Cotton Varieties Planted 2009 Crop

摘要

The Deltapine brand of Upland cottonseed was the most popular planted in the United States for the 2009-2010 season, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Services Cotton Program. The Bayer CropScience Fibermax brand was the second most popular followed by Bayer CropScience Stoneville, Phytogen, Americot, All-Tex, and Dyna-Gro. Transgenic varieties - genetically engineered varieties resistant to worms, herbicides, or both - accounted for about 94.8 percent of the Upland cotton planted in the United States in 2009. Usage of transgenic varieties in 2009 varied from a high of 100 percent in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and South Carolina to a low of 89.1 percent in California. Other states planted from 96-99 percent transgenic except for Texas (90.4 percent). Deltapine brand varieties were the most popular planted in 2009, accounting for about 39.32 percent of the United States acreage. This brand accounted for 74.5 percent of the acreage planted in the southeastern states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia). It accounted for 41.8 percent of the acreage planted in the south central states (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee), 21.0 percent in the southwestern states (Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas), and 49.1 percent of the acreage planted in the western states (Arizona, California, and New Mexico).