Cottonseed protein, oil, and mineral status in near-isogenic Gossypium hirsutum cotton lines expressing fuzzy/linted and fuzzless/linted seed phenotypes under field conditions
Cotton is an important crop in the world and is a major source of oil for human consumption and cotton meal for livestock. Cottonseed nutrition (seed composition: protein, oil, and minerals) determine the quality of seeds. Therefore, maintaining optimum levels of cottonseed nutrition is critical. Ph...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Plant Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00137/full |