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Gossypium Includes G. hirsutum (Gossypium arboreum, G. barbadense, G. herbaceum), the commercial cotton plant of the family Malvaceae. Cotton seeds are a residue of the cotton industry and, after extraction of the oil, the residual cottonseed cake is much valued as a protein supplement for livestock. The seeds contain gossypol, a toxic polyphenolic pigment, and unless the processing is appropriate the cake and meal can be very poisonous, causing severe myocardial necrosis and liver damage. Ruminants may be affected but the severest disease occurs in pigs. Clinically there is congestive heart failure and severe dyspnea. The cake is also very low in vitamin A and nutritional deficiency may result. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Like other parts of the cotton plant, cottonseeds harbor the compound gossypol, which is toxic to people and many other animals. In large open fields, cover crops help protect young cotton plants from whipping wind and blowing sand. In a two-year field research study in Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee, a Case IH CPX610 had better picking efficiency than a competitor that did not have the capability of picking from both sides of the cotton plant. |
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