Unginned, picked cotton

An extreme form of immature cotton, having a thin fibre wall. Can result from disease, pest attack or a foreshortened ripening period.

cotton grown using mainly water provided by the natural cycle of rainfall rather than artificial irrigation. Also known as dryland cotton.

Anything that is not part of the cotton plant

The size of an individual cotton fiber taken in cross-section

Describes the leaf or "trash" content of cotton lint

A coarse, brown fiber from the stalk of a bast plant.

High Volume Instrument testing. Systems by which high speed bale by bale testing can be attained. Bales are tested for micronaire, length, uniformity, strength, elongation, color and trash content

the ratio of lint to seed cotton produced by the ginning process

Official US classification system given to lint to describe its quality in terms of color and leaf content

The subjective assessment of feel (roughness, smoothness, pliability, thickness)

The balancing of operations in spot cotton, or related products, with offsetting operations in cotton futures, to reduce the risk of loss through price change during the period of merchandising or manufacturing

How long should the primary root be on a cotton plant?

the fruit of such plants as flax and

cotton, consisting of a rounded capsule

containing the seeds

to strip (a tree, bush, etc.) of leaves

During the first 3-4 days of growth what is the developing taproot vulnerable too?

Can be either fuzzy (immature seeds on which fiber development ceased at an early stage) or bearded (a piece of seed coat with long fibers attached). Both are often termed seed coat neps

A small knot of tangled fiber

Crop that is cut back or cropped and is left to grow again for another season

What type of bug is this?

What types of bug is this?

In 2012, more Acala cotton was planted than Pima cotton in the San Joaquin Valley

The 2011 lint prices for Acala and Pima cottons were the highest ever reordered in California

In 1925, California state legislature established a one-variety district composed of all the counties in the San Joaquin Valley

In 1991, California state legislation enacted a law to permit the commercial production of Pima

March 10th is the first legal planting date for Pima but not Acala cottons in the San Joaquin Valley

over half of the 2010 san Joaquin Vally cotton acreage was planted to pima cotton

California cotton acreage has in increased since 2005

the fiber length of Acala lint is longer than pima lint

Lygus is a mid-season pest causing serious square damage and loss to both Pima and Acala cottons

Rhizoctonia and Thielaviopsis are serious late season (August/September) disease problems in California cotton

Physiological cut-out is determined by monitoring change in "nodes above white flower

March 10th is the first legal planting date for pima and acala cotton in the San Joaquin valley

Seasonal water requirement for pima and acala cotton is 30-38 inches of applied water

"nodes above white flower" is a method used to determine physiological cut-out