Anatomy and Morphology of Cultivated Cottons
2013; Linguagem: Inglês
10.2134/agronmonogr24.c3
ISSN2156-3276
Autores Tópico(s)Research in Cotton Cultivation
ResumoTo fully comprehend the limitations to the productive capacity of the cotton plant, it is necessary to understand its structures: the vegetative framework, the reproductive branches, flowers, fruit, and seed. The difficulty in analyzing cotton morphology arises from the fact that the plant simultaneously develops both vegetatively and reproductively. Because of its indeterminate growth habit cotton has the most complex morphology of any major field crop grown as an annual. The normal root system in cotton is a typical tap root. The growing cotton plant actively proliferates new cells on many fronts. Cotton remains as a seedling longer than grasses and legumes, because it has no differentiated true leaves, only cotyledons, to expand immediately after germination. Initiation and development of the fiber of cultivated cottons have been described and supported by excellent electron photomicrographs by J. McD. Stewart, C. A. Beasley, and J. D. Berlin and M. J. Woodworth.
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