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	Cotton plant -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Commercial (Erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers) cotton fibers, used to manufacture (Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers) cloth, are derived from the fruit of the cotton plant.
		GM cotton is widely used throughout the world with claims of requiring up to 80% less (A chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)) pesticide than ordinary cotton.
		However the introduction of a second variety of GM cotton led to 15% of Australian cotton being GM in 2003 with 80% of the crop being GM in 2004 when the original variety was banned.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/cotton_plant.htm (751 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cotton plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The cotton plant (Gossypium) is a genus of about 40 species of shrubs in the family Malvaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World.
		The initial introduction of GM cotton proved to be a commercial disaster in Australia - the yields were far lower than predicted, and the cotton plants cross-pollinated with other varieties of cotton.
		Organic cotton is cotton grown without pesticides or chemical additives to fertilizer, relying instead on methods with less ecological impact.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cotton-plant (1533 words)

	Cotton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cotton, Gossypium, is a genus of the mallow family that has native species on every habitable continent, and several of the species occur on islands in the West Indies and in the Pacific Basin.
		Cotton can be grown in areas where temperatures are high and water is relatively scarce; and, of course, much of the best cotton is grown under irrigation.
		Cotton is the crop that requires frequent chemical sprays, first to control insects and later to defoliate the plants so that the cotton can be efficiently harvested via machines.
	www.botgard.ucla.edu /html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/Gossypium (475 words)

	Cotton History
		Cotton, belonging to a family that includes hibiscus and okra, produces a natural vegetable fiber used in the manufacture of cloth.
		Cotton produces a sweet nectar that attracts a variety of destructive insect pests, including the boll weevil, bollworm, armyworm, and the red spider.
		As with Egyptian cotton, the fiber is white and lustrous but its fiber length is longer than that of any other type of cotton, which permits the spinning of extremely fine yarns.
	www.pcga.org /cotton_history.html (518 words)

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		Transgenic Bt cotton was planted on approximately 80% of Mississippi's cotton acreage in 2001.
		TPB is considered a "key" pest of cotton because it often reaches treatable levels during the early portion of the season and insecticides applied to control these early plant bug infestations often flare populations of secondary pests, such as aphids or tobacco budworms.
		Plant bug infestations are seldom flared by applications of insecticides for control of other pests, but absence or reduction in sprays for other pests can increase the potential for plant bugs to exceed economic thresholds.
	cipm.ncsu.edu /cropprofiles/docs/mscotton.html (12480 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: COTTON CULTURE
		Cotton planting began in the spring, cultivation occurred during the summer, and harvesting by hand-picking began in late August.
		Cotton should be harvested as early as possible because profits are often greatly reduced by allowing the open cotton to be exposed to the wind and rain.
		Cotton from strippers or spindle pickers is emptied directly into the box, and an operator in the cab compresses the cotton with the tramper.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/afc3.html (2068 words)

	Cotton Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cotton Plant, built at Rochester, Pa., in 1859, was used by the Confederate Army as a transport and supply boat in the Tallahatchie and Yazoo Rivers during 1862-63.
		Cotton Plant, sometimes referred to as Cotton Planter, was built at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1860 and reportedly carried troops in the Pamlico River as early as September 1861.
		In May 1865 Cotton Plant was surrendered to Union officials near Halifax, N.C., by parties claiming that she had been appropriated by Confederate authorities.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/cfa2/cotton_plant.htm (255 words)

	P1614 Pests, Thresholds, and the Cotton Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If cotton is squaring normally and loading fruit at capacity (i.e., 80 percent or more of the squares setting and remaining on the plant), plant bugs are not a problem.
		Cotton is still the only host plant for boll weevil in the Southeast, and even in other parts of the country, its host range is extremely limited.
		In the spring, weevils emerge and feed on terminals of seedling plants and later feed on and reproduce in 1/3-grown or larger squares.
	msucares.com /pubs/publications/p1614.htm (7926 words)

	Cotton Industry
		Cotton is a white fibrous substances composed of the hairs surrounding the seeds of the cotton plant.
		Cotton is a white substance, and in some of its varieties cream-coloured, or of a yellow hue; it possesses downy softness and warmth, and its delicate fibres are sufficiently long, flexible, and tenacious, to admit of being spun into an extremely fine thread.
		It grows upon the plant enclosed within pods, which protect it from injury by dust or weather, until it is ripe and fit to be gathered, with the heat of the sun causes it to expand, and burst open the pod.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TEXcotton.htm (390 words)

	cotton -> The Cotton Plant on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The cotton plant belongs to the genus Gossypium of the family Malvaceae (mallow family).
		It is generally a shrubby plant having broad three-lobed leaves and seeds in capsules, or bolls; each seed is surrounded with downy fiber, white or creamy in color and easily spun.
		Response of field-grown cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to phosphorus fertilisation on alkaline soils in eastern Australia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/cotton_TheCottonPlant.asp (790 words)

