Cotton Production
- Price $160.00
- Product Code : 9781682518908
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Cotton is the most widespread and profitable non-food crop in the world. Its production provides income for more than 250 million people worldwide and employs almost 7% of all labor in developing countries. Approximately half of all textiles are made of cotton. This book deals with a comprehensive overview of the role of cotton in the economy and cotton production around the world. The book provides the origin and evolution of cotton and its physiological basis and characterization and goes on to discuss methods of cultivation, biotic stresses, harvesting, and postharvest technology.
Print ISBN: 9781682518908 | $160 | 2023 | Hardcover
Subject: Agriculture and Plant Science
Editor: Yanan Jiang
About the Editor: Yanan Jiang, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agriculture. He has co-authored more than 40 publications and participated in numerous national and bilateral projects. He has edited numerous articles and research papers on cotton agriculture, precision agriculture, eco-agriculture, and vertical farming.