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Cotton
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General
Cotton is a gentle, 1cell fiber, which grows from the skin (epidermis) of the seeds of the cotton plant. The fibers are generally spun to wires and as such use to make airtrough textile gently.
Cotton is a very valuable plant, because only approximately 10% of the harsh weight go at the processing lost. As tracks of was, endosperm, and has been removed such, a natural polymer of pure cellulose remains. This cellulose has been classified in a manner which gives unique properties to cotton in the field of strong, sustainability, and absorption. Each fiber is of twenty up to thirty toppings cellulose composed which is gone twisted neatly for each other. When the cotton ball (seed box) is opened, the fibers to twisted flat leight wires, which have been linked with each other, dry. These form are ideal for spinning to a fine yarn.
The cotton industry does not lean heavily on chemical products as an art manure and insecticide, as a result of which the cultivation is terrible environment-friendly. Some farmers switch over on a more ecological production method. Meanwhile there are thus already products of organic (Eko) cotton available.
The harvest
Picking cotton, what happened in former days manual, takes place nowadays mostly mechanically. For this it is necessary, that the plant is treated firstly with a defoliant. At the cultivation of ecological cotton this is mostly avoided, by picking manual.
Genetic engineering
The production of cotton is strongly dependant on pesticides. To reduce this dependence genetically manipulated cotton has been developed. These are meanwhile cultivated worldwide. It is claimed that at genetically manipulated cotton to 80% less pesticides can be used, compared to ordinary cotton. According to the international service for the Acquisition or Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) genetically manipulated cotton has been worldwide planted, on a surface of in sum 6.7 million hectare (in 2002,). This is 20% of the total area that worldwide for the cotton cultivation is used.
In 2003, 73% of cotton grown in the United States existed from genetically manipulated cotton. The introduction of genetically manipulated cotton led in Australia to a commercial calamity. The turnovers had been predicted much lower than, and arose cross-fertilization with other types cotton plants what can cause potentially much legal problems for unsuspecting farmers. However the introduction of a second type of genetically manipulated cotton led to the fact that in 2003 15%, of Australian cotton it was genetically manipulated, whereas it is expected that it will be manipulated genetically in 2004 80%, of Australian cotton. The original variety will then be prohibited.
Cotton is a gentle, 1cell fiber, which grows from the skin (epidermis) of the seeds of the cotton plant. The fibers are generally spun to wires and as such use to make airtrough textile gently.
Cotton is a very valuable plant, because only approximately 10% of the harsh weight go at the processing lost. As tracks of was, endosperm, and has been removed such, a natural polymer of pure cellulose remains. This cellulose has been classified in a manner which gives unique properties to cotton in the field of strong, sustainability, and absorption. Each fiber is of twenty up to thirty toppings cellulose composed which is gone twisted neatly for each other. When the cotton ball (seed box) is opened, the fibers to twisted flat leight wires, which have been linked with each other, dry. These form are ideal for spinning to a fine yarn.
The cotton industry does not lean heavily on chemical products as an art manure and insecticide, as a result of which the cultivation is terrible environment-friendly. Some farmers switch over on a more ecological production method. Meanwhile there are thus already products of organic (Eko) cotton available.
The harvest
Picking cotton, what happened in former days manual, takes place nowadays mostly mechanically. For this it is necessary, that the plant is treated firstly with a defoliant. At the cultivation of ecological cotton this is mostly avoided, by picking manual.
Genetic engineering
The production of cotton is strongly dependant on pesticides. To reduce this dependence genetically manipulated cotton has been developed. These are meanwhile cultivated worldwide. It is claimed that at genetically manipulated cotton to 80% less pesticides can be used, compared to ordinary cotton. According to the international service for the Acquisition or Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) genetically manipulated cotton has been worldwide planted, on a surface of in sum 6.7 million hectare (in 2002,). This is 20% of the total area that worldwide for the cotton cultivation is used.
In 2003, 73% of cotton grown in the United States existed from genetically manipulated cotton. The introduction of genetically manipulated cotton led in Australia to a commercial calamity. The turnovers had been predicted much lower than, and arose cross-fertilization with other types cotton plants what can cause potentially much legal problems for unsuspecting farmers. However the introduction of a second type of genetically manipulated cotton led to the fact that in 2003 15%, of Australian cotton it was genetically manipulated, whereas it is expected that it will be manipulated genetically in 2004 80%, of Australian cotton. The original variety will then be prohibited.