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Table 4 Staple length, fibre fineness/micronaire and fibre strength of eight cotton genotypes/strains/cultivars grown in normal soil at flowering stage under short term hypoxia conditions

From: Hypoxia tolerance studies for yield, fiber and physiological traits in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

 

Genotypes/strains/accessions/cultivars

MNH-564

FH-114

MNH-786

CIM-573

N-KRISHMA

LRA 5166

CEDIX

H-142

Staple length /mm

 Control

28.3 ± 0.22

29.3 ± 0.187

28.30 ± 0.41

28.50 ± 0.07

26.53 ± 0.04

26.13 ± 0.21

25.23 ± 0.27

28.67 ± 0.14

 Waterlogging/Hypoxia

27.3 ± 0.21

27.67 ± 0.21

27.33 ± 0.08

27.03 ± 0.34

25.93 ± 0.08

24.73 ± 0.33

24.53 ± 0.04

27.40 ± 0.141

 LSD (0.05) Control × Waterlogging = 0.163

Fibre fineness /(μg·inch-1)

 Control

4.86 ± 0.07

4.76 ± 0.04

4.63 ± 0.108

4.67 ± 0.08

4.97 ± 0.04

4.83 ± 0.041

5.12 ± 0.08

4.60 ± 0.071

 Waterlogging/Hypoxia

4.80 ± 0.07

4.73 ± 0.041

4.33 ± 0.081

4.17 ± 0.04

5.10 ± 0.122

5.20 ± 0.122

5.267 ± 0.08

4.667 ± 0.04

 LSD (0.05) Control × Waterlogging = 0.055

Fibre strength /(cN·tex-1)

 Control

36.67 ± 0.41

34.87 ± 0.41

35.41 ± 0.41

34.36 ± 0.38

33.57 ± 0.31

27.5 ± 0.307

28.42 ± 0.41

35.52 ± 0.51

 Waterlogging / Hypoxia

33.2 ± 0.41

33.49 ± 0.41

32.4 ± 0.41

32.71 ± 0.43

31.39 ± 0.41

26.87 ± 0.41

28.03 ± 0.41

34.87 ± 0.5

 LSD (0.05) Control × Waterlogging = 0.044