Scientific Exchange Ms Rose Roche, Purpose of Exchange: Attend the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Texas as a, speaker, The purpose of this exchange was to attend the Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San, Antonio, Texas USA, 5-9 January 2004. This conference is coordinated by the, National Cotton Council (US)., This forum is recognised as the main conference for cotton research. The, conference consisted of four days of individual reports, panel discussions, handson, workshops and seminars about the latest research developments and their, practical applications in cotton production and processing. The conference fosters, dialogue among cotton producers, processors, scientists, extension personnel and, agribusiness representatives., The program consisted of several broad topics covering all facets of the cotton, industry with over 700 reports in the conference proceedings, the sessions I attended, was primarily from the Physiology conference but also included:, ? Disease, ? Insect Research & Control, ? New Developments from Industry, ? Soil Management & Plant Nutrition,