Gossypium, the Glossary
Gossypium is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested.[1]
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83 relations: Adaptation, Alternaria, Alternaria alternata, Alternaria macrospora, Aphis gossypii, Arabian Peninsula, Aridity, Arizona, Aureobasidium pullulans, Bacterial blight of cotton, Barcelona, Boll weevil, Bumblebee, Butterfly, Capsule (fruit), Caribbean, Carl Linnaeus, Colletotrichum gossypii, Cotton, Cotton bollworm, Cotton gin, Creontiades dilutus, Ecuador, Eremothecium coryli, Eremothecium gossypii, Ferdinand von Mueller, Flowering plant, Galápagos Islands, Genus, Gossypieae, Gossypioides kirkii, Gossypium anomalum, Gossypium arboreum, Gossypium australe, Gossypium barbadense, Gossypium darwinii, Gossypium herbaceum, Gossypium hirsutum, Gossypium mustelinum, Gossypium raimondii, Gossypium sturtianum, Gossypium thurberi, Gossypium tomentosum, Helicoverpa punctigera, Hemingway, South Carolina, Herbaceous plant, Illumina, Inc., James Hamlyn Willis, Kokia drynarioides, Larva, ... Expand index (33 more) »
- Energy crops
- Non-food crops
Adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.
Alternaria
Alternaria is a genus of Deuteromycetes fungi.
Alternaria alternata
Alternaria alternata is a fungus causing leaf spots, rots, and blights on many plant parts, and other diseases.
See Gossypium and Alternaria alternata
Alternaria macrospora
Alternaria macrospora is a plant pathogen.
See Gossypium and Alternaria macrospora
Aphis gossypii
Aphis gossypii is a tiny insect, an aphid ("greenfly") in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera.
See Gossypium and Aphis gossypii
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.
See Gossypium and Arabian Peninsula
Aridity
Aridity is the condition of a region that severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.
Arizona
Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
Aureobasidium pullulans
Aureobasidium pullulans is a ubiquitous and generalistic black, yeast-like fungus that can be found in different environments (e.g. soil, water, air and limestone).
See Gossypium and Aureobasidium pullulans
Bacterial blight of cotton
Bacterial blight of cotton is a disease affecting the cotton plant resulting from infection by Xanthomonas axonopodis pathovar malvacearum (Xcm) a Gram negative, motile rod-shaped, non spore-forming bacterium with a single polar flagellum.
See Gossypium and Bacterial blight of cotton
Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
Boll weevil
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae.
Bumblebee
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families.
Butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran suborder Rhopalocera, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight.
Capsule (fruit)
In botany, a capsule is a type of simple, dry, though rarely fleshy dehiscent fruit produced by many species of angiosperms (flowering plants).
See Gossypium and Capsule (fruit)
Caribbean
The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
See Gossypium and Carl Linnaeus
Colletotrichum gossypii
Colletotrichum gossypii is a plant pathogen.
See Gossypium and Colletotrichum gossypii
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. Gossypium and cotton are fiber plants.
Cotton bollworm
Cotton bollworms are a significant pest of cotton.
See Gossypium and Cotton bollworm
Cotton gin
A cotton gin—meaning "cotton engine"—is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
Creontiades dilutus
Creontiades dilutus, commonly known as the green mirid, is a member of the bug family Miridae (the largest bug family with over 10,000 species).
See Gossypium and Creontiades dilutus
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Eremothecium coryli
(originally) is a plant pathogen that causes stigmatomycosis.
See Gossypium and Eremothecium coryli
Eremothecium gossypii
(also known as Ashbya gossypii) is a filamentous fungus or mold closely related to yeast, but growing exclusively in a filamentous way.
See Gossypium and Eremothecium gossypii
Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.
See Gossypium and Ferdinand von Mueller
Flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.
See Gossypium and Flowering plant
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands (Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator west of the mainland of South America.
See Gossypium and Galápagos Islands
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Gossypieae
Gossypieae is a tribe of the flowering plant subfamily Malvoideae.
Gossypioides kirkii
Gossypioides kirkii is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, known from Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa.
See Gossypium and Gossypioides kirkii
Gossypium anomalum
Gossypium anomalum is a species of wild cotton in the family Malvaceae, native to drier parts of Africa. Gossypium and Gossypium anomalum are cotton.
See Gossypium and Gossypium anomalum
Gossypium arboreum
Gossypium arboreum, commonly called tree cotton, is a species of cotton native to Indian subcontinent and other tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. Gossypium and Gossypium arboreum are cotton and fiber plants.
See Gossypium and Gossypium arboreum
Gossypium australe
Gossypium australe is an endemic woody shrub, related to cotton, found in north western Australia.
See Gossypium and Gossypium australe
Gossypium barbadense
Gossypium barbadense is one of several species of cotton. Gossypium and Gossypium barbadense are cotton and fiber plants.
See Gossypium and Gossypium barbadense
Gossypium darwinii
Gossypium darwinii, or Darwin's cotton, is a species of cotton plant which is found only on the Galapagos Islands.
See Gossypium and Gossypium darwinii
Gossypium herbaceum
Gossypium herbaceum, commonly known as Levant cotton, is a species of cotton native to the semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa and Arabia, where it still grows perennially in the wild as a shrub. Gossypium and Gossypium herbaceum are cotton and fiber plants.
See Gossypium and Gossypium herbaceum
Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum, also known as upland cotton or Mexican cotton, is the most widely planted species of cotton in the world. Gossypium and Gossypium hirsutum are cotton and fiber plants.
See Gossypium and Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium mustelinum
Gossypium mustelinum is a shrub in the mallow family which is native to tropical northeast Brazil.
