Reliable information about the evolutionary and genetic relationships of various germplasm
resources is essential to the establishment of rational strategies for crop improvement. We …

Gossypium species (±49) represent a vast resource of genetic diversity for the improvement
of cultivated cotton. To determine intra-and inter-specific genetic relationships within a …

Gossypium hirsutum has a large indigenous range encompassing most of Mesoamerica and
the Caribbean, where it exhibits a diverse array of morphological forms spanning the wild‐to …

Gossypium barbadense L. is a commercially important cotton species of tropical South
American origin presently grownin many regions of the world. The species is …

The origin of domestication in Mesoamerican G. hirsutum populations is obscured by
several factors, including the absence of a clearly identified wild progenitor, a complex …

Since 6000 BC, cotton has been cultivated for lint fiber, which now dominates the natural
textile industry worldwide. Common resources such as an integrated web database, a …

The Gossypium hirsutum gene pool from Mexico is one of the primary sources for
improvement of most of the Acala and Upland cotton growing in the world today. Mexico is …

Limited interspecific introgression has been achieved in the breeding of the two primary
cultivated species of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. and G. barbadense L.). Genetic diversity …

Key message Genetic diversity and population structure in the US Upland cotton was
established and core sets of allelic richness were identified for developing association …

Cotton, the leading natural fiber crop, is largely produced by two primary cultivated
allotetraploid species known as Upland or American cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and …