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Heterosis Studies in Varietal Crosses of (Gossypium hirsutum L.) for Certain Economic Characters (2002)

Abstract
Heterosis studies were carried out in six intra specific hybrids of G. hirsutum L. for number of sympodial branches, number of bolls, boll weight and seed cotton yield per plant on an average performance. All hybrids gave better results than their parents. Highest increase of hybrids 69.23% for boll weight was over their parents was observed followed by 64.24% for seedcotton yield, 22.97% for number of bolls and 19.62% for number of sympodia per plant.

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http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=article&issn=16823974&date=2002&volume=1&issue=1&spage=44
Publisher Academic Journals Inc., USA
Repository DOAJ-Articles (Sweden)
Keywords Heterosis, G. hirsutum, boll weight, seed cotton, yield
Language eng