近二十年来,埃及由于发展粮食作物,棉田面积已由五十年代初期的76万公顷缩减为近年的66万公顷。但因注意不断选育和采用更丰产的优良品种,单产显著提高,皮棉总产反而从40万吨增加到51万吨上下,全国平均亩产皮棉在百斤以上,为世界上棉花单产较高的国家之一。埃及生产的棉花主要是超级长绒棉或长绒海岛棉,纤维品质在各产棉国中居首位。埃及棉花育种工作集中在农业部所属的 In the last two decades, due to the development of food crops in Egypt, the area of ​​cotton has been reduced from 760,000 hectares in the early 1950s to 660,000 hectares in recent years. However, due to constant attention to the selection and use of more high yielding fine varieties, yield increased significantly, but the lint output increased from 400,000 tons up to 510,000 tons, the national average per mu yield of lint in more than 100 pounds, the world’s cotton yield is higher One of the countries. The main cotton produced in Egypt is super long-staple cotton or long-staple island cotton, with the highest fiber quality among cotton producing countries. Egyptian cotton breeding is concentrated in the Ministry of Agriculture