistance. During 1995 and 1996, Bt cottonseed from several commercial fields in Arizona contained aflatoxin levels unacceptable for dairy use. Comparison of cottonseed with and without BGYF (bright-green-yellow fluorescence) from one highly contaminated (>6,000 ppb aflatoxin Bj) Bt see...

ABSTRACT Aflatoxins are toxic fungal metabolites produced by several members of Aspergillus section Flavi. U.S. federal regulations limit the use of aflatoxin-contaminated cottonseed. Cottonseed with aflatoxin content of 20 ng/g or higher may not enter the profitable dairy market. Between 4,472 and 9,949 truckloads of cottonseed from 31 to 35 gins in South Texas were analyzed for aflatoxin cont...

Paired trap lines of Þve boll weevil pheromone traps each were placed on opposite sides of a brush line at six different sites on a plantation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Temperature, wind speed, and wind direction were monitored with a nearby weather station. We observed a strong negative relationship between mean daily wind speed and total daily capture of boll weevils. About hal...