Table 1 Descriptive statistics of yield, lint percentage, fibre properties, fibre quality index, premium and discount points, and predicted yarn properties for the parents and population
Trait | Parent | Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Mean | Range | CV /% | Mean | Range | CV /% |
LY /(kg·ha-1) | 2 091 | 1 777–2 372 | 14.21 | 2 287 | 1 376–2 747 | 7.62 |
LP /% | 40.1 | 37.9–42.4 | 5.67 | 42.4 | 32.7–47.0 | 4.26 |
LEN /mm | 31.4 | 30.0–33.1 | 4.44 | 31.4 | 26.9–34.2 | 3.77 |
UNI /% | 84.8 | 84.1–85.5 | 0.78 | 84.9 | 83.1–86.5 | 0.83 |
SFI /% | 6.3 | 5.3–6.8 | 10.98 | 6.0 | 4.7–7.4 | 8.01 |
STR /(g·tex-1) | 31.5 | 31.1–31.9 | 1.23 | 31.2 | 28.2–34.4 | 4.03 |
EL /% | 5.5 | 5.3–5.6 | 2.71 | 5.8 | 4.5–7.3 | 9.16 |
MIC | 4.5 | 4.2–4.6 | 3.89 | 4.6 | 3.2–5.5 | 6.4 |
FQI | 191.0 | 171.0–208.2 | 8.7 | 182.5 | 130.7–247.4 | 10.0 |
YCV /% | 10.1 | 9.7–10.4 | 3.28 | 10.1 | 9.0–11.1 | 3.38 |
YT /(cN·tex-1) | 20.5 | 19.7–21.1 | 3.15 | 20.1 | 17.8–22.5 | 4.54 |
PD points | 13.1 | -45.6–52.9 | 340.1 | -77.1 | -1 578.1–97.9 | -255.8 |