MAJOR COTTON VARIETIES GROWN IN INDIA India is the only country in the world that grows on a commercial scale

not only all the four cultivated species of cotton, i.e., G.hirsutum,G.barbadense, G.arboreum, but also hybrids between them. Hence, cotton varieties in India belong to all the above species and their hybrids. They also cover a wide spectrum of fibre quality with spinning potential ranging from 6s to 120s count. The number of varieties is also quite large especially because of the massive area over which cotton is grown and the extreme diversities in the agro-climatic conditions and farming practices. However, efforts are on to reduce the number of varieties. Although around 80 varieties/ hybrids are now in cultivation, the major varieties/hybrids which account for about 80 percent of the total production are about 26. Their main features are as under: VARIETAL CHARACTERISTICS
Variety Ginning Outturn(%) 2.5% Span Length (mm) G.arboreum AKH - 4 G 27 Jyoti Y1 Digvijay G-Cot-13 Jayadhar V 797 Wagad DHY-286 F 414 H - 777 Ganganagar G.Cot.12 J - 34 LK LRA LRK - 516 MCU 5 MCU 7 Suvin AHH-468 DCH 32 H-4 S-4 S-6 H-6 JKHY 1 MECH - 1 NHH 44 RCH 2 AP = 40 36 39 39 37 39 30 41 35 36 33 34 34 36 33 33 35 33 34 33 30 36 35 34 34 35 35 34 37 35 33 Andhra Pradesh 25 17-18 24 24 G.herbaceum 23 23 23 23 19-20 G.hirsutum 27 26-27 26-27 24-25 24-24.5 25 29-30 27-28 30 32-34 25-26 G.barbadense 36-38 Hybrids 26-27 32-35 27-30 27-30 27-30 27-30 25-28 29-30 25-28 28-30 3.1-4.2 2.6-3.0 3.2-4.0 3.2-4.0 3.6-3.8 3.6-3.8 3.6-3.9 3.4-3.7 3.6-3.9 3.8-4.0 MAH KAR, MP, MAH MP, MAH GUJ GUJ MP, MAH KAR MP, MAH MAH -2.7-3.0 TN, AP 3.6-3.8 3.6-4.2 4.2-4.5 4.0 3.8-4.2 3.8-4.2 3.3-4.0 3.7 3.8-4.0 3.1 3.6-4.0 MAH PUN HAR RAJ GUJ HAR, RAJ, PUN AP MAH, MP -MAH, AP, TN TN 4.0 4.4 4.4-4.5 4.8 5.8 GUJ, RAJ GUJ KAR GUJ GUJ 4.7 4.6 4.0 4.6 MAH PUN, HAR, RAJ MP MAH, MP Micronaire Value States of Growth

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