The Cotton Plant

History of cotton and the cotton industry, taxonomy of the cotton plant, cultivated varieties of cotton, cotton plants, physiology of the cotton plant, cotton fibers, variation, heredity, and correlation of characteres in cotton plants, cotton breeding, chemistry of the cotton plant, fertilizers, manures, and rotations for cotton, cotton soils and climate, cotton culture, fungous, bacterial, and other diseases of cotton, cotton insects, cotton harvesting, cotton ginning, cotton classing, cotton marketing, cotton exchanges, economics of cotton production, cotton seed products and oil mill processes, uses and spinning qualities of various kinds of cotton, making cotton cloth, cotton statistics.

Aptly Illustrated Through Diagrams And Photographs And Enriched With Tables Of Relevant Scientific Data And Copious References For Further And Deeper Information This Work Brings Together A Considerable Body Of Information Concerning The Vital Aspects Of Cotton Crop And Cotton Industry. Begins With A Brief Historical Survey Of The Origin And Development Of Cotton And Cotton Industry In Different Parts Of The World, Followed By A Discussion Of The Cotton Plants In Various Relationships Its Botanical Species, Agricultural Varieties, Morphology, Physiology, Reproduction, And Heredity. Described Further Are Subjects Relating To Cotton Production Cotton Breeding, Fertilizers, Soils, Climate, Culture, Diseases, Harvesting And Ginning. This Is Followed, In Turn, By A Review Of Phases Of Cotton Marketing Classification, Cotton Marketing Proper, And Cotton Exchanges. Finally Products And Uses Of Different Parts Of The Cotton Plants Have Been Discussed. With A Comprehensive Subject Index That Makes Reference Hunting Easier, Appended To The Book, It Is A Work Of Lasting Importance Of Scholars, Researchers, Agricultural Scientists, Cotton Growers As Well As All Those Linked With Cotton Industry And Cotton Marketing. Contents Chapter 1: History Of Cotton And The Cotton Industry, Chapter 2: Taxonomy Of The Cotton Plants, Chapter 3: Cultivated Varieties Of Cotton, Chapter 4: Cotton Plants: Their Form, Structure And General Characteristics, Chapter 5: Physiology Of The Cotton Plants, Chapter 6: Reproduction Of The Cotton Plants: Flower Development, Spermatogenesis, Fertilization And The Development Of Cotton Bolls, Chapter 7: Cotton Fibers, Chapter 8: Variation, Heredity And Correlation Of Characters In Cotton Plants, Chapter 9: Cotton Breeding, Chapter 10: Chemistry Of The Cotton Plant, Chatper 11: Fertilizers, Manures And Rotations For Cotton, Chapter 12: Cotton Soils And Cliamte, Chapter 13: Cotton Culture, Chapter 14: Fungous, Bacterial And Other Diseases Of Cotton, Chapter 15: Cotton Insects, Chapter 16: Cotton Harvesting, Chapter 17: Cotton Ginning, Chapter 18: Cotton Classing, Chapter 19: Cotton Marketing, Chapter 20: Cotton Exchanges, Chapter 21: Economics Of Cotton Production, Chapter 22: Cotton Seed Products And Oil Mill Processes, Chapter 23: Uses And Spinning Qualities Of Various Kinds Of Cotton, Chapter 24: Making Cotton Cloth, Chapter 25: Cotton Statistics.

Cotton production today is not to be undertaken frivolously if one expects to profit by its production. If cotton production is to be sustainable and produced profitably, it is essential to be knowledgeable about the growth and development of the cotton plant and in the adaptation of cultivars to the region as well as the technology available. In addition, those individuals involved in growing cotton should be familiar with the use of management aids to know the most profitable time to irrigate, apply plant growth regulators, herbicides, foliar fertilizers, insecticides, defoliants, etc. The chapters in this book were assembled to provide those dealing with the production of cotton with the basic knowledge of the physiology of the plant required to manage the cotton crop in a profitable manner.

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