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Cotton

Cotton (from Arabic qutn) is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose and may contain minor percentages of waxes, fats, pectins, and water. Under natural conditions, cotton bolls facilitate the…

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Cultivation

Harvesting

Competition from synthetic fibers

Competition from natural fibers

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Production

Fiber properties

Genome

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related to Further reading · 50
Cotton → Africa, Alfred Charles, Audrey, Beckert, Big Cotton, Brown, Cambridge University Press, Clayton, Cotton TradeMoseley, CRC Press, Cultural, Economic History, Empire, Experiment Stations, Foods, Giorgio, Global History, Globalization, Gray, Hanging
related to Genetic modification · 24
Cotton → Acquisition, Agri-biotech Applications, Bacillus, Bt, Center, China, Chinese, Chinese Academy, Chinese Agricultural Policy, Cornell, Genetically, GM, However, In, ISAAA, Moreover, Rutgers University, Science, Sciences, Stanford University
related to Genome · 24
Cotton → AD, After, BACs, Central American, D-genome, DNA, GORGE, Illumina, In, It, Its, Monsanto, Once, Part, Sanger, Tetraploid, The, Their, Then, There
related to International trade · 23
Cotton → Africa, Africa's, British, Cargill, China, Dunavant, Dunavant Enterprises, Eastern, French, In Africa, In Zambia, India, It, Memphis, Mozambique, Neither, South Asia, Tennessee, The, This
related to Cultivation · 21
Cotton → Aral Sea, As, February, For, In, June, Naturally, Northern, Ogallala Aquifer, Planting, Production, Since, Soils, South Plains, Southern, Soviet Union, Successful, The, United States, Uzbekistan
related to Long staple cotton · 20
Cotton → American, American-grown ELS Pima, Australia, Egyptian, ELS, Extra-long, Indian, Israel, Kasturi, Long, LS, Not, Nowadays, Peru, Pima, Supima, The, The American, The PIB, While Pima
related to United States · 17
Cotton → Across, African Americans, America, Before, Confederate States, Europe, In, It, Northeastern United States, Northern, Picking, Rural, Some, South, Southern, United States, Until
related to Trading · 15
Cotton → America, Cotton No, CT, December, ICE Futures US Softs, July, March, May, New York Mercantile Exchange, NYI, NYMEX, October, They, TT, United States
related to External links · 14
Cotton → America, Celebrating World Cotton Day, Collier's New Encyclopedia, Council, December, Encyclopædia Britannica, International Cotton AssociationNational Cotton, New International Encyclopedia, October, Official, Retrieved, Vol, World Cotton Day, World Trade Organization
related to Etymology · 13
Cotton → Arabic, Arabic-speaking, English, Hebrew, Khotan, Marco Polo, Romance, Romance-speaking, Romans, The, This, Turkestan, Xinjiang

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india production world fiber used states century use also united textile fibers textiles trade british china water grown plant new

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Cottonis amajor export0.90text
Cottonis aperennial crop in the tropics0.90text
Cottonis abrand-building initiative for Indian long staple cotton by the Indian government0.90text
Cottonis aterm that refers to unripe cotton fibers that do not absorb dye0.90text
the Norte Chicoinstance ofand was the backbone of the development of coastal cultures0.80text
Mocheinstance ofand was the backbone of the development of coastal cultures0.80text
and Nazcainstance ofand was the backbone of the development of coastal cultures0.80text
cottoninstance ofThe Mughals introduced agrarian reforms such as a new revenue system that was biased in favour of higher value cash crops0.80text
indigoinstance ofThe Mughals introduced agrarian reforms such as a new revenue system that was biased in favour of higher value cash crops0.80text
providing state incentives to grow cash cropsinstance ofThe Mughals introduced agrarian reforms such as a new revenue system that was biased in favour of higher value cash crops0.80text
in addition to rising market demand.The largest manufacturing industry in the Mughal Empire was cotton textile manufacturinginstance ofThe Mughals introduced agrarian reforms such as a new revenue system that was biased in favour of higher value cash crops0.80text
which included the production of piece goodsinstance ofThe Mughals introduced agrarian reforms such as a new revenue system that was biased in favour of higher value cash crops0.80text

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