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2. Naturally colored cotton - Wikipedia

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   Natural color in cotton comes from pigments found in cotton; these pigments can produce shades ranging from tan to green and brown. [3] Naturally pigmented green cotton derives its color from caffeic acid, a derivative of cinnamic acid, found in the suberin (wax) layer which is deposited in alternating layers with cellulose around the outside of the cotton fiber.

3. Sally Fox (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   Sally Fox (born 1955) is a cotton breeder who breeds naturally colored varieties of cotton. She is the inventor of Foxfibre®️ and founder of the company Natural Cotton Colors Inc. Fox invented the first species of environmentally friendly colored cotton that could be spun into thread on a machine. [1]

4. Cottonseed - Wikipedia

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   These are 20% protein, 20% oil and 3.5% starch. Fibers grow from the seed coat to form a boll of cotton lint. The boll is a protective fruit and when the plant is grown commercially, it is stripped from the seed by ginning and the lint is then processed into cotton fibre. For unit weight of fibre, about 1.6 units of seeds are produced.

5. Pioneer Hi Bred International - Wikipedia

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   1924 - Henry Wallace begins selling 'Copper Cross', an early commercial hybrid seed corn. 1926 - Hi-Bred Corn Company is founded in Des Moines, Iowa, with $7,000 in capital. [7] 1931 - Roswell Garst agrees to produce/distribute seed. The following year Garst partners with Charles Thomas to form the Garst and Thomas Seed Corn Company.

6. Mahyco - Wikipedia

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   Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. (Mahyco) is an agricultural company based in India and a major producer of seeds. As of 2015, the company also operates in Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Bangladesh, with plans for expansion into Africa. [1] The company produces seeds for cotton, wheat, rice, sorghum, pearl millet, maize oilseeds and vegetables ...

7. Cotton - Wikipedia

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   Cotton (from Arabic al-qutn) is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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9. Gossypium herbaceum - Wikipedia

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   The cotton produced by this plant is short, about 25 millimetres (1 in) long and is firmly attached to the seed, which is covered in hairy down. Cotton fibres grow from the surface of the seeds and can be separated from these by hand or mechanically; the long fibres are called lint. The cotton fibres consist of nearly pure cellulose. The ...