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Table 3 Fiber quality of TTU 774 selections at Lubbock, TX (Location 1) in 2015 under multiple irrigation rates

From: Irrigation’s effect and applied selection on the fiber quality of Ethyl MethaneSulfonate (EMS) treated upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Genotype

Selection

No irrigation (0 mm)

Medium irrigation (71 mm)

High irrigation (142 mm)

Micronaire

Length / mm

Strength /( kN•m•kg−1)

Lint yield / g

Micronaire

Length / mm

Strength /( kN•m•kg−1)

Lint yield / g

Micronaire

Length / mm

Strength /( kN•m•kg−1)

Lint yield / g

TTU 774±

Control

4.4

28.5

343

64.5

4.4

28.5

343

69.2

4.5

30.1

339

71.3

T50

Low superior

4.8

27.8*

276*

77.3

4.8

27.8*

276*

57.2

4.4*

27.7*

307*

78.3

T51

Low inferior

4.8

30.1

348

71.2

4.8

30.1

348

72.5

4.9

27.5*

332

75.4

T55

Low superior

4.7

29.9

330

59.9

4.7

29.9

330

79.3

4.7

29.4

322

90.1

T56

Low superior

4.7

29.2

333

66.9

4.7

29.2

333

63.1

4.8

29.4

316

75.3

T58

Low superior

4.7

29.2

312*

65.8

4.7

29.2

312*

66.6

4.8

28.4

327

72.3

T65

Low superior

4.7

29.3

354

64.6

4.7

29.3

354

60.4

4.6

27.1*

361

76.0

T72

Low superior

4.6

31.1

374*

65.9

4.6

31.1

374*

67.7

4.6

29.7

352

82.7

T82

Low superior

4.8

30.1

360

75.9

4.8

30.1

360

74.9

4.9

30.7

362

84.6

T85

High inferior

4.7

30.7

360

57.4

4.7

30.7

360

66.5

4.5*

27.7*

346

71.0

T91

Low inferior

4.9

29.0

348

68.3

4.9

29.0

348

65.7

5.3*

28.0

352

70.6

EMS Average

 

4.7

29.6

340

67.3

4.7

29.6

340

67.4

4.8

28.6

338

77.6

FiberMax 958

Check

4.6

27.8

299

67.9

4.6

27.8

299

58.3

4.6

29.2

308

80.7

Phytogen 72

Check

4.7

30.0

342

66.6

4.7

30.0

342

71.0

4.8

29.3

339

82.8

Average

 

4.7

28.9

321

67.2

4.7

28.9

321

64.6

4.7

29.3

324

81.8

  1. Note: Values within a column followed by an asterisk are significantly different from the control and check average by Dunnett’s test (P ≤ 0.05). Only the lines that were also evaluated in 2016 are shown. The non-mutated parent variety is identified by ±