Cotton, Paperback by Bajaj, Y. P. S. (EDT), Brand New, Free shipping in the US

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Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg ISBN: 9783642803758 Language: English Subject Area: Nature, Technology & Engineering, Science Type: Textbook Item Width: 6.1 in Publication Year: 2012 width: 6.1 in Author: Y. P. S. Bajaj Number of Pages: Xvii, 367 Pages Item Weight: 20.9 Oz Series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry Ser. Book Title: Cotton Item Length: 9.3 in Format: Trade Paperback Publication Name: Cotton Subject: Biotechnology, Agriculture / Forestry, Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Agriculture / General

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Cotton, Paperback by Bajaj, Y. P. S. (EDT), Brand New, Free shipping in the US. Cotton, Paperback by Bajaj, Y. P. S. (EDT), ISBN 364280375X, ISBN-13 9783642803758, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Cotton is a multipurpose crop and produces lint, the most important source of fiber used in the textile industry, oil, seed meal, and hulls. Twenty-three chapters on various aspects of in vitro manipulation and other biotechnological approaches to the improvement of cotton are arranged in six sections. Special emphasis is placed on interspecific hybridization, somaclonal variation, transgenic cotton resistant to insects and herbicides, and re-engineering of fiber. This book is of special interest to advanced students, teachers, and research workers in the field of cotton breeding, genetics, tissue culture, molecular biology, and plant biotechnology in general.