Negative associations still exist between yield and fibre quality in cotton breeding programs in Australia and USA

Field Crops Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Clement, J D ^a   Constable, G A ^a   Stiller, W N ^a   Liu, S M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cotton breeding; Cotton fibre quality; Negative yield associations

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COTTON; CROP YIELD; FOOD QUALITY; POPULATION SIZE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84862811840     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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