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Page 1: Cotton Varieties

Cotton varieties of Pakistan Gossypium spp.

Descriptions of Descriptions of Descriptions of Descriptions of

COTTON VARIETIES OF

PAKISTAN

Dr. Akhlaq Hussain

Muhammad Ibrahim

Munir Ahmed Naz

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CONTENTS

PREFACE .........................................................................................................................5 FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..............................................................................................9 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS.......................................................................10 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................13 SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................16 PAK UPLAND ................................................................................................................20 COTTON VARIETIES ..................................................................................................20

BH 160 .........................................................................................................................21 NIAB 111......................................................................................................................22 CIM 707 .......................................................................................................................23 CIM 506 .......................................................................................................................24 FH 1000 .......................................................................................................................25 NIAB 999......................................................................................................................26 CIM 499 .......................................................................................................................27 CIM 473 .......................................................................................................................28 MARVI .........................................................................................................................29 SHAHBAZ 95 ...............................................................................................................30 CRIS 134 ......................................................................................................................31 CIM 482 .......................................................................................................................32 FH 900 .........................................................................................................................33 FH 901 .........................................................................................................................34 MNH 552......................................................................................................................35 MNH 554......................................................................................................................36 BH 118 .........................................................................................................................37 CIM 446 .......................................................................................................................38 CIM 443 .......................................................................................................................39 FVH 53.........................................................................................................................40 CHANDI 95..................................................................................................................41 CIM 448 .......................................................................................................................42 CIM 1100 .....................................................................................................................43 FH 634 .........................................................................................................................44 NIAB KARISHMA ........................................................................................................45 MNH 329......................................................................................................................46 RH 112 .........................................................................................................................47 SLS 1 ............................................................................................................................48 S 14 ..............................................................................................................................49 CRIS 9 ..........................................................................................................................50 GOMAL 93...................................................................................................................51 BH 36 ...........................................................................................................................52 CIM 240 .......................................................................................................................53 FH 682 .........................................................................................................................54 MNH 147......................................................................................................................55

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NIAB 26N.....................................................................................................................56 RESHMI 90 ..................................................................................................................57 CIM 109 .......................................................................................................................58 GOHAR 87...................................................................................................................59 NIAB 86........................................................................................................................60 RH 1 .............................................................................................................................61 FH 87 ...........................................................................................................................62 S 12 ..............................................................................................................................63 SHAHEEN....................................................................................................................64 CIM 70 .........................................................................................................................65 MNH 129......................................................................................................................66 REHMANI ....................................................................................................................67 MS 84 ...........................................................................................................................68 SLH 41 .........................................................................................................................69 NIAB 78........................................................................................................................70 MNH 93........................................................................................................................71 K 68/9...........................................................................................................................72 B 557............................................................................................................................73 SARMAST.....................................................................................................................74 QALANDARI................................................................................................................75 149 F............................................................................................................................76 MS 39 ...........................................................................................................................77 MS 40 ...........................................................................................................................78 M 100 ...........................................................................................................................79 BS 1..............................................................................................................................80 362 F............................................................................................................................81 AC 134 .........................................................................................................................82 LASANI 11 ...................................................................................................................83 238 F............................................................................................................................84 268 F............................................................................................................................85 199 F............................................................................................................................86 216 F............................................................................................................................87 124 F............................................................................................................................88 M 4 ...............................................................................................................................89 289 F/43.......................................................................................................................90 LSS ...............................................................................................................................91 289 F/K25 ....................................................................................................................92 289 F............................................................................................................................93 4 F................................................................................................................................94 3 F................................................................................................................................95

PAK UPLAND HYBRIDS .............................................................................................96 H 115 ...........................................................................................................................97 H 151 ...........................................................................................................................98 H 160 ...........................................................................................................................99

PAK UPLAND INBRED LINES .................................................................................100

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20 F............................................................................................................................101 126 F..........................................................................................................................102 210 F..........................................................................................................................103 AS 108........................................................................................................................104 AS 192........................................................................................................................105

DESI COTTON VARIETIES ......................................................................................106 FDH 228 ....................................................................................................................107 FDH 170 ....................................................................................................................108 ROHI..........................................................................................................................109 RAVI...........................................................................................................................110 SKD 10/19..................................................................................................................111 D 9 .............................................................................................................................112 TD 1 ...........................................................................................................................113 231 R..........................................................................................................................114 119 S ..........................................................................................................................115 39 M ...........................................................................................................................116 15 M ...........................................................................................................................117 SNR ............................................................................................................................118

