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The inheritance model for the fiberless trait in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) line SL1-7-1: variation on a theme

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Segregating populations were developed to evaluate the inheritance of the fiberless seed phenotype of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) line SL1-7-1. We report the inheritance of fuzzy, fuzzless and fiberless seed from crosses of SL1-7-1 with wildtype DP5690, Mexican fuzzless seed UA 3-3 (accession 143), Ballard fuzzless seed (accession 243), and MD17. Results from the F1, F2 and F2:3 progeny derived from the SL1-7-1 X DP5690 indicated that the expression of the fiberless phenotype fit a three loci model with one locus being the dominant fuzzless seed allele N 1 . The other two loci were tested to verify whether they were allelic to either recessive fuzzless seed alleles n 2 or n 3 . Using the segregation ratios of the F2 progeny derived from the 143 X SL1-7-1 cross and F2-derived F3 families from SL1-7-1 X DP5690 with fuzzy seed (lacked N 1 ), it is proposed that SL1-7-1 lacks the recessive n 2 allele, but contains the n 3 allele in the genotype of SL1-7-1. The third locus was previously not characterized and has been designated as fl 1 (fiberless), therefore, the genotype for the fiberless phenotype of SL1-7-1 is N 1 N 1 fl 1 fl 1 n 3 n 3 . Fiberless lines MD17 X SL1-7-1 were crossed to verify similarities in genotypes between line and the genotype model predictability. Various combinations of the homozygous and heterozygous expression of N 1 , n 2 , n 3 and fl 1 allele produced plants with lower lint percentages.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank William Nokes, Cedric Brown, Tony Miller and Dr. William Pettigrew for assistance in field preparation and irrigation; Shelia Parker for sample preparation; Dr. Jeffrey Ray for his program to determine chi square values, and to Drs. Joe Johnson, Tom Kilen, Jodi Scheffler, Kevin Vaughn and Tianzhen Zhang for critically reviewing this manuscript.

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Turley, R.B., Kloth, R.H. The inheritance model for the fiberless trait in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) line SL1-7-1: variation on a theme. Euphytica 164, 123–132 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-008-9670-0

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