Cotton heterosis and hybrid cultivar development

<strong>Technological Advancements in Cotton Agronomy: A Review and Prospects</strong>

“…Over the years, towards more sustainable cotton cultivation, several practices and technological innovations and advancements have been proposed and adopted by the cotton industry to enhance yield, minimize farm input use, improve disease and stress resistance, reduce drudgery in cotton agronomy, and encourage consumer acceptability of cotton which has moved from a merely 4% of global market share of fibers used for textiles production in the 18 th century to about 48% in modern times [9] . Among these innovations and technological advances are the continuous development of new varieties (cultivars) of cotton by multinational seed companies and researchers and the widespread adoption by the growers, improved mulching and irrigation methods, precision agriculture technologies leading to reduced input (pesticide/chemical) use, application of unmanned aerial systems (UAS)/remote sensing systems, image processing techniques, machine learning algorithms for improved soil nutrient and weed management and crop health, autonomous harvesters with various onboard module building capabilities, and the recently proposed small robotic harvesting technology to enable multiple-pass harvesting of seed cotton [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] .…”

Performance of two cotton interspecific hybrids (Gossypium hirsutum L. × G. barbadense L.) in Greece: A comparative case study

“…Nonetheless, the genetic differences amongst the Gossypium species and their effect on their performance are well-known and have been utilized in cotton breeding (Li et al, 2022). Heterosis between different cotton species has been known ever since the late 1890s (Zhang et al, 2023). This phenomenon led to the development of interspecific hybrids that outperform their parental varieties in both quality, and performance (Li et al, 2022).…”