COTTON DESCRIPTOR, STANDARDS, GUIDELINES etc. ................................119 COTTON DESCRIPTOR ............................................................................................120 CERTIFICATION STANDARDS...............................................................................123 TRUTH IN LABELING SEED STANDARDS ..........................................................124 GUIDELINES FOR SEED CROP INSPECTION.....................................................125

Introduction................................................................................................... 125 Material and references ................................................................................ 125 Number Of Crop Inspections ........................................................................ 126 Preliminaries ................................................................................................. 126 Number of Counts......................................................................................... 127 Count Inspection ........................................................................................... 128 Method of Taking Count .............................................................................. 128 Number of Inspections.................................................................................. 130 Final Inspection ............................................................................................ 130

EXPLANATORY NOTES ...........................................................................................133 TABLES.........................................................................................................................143

Table 1: Area, Production and Yield of cotton 1950-2001........................................143 Table 2: Parentage of cotton varieties.......................................................................144 Table 3: Parentage and pedigree of cotton varieties ............................................148 Table 4: Estimation of Cotton Seed Requirements................................................153 Table 5: Status of Cotton Varieties .......................................................................154

PHOTOGRAPHS .........................................................................................................158 INDEX OF COTTON VARIETIES ............................................................................164

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PREFACE

The impact of Pakistan seed industry project launched in 1976, has been

remarkably successful as it has created vigorious awareness about using quality

seeds in the farming community. To meet the increasing demands of quality

seed, the Government encouraged participation of private sector and

consequently, a large number of seed companies entered seed industry. The

privatisation promotion policy has also attracted some world renowned

multinationals to start seed trade in Pakistan.

Successful running of seed industry largely depends on the availability of

good varieties. Though the variety development is a very time consuming,

painstaking, laborious and high-investment task, yet it is a matter of great

satisfaction that majority of our breeding programs have been in line with the

needs and priorities of the country. In coton, some of the local bread varieties

had a very high yield potential which helped boost the production to the tune of

about 13 million bales in 1991-92, but unfortunately fell susceptible to CLCV.

This may be due to genetic factors and our research institutes are trying their

level best to overcome the problem. However, it has also been experienced that

improved varieties also start showing deterioration soon after their formal

release.

The varieties also deteriorate due to genetic factors and physical mixing

during sowing, handling and processing of seed lots. To control and minimise

rapid breakdown of commercial varieties, it is necessary to maintain the variety

seed stocks true-to-type and produce sufficient quantities of genuine pre-basic

seed for onward multiplication to basic and certified categories.

Pure and genuine seed production requires establishing sound basis and it is

a matter of great satisfaction that the Federal Seed Certification and Registration

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Department has accomplished this very basic task through establishing

descriptions of the varieties. The descriptions given in the book, “Cotton

Varieties of Pakistan” are based on distinctness, uniformity and stability

studies conducted for two consecutive years under field and laboratory

conditions.

The book contains almost all the cotton varieties developed and released

during the last 55 years, for commercial production in the country. The varieties

released for general cultivation in this part of the Sub-continent even before

1947, have also been recorded. In addition to the descriptions, the book contains

background information on the parentage and pedigree of the variety, the breeder

and the breeding centre and the status of the variety.

The information presented in this publication will prove highly useful for

the plant breeders, seed quality controllers, seed producers and quality conscious

farmers. Earlier, the Department has published a book with the title Wheat and

Barley Varieties of Pakistan and I wish the Department to arrange further

publications of similar books on rice, maize, pulses and oilseeds also.

(SARDAR YAR MUHAMMAD RIND)

Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock

Dated 19th January 2004 Government of Pakistan, Islamabad

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FOREWORD

Cotton has been known in the areas now constituting Pakistan for

over three millennia. Coarse cotton fabric pieces were found amongst the

archeological finds of the Indus valley civilization at Mohenjo Daro in

Sindh province of Pakistan. It was known to be short staple cotton of the

local type (Gossypium arboreum). The desire to seek cloth of a finer

quality over the centuries has since led to appreciable brakthrough to the

varietal development of cotton.

Cotton today holds a significant position in the national economy.

Reference is often made to the economy of Pakistan as a cotton economy,

and for very good reasons. Cotton and its value added products together

bring in 67% of the national export earnings. In this backdrop the

Government of Pakistan over the years has been investing millions of

rupees in locating and developing new improved varieties of cotton.

This publication is a first serious attempt at identifying and

cataloguing all these varieties. It was through an extraordinary effort that

such detailed information was collected and compiled. The Federal Seed

Certification and Registration Department has made a commendable effort

in this research and data collection exercise.

The publication, “Identification of Cotton Varieties of Pakistan”

contains a comprehensive list of all varieties of cotton identified and

developed over the past fifty five years. It is hoped that it will serve as a

useful reference and information document for cotton breeders, seed

producers and quality control and seed registration authorities. It would

also serve as a useful information document for researchers and other users

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of this information.

