date:Oct 15, 2019
ential in the seed; time for the right technologies to develop; and time for the right research team to come along.
Building a market
The next step, Hake said, is to get cotton farmers and the industry around the world to begin growing and marketing the special variety.
Tom Wedegaertner, director of cottonseed research and marketing at Cotton Inc., explained the dedication to this research project, saying gossypol in the leaves and stalks of the cotton plant serve as a pest deterrent, but its