author(s)
RJ Chaudhary, MM Talpada and HK Patel

abstract
Cotton is an important fiber crop of global significance. Cotton is the major cash crop of our country which plays a key role in the national economy in terms of generation of direct and indirect employment in the Agricultural and Industrial sectors. As per ICAC publication ‘Cotton This Month – August 2019”, Global production for 2019/20 is currently forecasted to increase 6% from the previous season, while global cotton consumption is estimated at 26.9 million tonnes, representing a 1.7% increase. Production for the 2019/20 season will continue to be revised and adjusted as the season progresses, however, global production appears to be outpacing consumption at a time when forecasts for global consumption growth are slowing and global stocks are growing. The trial was conducted at Cotton research station, JAU, Kukada. The deference in seed cotton yield due to genotype was significant. The entry GVhv 961 (917 kg/ha) gave significantly higher seed cotton yield which was at par with the GVhv 950 (810 kg/ha), GVhv 970 (792 kg/ha) and GVhv 996 (810 kg/ha), 961 (819 kg/ha). This entry also maintained its superiority for lint yield. The GOT was recorded maximum in GVhv-996 (41.2 %) compared to GADC-2 (39.0 %).