Gossypium hirsutum 153,492 claims

Claim · model-written summary

Cotton was the worst sufferer, attacked by a greater variety of insects than any other crop.

Taxon

cottonGossypium hirsutume3

Interactor

insectsInsectae3pest

Outcome

variety of insectse3

Direction

greatere3

Comparator

any other crope3

Verbatim

e3

“cotton is the worst sufferer, since it is attacked by a greater variety of insects than any other crop”

Claim · model-written summary

Later thinning combined with close row spacing was claimed to secure an early short-season cotton crop.

Taxon

cottonGossypium hirsutume0

Outcome

thin the plants later and leave them closer together in the rowse0

Verbatim

e0

“The way to secure an early short-season crop of cotton is to thin the plants later and leave them closer together in the rows than is now customary.”

Claim · model-written summary

The two spacing and thinning policies together gave an advantage.

Taxon

cottonGossypium hirsutumt0

Outcome

real advantagee0

Qualifier

when properly combinede0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“Neither of these policies is advisable if used alone, but they give a real advantage when properly combined.”

t0

“Cotton Culture”

Claim · model-written summary

Close early spacing restricted vegetative branch formation.

Taxon

cottonGossypium hirsutumt0

Treatment

Keeping the plants closer togethere0

Outcome

formation of vegetative branchese0

Direction

restrictse0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“Keeping the plants closer together during the early stages of growth restricts the formation of vegetative branches”

t0

“Cotton Culture”

Claim · model-written summary

Close early spacing induced earlier fruiting branch development.

Taxon

cottonGossypium hirsutumt0

Treatment

Keeping the plants closer togethere0

Outcome

development of fruiting branchese0

Direction

earliere0

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e0

“Keeping the plants closer together during the early stages of growth restricts the formation of vegetative branches and induces an earlier development of fruiting branches.”

t0

“Cotton Culture”

Claim · model-written summary

Cultivated cotton types fell into monopodial and sympodial secondary branch groups.

Taxon

cottonsGossypium hirsutumt0

Outcome

two groups, which are characterised by the form of the secondary branchese0

Verbatim

e0

“These types fall into two groups, which are characterised by the form of the secondary branches.”

t0

“indian cottons”

Claim · model-written summary

Pure types were mostly monopodial with some apical sympodial branches, or the reverse at the basal branches.

Taxon

cottonsGossypium hirsutumt0

Outcome

monopodial, with a few apical branches sympodial, or sympodial, with a few basal branches monopodiale0

Verbatim

e0

“in pure types they are either monopodial, with a few apical branches sympodial, or sympodial, with a few basal branches monopodial”

t0

“indian cottons”

Claim · model-written summary

Types with all branches monopodial or all sympodial did not appear to occur, although individuals could be so characterized.

Taxon

cottonsGossypium hirsutumt0

Outcome

secondary branches are all monopodial or all sympodial do not appear to occure0

Verbatim

e0

“Types in which the secondary branches are all monopodial or all sympodial do not appear to occur, though individuals may be so characterised.”

t0

“indian cottons”

Claim · model-written summary

Some seeds carry both long and short cotton despite overall long staple dominance.

Taxon

cottonGossypium hirsutume0

Outcome

seeds that carry both long and short cottone0

Verbatim

e0

“though length of staple is on the whole dominant we often get seeds that carry both long and short cotton”

Claim · model-written summary

Cotton follows Mendelian gametic segregation for some characters.

Taxon

cottonGossypium hirsutume0

Outcome

follows Mendel's laws of gametic segregation in certain of its characterse0

Setting

Ghizehe0

Verbatim

e0

“Experiments carried out at Ghizeh during 1905 and 1906 shew that the cotton plant follows Mendel's laws of gametic segregation in certain of its characters.”