Advances in Cotton Science: Botany, Production, and Crop Improvement

ISBN-13: 9781771888196 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 346 str.

Ratikanta Maiti; Ch Aruna Kumari; Abul Kalam Samsul Hud

Opis

This volume, Advances in Cotton Science: Botany, Production, and Crop Improvement provides an overview of its origin and evolution, and its physiological basis and characterization, and goes on to discuss methods of cultivation, biotic stresses, harvesting and postharvest technology, and new research on breeding and biotechnology.

Spis treści

1. Background and Importance  2. World Cotton Production and Factors Affecting Production  3. Origin, Evolution, and Domestication  4. Cotton Ideotype 5. Cotton Botany and Characterization  6. Physiological Basis of Cotton Growth and Productivity  7. Research Advances in Abiotic Stress Resistance in Cotton  8. Cotton Biotic Stress  9. Methods of Cultivation  10. Harvest and Postharvest Technology and Factors Affecting Fiber Quality  11. Research Advances in Breeding and Biotechnology