The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock and Federal Seed

Certification and Registration Department would continue to update this

document. It will also undertake similar publications for other major crop

varieties of Pakistan.

(Tariq Mahmud)

Secretary

Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Livestock

Islamabad, ____May 2004, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors feel pleasure in expressing their profound appreciation and

gratitude to:

The cotton breeders, particularly, Dr. Noor Ul Islam Khan, Director, CRI,

Faisalabad; Ch. Muhammad Islam Gill, Director, CCRI, Multan; Dr.

Muhammad Ali Baloch; Director CCRI, Sakrand; and retired colleagues

particularly Ch. Wahid Sultan Khan, Director, CRI, Faisalabad, Dr. Zahoor

Ahmad, Director, CCRI, Multan; Mr. Munirud-Din Khan, Director, CRS,

Multan, Ch. Abdus Salam, SSO, CCRI, Multan, Rana Muhammad Saeed

Iqbal, CSO, NIAB, Faisalabad, Mr. Muhammad Anwer Tariq, Cotton

Botanist, CRS, Bahawalpur, Mr. Ahmad Khan Almani, CB, ARI,

Tandojam, Mr. Muhammad Ibrahim Mithaiwala, CB, CRS, Ghotki, Mr.

Rahmat Ali Saroya, CB, CRS, Sahiwal, Dr. Abul Ghafoor Arain, Head

PBG, NIA, Tandojam and collaborating teams for excellent plant breeding

and variety development work and cooperation in providing us the seed,

plant materials and technical information of new varieties, and facilities for

carrying out Plant Variety Registration Trials.,

Dr. Muhammad Hanif, Agricultural Development Commissioner, and Dr.

Qadir Bukhsh Baloch, Cotton Commissioner, Ministry of Food, Agriculture

and Livestock for help finalize the format and valuable suggestions;

Dr. Mahbub Ali, Scientist Emeritus, for providing valuable information

about parental background and breeders of some early released varieties;

Syed Irfan Ahmed, Ex. Director General, FSC&RD, for critically reviewing

the draft and help improving technical notes and descriptor layouts;

Field Officers of FSC&RD particularly Mian Muhammad Munir, Director,

Mian Muhammad Wajid, Regional Dirtector, Mr. Abdus Samad, Director,

and Mr. Abdul Latif Shad, Deputy Director, Mr. Liaqat Ali Arshad, Deputy

Director, Multan, and Rana Muhammad Abdus Salam, Retired Deputy

Director, Multan, Muhammad Umer, Manager and Ch. Abdul Ghaffar,

Deputy Manager Foundation Sewed Cell, PSC, Khanewal for their help

record data on VCU and DUS characteristics of cotton varieties., and ,

Last but not the least, we are highly thankful to our colleagues, particularly

Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Tajjamal, Deputy Director, Miss Naheed Naz, SCO, Mr.

Ghulam Nabi, P.A, and friends for their unremitting support and good wishes.

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AARI Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad.

AC American Cross.

AEARC Atomic Energy Agricultural Research Center, Tandojam,

Sindh; now renamed as NIA.

ARI Agricultural Research Institute.

BCGA British Cotton Growing Association, Khanewal.

BH* Bahawalpur Hybrid.

BS Bahawalpur Selection.

Bt Bacillus thuringiensis.

CCRI Central Cotton Research Institute, (PCCC), Multan.

CIM Cotton Institute, Multan (for CCRI, Multan).

CLCV Cotton leaf curl virus

CRIS Cotton Research Institute, Sakrand.

CRS Cotton Research Station.

CSO Chief Scientific Officer.

D Desi (Desi cotton).

DCRT Director Cotton Research Trials (Managed by the

Director, CRI, Faisalabad).

DI Khan Dera Ismael Khan.

DPL Delta Pine Smooth Leaf.

DUS Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability.

FH* Faisalabad Hybrid.

FSC&RD Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department

GH Ghotki.

GMOs Genetically modified organisms.

GOT Ginning Outturn. (Lint percentage)

K Kotdigi (a historical and famous fort of Talpur dynasty,

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Khairpur district, Sindh).

L Lasani (L 11).

LSS Lahb Singh Selection (Mr. Lahb Singh, Cotton Botanist

before 1947).

M Mirpurkhas, Sindh (M 100).

M Mollisoni (39 M, Desi cotton).

Mike Micronaire values.

MNH* Multan Hybrid.

MS Multan Selection.

NCVT National Coordinated Varietal Trials (Managed by

PCCC, Karachi).

