1ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Station, Coimbatore641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
2International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), WashingtonDC, USA
3University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad580 005, Karnataka, India
4ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur441108, Maharashtra, India
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