Under Russian rule, it was converted to a major cotton-growing region.

The area of the United States known as the South Plains is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world.

The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world and is heavily dependent on irrigation water drawn from the Ogallala Aquifer.

The pink bollworm is native to Asia, but has become an invasive species in most of the world's cotton-growing regions.

It is linked by rail to Khartoum and is the center of a cotton-growing region.

Federal and state agriculture officials hope the program will be adopted by all cotton-growing regions in the state.

It lies 69 kilometers west of Kandi at the heart of the most productive cotton-growing region in Benin.

The country roundabout Port Gibson is one of the richest cotton-growing regions of Mississippi.

The government turned sand and dust into one of the world's great cotton-growing regions.

Analysts said the retreat was partly prompted by drier conditions in the Delta, a key cotton-growing region where heavy spring rains had caused worrisome planting delays.