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Cotton is the main cash crop in the Sudan. The three main categories: long and extra long staple, medium staple and short staple cotton are grown in an area of about one and a half million acres. All cotton cultivars are susceptible to whitefly infestation. Heavy infestation checks the vegetative growth of the cotton plant and results in excessive shedding of leaves and fruits. Final yield of seed cotton and fibre quality are eventually reduced (Mound, 1963; Gameel, 1969).
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Khalifa, H., Gameel, O.I. (1983). Breeding Cotton Cultivars Resistant to Whitefly (Bemesia tabaci, (Genn)). In: Lamberti, F., Waller, J.M., Van der Graaff, N.A. (eds) Durable Resistance in Crops. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 55. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9305-8_20
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