Genetic analysis and quantitative trait locus mapping of PEG-induced osmotic …

Water stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that adversely affect cotton production. Seedlings of 142 backcross inbred lines (BILs) derived from Pima cotton ‘Pima S-7’ (Gossypium barbadense L.) 9 Upland cotton ‘Sure-Grow 747’(G. hirsutum L.) were evaluated in two tests for plant height, fresh shoot weight and root weight under two treatments (5% PEG and water-control conditions) …