Safe Seed: Researchers Yielding Good Results on Food Cotton in Field (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

Texas A&M AgriLife Communications

Safe Seed: Researchers Yielding Good Results on Food Cotton in Field (3 of 3)

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A boll of cotton with the ultra-low gossypol levels is maturing in the first field trial. The low-gossypol cotton was developed by Dr. Keerti Rathore as a new protein source for human consumption.

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(Texas AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips)

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