Research emphasis• Cotton is the main research crop but it also includes other major row crops such as soybeans, corn and beans.• Investigation is carried out in stress physiology, and focusing in water stress, light stress and plant growth regulation.• Plant growth regulators management and boll shedding in transgenic cotton cultivars.• Root development and its association with nematode tolerance in cotton.• Root growth and development in cotton cultivars as affected by environmental factors.• Intercropping systems: evaluation of simultaneous growth of crops and cover crops.• Field monitors training: cotton physiology.• Cotton nutrition and soil fertility