Fusarium semitectum was found to be the major seed colonizing fungus in the commercial acid delinted cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) seed lots. There was no correlation, however, between its incidence and seedling emergence and disease symptoms on the emerged seedlings in autoclaved sand. Inoculation technique simulating internally seedborne nature of the fungus showed that the observed non-correla...

Cotton fiber development at the stages of elongation and secondary wall synthesis determines the traits of fiber length and strength. To date, the mechanisms controlling the progression of these two phases remain elusive. In this work, the function of a fiber-preferential actin-binding protein (GhPFN2) was characterized by cytological and molecular studies on the fibers of transgenic green-colo...

Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to play essential roles in the regulation of gene expression. In this study, small RNA deep sequencing was applied to explore novel miRNAs expressed in elongating cotton fibers. A total of 46 novel and 96 known miRNAs, primarily derived from the corresponding specific loci in genome of Gossypium arboreum, were identified. 64 miRNAs were shown to be diffe...

Abstract Background The photosynthetic parameters of cotton plants may be modified by the timing film removal during their growing period. This study was undertaken 2015–2017 in Xinjiang, China, to determine what extent mulching time, 1 and 10 days before first irrigation day second after seedling emergence, influenced cotton’s characteristics. control group (CK) film-mulched throughout growth ...

Cotton leaf curl virus disease (CLCuV) is a devastating biotic factor that imposed crop productivity huge loss. To battle this issue study was assessed in 2019 for the evaluation of response extract miracle tree (Moringa oleifera L.) and potassium (K) nutrition to mitigate plague CLCuV cotton variety CRIS-129. Treatments have consisted various K dosses Viz., 0, 100, 150 kg K2SO4 ha-1, 3% moring...

Prickly sida is a troublesome annual weed native to the USA. It was introduced in Greece over two decades ago and has since been infesting cotton crops, where it proved difficult control. A two-year field study (2021–2022) conducted (Karditsa, central Greece) heavily infested with prickly evaluate efficacy of nine treatments against this weed, using pre-emergence (PRE) early post-emergence (EPO...

poor stand establishment of canola (brassica napus l.) under flatland mechanized planting and crust-forming soil is a major problem for farmers in central iran. previous research there showed that irrigated cotton emergence on crust-forming soils under flatland planting can be significantly improved using a double-disk planter with zero-pressure press wheel tires and no crust-breaking. in that ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the structure of reactive dye on cotton ink-jet printing. Cotton fabric was printed upon with three commercial cellulosic reactive dyes which are based on the similar chromophore and possess different numbers of reactive and anionic groups. Colour yield and absorbed dye fixation of the printed cotton were evaluated at various pHs. The i...

Overview of the Ghana Textile Industry primarily shows a predominant cotton fabric manufacturing sector with absolute reliance on cotton as the major raw material for production. The Ghana Cotton Company Limited (GCCL) and other privately owned ginneries in the Northern Region have, in the past, been the major suppliers of lint cotton to the textile factories with occasional imports to support ...