Abstract: Cotton-containing textiles, such as “trash” feedstock in terms of end-of-life-cotton textiles, may be used to produce sugar without the same kinds of harsh pretreatments used for other biomasses, such as corn, grass sources, or wood. Disclosed is a process for production of sugar from a cotton-containing textile waste fabric comprising optionally mechanically pretreating the cotton-containing textile, pretreating the cotton-containing textile with an acid pretreatment to form a slurry, cooling the slurry, adding at least one base to the slurry, adding at least one additional acid to the slurry to form a buffer in situ, adding a hydrolysis enzyme, and optionally filtering the slurry.

Abstract: A formulation for durable press finishing of a cellulosic substrate, or a blend thereof, in a finish bath, the formulation comprising from about 3.0% to about 60.0% by weight of non-formaldehyde dimethylurea/glyoxal (DMUG), or an analog thereof, and from about 0.1% to about 4.0% by weight of one or more additives selected from dicyandiamide, choline chloride, ethyleneurea, propyleneurea, urea, dimethylurea, and combinations thereof, wherein the percent by weight is given in terms of percent weight of the finish bath, and wherein the formulation is substantially free of dimethyloldihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU), and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: This application provides a method for transformation of cells of plant tissues and the regeneration of these cells and tissues into mature transgenic plants. The apical meristematic region of a plant seedling are isolated, then treated to slow the metabolic activity of the isolated tissue. The tissue is then exposed to a transforming agent such as a DNA plasmid or an Agrobacterium carrying a plasmid vector which contains a DNA encoding a gene of interest. After an appropriate incubation period, the treatment is reversed, allowing the metabolic activity of the apical meristematic tissues to return to normal. The method provides a larger population of receptive cells for exposure to the transforming agents, thereby providing higher probabilities of isolating transformed tissues which can be regenerated into transformed plants.

Abstract: A soft, bright and strong tissue paper product and a process for preparing such a tissue paper product is provided. The inventive tissue paper product is prepared from raw cotton linter fibers and demonstrates unexpected medical benefits or advantages in addition to a balance of properties.