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fibers are seed hairs from plants of the order malvales, family malvaceae, tribe gossypieae, and genus gossypium. botanically, there are four principal domesticated species of cotton of commercial importance: hirsutum, barbadense, aboreum, and herbaceum. thirty-three species are currently recognized
; however, all but these four are wild shrubs of no commercial value. each one of the commercially important species contains many different varieties developed through breeding programs to produce cotton with continually improving properties (e.g., faster maturing, increased yields, and improved insect...
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