boll
boll کی
definition
noun
Total boll numbers and seed cotton mass per metre were recorded.
the rounded seed capsule of plants such as cotton or flax.
example
According to Shurley and Bednarz, peak maturity of a cotton 'boll' occurs at its opening.
‘I work on the coolest stuff,’ said Wendel, picking up a cotton 'boll' lying on his desk.
A tiny cotton 'boll' harvested from a field ends up in a 500-pound bale that is shipped to textile mills or traded on the world market.
Total 'boll' numbers and seed cotton mass per metre were recorded.
Every one of these materials and creatures bears the mark of anthropogenic selection, from cotton bred for large 'bolls' to flowers selected for their showy display.
Today, it's not the boll weevil but the pink bollworm that threatens southwestern Pima, nesting inside the 'bolls' , where it is hard to get.
In its adult, or moth, stage, the pink bollworm lays its eggs on cotton 'bolls' .
Fingers or brushes strip plant parts and cotton 'bolls' from the plant, thus picking up excess trash.
High temperatures during this stage of cotton development caused excessive abortion of 'bolls' and seed embryos.
By maturity, the mutant seeds had only produced a few short fibres and the seeds were visible from the mature cotton 'bolls' .
Another redhead came and both of them widened their eyes in unison, looking more and more like two 'bolls' of cotton, when they saw me.
The last thing for listeners to decide on was how to get the cotton 'bolls' all opening at the same time, and the leaves dropping off the bush, so as to be able to pick the crop efficiently.
But we're having real problems getting the 'bolls' to open, and the leaf off to a lesser extent.
Generally, the ovaries of the flowers and the rinds of the cotton 'bolls' , which are favoured by the bollworm, contained the least amount of toxin, while leaves contained the highest levels.
Sterile flowers soon fall off the plant without forming the 'bolls' that are the source of cotton textile fibers.
Weeds also compete for nutrients, sunshine and moisture with the crop, hence the remaining plant delayed after thinning becomes leggy, failing to develop 'bolls' .
Additional labor allows the initiation of cotton harvest to begin 2 weeks later, which leads to more open 'bolls' .
Cotton 'bolls' burst forth with all the bright colors of the rainbow.
The pink bollworm is a major cotton pest which invades the growing cotton 'bolls' and destroys both the seeds and the cotton fibers.
Cotton 'bolls' are dry fruits from which we harvest cotton fibers.
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