Of the total area of 7.8.m.ha.under cotton.29per cent belongs to G-arboreum and 19per cent G.herbaceum(Rao,1973).These two diploids.together referred to as Asiatic cottons,constitute 3.67 m-ha or 47 per cent of the total area under cotton in the country.
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