ALBERS RETURNS TO DELTA CENTER

PORTAGEVILLE -- David Albers has returned to the University of Missouri Delta Center here, as a cotton production researcher.

Albers, who has been working with USDA extension in the state of Mississippi, previously served as a cotton researcher at the Delta Center, working in the Dunklin County area.

In his new position, Albers will be concerned with cotton fibre quality, variety selection, fertilization and irrigation throughout the Southeast Missouri cotton belt.

Albers received a B.S. in Botany from John brown University at Siloam Springs, Ark., and a Masters in Crop Physiology and Ph.D. in Crop Production Ecology, both from the University of Arkansas.