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Descriptor English: Gossypium
Descriptor Spanish: Gossypium
Descriptor Gossypium
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia MALVACEAE. Son la fuente de la FIBRA DE ALGODÓN, el ACEITE DE SEMILLAS DE ALGODÓN que se usa para cocinar y del GOSIPOL. Los económicamente importantes cultivos de algodón son grandes consumidores de PESTICIDAS agrícolas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Gossypium
Descriptor French: Gossypium
Entry term(s): Cotton Plant
Cotton Plants
Gossypiums
Plant, Cotton
Plants, Cotton
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.859.821.500.244
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003368
Scope note: A plant genus of the family MALVACEAE. It is the source of COTTON FIBER; COTTONSEED OIL, which is used for cooking, and GOSSYPOL. The economically important cotton crop is a major user of agricultural PESTICIDES.
Annotation: X ref COTTON PLANT; COTTON FIBER is also available for textile fiber
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2003; see COTTON 1963-2002
History Note: 2003(1963)
Related: Cotton Fiber MeSH
DeCS ID: 3383
Unique ID: D003368
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/15
Gossypium - Preferred
Concept UI M0005250
Scope note A plant genus of the family MALVACEAE. It is the source of COTTON FIBER; COTTONSEED OIL, which is used for cooking, and GOSSYPOL. The economically important cotton crop is a major user of agricultural PESTICIDES.
Preferred term Gossypium
Entry term(s) Cotton Plant
Cotton Plants
Gossypiums
Plant, Cotton
Plants, Cotton



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