Harvesting Practices of Cotton- Slide Show

Cotton, the 'White gold', is one of the important commercial crops playing a key role in the economic, political and social affairs of the world. Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural condition, the cotton balls will tend to increase the dispersion of the seeds.

There are four commercially-grown species of cotton, all domesticated in antiquity (Greek and Roman time).
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Harvesting Practices of Cotton- Slide Show by  Swastika Chauhan