NIA Nuclear Institute for Agriculture, Tandojam, Sindh

(formerly AEARC).

NIAB Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology,

Faisalabad.

NT New Types (M 4 and M 100).

PBG Plant Breeding and Genetics.

PCCC Pakistan Central Cotton Committee, Karachi (a semi-

autonomous organization of Pakistan).

RO Research Officer

R Rosea (231 R- Desi cotton).

RH* Rahim Yarkhan Hybrid.

S Sabazwari (Shah Shamas Tabraiz Sabazwari - a

legendary Muslim saint of Multan).

S Sanguineum (119 S- Desi cotton).

S Cott. Seed cotton

SKD Sakrand Desi.

SLH* Sahiwal Hybrid.

SNR Sindh Sudhar.

SSO Senior Scientific Officer.

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TD Tandojam Desi.

TPPSI Thousand Pounds Per Square Inch.

VCU Value for Cultivation and Use.

VH* Vehari Hybrid

* H designates the cotton varieties developed through crossing.

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INTRODUCTION

Cotton has been enjoying very important position in crop production ever

since the dawn of civilization. The earliest cottons grown and spun into fabrics

were in the Indus Valley as displayed by the excavations at Mohenjo-Daro,

dating back to 3500 BC. Cotton seeds about 9,000 years old, the oldest in the

world so far, have been found at the foot of Bolan Pass in Balochistan.

In view of dynamic nature and multifaceted role of cotton in the economy

through exports and providing livelihood to millions of farmers, traders and

workmen, it has always received priority and preference for research and

development. As a result, a comprehensive set up responsible for variety

development, registration and release, seed production and quality control, pest

warning and Integrated Pest Management (IPM), etc. is in position.

The cotton production in Pakistan entered the high demanding era during

1980s. As a result, quality seed of high yield potential and improved varieties

started making its headway to the fields. Accordingly, the production strategies

changed from low-input to a high-input, self-sustaining to market oriented, well-

protected and considerably mechanized system. The average yield of lint from

277 kg/ha in 1975-76 attained a quantum jump of 769 kg/ha in 1991-92. The

yield during 1947-48 was 159 kg/ha.

The use of quality seed got a good momentum but limited availability

remained a serious concern. Efforts are underway by the Government to promote

private sector to augment the availability of certified seed along with public

sector organizations.

Seed is the physical basis of production. No other input can compensate for the

inferior germplasm contained in the seed. To get higher production, use of high

quality seed is essential. The qualities that are vital in a good cotton seed are,

improved variety, genetic and physical purity, germination, vigor and freedom

from weeds, pests and diseases. In cotton, germination is the most critical factor

as the subsequeny plant population depends upon it. For ensuring optimal stand,

which is essential for good yields, the seed must possess high germination

capacity and vigor (see notes).

It is not always possible to appraise genetic purity and genuineness by

visual observations of the seed unless the crop originating the seed is examined.

To assess genuiness and health of the seed crop definite crop inspection

procedures and standards have been fixed. For this purpose a commercial variety

must possess distinguishing characteristics and to make a variety distinguishable

depends upon its breeding method and procedure of maintenance of seed stocks.

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The role of the breeder is most fundamental so far the cotton crop is

concerned. The development of new varieties may be comparatively simple in

other corps but in cotton it is highly complex and painstaking. The complexity is

caused by the diversity of objectives behind a new variety. The new improved

variety is expected to be high yielding with high ginning out-turn, fine and

uniform linted, long and strong fibred, resistant to various pests and diseases,

responsive to higher dozes of fertilizer and moisture, adapted to a wide range of

agro-ecological conditions and socioeconomic farming systems. Above all it

should be suitable for pure seed production, which means that it should possess

distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) norms.

The development of an ideotype with all the expected qualities is rather

difficult at present due to limitations of breeding procedures, know-how and

environmental vagaries. However, even to solve specific problems, priorities are

fixed and strategies meticulously drawn up. The solution of problems demands a

wide spectrum of basic and fundamental research both in the laboratory and

field. It will enable the breeders try to include maximum of the factors

responsible for determining the inherent suitability, usefulness and adaptability

of any commercial variety. Beset with highly complex changes, our breeders

have come up to the expectations. There has been a gradual and remarkable

improvement in yield potential and fiber qualities of cotton varieties released

from time to time (Annex 2). The inherent potentials have successfully been

translated in the fields and the production impact harvested was both horizontal

and vertical. However, the epidemic incidence of cotton leaf curl virus (CLCV)

in Punjab in 1992-93 reduced the yields significantly. The drop in yield from

1991-92 (849 kg/ha) to 1992-93 (574 kg/ha) in Punjab was over 32%. The

enthusiastic efforts of the breeders have borne fruit and at present there are a

number of cotton varieties, which are resistant to CLCV and giving good

production with medium to good lint qualities.

