USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The most intensive cotton production occurred in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi, together with parts of Florida, Louisiana and Texas. High productivity depended on the plantation system and slavery combined with fertile soils and a favorable climate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Among the U.S. States, Texas is the largest producer, contributing approximately 40 percent of U.S. cotton production in recent years. Other top cotton producers include Georgia, Mississippi, and Arkansas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Once confined to the pre-Civil War South, the Cotton Belt was pushed west after the war. Today it extends primarily through North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, western Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, Louisiana, eastern Texas, and southern Oklahoma.

Detailed explanation-4: -The crop grown in the South was a hybrid: Gossypium barbadense, known as Petit Gulf cotton, a mix of Mexican, Georgia, and Siamese strains. Petit Gulf cotton grew extremely well in different soils and climates.

Detailed explanation-5: -Among all the countries in the world, India has the largest area under cotton cultivation. India constitutes 37% of the world’s total area under cotton cultivation. In India, cotton cultivation is in the range of 10.5 million hectares to 12.20 million hectares.