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  • Botanical name of Mexican cotton is __________

    Question: Botanical name of Mexican cotton is __________

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    G barbadence
    G arboretum
    G herbaceum
    G. hirsutum

    🔑 Key Points
    → Types of Cotton
    🌿 Common Name: Mexican Cotton
    🔬 Scientific Name: Gossypium hirsutum
    🌿 Common Name: Algodonero de las Barbados
    🔬 Scientific Name: Gossypium barbadense
    🌿 Common Name: Levant Cotton
    🔬 Scientific Name: Gossypium herbaceum
    🌿 Common Name: Asian Cotton
    🔬 Scientific Name: Gossypium arboreum

    📌 Important Points
    → Cotton
    🔹 Botanical name: Gossypium herbaceum
    🔹 Family: Malvaceae
    🔹 Chromosome Number: 2n = 2x = 26
    🔹 Important varieties: DHY 286, Purnima, AKH 081, and Rajat.
    🔹 It is the king of fibers, usually referred to as white gold.
    🔹 It is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a ball, or protective capsule, around the seed.
    🔹 The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, and India.
    🔹 Cotton was independently domesticated in the old and new worlds.
    🔹 It is known as the King of fibers.
    🔹 Cotton is white gold, one of the most important commercial crops in the world.
    🔹 Cotton is derived from the Arabic word "qutun".
    🔹 Cotton remains the backbone of the Indian rural economy, especially in dryland areas.

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