Abstract
Improving fiber quality properties of cotton is important for increasing the efficiency of manufacturing textiles, including enhancing yarn quality and spinning performance. This study was conducted to determine if we could identify valuable cotton cultivars to use as parents in breeding programs with the goal of improving fiber properties. Seven parents were combined in a diallel design and selfed to obtain 21 F2 populations. Positive general and specific combining ability effects were observed for all traits. General combining ability tended to be larger than specific combining ability, indicating these traits are controlled primarily by additive genetic effects. Correlations among traits were generally positive except for lint yield correlations with fiber strength and length. For improving the fiber quality measures of strength and length, line 7235 shows excellent general combining ability effects. SG125 would provide elite germplasm to increase agronomic measures of lint yield and lint percent. The MD51 genotype has the highest potential among the genotypes tested here to provide germplasm combining both improved yield and fiber strength. These parents, or their selected progeny, should be useful in a breeding program to generate variability from which selection can be used to identify lines with improved fiber and/or agronomic properties.
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This research project was supported by funding from CRIS No. 6202-21000-031-00D of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The authors gratefully acknowledge Shizhou (Shirley) Wang, Jared Harris, and Kelsey Hoegenauer for their invaluable technical assistance. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Hinze, L.L., Todd Campbell, B. & Kohel, R.J. Performance and combining ability in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) populations with diverse parents. Euphytica 181, 115–125 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-011-0442-x
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