ANDHRA PRADESH

TAMIL NADU

KARNATAKA

Cotton Varieties

MCU-5,DCH-32,&SUVIN

Production

3.6 million Bales i.e, 612 million kgs.

Main cotton
Variety

Name

Mic

Staple Length in mm

Staple Length in Inches

MCU-5

Mic - 3.5 to 4.1

Staple Length - 27 to 32 mm

Staple length - 1 1/16” to1 3/16”

DCH-32

2.8 to 3.2

36 to 39mm

1 13/32” to1 17/32”

GUJARAT

MAHARASHTRA

MADHYA PRADESH

Cotton Varieties

Shanker-6,V-797,H-4,LRA&MCU-5,/B.B

Production

10 million Bales i.e about 1700 million kgs.

Main cotton
Variety

Name

Mic

Staple Length in mm

Staple Length in Inches

Shanker-6

3.5 to 4.0

Staple Length – 26 to 29 mm

Staple Length –
1 1/32”

H-4

3.5 to 4.4

26 to 28.5mm

1 1/32”to1 1/8”

V-797

4.3 to 4.8

22 to 24 mm

7/8” to 15/16”

B.B./MCU-5

3.5 to 4.1

27 to 30mm

1 1/16” to 1 3/16”

HARYANA

PUNJAB

RAJASTHAN

Cotton Varieties

Bengal Desi, J-34

Production

3.1 million Bales i.e about 527 million kgs..

Main cotton
Variety

Name

Mic

Staple Length in mm

Staple Length in Inches

J-34

Mic – 4.2 to 4.8

Staple Length – 25 to 27 mm

Staple length –
1” to 1 1/16”

Bengal Desi

Mic - 5.0 to 6.0

Staple Length - 16 to19 mm

Staple Length - 5/8” to 3/4"”