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Table 2 Phenotypic variation of fiber traits

From: Meta-analysis of cotton fiber quality QTLs across diverse environments in a Gossypium hirsutum x G. barbadenseRIL population

Fiber trait category

Fiber trait acronym (unit)

Experimental site

Gua

VH8

No. RILs

RIL mean

RIL sd

RIL max

RIL min

Fineness

fineness, H (mtex)

Br7

168.3

109.8

120

148.5

25.0

213.0

81.0

  

Br8

161.6

105.8

125

147.9

26.3

216.5

60.0

  

Cs7

169.0

140.0

99

155.6

22.0

202.0

110.0

  

Cs8

144.5

90.5

65

140.4

20.1

181.1

92.9

  

Cs9

155.2

94.3

66

153.7

20.8

192.2

99.6

  

Ga7

168.5

62.0

79

132.3

24.6

173.0

61.0

  

Lu7

154.0

125.0

68

149.1

16.1

171.0

104.5

  

Lu8

168.0

117.5

90

154.7

19.5

183.0

103.0

  

Mp8

179.0

123.5

65

157.8

24.2

202.0

87.0

  

Mean all expts

163.1

107.6

 

148.9

   
 

Standard Fineness, Hs

Br7

165.0

175.0

120

165.6

30.7

271.0

102.5

 

(mtex)

Br8

162.6

178.6

125

161.7

31.5

280.0

96.5

  

Cs7

179.0

146.0

99

164.3

16.8

200.0

133.0

  

Cs9

158.4

124.5

66

162.5

18.0

198.1

127.1

  

Ga7

231.0

114.0

79

210.2

40.6

308.0

109.0

  

Lu7

177.0

146.0

68

170.8

13.4

194.3

136.6

  

Mp8

259.3

182.3

65

208.0

42.4

379.0

134.0

  

Mean all expts

190.3

152.3

 

177.6

   
 

Micronaire, IM

Br7

4.43

2.26

120

3.72

0.87

5.45

1.43

  

Br8

4.21

2.11

125

3.77

0.87

5.53

1.37

  

Cs8

3.69

2.35

65

3.40

0.66

4.59

2.24

  

Cs9

4.30

2.80

66

4.21

0.54

5.06

2.89

  

Ga7

3.78

1.89

96

2.95

0.62

4.67

1.85

  

Ge6

4.53

2.45

24

3.86

0.69

5.00

2.50

  

Lu7

4.11

2.68

63

3.71

0.67

4.55

2.10

  

Lu8

3.80

2.10

70

3.85

0.60

4.80

2.30

  

Mp7

4.05

NA

96

3.67

0.76

5.46

1.90

  

Mp8

3.60

2.62

65

3.45

0.72

4.77

1.52

  

Mean all expts

4.1

2.4

 

3.7

   
 

Maturity Ratio, MR

Br7

1.02

0.63

120

0.92

0.18

1.23

0.42

  

Br8

1.00

0.59

125

0.95

0.18

1.25

0.39

  

Cs7

0.94

0.96

99

0.94

0.06

1.05

0.79

  

Cs8

0.91

0.61

65

0.83

0.12

1.03

0.49

  

Cs9

0.98

0.76

66

0.95

0.05

1.03

0.78

  

Ga7

0.74

0.54

79

0.65

0.15

0.98

0.39

  

Lu7

0.87

0.86

68

0.87

0.05

0.94

0.75

  

Lu8

0.90

0.80

90

0.88

0.06

0.96

0.71

  

Mp7

0.86

NA

96

0.86

0.04

0.96

0.75

  

Mp8

0.71

0.68

65

0.78

0.15

1.08

0.39

Fineness

Maturity Ratio, MR

Mean all expts

0.89

0.72

 

0.86

   

Length

Mean Length, ML

Br7

24.28

35.86

123

25.89

2.58

31.79

18.70

 

(mm)

Br8

25.29

35.35

126

26.15

2.52

31.66

18.43

  

Cs8

26.15

29.75

65

25.42

2.13

30.69

19.91

  

Ga7

24.06

30.50

83

24.24

2.52

29.39

16.99

  

Ge6

26.20

32.80

38

26.07

2.43

30.95

17.62

  

Lu7

24.20

32.30

63

24.95

2.41

28.65

18.03

  

Mp7

24.00

NA

96

26.53

2.44

32.81

19.69

  

Mp8

25.88

36.10

67

25.91

2.37

30.96

20.85

  

Mean all expts

25.0

33.2

 

25.6

   
 

Length, UHML (mm)

Br7

28.89

40.79

123

30.71

2.73

37.55

22.85

  

Br8

29.76

40.46

126

30.93

2.65

37.45

23.35

  

