Dear ICGI members, The 2024 ICGI Research Meeting will be held at the luxurious Hotel Inter-Continental in Tashkent from October 7th to 11th, 2024 in Uzbekistan as part of World Cotton Research Conference 8 (WCRC8). The WCRC8 conference website will be launched in the first week of March 2024. At this time, please prepare your abstract, passport, and other required travel documents. Following are tentative deadlines:

* April 30, 2024: Registration: $450 USD * April 30, 2024: Abstract submissions * June 30, 2024: Full paper submissions Dr. Xianlong Zhang (current ICGI Chair), John Yu (past ICGI Chair) and I will coordinate with the WCRC8 organizers for ICGI scientific programs.

David Fang, Ph.D. ICGI Co-Chair Research Leader Cotton Fiber Bioscience & Utilization Research Unit USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center 1100 Allen Toussaint Blvd New Orleans, LA 70124 Tel: 504 286 4527 (O) 504 655 0068 (Cell) Email: David.fang@usda.govmailto:David.fang@usda.gov Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=VYEITkUAAAAJ

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