Major sesquiterpene components of oil of Texas Race Stock 810 of Gossy
pium hirsutum were alpha- and beta-selinene. This is the seventh cycli
c terpene type found to date in this genus. Both alpha- and beta-selin
ene, along with aromadendrene, were found but only as minor components
of extracts of several domestic cultivars of G. hirsutum.