It is also a common observation that the varieties, soon after release start

showing deterioration and loosing production potential and identity. This

phenomenon is caused due to the absence of a well-defined variety maintenance

and certified seed production system. The usual causes include mechanical

factors like mixing during farm operations, genetical factors like cross-

pollination, natural gene mutation and gene frequency changes and disease

epidemics. The analytical purity can be maintained by careful handling the field

operations but the genetical purity can not be accomplished unless the varieties

are maintained true-to their registration criteria that include distinctness,

uniformity, and stability (DUS) characteristics during seed re-newel and

multiplication stages.

As soon as a variety is put to test its value for cultivation and use (VCU) in

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the National Coordinated Varietal Trials (NCVTs), and Director Cotton

Research (DCR) Trials, it is also tested for DUS characteristics through crop

variety registration trials (CVRTs). The CVRTs are conducted, by the Federal

Seed Certification and Registration Department for two consecutive years. The

data are recorded according to the stabilized descriptors.

The descriptions of all the varieties except some released prior to 1947,

have been established accordingly. The descriptions have been tabulated

according to the year of release in descending order. As a result of strengthening

of research and development in the country, some of the research stations have

been upgraded to institutes. Therefore, while recording the developing center of

the variety, the present status of the center has been mentioned.

We earnestly hope that the descriptions of cotton varieties and the diversity

of relevant information will make this book extremely useful not only for the

seed producers and quality control agencies but also for the breeders, progressive

farmers, young scientists and libraries.

Suggestions and comments for improving the book will be welcome and

highly appreciated.

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SUMMARY

Yield and fiber characteristics of cotton varieties

Variety Breeding Centre Rele-

ase

Yield

Seed cotton

GOT Staple

length

Fine-

ness

Stre-

ngth

Year Kg/ha % mm µµµµg/i tppsi

Upland cotton varieties (Gossypium hirsutum)

1. BH 160 CRS, Bahawalpur 2004 2,500 39.0 29.5 4.2 95.1

2. NIAB 111 NIAB, Faisalabad 2004 2,600 37.5 30.5 4.4 218.8

3. CIM 707 CCRI, Multan 2004 3,000 39.0 32.2 4.2 97.5

4. CIM 506 CCRI, Multan 2004 3,000 38.6 28.7 4.5 98.9

5. CIM 499 CCRI, Multan 2003 3,000 40.0 29.6 4.4 97.3

6. FH 1000 CRI, Faisalabad 2003 3,000 38.8 29.5 4.6 96.9

7. NIAB 999 NIAB, Faisalabad 2003 3,000 36.5 28.7 4.6 98.0

8. CIM 473 CCRI, Multan 2002 3,000 39.7 29.5 4.3 95.0

9. CRIS 134 CRI, Sakrand 2001 2,700 34.5 28.0 4.4 98.0

10. Marvi CRI, Sakrand 2001 2,500 34.5 26.5 3.9 96.0

11. Shahbaz 95 ARI, Tandojam 2001 2,500 33.5 27.5 4.2 94.6

12. BH 118 CRS, Bahawalpur 2000 3,000 38.5 28.0 4.6 98.0

13. CIM 482 CCRI, Multan 2000 3,000 39.2 29.0 4.5 98.0

14. FH 900 CRI, Faisalabad 2000 3,000 38.0 28.5 4.3 95.1

15. FH 901 CRI, Faisalabad 2000 3,000 38.0 27.5 5.2 92.0

16. MNH 552 CRS, Multan 2000 2,900 40.0 27.5 4.9 95.0

17. MNH 554 CRS, Multan 2000 2,800 41.3 28.0 4.2 94.0

18. CIM 443 CCRI, Multan. 1998 3,000 36.5 27.6 4.9 96.1

19. CIM 446 CCRI, Multan. 1998 3,000 36.1 27.0 4.7 97.4

20. FVH 53 CRS, Vehari 1998 3,000 38.4 28.6 5.2 98.5

21. Chandi 95 NIA Tandojam. 1996 3,000 35.0 30.0 4.0 96.0

22. CIM 448 CCRI, Multan. 1996 3,000 38.0 28.5 4.5 93.8

23. CIM 1100 CCRI, Multan. 1996 3,000 38.0 29.0 4.0 94.0

24. FH 634 CRI, Faisalabad. 1996 2,800 36.3 28.5 4.1 95.1

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Variety Breeding Centre Rele-

