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Informationen zum Autor Amarjit Basra Zusammenfassung Discover the only book that combines basic information on the biology of cotton fibers with a wealth of new practical approaches to produce increasingly better quality and speciality fibers. An important reference source for everyone who uses, produces, markets or researches cotton fibers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents About the Editor , Contributors , Preface , Acknowledgments ,Chapter 1. Cotton Fiber Initiation and Histodifferentiation , Introduction , Fiber Initiation , Fiber Elongation and the Transition to Secondary Wall Formation , Secondary Wall Formation , The Cytoskeleton of Differentiating Fibers , The Cuticle of Cotton Fibers and the Gaseous Components Inside Cotton Bolls , Naturally Colored Cotton Fibers , The Base of Cotton Fiber , Fixation of Fibers for Ultrastructural and Immunolocalization Studies (Appendix) , Conclusion and Perspectives , Chapter 2. Growth Regulation of Cotton Fibers , Introduction , Fiber Growth , Chapter 3. Cotton Fibers in Vitro , Introduction , Ovule Culture Methods , Media Consituents , Methods of Fiber Measurement , Hormonal Control of Growth , Fiber and Fuzz Mutants , Donor Plant Status , Perturbations in the Time Line of Fiber Development , Cotton Cell Suspensions As Models of Fiber Development , Conclusions , Chapter 4. Cellulose Biosynthesis in Developing Cotton Fibers , Patterns of Cellulose Synthesis in Vivo During Fiber Development , Tracing the Path of Carbon into Cellulose in Vivo , Studies on Cellulose Synthesis in Vitro , The CelA Genes of Cotton , Regulation of the Onset of Secondary Wall Formation , Conclusions , Chapter 5. Non-Cellulosic Carbohydrates in Cotton Fibers , Introduction , Non-Cellulosic Polysaccharides , Low Molecular Weight Carbohydrates in Cotton Fibers , Other Low Molecular Weight Compounds of Interest , Conclusions , Chapter 6. Structural Development of Cotton Fibers and Linkages to Fiber Quality , Chemical Composition...
