Genetic improvement of cotton through biotechnology has been limited by lack of an efficient regeneration system. An
efficient somatic embryo production and maturation procedure was thus developed to regenerate plantlets from hypocotyls of cotton
cultivars Xinluzhong 20, Xinluzao 24, Xinluzao 33, and 03298 grown in Xinjiang. Calli were effectively produced by 0.01 to 0.10 mg L