Euphytica

, Volume 199, Issue 3, pp 339–348 | Cite as

Commonality analysis and selection of parents for within-boll yield components in upland cotton

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Abstract

Relationships between lint yield and within-boll yield components are important for genetic improvement of lint yield in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars. F2 plants derived from crosses between germplasm lines and high yielding cultivars were analyzed to determine the contributions of within-boll yield components to lint yield and to select parents with desirable combining ability for multiple within-boll yield components. Forty-five F2 hybrids were planted at two field sites in 2010 and 2011 with 4 and 3 replicates, respectively. There were a total of six yield components analyzed including lint percentage (LP), seed number per boll, lint weight per seed (LW_S), seed surface area per seed, lint weight per unit seed surface area (LW_SA), and lint number per unit seed surface area (LN_SA). The contributions of these yield components to lint yield were analyzed by commonality analysis that separated the contributions to lint yield into the unique contributions of single yield components and the common contributions of the single yield components with one or more other yield components. The unique contributions of the six yield components to lint yield ranged from 1.6 to 21 % of total variation for lint yield in the 2-year experiments. The greatest common contributions to lint yield among all combinations of the six yield components were identified for a combination of four components, LP, LW_S, LW_SA, and LN_SA with 67 and 44 % of the total variation of lint yield in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Results suggest that all four of these yield components should be considered simultaneously in breeding for genetic improvement of lint yield. The germplasm line SP225 was detected as a good combiner with positive general combining ability (GCA) for LP (1.4 %), LW_SA (0.03 mg mm−2), and LN_SA (14.3 no mm−2), and favorable GCA for fineness (−3.1 mg km−1).

Keywords

Within-boll yield components Commonality analysis General combining ability Cotton Yield 

Abbreviations

GCA

General combining ability

JC

John cotton germplasm

LP

Lint percentage

LW_S

Lint weight per seed

LY

Lint yield

LW_SA

Lint weight per unit seed surface area

LN_SA

Lint number per unit seed surface area

SA_S

Seed surface area per seed

SN_B

Seed number per boll

SP

Species polycross germplasm

SW

Seed weight

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Acknowledgments

This research was funded by USDA-ARS, Project No. 6402-21000-051-00D. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Linghe Zeng
    • 1
  • Efrem Bechere
    • 1
  • Deborah L. Boykin
    • 1
  1. 1.Crop Genetics Research Unit, Delta Research CenterUSDA-ARSStonevilleUSA

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