Table 4 The mean performances of eight parental lines and four testers for earliness, growth habit, yield and fiber quality traits for two years using line x tester hybrids of cotton.

Suvin

3.7

3.19

1.33

1.37

3.60

3.97

6.58

6.15

19.39

20.45

88.22

87.60

G.89 x G. 86

3.08

3.2

1.18

1.21

3.99

3.99

5.45

5.39

20.40

21.31

86.94

86.74

G. 94

2.97

3.05

1.1

1.14

3.17

3.44

4.81

4.97

20.95

19.55

89.00

89.10

G.96

2.77

3.09

1.02

1.15

2.88

3.46

6.17

6.18

20.49

18.02

87.43

87.47

Pima S6

2.91

3.12

1.08

1.16

3.17

3.33

5.29

5.39

20.15

17.85

86.94

87.21

C.B.58

3.24

3.33

1.22

1.25

3.27

3.57

5.95

5.96

20.60

16.76

88.20

86.25

TNB

2.76

2.79

1.37

1.18

3.30

3.77

7.06

7.16

20.49

19.52

86.43

86.45

G. 70

3.6

3.66

1.04

1.04

2.48

3.00

6.48

5.95

18.47

18.93

87.10

88.51

Lines average

3.13

3.17

1.16

1.18

3.23

3.57

5.97

5.89

20.12

19.05

87.53

87.42

G. 86

3.16

3.93

1.16

1.47

4.62

4.43

5.48

5.89

20.53

21.61

87.24

87.52

Kar.

2.94

3.52

1.1

1.29

3.02

3.21

5.54

5.23

18.82

17.14

87.37

87.34

G.93

2.6

2.69

0.98

1.02

2.85

3.62

5.38

5.19

18.81

18.65

87.58

87.94

BBB

2.64

2.74

0.96

0.99

4.19

4.23

4.65

4.55

17.97

18.08

89.21

89.01

Tester average

2.835

3.22

1.05

1.1925

3.67

3.87

5.26

5.22

19.03

18.87

87.85

87.95

Lsd_0.05

0.91

0.95

1.16

1.02

0.35

0.38

0.28

0.23

0.53

0.55

0.27

0.25

Suvin

7.69

7.83

21.61

22.67

221.37

212.58

4.33

4.31

10.12

10.11

32.87

32.75

G.89 x G. 86

7.46

6.55

18.97

19.05

172.78

168.33

3.64

3.67

9.37

9.22

34.01

33.87

G. 94

7.89

7.84

20.15

18.68

217.22

212.33

3.30

3.41

11.12

11.13

35.89

35.79

G.96

6.14

6.82

22.14

22.03

184.00

185.50

4.12

3.75

9.12

8.87

32.49

32.21

Pima S6

7.40

6.83

21.08

19.08

196.11

173.33

4.19

4.25

10.16

10.12

33.42

33.33

C.B.58

6.54

6.83

21.81

23.20

167.00

169.83

4.12

4.10

10.24

10.17

32.92

32.66

TNB

6.29

5.50

19.68

21.74

197.78

197.67

3.94

3.98

10.94

11.16

33.00

32.96

G. 70

7.05

6.63

22.17

24.19

186.67

151.67

3.89

3.55

10.05

9.96

34.69

34.56

Lines average

7.06

6.85

20.83

21.33

192.87

183.91

3.94

3.88

10.14

10.09

33.66

33.52

G. 86

6.86

6.67

17.79

16.31

187.22

190.83

3.92

3.93

10.02

9.92

32.29

32.54

Kar.

6.94

7.00

18.16

19.10

174.16

181.33

4.28

4.02

10.86

10.91

32.17

31.57

G.93

6.54

6.67

17.36

16.60

174.28

174.83

4.16

3.82

10.47

10.67

32.63

32.83

BBB

7.93

7.69

19.19

22.33

160.00

161.50

3.41

3.64

11.00

11.22

35.54

35.30

Tester average

7.07

7.01

18.13

18.58

173.92

177.13

3.94

3.85

10.59

10.68

33.16

33.06

LSD _0.05

0.20

0.23

0.45

0.41

6.22

5.23

0.09

0.08

0.16

0.13

0.25

0.28