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Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X During the 19th century, Sea Island cotton was grown on plantations in Florida, Georgia, and South ...

Blacksburg, Va. – Virginia Tech researchers are working on technologies that could create a new industry from a problem in the state's cotton-growing region. "Our goal is to add a value to the cotton ...

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