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Correlation between chiasma frequency and quantitative traits in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
1Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
Abstract:
Four locally adapted and high yielding cultivars of upland cotton were examined in order to elucidate the relationship between total chiasma frequency and quantitative traits, including yield and fiber properties. Total chiasma frequency per nucleus was found to correlate positively with boll number (r = 0.4041), seed cotton yield (r = 0.6003), seed index (r = 0.4624), lint yield (r = 0.7325), and lint index (r = 0.9534). The data are discussed from the point of view that the heterozygosity caused by increased chiasma frequency in inbreeding cotton cultivars is an important compensating mechanism for enhancing effective recombination and genetic variability.
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