“…Gossypium hirsutum L. latifolium Hutch, also called upland cotton, accounts for over 90% of the cotton fiber global production. Since the 1990s, the cotton production area in the Brazilian cerrado (savanna) has expanded, mainly as a result of the breeding efforts to develop regionally adapted, high-yielding cultivars as well as improved management practices (Morello et al 2015, Silva Neto et al 2016, Barroso et al 2017, Suassuna et al 2018, which have made the Brazilian cotton internationally competitive. High pest pressure and weed competition occur in cerrado region (Salgado et al 2002, Bentivenha et al 2016, reducing the crop profitability.…”