GENOMICS-ASSISTED BREEDING IN COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.) AND GENERATION OF ADVANCE LINES WITH EXCELLENT SEED COTTON YIELD POTENTIAL UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS
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Key message This study found that there was excellent success in pyramiding multiple genetic and genomics sources of climate resilience in advance cotton lines by incorporating the genomics-assisted breeding approach and the developed advance lines showed excellent seed cotton yield under climate change conditions.
Climate change, characterized by uncertain weather conditions, has resulted in drastic decrease in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production in major cotton producing countries of the world, including Pakistan. The present research project was designed to develop cotton advance lines with excellent performance potential under climate change conditions by incorporating a genomics-assisted breeding approach. A comprehensive cotton germplasm consisting of forty accessions was evaluated to select suitable parents for crossing purposes. The progenies in the successive generations were evaluated on the basis of morphological, biochemical, seed cotton yield and molecular (presence of desirable band of KCS6 gene and simple sequence repeat markers, NAU2083, NAU2540, NAU3901). Two elite cotton lines, SI-1 and SI-2, were developed. In terms of seed cotton yield per plant, SI-1 showed an increase of 61% and 87% to the commercial check in 2021 and 2022, respectively; and SI-2 manifested an increase of 51% and 82% to the commercial check during 2021 and 2022, respectively. These results indicated that genomics-assisted breeding approach had promising success in developing elite cotton lines with excellent yield potential under climate change conditions, and, thus, it should be incorporated as a routine tool in breeding programs for rapid development of elite crop cultivars in view of climatic uncertainty.
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