Cotton, the most important economic crop in the world, displays strong hybrid vigor, and has
long been a subject for hybrid cultivar breeding. Here, advances in the theoretical and …

The aim of this study was to estimate the general combining ability of the parents and
specific combining ability of hybrids considered for the development of high yielding and …

Knowledge of genetic diversity and relationships among breeding materials has a significant
impact on crop improvement. Association between parental divergence and progeny …

The objective of this study was to estimate the general combining ability of the parents and
specific combining ability of hybrids for earliness traits for line selection. Inheritance and …

F 2 hybrid cultivars continue to occupy a small portion of the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
production are in the United States, but occupy a larger proportion of the production area in …

Because of the difficulty of producing F1 hybrid seeds by hand emasculation and pollination,
wide use of heterosis in cotton production has been limited in China. The objective of this …

Genes for improved yield and fiber quality are available in Australian cultivars and wild
accessions of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.); however, their combining ability with US …

Combining ability is mostly used by breeders to select appropriate parental cultivars to
produce the larger progeny of new combinations through their hybridization. The objectives …

The major problem with the simultaneous improvement of yield with higher fiber quality is
the negative association due to the linkage and pleiotropic effects between lint yield …

Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., is grown primarily for its spinnable fibers. To meet textile mill
requirements and producer demands, both fiber quality and yield must be improved. This …