In hopes of discovering ways to reinvent how cotton grows, botanists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have sent the plant to space. On Earth, gravity is the primary factor in a plant’s root ...

Witness the mesmerizing journey of a cotton plant's life cycle in this captivating time-lapse video, spanning 205 days from ...

A cotton seedling prepared for space. On Thursday, June 3 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the 22nd SpaceX Resupply Mission launched. The mission successfully docked at the International Space ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 23 (UPI) --The cotton industry hopes to launch a new market for a genetically modified cotton plant whose seeds are edible for humans. The push comes after the Food and Drug ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In addition to cotton, the Chinese moon capsule also includes seeds to grow potatoes and a common ...

In a test field on the campus of Xinjiang University, a white scanner-like machine slowly moves along the cotton ridges. From ...

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Discover how a daring Natchez family smuggled Egyptian cotton seeds in ostrich eggs, sparking an agricultural revolution that made Natchez a global cotton powerhouse.

Colastie Hebert LeBlanc, known as Tante Colastie by family and friends, was one of the few women still making brown cotton trousseau — a dowry for new brides. But she had 108 blankets. When asked to ...

Maharashtra's cotton sector boosts global competitiveness through workshop on quality, productivity, and market access at IIM Nagpur.

Before the Reconstruction period after the Civil War, cotton gins dumped millions of pounds of cotton seeds into nearby rivers. In the meantime, cotton seeds had been valued in the West Indies for ...

The organic cotton movement in India appears to be booming, but much of this growth is fake, say those who source, process and grow the cotton. Harvested organic cotton at a bioRe facility in Kasrawad ...