51.   This year, India is expected to approve commercialization of its first cotton crop.

52.   Weather plays an important determining role in the success of the annual cotton crop, the report said.

53.   Chlorfluazuron is the active ingredient in a chemical which was first used on cotton crops last season and is not toxic.

54.   Estimates are less optimistic for the cotton crop, which has been on the decline for several years after a brief rally.

55.   Traces of chlorfluazuron, used as a pesticide in the cotton crop, were found in less than one percent of cattle tested in Australia.

56.   The cotton crop was battered by heavy monsoon rains this year, Bhutto said.