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Agriculture · Q950

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 950

Q950

Indigenous cotton is

A.
Gosypium herbaceum
B.
Gossypium arboreum
C.
Gossypium hirsutum
Answer
D.
Gossypium barbadense

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Indigenous cotton is Gossypium hirsutum.
Gossypium hirsutum, also known as upland cotton or Mexican cotton, is the most widely planted species of cotton in the world. Globally, about 90% of all cotton production is of cultivars derived from this species.
Gossypium hirsutum includes several varieties or cross-bred cultivars with varying fiber lengths and tolerances to several growing conditions.