GENE ACTION OF AFIS FIBER LENGTH IN UPLAND COTTON

摘要

Cotton breeders must be concerned with fiber quality as well as yield if American cotton is to maintain a strong, competitive edge in today's world market. Fiber quality is important to the textile industry because it relates directly to processing performance, productivity, and yarn quality. Improvement in fiber length is important to the textile industry in utilizing high-speed yarn spinning technology and in expanding the array of yarn products. The objectives of this study were to assess the type of gene action, heritability, and estimate the genetic variances of fiber length by weight (FLw) from the Advanced Fiber Information System (AFIS).