Dr. Carl Feaster receives Cotton Genetics Award

08 Jan '10

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Dr. Feaster, who earned a B.S. in Agricultural Education from Purdue, and his M.A. (Field Crops) and Ph.D. (Plant Breeding) from the University of Missouri, worked as a USDA breeder in Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland before arriving in Phoenix in 1956 as a USDA research agronomist. In 1972, he became research leader of USDA's Cotton Breeding and Production Unit in Phoenix and a professor in the University of Arizona's Plant Sciences Department positions he held until his 1994 retirement. He also produced or collaborated on 72 publications.

Among Dr. Feaster's awards are the Norman E. Borlaug award from the World Farm Foundation in 1974, the University of Arizona Centennial Medallion award in 1976 and the Arizona Cotton Growers Association's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1979.

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.

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