Safe Seed: Researchers Yielding Good Results on Food Cotton in Field (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

Texas A&M AgriLife Communications

Safe Seed: Researchers Yielding Good Results on Food Cotton in Field (1 of 3)

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Dr. Keerti Rathore and lab assistant LeeAnn Campbell harvest cotton from the first field trial of a variety that has gossypol levels low enough for human consumption. Low-gossypol cotton could ultimately make available 44 million metric tons of the high-protein seed every year to help feed malnourished people worldwide.

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(Texas AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips)

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