Biology of Gossypium Spp. (Cotton)
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CONTENTS Foreword Preface Prologue 1. General Description......................................................................................... 01 2. Taxonomy, Geographic Origin and Distribution ...................................................... 01 2.1 Taxonomy...................................................................................................... 01 2.2 Geographic origin........................................................................................... 02 2.3 Genomic evolution and geographic distribution.............................................. 02 2.4 Cotton gene pool ........................................................................................... 04 3. Reproductive Biology....................................................................................... 06 3.1 Growth and development............................................................................... 06 3.2 Floral biology................................................................................................. 06 3.3 Pollination and fertilization ............................................................................ 07 3.4 Pollen dispersal ............................................................................................... 08 3.5 Seed dispersal ................................................................................................. 08 3.6 Mating systems .............................................................................................. 08 3.7 Methods of reproductive isolation .................................................................. 09 4. Ecological Interactions ..................................................................................... 09 4.1 Potential for gene transfer from cotton ........................................................... 09 4.2 Free living populations of cotton .................................................................... 10 4.3 Weediness of cotton ....................................................................................... 10 5. Health Considerations ..................................................................................... 10 6. Cotton Cultivation in India .............................................................................. 11 6.1 Climatic and soil requirements ....................................................................... 11 6.2 Zonal distribution .......................................................................................... 12 6.3 Pests and diseases of cotton ............................................................................. 13 6.4 Breeding objectives and varietal testing system ................................................ 13 6.5 Germplasm maintenance and its evaluation..................................................... 14 6.6 Status of cotton cultivation ............................................................................ 15 7. Annexes........................................................................................................... 17 1. Botanical features ........................................................................................... 17 2. Key insect pests of cotton ............................................................................... 23 3. Major diseases of cotton ................................................................................. 29 4. Major predators of cotton .............................................................................. 32 5. Biotech interventions in cotton....................................................................... 35 8. References ....................................................................................................... 38 BIOLOGY OF GOSSYPIUM SPP. (COTTON) 1.1.1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION Cotton is a major fibre crop of global importance and has high commercial value. It is grown commercially in the temperate and tropical regions of more than 70 countries. Specific areas of production include countries such as China, USA, India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Australia, Greece, Brazil, Egypt etc., where climatic conditions suit the natural growth requirements of cotton. These include periods of hot and dry weather and adequate moisture obtained through irrigation. Cotton is harvested as ‘seed cotton’ which is then ‘ginned’ to separate the seed and lint. The long ‘lint’ fibres are further processed by spinning to produce yarn which is knitted or woven into fabrics. India has the largest cotton growing area in the world with about 96 lakh hectares under cultivation accounting for one-fourth of the global cotton area. It contributes to 16% of the global cotton produce and has emerged as the world’s second largest cotton producer in 2006-07, edging past the USA, which held the second rank until recent past. China is the world’s leading cotton producer. It has been estimated that cotton contributes to approximately 30% of the Indian agricultural gross domestic product and considerable export earnings. The organized sector of the Indian textile industry constitutes the largest single industrial segment in the country in terms of annual value of output and labour employed, both direct and indirect. There are more than 1,500 spinning mills, 250 composite mills in India having an installed capacity of approximately 35 million spindles and more than 1 lakh handlooms. The decentralized sector comprising power looms and handlooms, provide employment to over 2.5 million people (ICAR, 2006). The fabric quality of handlooms has been widely acclaimed for fitness and comfort. Thus, cotton is an immensely important crop for the sustainable economy of the country and livelihood of the Indian farming community. 2.2.2. TAXTAXTAXONOMYONOMYONOMY, GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION 2.12.12.1 TTTaxonomyaxonomyaxonomy The word ‘cotton’ refers to four species in the Name Cotton genus Gossypium (family Malvaceae), namely Kingdom Plantae G.hirsutum L., G.barbadense L., G.arboreum Division Magnoliophyta L., and G.herbaceum L., that were domesticated Class Magnoliopsida independently as sources of textile fibre. Order Malvales Globally, the Gossypium genus comprises about Family Malvaceae 50 species (Fryxell, 1992). Genus Gossypium BIOLOGY OF GOSSYPIUM SPP. (COTTON) 1 2.22.22.2 Geographic Origin The place of origin of the genus Gossypium is not known, however the primary centers of diversity are west-central and southern Mexico (18 species), north-east Africa and Arabia (14 species) and Australia (17 species). DNA sequence data from the existing Gossypium spp. suggests that the genus arose about 10- 20 million years ago (Wendel & Albert, 1992; Seelanan et al., 1997). The antiquity of cotton in the Indian subcontinent has been traced to the 4th millennium BC (Santhanam and Sundaran, 1997). The first reference to cotton is found in rig Veda hymn (Khadi and Kulkarni, 2001). The stages of seed cotton, spinning the lint and weaving the yarn are covered in various religious texts, and thus suggesting the implicit use of cotton in India by 1000 BC (Sundaram, 1974). The fabrics dated approximately 3000 BC recovered from Mohenjodaro excavated in Sind were identified to have originated from cotton plants, closely link to Gossyppium arboreum species (Gulati and Turner, 1929), thereby confirming that cotton lint was spun and woven into cloth even before 3000 B. C. 2.32.32.3 Genomic Evolution and Geographic Distribution Most commercially cultivated cotton is derived from two species, G.hirsutum (Upland cotton, 90% of world plantings) and G.barbadense (Pima, or Long-staple cotton). Two other species, G.arboreum and G.herbaceum, are indigenous to Asia and Africa and are popularly referred as desi cottons in India. The new world cottons, i.e., the tetraploid (2n=52) species of G.hirsutum L. and G. barbadense L. were initially introduced into India during the 17th and 18th centuries A.D. (Hutchinson, 1959). It has been shown that the new world cottons are natural amphidiploids containing A genome from a taxon of the Asiatic diploid group and a D genome from a taxon of the American diploid group. The new world cottons in India are popularly known as American (G.hirsutum) and Egyptian (G.barbadense) cottons. How and when the original crosses occurred is a matter of speculation. Allotetraploids of these plants have 52 somatic chromosomes, and are designated as AADD genomes. Four additional new world allotetraploids occur in the genus, including G.tomentosum, native of Hawaii, which have been utilized in the improvement of G.hirsutum in breeding programs. As regards the concept of organismal and genome relationships of diploid and cultivated allopolyploid species in the genus Gossypium, the diploid ancestral A and D genomes of extant allotetraploid are thought to have diverged from a common ancestor about 6 to 11 million years ago giving rise to two lineages as illustrated in Figure 1 (Wendel, 1989; Cronn and Wendel, 1998). The five polyploid Gossypium spp. recognized today, including cultivated cottons of G.hirsutum and G.barbadense, are thought to have originated 1 to 2 million years ago by transoceanic migration of Old World A genome progenitor, followed by hybridization with New World D genome progenitor (Endrizzi et al., 1985; Wendel, 1989; Cronn and Wendel, 1998). This hypothesis is a revised version of simple origin of Old World and New World diploids and their hybridization in the new world 1-2 million years ago. Despite intensive study, the identity of the parental diploids and the antiquity