ase

Yield

Seed cotton

GOT Staple

length

Fine-

ness

Stre-

ngth

Year Kg/ha % mm µµµµg/i tppsi

25. Karishma NIAB, Faisalabad. 1996 3,000 37.4 28.6 5.0 93.3

26. MNH 329 CRS, Multan. 1996 3,000 41.0 28.5 4.2 96.0

27. RH 112 CRS, RY. Khan. 1996 3,000 34.3 27.6 4.6 95.0

28. S 14 CRS, Multan. 1995 3,000 43.0 29.5 4.2 93.0

29. SLS 1 CRS, Sahiwal. 1995 3,500 35.0 27.4 4.5 95.3

30. CRIS 9 CRI, Sakrand. 1993 3,100 34.5 26.2 4.6 97.0

31. Gomal 93 CRS, DI Khan. 1993 2,800 34.5 26.5 4.5 93.0

32. BH 36 CRS, Bahawalpur. 1992 3,100 38.7 27.8 4.3 100.5

33. CIM 240 CCRI, Multan. 1992 3,000 36.5 27.8 4.7 94.0

34. FH 682 CRI, Faisalabad. 1992 3,200 37.0 28.5 4.3 95.7

35. MNH 147 CRS, Multan. 1992 3,300 41.3 28.5 4.2 95.5

36. NIAB 26N NIAB, Faisalabad. 1992 3,000 37.5 28.0 4.4 95.0

37. Reshmi 90 CRS, Tandojam. 1991 3,000 35.7 31.5 4.1 98.7

38. CIM 109 CCRI, Multan. 1990 3,000 35.0 27.3 4.4 91.0

39. Gohar 87 CRS, Bahawalpur. 1990 3,000 36.0 28.0 4.5 98.6

40. NIAB 86 NIAB, Faisalabad. 1990 2,800 34.5 29.0 4.3 95.0

41. RH 1 CRS, RY Khan. 1990 3,000 31.8 29.8 3.9 103.7

42. FH 87 CRI, Faisalabad. 1988 3,000 36.8 27.8 4.2 96.0

43. S 12 CRS, Multan. 1988 3,900 41.3 28.0 4.6 93.0

44. Shaheen CRS, Ghotki. 1988 2,200 35.0 27.4 4.3 94.6

45. CIM 70 CCRI, Multan. 1986 3,100 31.1 28.6 4.2 92.5

46. MNH 129 CRS, Multan. 1986 3,000 38.5 28.7 4.4 95.0

47. Rehmani CRS, Tandojam. 1985 3,000 35.0 27.0 4.4 90.0

48. SLH 41 CRS, Sahiwal. 1984 2,200 36.7 27.8 4.4 95.8

49. MS 84 CRS, Multan. 1983 2,100 34.0 33.3 3.9 91.3

50. NIAB 78 NIAB, Faisalabad. 1983 3,500 37.0 27.0 4.6 92.0

51. MNH 93 CRS, Multan. 1980 3,500 37.5 28.6 4.5 94.2

52. K 68/9 CRS, Ghotki. 1977 2,000 33.0 30.1 4.2 96.0

53. B 557 CRI, Faisalabad. 1975 2,500 35.9 28.1 4.5 93.0

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Variety Breeding Centre Rele-

ase

Yield

Seed cotton

GOT Staple

length

Fine-

ness

Stre-

ngth

Year Kg/ha % mm µµµµg/i tppsi

54. Sarmast CRS, Tandojam. 1975 1,800 34.0 28.6 3.9 92.7

55. Qalandari CRS, Tandojam. 1974 2,000 34.0 28.6 3.8 92.7

56. 149 F CRS, Multan. 1971 2,000 34.5 28.0 4.0 97.0

57. MS 39 CRS, Multan. 1970 1,650 33.5 31.8 3.6 87.5

58. MS 40 CRS, Multan. 1970 1,700 34.0 31.3 4.0 89.4

59. M 100 CRS, Tandojam. 1963 1,500 34.5 27.0 4.0 85.0

60. BS 1 CRSS, Khanpur. 1962 1,200 33.8 26.0 4.2 94.2

61. 362 F CRI, Faisalabad. 1959 1,500 33.0 23.8 4.5 93.0

62. AC 134 CRI, Faisalabad. 1959 1,600 34.5 26.5 4.5 93.5

63. Lasani 11 CRI, Faisalabad. 1959 1,600 34.5 28.6 4.0 90.0

64. 238 F CRI, Faisalabad. 1948 1,000 31.5 23.8 4.5 88.0

65. 268 F CRI, Faisalabad. 1948 1,000 34.1 24.6 4.5 92.0

66. 199 F CRS, Multan. 1946 900 35.0 24.6 4.5. 90.0

67. 216 F CRI, Faisalabad. 1946 1,000 33.0 23.8 4.5 90.0

68. 124 F CRI, Faisalabad. 1945 900 33.0 24.6 4.8 96.0

69. M 4 CRS, Tandojam. 1942 900 33.0 23.8 4.5 85.0

70. 289 F/43 CRI, Faisalabad. 1934 900 31.0 23.8 4.5. 95.0

71. LSS CRI, Faisalabad. 1934 1,000 32.2 23.0 5.0 85.0

72. 289 F/K25 BCGA,

Khanewal.

