All Articles Tagged As: cotton
 | UC Davis scientists have developed a self-cleaning cotton fabric that can kill bacteria and break down toxic chemicals such as pesticide residues when exposed to light. ...> Full Article |
A new, open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management provides a brief summary of the various species of thrips present in US cotton, their plant host range and injury to cotton, a general description of thrips biology, and management practices currently available to growers.
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US Department of Agriculture scientists have conducted studies to investigate the use of virgin cotton in nonwoven materials and products. The work was led by cotton technologist Paul Sawhney and his colleagues at the Agricultural Research Service Cotton Chemistry and Utilization Research Unit in the agency's Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, La.
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 | s billion-dollar agricultural losses continue to mount in the withering Texas heat, Texas AgriLife Research scientists in Corpus Christi are taking a closer look at why some cotton varieties do better than others in drought conditions. ...> Full Article |
 | Crop yields from India's first genetically modified crop may have been overemphasized, as modest rises in crop yields may come at the expense of sustainable farm management, says a new study by a Washington University in St. Louis anthropologist. ...> Full Article |
 | To demonstrate tiny cotton-eating caterpillars' destructive power, Clemson University entomologist Jeremy Greene planted two cotton varieties -- one genetically modified to provide protection and one not -- in a demonstration field at the Edisto Research and Education Center in South Carolina. ...> Full Article |
 | Combining genetically engineered cotton plants that kill caterpillars with the controlled release of sterile moths from airplanes has produced a new and highly successful approach to dramatically reducing pesticide use and pest damage, a collaborative study led by University of Arizona scientists shows. The first large-scale effort of its kind has virtually rid Arizona of one the world's most damaging cotton pests, the pink bollworm. ...> Full Article |
Clemson University will lead a groundbreaking multistate, multidisciplinary study of key precision agriculture technology after receiving a $1.2 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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 | Dr. Z. Jeffrey Chen and his colleagues will use next-generation DNA sequencing technologies to study the genomics of fiber production in cotton, the largest source of natural and renewable fiber in the world, with a $3.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation. ...> Full Article |
Many US farmers who grow genetically engineered crops are realizing substantial economic and environmental benefits -- such as lower production costs, fewer pest problems, reduced use of pesticides, and better yields -- compared with conventional crops, says a new report from the National Research Council.
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A naturally occurring class of plant hormones called cytokinins has been found to help increase cotton yields during drought conditions.
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 | Field trials of a new cotton are verifying previous lab and greenhouse studies indicating the crop could become a source of protein for millions of malnourished people in the world.
The cotton was engineered so that the toxic gossypol is reduced to tolerable levels in the high-protein seed but remain at higher levels in the rest of the plant to ward off pests and disease. The work was done at Texas AgriLife Research. ...> Full Article |
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More water doesn't necessarily mean more cotton
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