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  • Genetically modified GMO cotton compared to non-GMO plants which have been eaten by insects.
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  • Dr. Robert Lascano doing research on soil moisture evaporation at the Texas A&M Research Farm north of lubbock.  Lascano has found that soil moisture evaporation is greatly reduced on ground that has wheat stubble left on it.  Cotton planted in the stubble (right of picture) is, on average, 3" higher than cotton planted in bare ground (left) because the added portection from wind and added moisture gave it a better head start.  (Plants and positioning were chosen to give fair representation of overall field conditions.  His stick is approximately 3" above lower plants.)  In foreground is sophisticated soil moisture meter.
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  • Seed from the Kew Millennium Seed Bank collection at Wakehurst, outside London in the UK.  <br />
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Ceiba pentrandra (Malvaceae) - kapok, Java cotton, Java kapok, silk cotton; native to tropical America; Inside the large capsules, the smooth, globular seeds are embedded in a mass of white silky hair produced by the carpel walls. These hairs have some valuable properties. Due to the wide air-filled lumina they are extremely light and provide a good insulation material and stuffing for mattresses. Moreover, the hairs possess a waterproof outer layer (cuticle) which renders them almost unwettable. Able to support thirty times its own weight in water, kapok is therefore also used as a stuffing for life vests. Kapok has also been used e.g. for arrow-proof jackets by Matico Indians.<br />
Websites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapok<br />
http://www.tropilab.com/ceiba-pen.html
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  • Seed from the Kew Millennium Seed Bank collection at Wakehurst, outside London in the UK.  <br />
<br />
Ceiba pentrandra (Malvaceae) - kapok, Java cotton, Java kapok, silk cotton; native to tropical America; Inside the large capsules, the smooth, globular seeds are embedded in a mass of white silky hair produced by the carpel walls. These hairs have some valuable properties. Due to the wide air-filled lumina they are extremely light and provide a good insulation material and stuffing for mattresses. Moreover, the hairs possess a waterproof outer layer (cuticle) which renders them almost unwettable. Able to support thirty times its own weight in water, kapok is therefore also used as a stuffing for life vests. Kapok has also been used e.g. for arrow-proof jackets by Matico Indians.<br />
Websites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapok<br />
http://www.tropilab.com/ceiba-pen.html
    MM7753_2010-07-22_11698.jpg