COTTON
RESEARCH AREAS
RESEARCH PROJECTS IN HAND = 83
• Development of cotton varieties possessing:
– High yield.
– High fibre quality.
– CLCV resistance.
– Insect Pest non-preference.
– Drought tolerance.
– Heat tolerance.
• Early maturing cotton varieties suitable in wheat-cotton
cropping pattern.
• Germplasm development.
• Upgradation of production technology.
• Integrated Pest Management.
• Physiological genetic studies.
ACHIEVEMENTS
|
Varieties evolveds |
Varieties under cultivation |
Promising strains |
|
. |
Name of
variety |
Yield potential
Kg/ha |
Name
|
Yield potential
Kg/ha |
| 32s |
CIM-443 |
2783 |
FH-925 |
4300 |
| |
CIM-446 |
3247 |
FH-945 |
4400 |
| |
CIM-473 |
4175 |
FH-1000 |
4500 |
| |
CIM-482 |
3247 |
MNH-635 |
3500 |
| |
FH-900 |
3247 |
MNH-636 |
3500 |
| |
FH-901 |
3711 |
MNH-642 |
3400 |
| |
MNH-552 |
2783 |
VH-142 |
3500 |
| |
MNH-554 |
2319 |
RH-510 |
3000 |
| |
BH-118 |
2783 |
SLH-256 |
3500 |
| |
|
|
SLH-257 |
3500 |
| |
|
|
BH-147 |
4100 |
| |
|
|
BH-160 |
4200 |
NEW VISTAS
• Better understanding of the Physiological
mechanisms involved in production potential, heat, drought and insect
pest tolerance in cotton plant.
• Development of production technology based on cotton physiology,
economic principles and farmers capacity to adopt a particular technology.
• Search for new sources of CLCV resistance and their cutilization.
• Transfer of BT gene through conventional breeding approach
to develop bollworm resistant cotton varieties.
• Development of hybrid cotton.
• Development of cotton varieties suitable to organic farming.
• Development of coloured cotton varieties.
• Development of extra long staple varieties.
• Introgression of useful genes from Desi to American cotton.
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