See Gossypium and Gossypium mustelinum
Gossypium raimondii
Gossypium raimondii is a species of cotton plant endemic to northern Peru.
See Gossypium and Gossypium raimondii
Gossypium sturtianum
Gossypium sturtianum, or Sturt's desert rose, is a woody shrub, closely related to cultivated cotton, found in most mainland states of Australia and the Northern Territory.
See Gossypium and Gossypium sturtianum
Gossypium thurberi
Gossypium thurberi, also known as Arizona wild cotton, Thurber's cotton, or desert cotton, is a wild species of cotton.
See Gossypium and Gossypium thurberi
Gossypium tomentosum
Gossypium tomentosum, commonly known as mao, huluhulu or Hawaiian cotton, is a species of cotton plant that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
See Gossypium and Gossypium tomentosum
Helicoverpa punctigera
Helicoverpa punctigera, the native budworm, Australian bollworm or Chloridea marmada, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.
See Gossypium and Helicoverpa punctigera
Hemingway, South Carolina
Hemingway is a town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States.
See Gossypium and Hemingway, South Carolina
Herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.
See Gossypium and Herbaceous plant
Illumina, Inc.
Illumina, Inc. is an American biotechnology company, headquartered in San Diego, California.
See Gossypium and Illumina, Inc.
James Hamlyn Willis
James Hamlyn Willis (28 January 1910 – 10 November 1995) was an Australian botanist.
See Gossypium and James Hamlyn Willis
Kokia drynarioides
Kokia drynarioides, commonly known as Hawaiian tree cotton, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii.
See Gossypium and Kokia drynarioides
Larva
A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths.
Lint (material)
Lint is the common name for visible accumulations of textile fibers, hair and other materials, usually found on and around clothing.
See Gossypium and Lint (material)
Malva
Malva is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae. Gossypium and Malva are malvaceae genera.
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species.
Manning, South Carolina
Manning is a city in and the county seat of Clarendon County, South Carolina, United States.
See Gossypium and Manning, South Carolina
Monsanto
The Monsanto Company was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901 and headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri.
Morphology (biology)
Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
See Gossypium and Morphology (biology)
Moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.
Muséum de Toulouse
The Muséum de Toulouse (Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de la ville de Toulouse, MHNT) is a museum of natural history in Toulouse, France.
See Gossypium and Muséum de Toulouse
Natural fiber
Natural fibers or natural fibres (see spelling differences) are fibers that are produced by geological processes, or from the bodies of plants or animals.
See Gossypium and Natural fiber
New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas.
Old World
The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe after 1493, when Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas.
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
Perennial
In botany, a perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
Phytophthora nicotianae
Phytophthora nicotianae or black shank is an oomycete belonging to the order Peronosporales and family Peronosporaceae.
See Gossypium and Phytophthora nicotianae
Ploidy
Ploidy is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes.
Polistes
Polistes is a cosmopolitan genus of paper wasps and the only genus in the tribe Polistini.
Polyploidy
Polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of (homologous) chromosomes.
Pyrrhocoridae
Pyrrhocoridae is a family of insects with more than 300 species world-wide.
See Gossypium and Pyrrhocoridae
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a plant pathogenic fungus and can cause a disease called white mold if conditions are conducive.
See Gossypium and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.
See Gossypium and Semi-arid climate
Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant.
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.
See Gossypium and South Carolina
Spider mite
Spider mites are members of the Tetranychidae family, which includes about 1,200 species.
Stigmatomycosis
Stigmatomycosis is a fungal disease that occurs in a number of crops, such as cotton, soybean, pecan, pomegranate, citrus, and pistachio.
See Gossypium and Stigmatomycosis
Subtropics
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.
Thielaviopsis
Thielaviopsis is a small genus of fungi in the order Microascales, and family Ceratocystidaceae.
See Gossypium and Thielaviopsis
Thielaviopsis basicola
Thielaviopsis basicola is the plant-pathogen fungus responsible for black root rot disease.
See Gossypium and Thielaviopsis basicola
Thomas Nuttall
Thomas Nuttall (5 January 1786 – 10 September 1859) was an English botanist and zoologist who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841.
See Gossypium and Thomas Nuttall
Thrips
Thrips (order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts.
Tropics
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator.
Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Latin: or) is a legendary zoophyte of Central Asia, once believed to grow sheep as its fruit.
See Gossypium and Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
See also
Energy crops
- 2007–2008 world food price crisis
- Arundo
- Arundo donax
- Atriplex halimus
- Attalea speciosa
- Babassu oil
- Balanites aegyptiaca
- Cane (grass)
- Common sunflower
- Copra
- Energy crop
- Energy forestry
- Gossypium
- Hemp
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Maize
- Miscanthus
- Miscanthus × giganteus
- Nicotiana glauca
- Oil palm
- Opuntia ficus-indica
- Panicum virgatum
- Paulownia
- Paulownia elongata
- Rapeseed
- Salicornia bigelovii
- Salicornia virginica
- Salix triandra
- Short rotation coppice
- Short rotation forestry
- Sorghum
- Soybean
- Stover
- Sugarcane
- Traditional rice of Sri Lanka
- Triadica sebifera
- Triticale
- Wheat
- Wood
Non-food crops
- Bouteloua dactyloides
- Camelina sativa
- Coir
- Effects of legalized cannabis
- Energy crops
- Gossypium
- Hemp
- Incense
- Jatropha curcas
- NNFCC
- Nonfood crop
- Poppy straw
- Sansevieria
- Shives
- Sisal
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossypium
Also known as Cotton (plant), Cotton plant, Cottonplant, Erioxylum, Ingenhouzia, Notoxylinon, Selera, Sturtia, Thurberia, Ultragossypium.
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