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Breeding better cotton.
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Agricultural Research
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February 1, 2008
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- McGinnis, Laura
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People expect a lot from cotton.
Consumers want durable, comfortable fabrics. Producers want easy-to-manufacture textiles. And growers want hardy, thriving plants. Uniting these traits in individual cultivars is the goal of ARS cotton breeders at the U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center at Maricopa, Arizona.
In the center's Plant Physiology and Genetics Research Unit, plant geneticist Richard Percy--now with the ARS Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center at College Station, Texas--has bred new cotton lines with qualities to please growers, fabric manufacturers, and consumers.
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