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Effects of Environment on Fiber Quality

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“White as snow; strong as steel; fine as silk; long as wool, cheap as -- possible.”

Traditional cotton buyers’ fiber quality specifications

The physiological responses of Gossypium species to the environment have been defined and described at the crop, whole-plant, or organ levels elsewhere in this book. Indeed, the profound and diverse effects of growth environment on cotton physiology are mentioned or implied in the title of every chapter in Physiology of Cotton. Bulk fiber yields have been used as the benchmark for treatment success, and environment-related yield components have been discussed. Clearly, the relationships between sub-optimal weather or management practices and reduced yields are much better understood than are the effects of growth environment on the ‘quality’ of the cotton fiber produced in response to the growth environment. Nevertheless, it is the quality, not the quantity, of the fiber ginned from the cotton seed that determines the end-use and economic value of the cotton crop and, consequently, the profits returned to both the producers and processors.

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Bradow, J.M., Davidonis, G.H. (2010). Effects of Environment on Fiber Quality. In: Stewart, J.M., Oosterhuis, D.M., Heitholt, J.J., Mauney, J.R. (eds) Physiology of Cotton. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3195-2_21

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