Question

Locust swarms attacked Heera's cotton field. Considering that the plants were primarily cultivated to get fibres, which part of the plants need to be protected?
a.
b. stem
C.fruit s
d. Leaves​

Answer 1

The plant part to be protected is fruit.

• Cotton is derived from the cotton plant's fruit/seed coat.
• Cottonseed is a fruit that splits open when it ripens, releasing white cotton fibres.
• Cotton is a delicate, fluffy fibre that forms in a boll, or protective casing, around the seeds of cotton plants in the genus Gossypium, which belongs to the Malvaceae family of mallows.
• The fibre is mostly made up of cellulose, with tiny amounts of waxes, lipids, pectins, and water.
• Ginning is the process involved in separating the cotton fibre from seeds.
• A cotton gin, which is a machine that separates cotton fibres from seed pods, is used to remove cotton fibres from the seed pods.
• The first step in the cotton processing process is ginning, which separates the cotton fibres from the seeds.
• Carding is the next step, which involves pulling apart and cleaning the raw cotton fibres to remove any dust or contaminants.
• The third step is combing, which involves cleaning, straightening, and forming the fibre into soft, untwisted strands.
• Then comes spinning, which is the process of converting fibre into yarn.
• Finally, the yarn is transformed into cloth through the weaving process.