Developing Hybrid Cotton (Gossypium spp.) Using Honey Bees as Pollinators and the Roundup Ready® Phenotype as the Selection Trait
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J.X. Zumba, 102 Franklin Court, Bethlehem, PA 18020; G.O. Myers*, LSU Agricultural Center, School of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, 104 M.B. Sturgis Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803; E.L. Clawson, Monsanto, 2028-3 Cannon Heights Dr., Chesterfield, MO 63017; D.K. Miller, LSU Agricultural Center, Northeast Research Station, P.O. Box 438, St. Joseph, LA 71366; R.G. Danka, USDA, ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research, 1157 Ben Hur Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70820; S.B. Blanche, Dow Agroscience LLC, 134 Lydia Rd., St. Joseph, LA 71366. *Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT
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