Gossypium hirsutum is a SHRUB growing to 2 m by 2 m at a fast rate.
It is hardy to zone 5.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil. The plant is not wind tolerant.
Resources
3. Production and postharvest activities for sesame
A H A N D B O O K F O R F A R M E R S A N D I N V E S T O R S 361
Agmrc.orghttps://www.agmrc.org/media/cms/sesame_38F4324EE52CB.pdf
Sesame seed
Mal Bennett
However, before sesame can
realise its potential, extensive3. Production and postharvest activities for sesame
A H A N D B O O K F O R F A R M E R S A N D I N V E S T O R S 361
Agmrc.orghttps://www.agmrc.org/media/cms/sesame_38F4324EE52CB.pdf
Sesame seed
Mal Bennett
However, before sesame can
realise its potential, extensive3. Production and postharvest activities for sesame
A H A N D B O O K F O R F A R M E R S A N D I N V E S T O R S 361
Sesame seed
Mal Bennett
https://www.agmrc.org/media/cms/sesame_38F4324EE52CB.pdf3. Production and postharvest activities for sesame30. Production and postharvest activities for fonio
AgriGuide
Agriguide.orghttp://www.agriguide.org/agriguide/files/etic_agriguide_en_20120830.pdf
E-TIC
E-TIC Sahel InfoHubs
Senegal and Mali
Initiative de
Avec le soutien de
ICVolunteers30. Production and postharvest activities for fonio
AgriGuide
Agriguide.orghttp://www.agriguide.org/agriguide/files/etic_agriguide_en_20120830.pdf
E-TIC
E-TIC Sahel InfoHubs
Senegal and Mali
Initiative de
Avec le soutien de
ICVolunteers30. Production and postharvest activities for fonio
AgriGuide
E-TIC
E-TIC Sahel InfoHubs
Senegal and MaliInitiative de
Avec le soutien de
http://www.agriguide.org/agriguide/files/etic_agriguide_en_20120830.pdf30. Production and postharvest activities for fonio
Major pests
- Abutilon mosaic virus
Abutilon theophrasti
Acanthacris ruficornis
Achyranthes aspera
Adelphocoris lineolatus
African cotton mosaic disease
Agrotis segetum
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus blitoides
Amaranthus spinosus
Ambrosia trifida
Anomis flava
Anthonomus grandis
Aphis gossypii
Athelia rolfsii
Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Bemisia tabaci
Bemisia tabaci
Cenchrus echinatus
Chenopodium murale
Chromolaena odorata
Commelina benghalensis
Cotton anthocyanosis virus
Cotton blue
Cotton leaf crumple virus
Cotton leaf curl virus
Cotton phyllody phytoplasma
Cotton yellow vein disease
Criconemella
Crocidosema plebejana
Cucumber mosaic virus
Datura stramonium
Desmostachya bipinnata
Diabolocatantops axillaris
Dociostaurus maroccanus
Dysdercus peruvianus
Dysphania ambrosioides
Earias vittella
Echinochloa crus-galli
Euphorbia hypericifolia
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Helianthus ciliaris
Helicotylenchus dihystera
Helicoverpa punctigera
Horcias nobilellus
Lygus hesperus
Lygus lineolaris
Maconellicoccus hirsutus
Meloidogyne acronea
Meloidogyne arenaria
Mimosa pudica
Murdannia nudiflora
Mussidia nigrivenella
Oxalis latifolia
Paspalum distichum
Phenacoccus solenopsis
Phytoplasma-like diseases of cotton
Pinnaspis strachani
Pratylenchus vulnus
Puccinia cacabata
Rastrococcus iceryoides
Rhizobium radiobacter
Rhizobium rhizogenes
Rotylenchulus reniformis
Saccharum spontaneum
Scirtothrips dorsalis
Setaria parviflora
Setaria pumila
Setaria verticillata
Setaria viridis
Sida acuta
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Sorghum halepense
Spodoptera litura
Tetranychus marianae
Tetranychus pacificus
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Xanthium strumarium
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. malvacearum
Xiphinema
Xiphinema americanum
Abutilon mosaic virus
Acalitus gossypii
Agrotis segetum
Anomis flava
Anthonomus grandis grandis
Anthonomus vestitus
Ascochyta gossypii
Bemisia tabaci
Cotton anthocyanosis virus
Cotton leaf crumple virus
Cotton leaf curl Gezira virus
Cotton leaf curl Multan virus
Cotton leaf roll agent
Cotton mosaic agent
Cotton small leaf virus
Cotton terminal stunt agent
Cotton veinal mosaic agent
Cotton virescence agent
Dysdercus cingulatus
Dysdercus fasciatus
Dysdercus peruvianus
Earias biplaga
Earias insulana
Earias vittella
Colletotrichum gossypii
Helicoverpa armigera
Helicoverpa zea
Helopeltis schoutedeni
Jacobiasca lybica
Maconellicoccus hirsutus
Oxycarenus hyalinipennis
Pectinophora gossypiella
Pectinophora scutigera
Phenacoccus solenopsis
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora
Platynota stultana
Sacadodes pyralis
Spodoptera littoralis
Spodoptera litura
Thaumatotibia leucotreta
Trialeurodes ricini
Minor pests
- Acanthospermum australe
Ageratum conyzoides
Aleurodicus dugesii
Aonidiella orientalis
Aspergillus niger
Asphodelus tenuifolius
Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris
Chrysodeixis includens
Clavigralla tomentosicollis
Corynespora cassiicola
Delia platura
Diabrotica speciosa
Diaporthe phaseolorum var. meridionalis
Digitaria insularis
Ditylenchus africanus
Euschistus heros
Frankliniella schultzei
Fusarium pallidoroseum
Hemicriconemoides mangiferae
Hirschmanniella oryzae
Hoplolaimus pararobustus
Imperata cylindrica
Khuskia oryzae
Lepidium draba
Leptoglossus zonatus
Melilotus indica
Meloidogyne enterolobii
Meloidogyne ethiopica
Merremia aegyptia
Mesoplatys cincta
Mesoplatys ochroptera
Ostrinia furnacalis
Paracoccus marginatus
Penicillium expansum
Petrobia latens
Phenacoccus solani
Phytophthora palmivora
Planococcus citri
Rhizopus arrhizus
Scutellonema clathricaudatum
Setosphaeria rostrata
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus oleraceus
Spodoptera eridania
Spodoptera frugiperda
Sybra alternans
Thrips flavus
Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Trichoplusia ni
Verticillium dahliae