Cotton Incorporated has announced Dr. Gaylon Morgan as its research director of Agricultural & Environmental Research. In this role, Morgan will focus on weeds and weed management research. A recognized expert in this area, Morgan joins the company at a time when such expertise is most needed. Weed control and emerging diseases are the top two threats facing the U.S. cotton industry, and the research needed to address these threats continues to demand increased attention, says Cotton Incorporated representatives. 

Morgan’s research on cotton agronomy, weeds, and diseases has been published and referred to extensively in scholarly reports and industry publications. He has also participated in various conferences, webinars, and lectures during his professional career. Morgan was honored as the Beltwide Cotton Specialist of the Year in 2016 by Bayer Crop Sciences and is also a three-time recipient of the Superior Service Award by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

“Gaylon is among the most knowledgeable and dedicated researchers on cotton agronomy, diseases and weed threats to the commodity,” says Dr. Kater Hake, vice president of the Cotton Incorporated Agricultural & Environmental Research Division. “We welcome him as both a colleague and as a strategist to combat a number of current weed, disease and production cost threats to cotton.”

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Before joining Cotton Incorporated, Morgan worked as a professor and state Extension cotton specialist in the Department of Soil & Crop Sciences at the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M University. He holds a Master of Science in agronomy from Texas A&M University and a Doctorate of Philosophy in horticulture/plant pathology from the University of Wisconsin.

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