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 ...

Birds play a larger role in the dispersal of wild cotton than previously assumed. This is shown by a study in the journal Oikos, carried out in southern Africa. Researchers discovered that birds ...

When it comes to growing cotton, success starts before a single seed is planted. Many growers focus on managing cotton after it has emerged, but successful management begins below the surface and ...

Choosing the right cotton seed variety can be challenging, especially when weather conditions vary from year to year. But if you want to maximize yield and profitability, you need to understand which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cotton farmers at Kolwa Village in Kisumu East Sub County during their planting season. [Photo by Collins Oduor/Standard] The cotton sector is set for a revival as the Government embarks on a ...

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 ...