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Diverse Uses of Cotton: From Products to Byproducts

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Cotton Production and Uses

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Cotton is a multifaceted crop of which wholesome or all parts individually can be used for their byproducts in addition to their domestic or economic uses. It provides lint raw material to an ever-increasing textile industry, cotton seed oil for culinary purposes, and edible oil and protein-rich oil cake residue for livestock. Cotton can benefit human being through its sticks, fibers, seed, and oil as the primary products, whereas several secondary products are manufactured by utilizing these components of cotton. Cash crop appraisal is, however, based on its multifaceted uses, and a significant proportion in value added in agriculture is well established through cotton textile, hosiery made-up, and raw and fine products of cotton apart from its use in many surgical products.

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  1. Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Hassan Munir, Fahd Rasul, Ashfaq Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid & Salman Ayub

  2. US.-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Ashfaq Ahmad

  3. Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Muhammad Arif

  4. Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Pakeeza Iqbal

  5. Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

    Amna Khan

  6. Department of Agronomy, University College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

    Amna Khan

  7. Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

    Zartash Fatima

  8. Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

    Shakeel Ahmad

  9. In-Service Agriculture Training Institute, Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

    Muhammad Azam Khan

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Munir, H. et al. (2020). Diverse Uses of Cotton: From Products to Byproducts. In: Ahmad, S., Hasanuzzaman, M. (eds) Cotton Production and Uses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1472-2_30

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