FSN 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gossypium Hirsutum, Cellulose Fiber, Nail Polish
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Related to the holly, hawk, hibiscus, and ocra plants. Top producers of cotton now are china, india, and the us (tx & ca) All parts of plant are widley used; food and fibre plant. Require warm climate w lots of moisture during growing & warm dry during harvesting. Because of similar tilling needs, cotton farmers grow cotton or peanuts in their respective seasons. Make flowers that are creamy, white, yellow, and then turn pink, purple (?) Cotton fibre comes from mature seed pod called boll. Ginning: separating fibres from the seed pot. Cotton fibres spun into yarn to make variety of fabrics. Used 2 make currency, book binding, fish net, tents. Linters: remaining fibres attached to seed after ginning. Short fibres are too short to gin, used in rayon and acetate production, plastics, coffee filters, stuffing, manolium, nail polish, gun powder. Cotton seeds crushed to make cotton seed oil. Grows in arizonaa, new mexico, tx, ca: egyptian.
