Table Of ContentADVANCES IN COTTON SCIENCE
Botany, Production, and Crop Improvement
ADVANCES IN COTTON SCIENCE
Botany, Production, and Crop Improvement
Ratikanta Maiti
Ch. Aruna Kumari
Abul Kalam Samsul Huda
Debashis Mandal
Sameena Begum
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Title: Advances in cotton science : botany, production, and crop improvement / Ratikanta Maiti,
Ch. Aruna Kumari, Abul Kalam Samsul Huda, Debashis Mandal, Sameena Begum.
Names: Maiti, R. K., 1938- author. | Aruna Kumari, C. H., 1972- author. | Huda, Abul Kalam Samsul, author. |
Mandal, Debashis, author. | Begum, Sameena, author.
Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subjects: LCSH: Cotton. | LCSH: Cotton growing.
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Names: Maiti, R. K., 1938- author. | Aruna Kumari, C. H., 1972- author. | Huda, Abul Kalam Samsul, author. |
Mandal, Debashis, author. | Begum, Sameena, author.
Title: Advances in cotton science : botany, production, and crop improvement / Ratikanta Maiti,
Ch. Aruna Kumari, Abul Kalam Samsul Huda, Debashis Mandal, Sameena Begum.
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role in the industrial and agricultural economies of many countries. This volume, Advances in Cotton Science:
Botany, Production, and Crop Improvement, is a rich resource of information on the cultivation and production
of cotton. It provides an overview of its origin and evolution, and its physiological basis and characterization, and
goes on to discuss methods of cultivation, biotic stresses, harvesting and postharvest technology, and new research
on breeding and biotechnology. The authors take an interdisciplinary approach, providing a multi-pronged
approach to information necessary to increase cotton productivity to meet the world’s growing demands. The
volume answers the need to understand the roles of cotton, the nature of the crop, and advancements in research for
best cultivation methods, effective utilization of resources, and operations for achieving higher yields, thus
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About the Authors
Ratikanta Maiti, PhD, DSc, was a world-
renowned botanist and crop physiologist. He
worked for nine years on jute and allied fibers
at the former Jute Agricultural Research Insti-
tute (ICAR), India, and then he worked as a
plant physiologist on sorghum and pearl millet
at the International Crops Research Institute for
the Semi-Arid Tropics for 10 years. After that he
worked for more than 25 years as a professor and
research scientist at three different universities in Mexico. He also worked
for six years as a Research Adviser at Vibha Seeds, Hyderabad, India, and
as Visiting Research Scientist for five years in the Forest Science Faculty,
Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico. He authored more than
40 books and about 500 research papers. He won several international
awards, including an Ethno-Botanist Award (USA) sponsored by Friends
University, Wichita, Kansas; the United Nations Development Programme;
a senior research scientist award offered by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y
Tecnología (CONNACYT), Mexico; and a gold medal from India in 2008,
offered by ABI. He is Chairman of the Ratikanta Maiti Foundation and
Chief Editor of three international journals. Dr. Maiti died in June 2019.
Ch. Aruna Kumari, PhD, is an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Crop Physiology at Agricultural
College, Jagtial, Professor Jaya Shankar Telangana
State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), India. She
has seven years of teaching experience at PJTSAU
and seven years of research experience at varied
ICAR institutes and at Vibha Seeds. She has received
a CSIR fellowship during her doctoral studies and
was awarded a Young Scientist Award for best
thesis presentation on at the “National Seminar on Plant Physiology.” She
About the Authors
vi
teaches courses on plant physiology and environmental science for BSc
(Ag.) students. She has taught seed physiology and growth, and yield and
modeling courses to MSc (Ag.) students. She also acted as a minor advisor
to several MSc (Ag) students and guided them in their research work. She
is the author of book chapters in four books. She is also one of the editors
of the book Glossary in Plant Physiology and an editor of six international
books, including Advances in Bio-Resource and Stress Management;
Applied Biology of Woody Plants; An Evocative Memoire: Living with
Mexican Culture, Spirituality and Religion; and Gospel of Forests. She has
published over 50 research articles in national and international journals.
Her field of specialization is seed dormancy of rice and sunflower.
