Introduction
The cotton plant is a shrub native to subtropical and tropical regions around the globe including Africa, India and America. In the old and contemporary world, cotton was independently domesticated and the resulting fiber is in most cases spun into thread and used to make soft and breathable textiles. The use of cotton fabric can be dated back to prehistoric times; archeologists have excavated fragments cotton fabric dated from 5000 B.C in Indus valley and Mexico. Even though cotton has been cultivated since the distant past, it was the invention of the cotton gin that lowered its cost and led ...