	Cotton Information from the fiber to the fabric and weaves
		The cotton fiber is from the cotton plant’s seed pod The fiber is hollow in the center and, under a microscope looks like a twisted ribbon.
		Mercerized cotton is treated to permanently straighten the cotton fibers which then becomes a smooth, rod-like fiber that is uniform in appearance with a high luster.
		Cotton is often blended with other fibers such as polyester, linen, wool, to "blend" the best properties of each fiber.
	www.fabrics.net /cotton.asp (636 words)

	NCSU Plant Pathology \| Cotton
		Cotton is once again a major crop in North Carolina.
		The boll weevil eradication program has resulted in a dramatic increase in cotton acreage through the 1990s as the average number of insecticide sprays declined from 8'12 per year to 3 or less.
		The root-knot, Columbia lance, reniform, and sting nematodes are increasingly responsible for cotton yield suppression.
	www.cals.ncsu.edu /plantpath/extension/commodities/cotton.html (191 words)

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		Cotton fabric is soft and comfortable to wear close to skin because of its good moisture absorption qualities.
		Traders claimed that cotton was the wool of tiny animals called Scythian lambs, that grew on the stalks of a plant.
		Cotton is grown in about 80 countries, in a band that stretches around the world between latitudes 45 North to 30 South.
	www.curlbros.com /cottinfo.htm (1388 words)

	Ag's Cool Cotton
		Cotton seed are believed to have been planted in Florida in 1556 and in Virginia in 1607.
		The meats inside the cotton sead are crushed for oil which is used primarily for shortening, cooking oil and salad dressings.
		Cotton is planted in-state in mid to late April and harvested in late September, October and November in the Piedmont and Coastal Plains of North Carolina.
	www.agr.state.nc.us /agscool/commodities/cotonkid.htm (1232 words)

	"Thailand: Governement Passes Up Pest-Free Cotton Plant" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But Thais will not be seeing hundreds of thousands of hectares planted to Bollgard cotton in the country anytime soon, after fears were raised that the genetically altered plant may wreak environmental havoc and put consumers of Thai traditional medicine at risk.
		Bollgard cotton is also known as Bt cotton because it comes from plants inserted with bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which kills off pests.
		Cotton is among the world's cash crops hardest hit by pests.
	www.biotech-info.net /thailand.html (703 words)

	The Cotton Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The cotton plant belongs to the genus Gossypium of the mallow family.
		The seeds are surrounded with fibers that are white or creamy in color, and easily spun.
		Cotton is of the tropical origin, but is successfully grown in warn climates, in which rain falls often occur.
	web.bryant.edu /~history/h364proj/sprg_01/solomon/cottonplant.htm (59 words)

	Cotton Plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cotton Plant, Arkansas was a side tour taken from Highway 70.
		While cotton plants are hardly as common as they once were in this small town, the town still is primarily built around agriculture, as can be seen below with the photographs of storage facilities.
		These facilities are the aesthetic focus of Cotton Plant because they tower over the small strip of Highway that is Cotton Plant.
	asms.k12.ar.us /armem/virtual_tour2002/AnnaMcClard/index_files/cottonplantpage.htm (158 words)

	Cotton plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The intial introduction of GM cotton proved to be a commercial disaster in Australia - the yields were far lower than predicted, and the cotton plants cross-pollinated with other varieties of cotton.
		Organic cotton is cotton grown without pesticides or chemical additives to fertilizer, relying instead on [http://www.sustainablecotton.org/BASIC/index.html methods with less ecological impact].
		In a study expected to benefit crop plants, scientists have deciphered the genome of a root- and seed-dwelling bacterium that protects plants from diseases.
	www.infothis.com /find/Cotton_plant (905 words)

	Cotton: From Field to Fabric- Plant Diseases, Soil Conservation & Irrigation
		Nematodes are microscopic worm-like organisms that attack cotton’s roots causing the plant to stop growing, and as a result, causes reduced yield.
		Cotton is sensitive to wind-blown soil because the plant’s growing point is perched on a delicate stem, both of which are
		The cotton plant’s root system is very efficient at seeking moisture and nutrients from the soil.
	www.cotton.org /pubs/cottoncounts/fieldtofabric/diseases.cfm (349 words)

