ABSTRACT
Cotton is unusual among major crops in that large acreages are grown under both irrigated and rainfed conditions, making genotype × environment interactions of even greater importance than usual in designing crop improvement strategies. In addition to fi ber for which cotton is priced, seeds also contain high quality edible oil, and the spent meal is rich in protein, mainly used as cattle feed. Gossypol present in the pigments of cotton plant protects them from insects and is of great pharmaceutical value to humans.
