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AtRAVs Make Longer Cotton Fibers Under Drought

In many countries cotton (Gossypium spp.) is one of the most important fiber producing plants. The main concerns in growing cotton are the inverse relationship between cotton fiber qualities and high yields. The disclosed technology proposes a way to solve the problem of growing immature and short cotton fibers caused by drought stress. There currently...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Christopher Rock, Amandeep Mittal, Burke, John

Keywords(s): Agriculture, Biotech, Cotton

Category(s): Cotton fiber technology, Agriculture

Naked Tufted Cotton Seed.

This invention is the development of a better cotton seed. Genetically, this Upland Cotton Naked Tufted Mutant seed has been genetically enhanced, reducing the formation of linters on the seed coat (fuzz left on the seed after ginning). The incorporation of this mutant seed phenotype into a commercial variety of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Dick Auld, Efrem Bechere

Keywords(s): Agriculture, Cotton

Category(s): Agriculture