湖北省黄梅县老棉农经过四年多的不断实践,培育出棉花与蓖麻杂交的“蓖麻棉”和棉花与木槿树杂交的“红槿棉”。“蓖麻棉”是胡世柏公社五一大队老棉农胡三女等用棉花作父本,蓖麻作母本嫁接成功的。“蓖麻棉”与其他棉花比较,耐寒耐旱,抗虫力强。花蕾脱落少。1971年试种304株长势很好,棉株成塔形,枝层多,一般有18～20层;最多28层;果枝短,一般5～6厘米;结桃象蓖麻籽一样,一团一团的,平均每株有30多个棉桃,最大的一株棉花结桃120个。304株棉花实收皮棉30.2斤,按这样推算,亩产皮棉可达400斤以上。当地生产 After more than four years of continuous practice, the old cotton farmers of Huangmei County in Hubei Province have cultivated “hybrid cotton” of cotton and castor, and “red hibiscus cotton” of hybrid cotton and hibiscus. “Castor cotton” is Hu Sibu commune May 1 brigadier Hu Sannv and other cotton used as a male parent, castor as the mother of grafting success. “Castor cotton” compared with other cotton, cold and drought, insect resistance and strong. Buds shed less. In 1971, 304 strains grew well. The cotton plants became tower-shaped with many branches and layers, with 18 to 20 layers in common, a maximum of 28 layers, short fruiting branches, and 5 to 6 cm in general. The peach peach, like castor beans, A group of, on average, more than 30 cotton plants each, the largest of a cotton knot 120. 304 cotton harvest lint 30.2 pounds, according to this projection, lint per mu up to 400 pounds and above. Local production