1, the classification is different, cotton according to the length of long-staple cotton and fine-staple cotton, seed cotton according to the processing machinery to be divided into sawtooth cotton and roller cotton.

2, different uses, seed cotton by ginning machine processing, so that the cotton fiber and cotton seed separation.

3, separated from the cotton seeds called hair cotton seeds, hair cotton seeds and a small amount of short fibers on the short staple, short staple use value is quite high.

4, stripped after the cotton seeds called light seeds, after processing can be used as livestock feed and cultivation of edible fungi substrate.