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 There are four commercially grown species of cotton, all domesticated in antiquity: Gossypium hirsutum – upland cotton, native to Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and southern Florida (90% of world production)

India today is the world's 3rd largest producer and 4th largest consumer. Kerala accounts for more than 90 percent of the total rubber production in the country. The total area under rubber cultivation in the state is 5.45 lakh hectares. Rest of the natural rubber is produced in Tamil Nadu and North East states.

1. A total rainfall between 110 and 150 cm is adequately provided the distribution is right, abundant in the months of vegetative growth followed by a dry period for ripening.
2. During the active growth period, rainfall encourages rapid cane growth, cane elongation, and internode formation.
3. But during the ripening period, high rainfall is not desirable because it leads to poor juice quality, encourages vegetative growth, the formation of water shoots and increase in the tissue moisture. It also hampers harvesting and transport operations. 
4. This seems to be the case in regions of South America, South East Asia and some parts of Southern India.