EurekAlert!3 年
A cotton seedling (IMAGE)
A cotton seedling for the TICTOC investigation prepared for flight. TICTOC studies how root system structure affects cotton plant resilience, water-use efficiency, and carbon sequestration during ...
Cotton Grower3 天
Use Your One Opportunity for Nematode Management
Soil sampling, of course, provides the best indicator of nematode presence in fields. Fall sampling provides the most ...
PBS3 年
The Cotton Economy and Slavery
What made cotton so desirable? In the 1790s Americas oldest crops, like tobacco, were depleting farmland and dropping in value. At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was ...