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Estimation of Combining Ability for Within-Boll Yield Components in Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

Estimation of Combining Ability for Within-Boll Yield Components in Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

Mishal Bano1, Amir Shakeel1, Waqar-ul-Haq1, Muhammad Nouman Khalid1*, Nadia Hussain Ahmad2, Muhammad Sajid Sharif3, Sadia Kanwal2, Muhammad Asim Bhutta2, Amna Bibi2 and Ifrah Amjad1

1Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan; 2Cotton Research Institute, Multan, Pakistan; 3Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

 
*Correspondence | Muhammad Nouman Khalid, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan; Email: noumankhalidpbg@gmail.com

Table 1:

Combined ANOVA of cotton genotypes.

** highly significant. PH: plant height; SB/P: sympodial branches/plant; MB/P: monopodial branches/plant; FFN/P: first fruiting nodes; NB/P: number of bolls per plant; BW: boll weight; NS/B: number of seeds per boll; SCY/P: seed cotton yield/plant; LI: lint index; L%: lint percentage; SI: seed index; SD: seed density; SV: seed volume; FF: fiber fineness; FS: fiber strength and FL: fiber length.
Table 2:

Combined ANOVA for line × tester.

* significant ** highly significant. For more details and abbreviation see Table 1.
Table 3:

Estimation of GCA effects of six parents in Gossypium hirsutum L.

* significant ** highly significant. For more details and abbreviation see Table 1.
Table 4:

Estimation of SCA effects of crosses in Gossypium hirsutum L.

* significant ** highly significant. For more details and abbreviation see Table 1.

Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

March

Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, Vol.40, Iss. 1, Pages 01-262

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