Practice mode Agronomy

What is the botanical name of American cotton?

Correct answer B. G. hirsutum

Explanation

American upland cotton is Gossypium hirsutum, which supplies around 90 per cent of world cotton production; G. arboreum is desi cotton and G. barbadense is Egyptian cotton.

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