Integration of conventional and advanced molecular tools to track footprints of heterosis in cotton.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heterosis, a multigenic complex trait extrapolated as sum total of many phenotypic features, is widely utilized phenomenon in agricultural crops for about a century. It is mainly focused on establishing vigorous cultivars with the fact that its deployment in crops necessitates the perspective of genomic impressions on prior selection for metric traits. In spite of extensive investigations, the actual mysterious genetic basis of heterosis is yet to unravel. Contemporary crop breeding is aimed at enhanced crop production overcoming former achievements. Leading cotton improvement programs remained handicapped to attain significant accomplishments.

Results

In mentioned context, a comprehensive project was designed involving a large collection of cotton accessions incl

SUBMITTER: Sarfraz Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206862 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature