Stress Physiology in Cotton
... Publication of this book was made possible by a grant to the Cotton Foundation from Monsanto. Monsanto is a major supplier to the cotton industry and supports programs for cotton through the Cotton Foundation. Delivering innovation to the farm starts with research and development. This year Monsanto ...
... Publication of this book was made possible by a grant to the Cotton Foundation from Monsanto. Monsanto is a major supplier to the cotton industry and supports programs for cotton through the Cotton Foundation. Delivering innovation to the farm starts with research and development. This year Monsanto ...
Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan
... cotton which contains a gene for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup®). Bollgard II®/Roundup Ready® cotton therefore contains the two insecticidal genes from Bollgard II® cotton as well as the glyphosate tolerance gene from Roundup Ready® cotton. ...
... cotton which contains a gene for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup®). Bollgard II®/Roundup Ready® cotton therefore contains the two insecticidal genes from Bollgard II® cotton as well as the glyphosate tolerance gene from Roundup Ready® cotton. ...
History of cotton
The history of cotton can be traced back to domestication, possibly as far back as 4500 BC. Cotton played an important role in the history of the British Empire, the United States, and India, and continues to be an important crop and commodity.The history of the domestication of cotton is very complex and is not known exactly. Several isolated civilizations in both the Old and New World independently domesticated and converted cotton into fabric. All the same tools were invented, including combs, bows, hand spindles, and primitive looms. The oldest cotton textiles were found in graves and city ruins of civilizations from dry climates, where the fabrics did not decay completely. Some of the oldest cotton bolls were discovered in a cave in Tehuacán Valley, Mexico, and were dated to approximately 5500 BCE, but more recent estimates have put the age of these bolls at approximately 3600 BCE. Seeds and cordage dating to about 450BCE have been found in Peru. There is reliable genetic evidence that cotton originated in Peru. At the source of any plant—in this case wild cotton, the genetic variability is enormously greater and one area of wild cotton in Peru constitutes a ""smoking gun."". The Indus Valley civilization spun cotton since at least 3000 BCE, as indicated by the ruins of Mohenjo-daro. Around the same time, cotton was being grown and processed in Mexico, and Arizona. Pre-Incan cotton grave cloths were found in Huaca Prieta in Peru, and date back to 2500 BCE, and cotton was mentioned in Hindu hymns in 1500 BCE.Herodotus, an ancient Greek historian, mentions Indian cotton in the 5th century BCE as ""a wool exceeding in beauty and goodness that of sheep."" When Alexander the Great invaded India, his troops started wearing cotton clothes that were more comfortable than their previous woolen ones. Strabo, another Greek historian, mentioned the vividness of Indian fabrics, and Arrian told of Indian–Arab trade of cotton fabrics in 130 CE. Egyptians grew and spun cotton from 6–700 CE.In the 8th century the Muslim conquest of Spain expanded the European cotton trade. By the 15th century, Venice, Antwerp, and Haarlem were important ports for cotton trade, and the sale and transportation of cotton fabrics had become very profitable.