Gossypium hirsutum 153,492 claims

species · family Malvaceae · green plant · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

Common name: cotton — Also written in claims: cotton · cotton plants · cottons · cotton seedlings · cotton plant · hybrid cotton — NCBI synonyms: Gossypium hirsutum subsp. mexicanum · Gossypium lanceolatum · Gossypium purpurascens

Listed here with its subspecies, varieties and cultivar groups: Gossypium hirsutum subsp. latifolium (2 claims), Gossypium hirsutum var. marie-galante (1 claim)

721 spellings

Gossypium hirsutum
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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Analyses support the Yucatán Peninsula (México) as the center of domestication of cotton, from which perennial forms and later annualized cultivars were derived.

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center of domesticatione0
Setting
Yucatán Peninsula (México)e0

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“cotton”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 51–57
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“the Yucatán Peninsula (México) is the center of domestication”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 353–414

Title

Genomic diversity and the domestication history of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum )

Weixuan Ning; Mark A. Arick; Joshua A. Udall; et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2026. doi:10.1073/pnas.2607107123

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Population structure and phylogenomic analyses indicate that northwestern Yucatán harbors greater genetic diversity than smaller, dispersed populations in northeastern Yucatán and the Caribbean basin.

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genetic diversitye0
Comparator
smaller, geographically dispersed populations in northeastern Yucatán and the Caribbean basine0
Setting
northwestern Yucatáne0

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t0

“cotton”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 51–57
e0

“northwestern Yucatán harbors greater genetic diversity relative to smaller, geographically dispersed populations in northeastern Yucatán and the Caribbean basin”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 569–729

Title

Genomic diversity and the domestication history of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum )

Weixuan Ning; Mark A. Arick; Joshua A. Udall; et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2026. doi:10.1073/pnas.2607107123

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Genetic load and transposable element burden are lowest in northwestern Yucatán relative to other regions.

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Genetic load and transposable element burdene0
Comparator
other regionse0
Setting
northwestern Yucatáne0

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t0

“cotton”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 51–57
e0

“Genetic load and transposable element burden also are the lowest in northwestern Yucatán relative to other regions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 731–845

Title

Genomic diversity and the domestication history of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum )

Weixuan Ning; Mark A. Arick; Joshua A. Udall; et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2026. doi:10.1073/pnas.2607107123

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Populations from Florida and elsewhere in the Caribbean basin maintain unique pockets of diversity.

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unique pockets of diversitye0
Setting
Florida and elsewhere in the Caribbean basine0

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t0

“cotton”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 51–57
e0

“Populations from Florida and elsewhere in the Caribbean basin maintain unique pockets of diversity”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 968–1066

Title

Genomic diversity and the domestication history of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum )

Weixuan Ning; Mark A. Arick; Joshua A. Udall; et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2026. doi:10.1073/pnas.2607107123

Other claims from this paper (4)
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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Selection analyses suggest cotton domestication involved long-term accumulation of mutations with relatively minor phenotypic effects rather than a punctuated process involving major domestication genes.

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cotton domesticatione0
Qualifier
long-term accumulation of mutations with relatively minor phenotypic effectse0

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e0

“Analyses of selection suggest that cotton domestication entailed long-term accumulation of mutations with relatively minor phenotypic effects”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1068–1209

Title

Genomic diversity and the domestication history of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum )

Weixuan Ning; Mark A. Arick; Joshua A. Udall; et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2026. doi:10.1073/pnas.2607107123

Other claims from this paper (4)
Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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The MHRE ensemble performed best for rice and cotton and significantly outperformed the individual models RF, XGBoost, CatBoost and LightGBM.

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optimal performancee1
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outperforminge1
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individual modelse1

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e1

“Results demonstrated MHRE’s optimal performance for rice and cotton, significantly outperforming individual models (RF, XGBoost, CatBoost, and LightGBM)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 573–725

Title

Predicting Multiple Traits of Rice and Cotton Across Varieties and Regions Using Multi-Source Data and a Meta-Hybrid Regression Ensemble

Yu Qin; Moughal Tauqir; Xiang Yu; et al. Sensors 2026. doi:10.3390/s26020375

Other claims from this paper (7)
Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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For cotton yield, MHRE substantially improved prediction (R2 = 0.82, RMSE = 0.33 t ha−1) over the best individual model RF (R2 = 0.77, RMSE = 0.36 t ha−1).

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yield trait predictione1
Direction
substantially improvede1
Value
R2 = 0.82, RMSE = 0.33 t ha−1e1
Qualifier
RF: R2 = 0.77, RMSE = 0.36 t ha−1e1
Comparator
best individual modele1

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e1

“for cotton, MHRE substantially improved yield trait prediction (R2 = 0.82, RMSE = 0.33 t ha−1) compared to the best individual model (RF: R2 = 0.77, RMSE = 0.36 t ha−1)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1033–1201

Title

Predicting Multiple Traits of Rice and Cotton Across Varieties and Regions Using Multi-Source Data and a Meta-Hybrid Regression Ensemble

Yu Qin; Moughal Tauqir; Xiang Yu; et al. Sensors 2026. doi:10.3390/s26020375

Other claims from this paper (7)
Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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For cotton, accuracy for bolls per plant was the highest of the traits (R2 = 0.93, RMSE = 2.27 bolls plant−1).

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bolls per plant accuracye1
Direction
higheste1
Value
R2 = 0.93, RMSE = 2.27 bolls plant−1e1

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e1

“bolls per plant accuracy was highest (R2 = 0.93, RMSE = 2.27 bolls plant−1)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1203–1278
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“Rice and Cotton”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 30–45

Title

Predicting Multiple Traits of Rice and Cotton Across Varieties and Regions Using Multi-Source Data and a Meta-Hybrid Regression Ensemble

Yu Qin; Moughal Tauqir; Xiang Yu; et al. Sensors 2026. doi:10.3390/s26020375

Other claims from this paper (7)
Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The crop-specific MHRE model for cotton was robust across three cotton varietal groups.

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robuste1
Value
three cottone1

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e1

“robust across five rice and three cotton varietal groups”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1355–1411

Title

Predicting Multiple Traits of Rice and Cotton Across Varieties and Regions Using Multi-Source Data and a Meta-Hybrid Regression Ensemble

Yu Qin; Moughal Tauqir; Xiang Yu; et al. Sensors 2026. doi:10.3390/s26020375

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Chemical topping plus pruning increased sympodial branches by up to 38% in late-sown cotton.

Treatment
Chemical topping plus pruninge1
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sympodial branchese1
Direction
increasede1
Value
38%e1

Not reportedComparator

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t0

“late-sown cotton”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 87–103
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“Chemical topping plus pruning increased sympodial branches up to 38%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 586–654

Title

Optimal combination of canopy management and planting density for yield enhancement in late-sown cotton

Muhammad Abu Bakar Hayat; Fahd Rasul; Muhammad Zia Ul Haq; et al. BMC Plant Biology 2026. doi:10.1186/s12870-026-08163-z

Other claims from this paper (3)