Chaudhry, M. Rafiq.

Cotton facts / M. Rafiq Chaudhry, Andrei Guitchounts. - 1st edition - Washington, DC : International Cotton Advisory Committee, c2003. - xv, 158 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Technical paper no. ... of the Common Fund for Commodities ; no. 25 .

CONTENTS

1: The Cotton Plant and Its Organs
The Plant
Yield

2: Breeding
Breeding Methods
Hybrid Cotton
Biotechnology
Natural Outcrossing
Gossypol
Colored Cotton

3: Agronomy and Physiology
Growth and Fruit Formation
Nutrition
Weed Control

4: Diseases

5; Insects
Insect Identification, Biology and Nature of Damage
Sucking Insects
Feeders
Bollworms
Natural Enemies (Beneficials)
Etc.

6: Fiber Quality
Fiber Formation
Fiber Quality Parameters
Machine Picking
Ginning

7: Spinning and Weaving

8: Pricing and Price Risk Management

9: Cotton Exchanges

10: International Cotton Organizations and Associations

11: Trade and Shipping
Contact for Sale of Cotton
Contracted Quality
Terms of Sale
Shipping
Insurance
Etc.

Includes bibliographical references p. 147-150 and index p. 151-153




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