1930 1,000 33.5 23.8 4.5 95.0

73. 289 F CRI, Faisalabad. 1921 950 32.0 25.0 4.5. 95.0

74. 4 F CRI, Faisalabad. 1914 800 32.0 20.6 5.0 85.0

75. 3 F CRI, Faisalabad. 1913 600 33.0 20.6 4.9 85.0

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Hybrid Cotton Varieties (Gossypium hirsutum)

Variety Breeding Centre Rele-

ase

Yield

Seed

cotton

GOT Staple

length

Fine-

ness

Stre-

ngth

Year Kg/ha % mm µµµµg/i Tppsi

1. H 151 Alseemi, Multan 2003 3,500 38.0 32.5 4.6 100.3

2. H 115 Alseemi, Multan 1999* 3,500 38.0 29.5 4.5 108.0

3. H 160 Alseemi, Multan 1999* 3,500 38.0 28.5 4.2 108.0

* Date refers to year of registration

Desi cotton varieties (Gossypium arboreum)

1. FDH 228 CRI, Faisalabad 2002 2,000 43.5 13.9 7.3 -

2. FDH 170 CRI, Faisalabad. 1995 2,500 40.3 14.1 8.4 80

3. Rohi CRS, Bahawalpur 1986 2000 39.0 15.9 8.0 80.0

4. Ravi CRI, Faisalabad 1982 1900 40.3 14.9 8.0 80.0

5. SKD

10/19

CRI, Sakrand. 1975 1,700 40.6 15.5 10.1 80.0

6. D 9 CRI, Faisalabad. 1970 1,400 41.0 14.5 8.2 80.0

7. TD 1 CRS, Tandojam. 1963 1,000 41.0 15.9 9.4 80.0

8. 231 R CRI, Faisalabad.* 1959 1,000 40.0 15.9 8.4

9. 119 S CRS, Multan. 1941 800 35.5 17.5 8.4

10. 39 M CRI, Faisalabad. 1934 650 36.0 17.5 8.5

11. 15 M CRI, Faisalabad. 1930 600 35.0 17.5 8.0

12. SNR CRS, Tandojam. 1926 800 39.0 17.5 7.8

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DESCRIPTIONS OF DESCRIPTIONS OF DESCRIPTIONS OF DESCRIPTIONS OF

PAK UPLAND

COTTON VARIETIES

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BH 160

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: Cedix FDW 946 x 673/93 (1994).

Check: FH 1000

Breeders: Shah, R. H. et al.

Center: Cotton Research Station, Bahawalpur.

Maintainer: Cotton Botanist, CRS, Bahawalpur.

Status: Released, 2004 (Punjab). Registered 2004.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, medium early in maturity (120-150 days), stem-

tip-hairiness medium, pigmentation weak. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Medium height (170-190 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 6-7, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-20, short to medium, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, dark green, medium hairy, and nectaried, leaf

length 19.0, width 16.0, stalk 12.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (15-20 mm) with short

exsertion (0-1 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at lower mid, beak very short,

finely pitted and gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll

weight 4.2 g, length 4.0, width 3.0, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2500.0

Fiber: GOT 39.0%, Staple length 29.5 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength 95.1 tppsi,

Uniformity 50.0%.

Seed: Seed Index 8.4 g, size medium, length 6.9, width 4.5 mm, oil 24.0 %.

Seeds fuzzy white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: BH 160 heat tolerant, medium tall growing, dark green,

medium dense foliage, pollen creamy, boll roundish with very short beak

and medium early in maturity, opening good, and seed fuzzy white.

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NIAB 111

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: (NIAB 313/12 x CIM 100) F1 300 Gy.

Check: CIM 473

Breeders: Khan, M. S. I. et al.

Centre: NIAB, Faisalabad.

Maintainer: NIAB, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 2004 (Punjab). Registered 2004.

Growth habit: Semi spreading to spreading, early in maturity (100-130 days),

stem-tip-hairiness medium, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Medium tall (150-175 cm), nodes to first fruiting branch

5-6, monopodia 2-6, sympodia 15-20, short to medium, spreading.

