Cotton Fibers

Contents About the Editor , Contributors , Preface , Acknowledgments ,Chapter 1. Cotton Fiber Initiation and Histodifferentiation , Introduction , Fiber Initiation , Fiber Elongation and the Transition to Secondary Wall Formation , Secondary Wall Formation , The Cytoskeleton of Differentiating Fibers , The Cuticle of Cotton Fibers and the Gaseous Components Inside Cotton Bolls , Naturally Colored Cotton Fibers , The Base of Cotton Fiber , Fixation of Fibers for Ultrastructural and Immunolocalization Studies (Appendix) , Conclusion and Perspectives , Chapter 2. Growth Regulation of Cotton Fibers , Introduction , Fiber Growth , Chapter 3. Cotton Fibers in Vitro , Introduction , Ovule Culture Methods , Media Consituents , Methods of Fiber Measurement , Hormonal Control of Growth , Fiber and Fuzz Mutants , Donor Plant Status , Perturbations in the Time Line of Fiber Development , Cotton Cell Suspensions As Models of Fiber Development , Conclusions , Chapter 4. Cellulose Biosynthesis in Developing Cotton Fibers , Patterns of Cellulose Synthesis in Vivo During Fiber Development , Tracing the Path of Carbon into Cellulose in Vivo , Studies on Cellulose Synthesis in Vitro , The CelA Genes of Cotton , Regulation of the Onset of Secondary Wall Formation , Conclusions , Chapter 5. Non-Cellulosic Carbohydrates in Cotton Fibers , Introduction , Non-Cellulosic Polysaccharides , Low Molecular Weight Carbohydrates in Cotton Fibers , Other Low Molecular Weight Compounds of Interest , Conclusions , Chapter 6. Structural Development of Cotton Fibers and Linkages to Fiber Quality , Chemical Composition