Din Dayal Purushottam Lal Mahal, Nagpur, Maharashtra

the advantage of growing all species of cotton i.e. from short staple 20mm & below, medium staple (20.5 to 24.5mm), medium long (25.0 to 27.0mm), long (27.5 to 32.0mm) and extra long staple cottons (32.5mm and above). In India, the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are the leading cotton producing states. During the last decade and a half, revolutionary changes have taken place in the production of cotton in India, both in qualitative and quantitative terms.