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Jane Dever wins 2012 Cotton Genetics Research Award

12 Jan '13
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Dr. Dever, who was given the 2012 “Golden Hoe Award” by the Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative, is the Western and Plains chair of the National Cotton Variety Testing Committee and also serves on the National Genetic Resources Advisory Council and the CottonGEN Database Steering Committee.

She currently has 10 refereed publications, one book chapter, 23 technical publications, 43 abstracts and proceedings, 16 invited papers, 16 seminar presentations, two patents on cotton transformations and five patent and germplasm disclosures.

U.S. commercial cotton breeders have presented the Cotton Genetics Research Award for more than 40 years to a scientist for outstanding basic research in cotton genetics. The Joint Cotton Breeding Committee, comprised of representatives from state experiment stations, USDA, private breeders and the National Cotton Council, establishes award criteria.

National Cotton Council

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