Improvement of cotton varities using biotechnological tools: A review
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Cotton is an important cash crop in many countries, and its cultivation contributes significantly to the agricultural economy. It provides income to farmers and supports numerous jobs in the textile and clothing industries. Cotton cultivation has many advantages, but it also has drawbacks, such as high water use, pesticide use, and environmental concerns. The goal is to reduce these problems and make cotton production more ecologically friendly using sustainable farming techniques and crop technologies. To meet the ever-growing demands of the expanding population, crop development tactics have now all become reliant on biotechnological advancements. Cotton development and sustenance issues have always presented a challenge to researchers. In the past three decades, biotechnology has provided a huge range of opportunities, especially in the form of Molecular indicators that can help and innovative transgenic plants to withstand biotic and abiotic challenges in the more expedient selection of parents and offspring in traditional breeding schemes intended to crop enhancement. This review aims to acquaint the reader with some fundamental elements, as well as the state and future of cotton biotech research.
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