Pest management in cotton : a global perspective 1. Origins of cotton 2. Cotton in the United States of America and Mexico 3. Cotton growing in India 4. Pakistan Bangladesh and Myanmar 5. China 6. Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan 7. Along the Nile: Egypt and Sudan 8. Southern Africa including Zimbabwe South Africa (Eswatini) Malawi Zambia Mozambique and Angola 9. East Africa including Tanzania Ethiopia Uganda and Kenya 10. West Africa including Mali Burkina Faso Cote DIvoire Senegal Benin Togo Niger Cameroon Nigeria and Ghana 11. Australia 12. South America including Brazil Argentina Peru Paraguay Colombia Caribbean 13. Around the Mediterranean including Turkey Greece Spain and Israel 14. Alook forward. This book describes the background and present state of pest management in cotton crops throughout the world. Cotton is one of the most economically important crops globally and new emerging pests driven by climate change for example are proving increasingly problematic. The book highlights new techniques in cotton crop protection