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Cotton

Germplasm lines with improved yield, quality, and stress tolerance

The cotton breeding program at NC State aims to broaden the genetic diversity of cotton by using genetic and genomic tools to help develop profitable and sustainable crops.

The cotton breeding program develops cotton germplasms with the following traits:

  • Improved yield and quality
  • Disease and insect resistance
  • Hybrid vigor
  • Polyploidy

Cotton germplasm lines released since 2010

TraitsGermplasm NamePI Number
Okra leaf, lint yield and lint percentage, Fusarium wilt resistanceNC05AZ21PI 667659
Normal leaf,  fiber length and strength, Fusarium wilt resistanceNC05-11PI 667658
Lint percent & fiber elongationNC18-05 PI 697272
Lint percent & fiber elongationNC18-06PI 697273
Lint yield & fiber elongationNC18-07PI 690767
Lint yieldNC18-08PI 690768
Lint yield & fiber elongationNC18-09PI 690769
Lint yield & fiber elongationNC18-10 PI 690770
Fiber strength, upper half mean length and micronaireNC18-11PI 690771
Fiber strength, upper half mean length and micronaireNC18-12PI 690772
Fiber strength, upper half mean length and micronaireNC18-13PI 690773
Fiber elongation and lint indexNC18-14PI 690774

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