HETEROSIS AND COMBINING ABILITY FOR YIELD AND FIBRE QUALITY IN GMS-BASED BT HYBRIDS OF UPLAND COTTON ACROSS THREE ENVIRONMENTS
Cotton hybrid breeding requires simultaneous exploitation of heterosis and informed parent choice. This study quantified heterosis, general combining ability (GCA), specific combining ability (SCA), and the associated gene-action pattern for yield, yield components, and fibre quality in a GMS-based Bt upland-cotton pop...