Cs7

32.60

48.80

99

32.57

2.99

41.15

24.38

  

Cs8

30.52

35.84

65

30.33

2.02

35.77

25.58

  

Cs9

29.88

37.67

66

31.34

1.78

35.87

28.17

  

Ga7

28.65

37.60

83

29.19

2.70

35.50

22.80

  

Ge6

30.80

38.20

38

30.99

2.02

36.32

26.92

  

Lu7

29.30

39.00

63

30.40

2.32

35.31

24.89

  

Lu8

30.00

38.74

70

31.35

1.98

37.08

27.43

  

Mp7

28.70

NA

96

31.62

2.49

37.84

25.54

  

Mp8

30.43

40.55

67

30.83

2.40

36.30

25.30

  

Mean all expts

30.0

39.8

 

30.9

   

Length uniformity

Uniformity Index, UI

Br7

84.00

87.91

123

84.28

2.34

88.00

76.05

  

Br8

84.98

87.36

126

84.50

2.50

88.25

75.30

  

Cs8

85.60

83.00

65

83.74

2.46

88.04

76.04

  

Cs9

83.40

85.00

66

83.74

1.46

86.42

79.45

  

Ga7

83.95

81.10

83

83.03

2.44

87.50

72.90

  

Lu8

83.20

85.10

70

85.71

1.60

88.10

81.00

  

Mp8

85.00

89.00

67

83.94

2.15

88.40

78.50

  

Mean all expts

84.3

85.5

 

84.1

   

Strength

Strength (g/tex)

Br7

29.64

47.10

123

32.02

4.26

42.45

20.95

  

Br8

30.69

49.39

126

32.59

4.62

46.35

21.00

  

Cs8

31.16

35.81

65

32.67

2.64

39.23

26.44

  

Cs9

31.30

41.60

66

33.26

3.06

41.78

27.14

  

Ga7

29.05

39.30

83

30.76

4.19

44.80

20.40

  

Ge6

34.10

41.00

38

33.65

3.57

40.20

25.80

  

Lu7

30.30

40.50

63

29.71

4.44

37.70

18.40

  

Lu8

25.00

31.90

70

28.21

2.76

38.30

23.20

  

Mp7

28.80

NA

96

31.85

3.95

43.10

21.40

  

Mp8

29.80

46.30

67

31.68

3.01

40.30

22.50

  

Mean all expts

30.0

41.4

 

31.6

   

Elongation

Elongation

Br7

5.1

4.7

123

5.2

0.5

6.8

3.5

  

Br8

5.0

4.8

126

5.1

0.5

6.4

3.7

  

Cs8

4.6

3.3

65

4.3

0.4

5.2

3.6

  

Cs9

3.7

NA

66

3.4

0.9

5.6

1.5

  

Ga7

4.9

4.3

83

4.9

0.5

6.1

3.7

  

Lu8

5.2

3.6

70

6.3

1.5

10.1

2.8

  

Mp8

5.5

4.9

67

5.5

0.6

6.4

4.0

  

Mean all expts

4.9

4.3

 

5.0

   

Color

Reflectance, Rd

Br7

78.8

81.3

123

77.3

4.1

84.6

64.5

  

Br8

82.3

80.1

126

78.7

4.1

85.6

67.1

  

Ga7

75.6

75.0

84

74.4

3.4

80.2

63.1

  

Ge6

82.4

78.6

38

77.4

3.6

84.0

71.1

  

Lu7

74.9

82.1

63

76.6

2.9

83.5

67.3

  

Mp7

77.7

NA

96

77.0

5.1

84.1

59.2

  

Mp8

77.8

81.2

66

78.1

3.9

84.1

63.5

  

Mean all expts

78.5

79.7

 

77.1

   
 

Yellowness, b

Br7

8.6

8.9

123

9.2

1.4

13.2

6.4

  

Br8

8.7

8.2

126

8.8

1.3

12.1

6.1

  

Ga7

10.6

10.3

84

10.6

1.3

15.2

8.6

  

Ge6

8.0

8.7

38

8.4

1.2

10.8

6.3

  

Lu7

7.9

8.7

63

8.8

1.2

12.2

7.0

  

Mp7

9.6

NA

96

9.3

1.3

13.9

6.9

  

Mp8

9.0

8.7

66

9.4

1.2

14.0

7.6

  

Mean all expts

8.9

8.9

 

9.2

   
  1. Phenotypic variation of fiber traits measured on the 2 parents and the RILs from 11 experiments: mean trait value of parents Guazuncho-2 (GUA) (Gh) and VH8-4602 (VH8)(Gb), number of RILs analyzed, and mean, standard deviation and maximum and minimum values for the RILs for each trait