Abul Kalam Samsul Huda, PhD, is Associate
Professor in the School of Science & Health,
Western Sydney University, Australia. He did his
doctoral degree in Agronomy at the University
of Missouri, Columbia, USA. He was previously
a research scientist in the South Australian
Department of Primary Industries and Agro-
climatologist and Modeller, International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India. In addition, he acted as visiting professor
and scientist in academic and research institutes, including University of
California, Davis, USA; the University of Sydney, Australia; Texas A&M the
University, Temple, Texas, USA. His research work spans the fields of agro-
climatology, agronomy, modeling, and systems thinking. He is specialized
in using climate information to improve agricultural productivity while
reducing production risks and maximizing opportunities. He has published
more than 286 research articles in highly reputed journals and handled 24
research projects while working for more than two decades in Western
Sydney University and attracted research funding over $5 million. He is an
internally renowned scientist in climate-smart agriculture and working in
multiple countries like Australia, India, China, Qatar, Cambodia, Indonesia,
and Zimbabwe for extensive agro-climatological research. For his enormous
contribution in the field, he was conferred as Fellow, at the American Society
of Agronomy.
About the Authors
vii
Debashis Mandal, PhD, is an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Horticulture, Aromatic and
Medicinal Plants at Mizoram University, Aizawl,
India. He is a young academician and research
fellow working in sustainable hill farming for
the past nine years. He was previously Assistant
Professor at Sikkim University, India, and has
published 35 research papers and book chap-
ters in reputed journals and books. He has also
published four books. He is currently chief editor
for four volumes on fruits: production, processing, and marketing, and asso-
ciate editor for four volumes on production, processing, and therapeutics of
medicinal and aromatic plants. In addition, he is working as a member in
the working group on Lychee and Other Sapindaceae Crops of the Inter-
national Society for Horticultural Science, Belgium, and is also a member
in the ISHS section on tropical-subtropical fruits and organic horticulture
and the commission on quality and postharvest horticulture. Currently he
is working as Editor-in-Lead (Horticulture) for the International Journal
of Bio Resources & Stress Management (IJBSM). He is also the founding
Managing Editor for a new international publication Chronicle of Biore-
source Management. Dr. Mandal is an editorial advisor for Horticulture
Science for Cambridge Scholar Publishing, UK, and a regular reviewer of
many journals. He is also a consultant horticulturist to the Department of
Horticulture & Agriculture (Research & Extension), Govt. of Mizoram,
India, and Himadri Specialty Chemicals Ltd. He also is handling exter-
nally funded research projects. He was the Convener for the International
Symposium on Sustainable Horticulture, 2016, India; and Co-Convener,
International Conference of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2017,
Jaipur, India. He was a session moderator and keynote speaker at the ISHS
Symposium on Litchi, India, 2016; on Post Harvest Technology, Vietnam,
2014 and at South Korea, 2017; and AFSA Conference, 2018, Cambodia.
He has visited many countries for professional meetings, seminars, and
symposia. His thrust areas of research are organic horticulture, pomology,
postharvest technology, plant nutrition, and micro irrigation.
He did his PhD from BCKV, India, and was postdoctoral project scien-
tist in IIT, Kharagpur.
About the Authors
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Sameena Begum, young researcher, has
completed a BSc Agriculture with distinction in
the year 2016 and and an MSc in Genetics and
Plant Breeding with distinction in the year 2018
from the College of Agriculture, Professor Jayas-
hankar Telangana State Agricultural University,
Hyderabad, India. During her master’s degree
program, she conducted research on combining
ability, gall midge resistance, yield, and quality
traits in hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) and identified two highly resistant
hybrids.
Contents
About the Authors ......................................................................................v
Abbreviations ...........................................................................................xi
Preface ...................................................................................................xiii
Acknowledgment ....................................................................................xvii
1. Background and Importance .....................................................................1
2. World Cotton Production and Factors Affecting Production ...............15
3. Origin, Evolution, and Domestication .....................................................27
4. Cotton Ideotype .........................................................................................39
5. Cotton Botany and Characterization ......................................................47
6. Physiological Basis of Cotton Growth and Productivity .......................65
7. Research Advances in Abiotic Stress Resistance in Cotton .................171
8. Cotton Biotic Stress .................................................................................209
9. Methods of Cultivation ...........................................................................233
10. Harvest and Postharvest Technology and Factors
Affecting Fiber Quality ...........................................................................261
11. Research Advances in Breeding and Biotechnology ............................305
Index .................................................................................................................337
