DUSHANBE , October 10, Asia-Plus -- Selectionists from Khatlon’s Qubodiyon district have selected a new cotton growth, which has advantages over traditional cotton growths being used in the country, Asia-Plus has learned at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection (MoAEP).

The source at a MoAEP said that work on selecting the new cotton growth had been carried out on one of test fields in the district during five years and it had turned out that the new cotton growth has advantages over the traditional ones in terms of productivity, fiber length and whiteness.   

            The source further added that it cannot be ruled out that in several years, the new cotton growth will replace the traditional cotton growths, which are currently used in the country.