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  title info:
    title: Cotton Fiber: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
  name:
    name part: Fang, David D.
    role:
      role term: editor.
    role:
      role term: edt
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2018
    edition: 1st ed. 2018.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 222 p. 88 illus., 69 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Cotton fiber is the most important natural fiber used in the textile industry. The physical structure and chemical compositions of cotton fibers have been extensively studied. Newer high speed spinning instruments are being deployed around the world that demand longer, stronger and finer fibers. Consequently, genetic improvement in fiber quality has been stressed. With improvement in fiber quality has come the realization that further fiber improvement will require a better understanding of fiber development and biology. As a consequence, cotton fiber developmental biology, genetics and genomics have become focal points in the cotton research community. As the longest single-celled plant hair, cotton fiber has been used as an experiment model to study trichome initiation and elongation in plants. This book provides a comprehensive update on cotton fiber physics, chemistry and biology that form the three sections of the book. In the physics section, the physical structure of cotton fiber is first illustrated in great detail. Then a suite of fiber properties and their measuring methods are described. The pros and cons of each method are outlined. New methods to measure physical properties of single fiber and young developing fibers are included. In the chemistry section, the chemical compositions of cotton fibers are described in detail. This knowledge is necessary for efficient modification of cotton fibers for better and broader utilization. The advancement in cotton fiber modification using chemical and enzymatic methods opened new ways to utilize cotton fibers. In the biology section, the book first introduces the utilization of naturally occurring color cottons. Color cottons possess unique attributes such as better fire retardant ability. Advancement in understanding fiber color genetics and biochemical pathways and new utilization of color cottons are discussed. Recent technological advancements in molecular biology and genomics have enabled us to study fiber d…
  table of contents: Preface -- General description of cotton -- Cotton fiber structure -- Physical properties of cotton fiber and their measurement -- Chemical composition and characterization of cotton fibers -- Chemical properties of cotton fiber and their modification -- Color cotton and its utilization in China -- Cotton fiber biosynthesis -- Cotton fiber genes and stable quantitative trait loci -- Advances in understanding of cotton fiber cell differentiation and elongation -- Cotton fiber improvement through breeding and biotechnology -- Index.
  note: edited by David D. Fang.
  subject:
    topic: Plant science
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Biomaterials
  subject:
    topic: Textile industry
  subject:
    topic: Plant Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Biomaterials
  subject:
    topic: Textile Engineering
  classification: QK1-989
  classification: 580
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783030008710
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00871-0
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    record creation date: 181109
    record change date: 20191028171916.0
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