https://notaspampeanas.com/tags/cotton/ Recent content in Cotton on Notaspampeanas Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 Notaspampeanas Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:18:24 -0300 https://notaspampeanas.com/posts/1767106852473-algodon-yucatan/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:18:24 -0300 https://notaspampeanas.com/posts/1767106852473-algodon-yucatan/ <p> <figure> <img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" srcset=" /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu15737667985523972185.gif 330w, /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu12580042837859193310.gif 660w, /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu8105318581360949313.gif 1024w, /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu7674890345849940028.gif 2x" src="https://notaspampeanas.com/img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu12580042837859193310.gif" alt="" /> </figure> </p> <div class="lead text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 !mb-9 text-xl"> There’s nothing like this in nature, <strong>Jonathan Wendel</strong> said as he showed a visitor in his <strong>Bessey Hall</strong> office the long white puffs billowing from a cotton boll – the protective flower capsule of the plant cultivated by humans for thousands of years. In the wild, cotton bolls are far smaller and hold darker, coarser and shorter fibers. </div> <p> <figure> <img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" srcset=" /posts/1767106852473-algodon-yucatan/featured_hu14408278513797708121.jpg 330w, /posts/1767106852473-algodon-yucatan/featured_hu3942381045229510792.jpg 660w, /posts/1767106852473-algodon-yucatan/featured_hu18024591798797412843.jpg 1024w, /posts/1767106852473-algodon-yucatan/featured_hu4558477520007271232.jpg 2x" src="https://notaspampeanas.com/posts/1767106852473-algodon-yucatan/featured_hu3942381045229510792.jpg" alt="Wild cotton, on left, has short, brown, and coarse fibers, while modern domesticated cotton has white, fine and abundant fibers. A new study led by Iowa State University scientists identified the northwestern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico as the original source of domesticated cotton. Image credit: Corrinne Grover/Iowa State University" /> </figure> <strong>Wild cotton, on left, has short, brown, and coarse fibers, while modern domesticated cotton has white, fine and abundant fibers. A new study led by Iowa State University scientists identified the northwestern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico as the original source of domesticated cotton. Image credit: Corrinne Grover/Iowa State University</strong></p>