COTTON:
Cotton is a natural cellulosic fibre obtained from bushy perennial cotton plants. The cotton plant belongs to the species Gossipium. The cotton plant grows and produces a number of pods (bolls) and on ripening, the cotton pods open which contain lot of seeds to which the cotton fibres are attached. This is called the Seed Cotton. The cotton fibres are separated from the seeds by the Ginning process. This is called the Lint Cotton. This Lint Cotton commonly referred as Cotton is sent to Spinning Mills to spin Cotton Yarn.
Fibre Length, Strength, Fineness (Micronaire value), Maturity, Colour and Uniformity are the important requirements for Fibre selection. Fibre Length, Fibre Strength, Microniare value and the type of yarn decide the Count range.
Cotton is a very versatile fibre and is used in many textile and non-textile applications. China, India, USA, Brazil, Pakistan, Greece, Turkey & Uzbekistan are important cotton producing countries.
Since Cotton cultivation requires a huge amount of Pesticides, Genetically Modified (GM) Cotton was developed to reduce the dependency of pesticides. Organic Cotton is produced without the use of insecticides & pesticides.