PHILLIP J. WAKELYN / NOELIE R. BERTONIERE / ALFRED D. FRENCH / DEVRON P. THIBODEAUX / BARBARA A. TRIPLET
Annual cotton production exceeds 25 million metric tons and accounts for more than 40 percent of the textile fiber consumed worldwide. A key textile fiber for over 5000 years, this complex carbohydrate is also one of the leading crops to benefit from genetic engineering. Cotton Fiber Chemistry and Technology offers a modern examination of co