Balakrishna Bontu, Chenga Reddy Vendhoti

Inter-specific hybridization in cotton (G. hirsutum × G. barbadense)

for improving fibre quality and identification of donor parents with favourable alleles for fibre length and strength

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cotton (Gossypium spp.) popularly called "White Gold" and "King of Fibre Crops" is the most widely used renewable natural fibre crop of global importance. It occupies a pre-eminent place among cash crops as it guides the destiny of a large section of the farming community as well as that of a flourishing textile industry. In India as against the demand of 20 lakh bales of extra-long staple fibre only 5 lakh bales are available. There are number of long and medium staple hybrids being cultivated but in extra-long staple category, hybrids are very limited and current production of extra-long staple cotton is not sufficient to meet the domestic textile requirement of our country. So, there is an urgent need to develop suitable high yielding extra-long staple hybrids with desirable fibre qualities to cater the needs of Indian Textile Industry.Out of the four cultivated cotton species, Gossypium barbadense L. is the important species known for its fibre quality and source for production of extra-long staple (ELS) cotton genotypes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9783330349155
• ISBN-10: 3330349158
• Artikelnr.: 48871835

Autorenporträt

Dr. Balakrishna B completed B. Sc(Agri.), M.Sc(Agri.) with specialization in Genetics of BPH resistance and Ph.D with specialization in inter-specific hybridization in cotton (H x B) from ANGRAU, Guntur. He published above 20 research papers in national and inter-national journals. Participated in above 20 national and inter-national conferences.