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Original Research Article

Genetic variability among quality traits in cotton varieties

^*1Waqar-ul-Haq, ²Shahmir Ali, ³Muhammad Faheem Malik and ⁴Zahid Akram

¹Ayesha Sadeeqa Post Graduates Girls College, Rajanpur: Pakistan. Former Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Pakistan
²Faculty of Agriculture, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Pakistan
³Department of Environmental Sciences, The University of Gujrat, Gujrat: Pakistan.
⁴Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Accepted June 09, 2016

Abstract

Five cotton genotypes were grown at Research Farm, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences (LUAWMS), Uthal: Pakistan in 2008. The seed was obtained from Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan and sown in a randomized complete block design with three replications to test the adoptability, heritability (broad sense) and genetic advance values for quality traits viz. Plant height, bolls/plant, boll weight/plant, GOT (%), staple length and yield/plant. It is best of our collected data to explain that LUAWMS has been established in very remote area of Pakistan in 2005 where basic data on crops from research point of view is not up to the mark. Researchers tried to be pioneer in evaluation of cotton varieties under harsh condition of drought and rockiness of soil, however, such parameters other than quality traits were excluded during preparation of this manuscript due to lack of funding and expertise that may need to be considered in lateral projects.

Keywords: Cotton varieties, Genetic variability, Quality traits