Here is a vital new source of "need-to-know" information for cotton industry professionals. Unlike other references that focus solely on growing the crop, this book also emphasizes the cotton industry as a whole, and includes material on the nature of cotton fibers and their processing; cotton standards and classification; and marketing strategies.
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"This text is a remarkable, Scholarly work. In the preface it states that the author's aim is to provide the reader with an appreciation of cotton's rich history and understanding of current technology and a glimpse of its future. The book certainly makes a valiant effort to cover a wide range of subject concerning cotton." (E-Streams, Volume 4, no. 6 - June 2001)
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The recounting of the origin and domestication of cotton is particularly fascinating because the word "cotton" simultaneously refers to four species in the genus Gossypium (Malvaceae) that were domesticated independently for the same purpose. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bundle fiber strength, planting seed quality, weevil era, pima cultivars, long staple cultivars, big boll group, cool germination test, higher lint yields, barbadense cultivars, acala cultivars, cotton fiber properties, four cotton species, harknessii cytoplasm, primary germplasm pool, secondary germplasm pool, seed quality evaluation, standard warm germination test, lint percent, columbia lance nematode, green boll trap, hirsutum alleles, cultivated cotton species, nectariless trait, germplasm diffusion, okra leaf trait Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Crop Sci, Beltwide Cotton Prod, Beltwide Cotton Conf, New York, New Mexico, South Carolina, Plant Physiol, Weed Sci, North Carolina, The Cotton Foundation, John Wiley, Old World, College Station, South America, Plant Dis, National Cotton Council, Weed Technol, University of Arizona, University of California, American Society of Agronomy, Civil War, Rio Grande, Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin, Mebane Triumph New!
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The recounting of the origin and domestication of cotton is particularly fascinating because the word "cotton" simultaneously refers to four species in the genus Gossypium (Malvaceae) that were domesticated independently for the same purpose. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bundle fiber strength, planting seed quality, weevil era, pima cultivars, long staple cultivars, big boll group, cool germination test, higher lint yields, barbadense cultivars, acala cultivars, cotton fiber properties, four cotton species, harknessii cytoplasm, primary germplasm pool, secondary germplasm pool, seed quality evaluation, standard warm germination test, lint percent, columbia lance nematode, green boll trap, hirsutum alleles, cultivated cotton species, nectariless trait, germplasm diffusion, okra leaf trait Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Crop Sci, Beltwide Cotton Prod, Beltwide Cotton Conf, New York, New Mexico, South Carolina, Plant Physiol, Weed Sci, North Carolina, The Cotton Foundation, John Wiley, Old World, College Station, South America, Plant Dis, National Cotton Council, Weed Technol, University of Arizona, University of California, American Society of Agronomy, Civil War, Rio Grande, Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin, Mebane Triumph New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Compendium of Cotton Diseases (The Disease compendia series) by G. M. Watkins on page 556, page 581, and page 592
- Vascular Wilt Diseases of Plants: Basic Studies and Control (Nato a S I Series Series H, Cell Biology) by E. C. Tjamos on page 556, and page 592
- Application of Genetics to Cotton Improvement by Sir Joseph Hutchinson on page 28, and page 167
- Compendium of Soil Fungi by K. H. Domsch on page 558, and page 585
- Compendium of Cotton Diseases by E. L. Kirkpatrick on page 611, and page 613
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- Plant Cytogenetics, Second Edition by Ram J. Singh on page 292, and page 293
- Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Oilseed Crops, Volume 4 (Genetic Resources Chromosome Engineering & Crop Improvement) (Vol 3) by Ram J. Singh on page 100
- Biotechnology and Safety Assessment, Third Edition by John A. Thomas in Index
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