	Cotton Plant, AR - Arkansas Florists, buy flowers from your local full service retail flower shops and florist serving ...
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		It is vitally important that you provide Cotton Plant, Arkansas Florists with accurate, detailed information regarding the name and address of the person to whom you are sending flowers.
		When placing an order for Delivery in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, it is usually wise to keep the order simple, the less specific you are in your request, the less room for error.
	www.flowershopnetwork.com /directory/ArkansasFlorists/Cotton-Plant.php (964 words)

	SeedQuest - News releases
		The University of Queensland professor who discovered a protein to protect cotton against Helicoverpa suggests it could produce a huge leap forward for the Australian cotton industry, and potentially other crops, if the protein were used in addition to Bt toxin.
		The protein, found in plant families which include the Australian violet, is circular in shape.
		Plant cyclotides are now grouped into two types: bracelet cyclotides and Moebius cyclotides.
	www.seedquest.com /News/releases/2003/may/5902.htm (818 words)

	Cotton's Journey - The Story of Cotton - THE PLANT
		The growth cycle of the various cotton species vary in length, but the sequence of fruit production remain the same. Weather, insects and moisture can adversely affect optimum conditions for plant growth and it is the farmer's responsibility to adjust to these conditions to optimize yield.
		Delta and Pine Land Company is a commercial breeder, producer and marketer of cotton planting seed, as well as soybean seed in the Cotton Belt.
		For almost 90 years, the Company has used its extensive cotton plant breeding programs drawing from a diverse germplasm base to develop improved varieties.
	www.cottonsjourney.com /Storyofcotton/page3.asp (256 words)

	cotton plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cotton is a natural fibre as it comes from a plant, and...
		Your objective source for Cotton Plant public, private and charter schools in AR.
		Cotton bolls in the field The Cotton plant is a tropical and semi-tropical shrub of the genus Gossypium (family...
	beautiful-home-gd.com /articles/50/cotton-plant.html (477 words)

	cotton plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bt cotton plant-pesticides provide the highest per acre grower benefits of all of the Bt crops...
		Gossypium thurberi, Levant cotton, Peruvian cotton, sea island cotton, shrub, tree cotton, upland cotton, wild cotton...
		Cotton Plant, AR - Arkansas Florists, buy flowers from your local full service retail flower shops and florist...
	www.plant-resource.com /2/cotton-plant.html (397 words)

	Cotton Plant News
		Local news for Cotton Plant, AR continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
		COTTON PLANT, Ark. - Nearly all of downtown is boarded up and the boards are rotting in the humid...
		The Nature Conservance bought a house at Cotton Plant and rented two others in Woodruff County, so an unusual number of out-of-state visitors staying at area motels wouldn't start rumors.
	www.topix.net /city/cotton-plant-ar (503 words)

	Cotton Plant Bug - Aulacosternum nigrorubrum
		This Cotton Plant Bugs are easily found on the Hibiscus plants in our back yard.
		Cotton Plant Bug adult females are a little bit larger than the adult male.
		Cotton Plant Bug is feeding on flower bud juice.
	www.geocities.com /brisbane_bugs/Buglife.htm (385 words)

	cotton plant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cotton Plant in Dunklin County Mo Cotton Plant is 10 miles south of Kennett; it had 1 store, 1 large cotton gin and 1 planing mill.
		Cotton Plant was a post-office four miles north of Hornersville...
		Nutritional value of cotton plants for beet armyworm related to age of the c...
	www.plantsall.com /cottonplant (1147 words)

	Cotton Plant, Arkansas
		Rust moved too slowly, so the forward elements of his force did not strike until 4 miles south of the river on Parley Hill's plantation near Cotton Plant.
		The Battle of Cotton Plant, designated one of the Civil War's 384 principal battlefields by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission in 1993, has regional/state significance because it had an observable influence on the outcome of the Vicksburg campaign.
		The Union victory enabled Federal forces to move toward Helena and occupy that strategic town on the Mississippi River for the duration of the Civil War.
	www.nps.gov /vick/camptrail/sites/Arkansas-sites/CottonPlantArk.htm (252 words)

	cotton: The Cotton Plant
		Dry matter allocation and fruiting patterns of cotton grown at two divergent plant populations.
		Induction of somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in select Georgia and Pee Dee cotton lines.(Genomics, Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology) (Crop Science)
		NCC survey suggests...: U.S. to plant 14 million acres of 2003 cotton.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/sci/A0920732.html (253 words)

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