Cotton Screening (IMAGE) Texas A&M AgriLife Communications Caption Mark Arnold, Experiment Station research associate, looks for thrips damage on young cotton plants. Identifying resistant and non-resistant cotton lines (top right) will help breeders develop varieties that can withstand thrips feeding damage to the first four true seedling leaves. Credit Texas Cooperative Extension photos by Tim W. McAlavy Usage Restrictions Please use story byline and photo credit as noted in copy/text. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.