Focus On - Negative Association Between Fiber Quality and Cotton Yield May be NeutralizedIn the current market situation, high fiber quality is essential to ensure and enhance the marketability of cotton, but research reports over the past sixty years have documented that fiber quality and yield are negatively related. If this negative relationship did not exist, fiber quality would have been concurrently improved as breeders have selected and released higher yielding varieties. By growing, varieties that possess high nber quality, cotton producers may have a competitive edge over other production areas and the entire cotton industry will be enhanced.
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