Foliage: Foliage density medium, medium green, medium hairy and nectaried,

leaf length 12.4, width 15.0, stalk 14.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen light yellow creamy,

stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (8-10 mm)

with medium exsertion (1-2.5 mm).

Boll: Medium large, 4-5 locked, round conical, wide at lower mid, with medium

beak, finely pitted, gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll

weight 4.5g, length 4.0, width 3.0, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2600.0

Fiber: GOT 37.5%, Staple length 30.5 mm, Micronaire 4.4, Strength 28.8 g/tex,

Uniformity 49.5%.

Seed: Seed Index 8.2 g, size medium, length 8.8, width 5.4 mm, Seeds fuzzy to

semi-fuzzy, white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: NIAB 111 heat tolerant, medium tall growing, medium

green, medium dense foliage, pollen light yellow creamy, boll roundish

conical with medium beak and medium maturity, opening good, seed fuzzy

to semi fuzzy white.

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CIM 707

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Long staple.

Parentage: CIM 243 x 738-6/93 (1993).

Check: CIM 473

Breeders: Arshad, M. et al.

Center: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 2004 (Punjab). Registered 2004.

Growth habit: Erect, semi spreading, medium early in maturity (110-130 days),

stem-tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Medium height (120-150 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 7-8, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-25, short to medium, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, profusely hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 12.5, width 17.0, stalk 13.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (8-10 mm) with medium

exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at lower mid, beak short, finely pitted

and gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight 4.0g,

length 3.0, width 2.2, peduncle 1.2 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0%, Staple length 32.2 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength 97.5 tppsi,

Uniformity 47.9%.

Seed: Seed Index 9.8g, size medium, length 8.2, width 4.4 mm. Seeds naked to

fuzzy, dusky white with greenish tinge.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: CIM 707 heat tolerant, long staple, medium tall growing

variety with medium dense, green foliage, pollen creamy, boll roundish with

short beak and medium early in maturity, opening good, seed naked to

fuzzy.

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CIM 506

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), medium staple.

Parentage: CIM 360 x CP 15/2 (1993).

Check: CIM 446.

Breeders: Arshad, M. et al.

Center: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CCRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 2002 (Punjab). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Bushy to semi-spreading, early maturing (105-130 days), stem-

tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium height (110-130 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 6-7, monopodia 2-7, sympodia 20-25, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, light green, profusely hairy and nectaried. Leaf

length 11.5, width 15.0, stalk 12.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with intermediate

calyx, pollen color cream, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height medium (9-12 mm) with no exsertion.

Boll: Medium large sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at above base, with short

beak. Surface smooth, gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 30-35,

boll weight 3.9g, length 4.0, width 3.0, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal

and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 38.6%, Staple length 28.7 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 98.9 tppsi,

Uniformity 47.3%.

Seed: Seed Index 8.8 g, size medium, length 8.9, width 4.4 mm, Seed fuzzy to

semi-fuzzy, dusky white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies when sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: CIM 506 Plant bushy semi spreading, leaves light green,

medium, profusely hairy, flower nectaried, pollen creamy, early in opening,

boll shape roundish, beak short, opening good, seed fuzzy to semi-fuzzy,

color dusky white.

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FH 1000

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: S 12 x CIM 448 (1994).

Check: CIM 473

Breeders: W.S. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: Cotton Botanist, CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 2003 (Punjab). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, medium early in maturity (180-200 days), stem-

tip-hairiness medium, pigmentation weak. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Medium height (110-125 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 15-20, short to medium, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium to dense, dark green shiny, medium hairy, and

nectaried, leaf length 15.5, width 21.0, stalk 17.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (15-25 mm) with medium

exsertion (4-6 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at lower mid, beak very short,

finely pitted and gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll

weight 4.5 g, length 5.0, width 3.5, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 38.8%, Staple length 29.5 mm, Micronaire 4.6, Strength 96.9 tppsi,

Uniformity 53.0%.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 26.6 %.

Seeds fuzzy to semi fuzzy, grayish white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: FH 1000 heat tolerant, medium tall growing variety with

dark green shiny, medium to dense foliage, flower nectaried, pollen creamy,

boll roundish with very short beak and medium early in maturity, opening

good.

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NIAB 999

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: H 1 x LRA 5166 Irradiated 30k (1993).

Check: CIM 473

Breeders: M. I. Rana, et al.

Centre: NIAB, Faisalabad.

Maintainer: NIAB, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 2003 (Punjab). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Semi spreading to spreading, early in maturity (150-180 days),

stem-tip-hairiness medium, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Medium tall (150-200 cm), nodes to first fruiting branch

4-7, monopodia 2-6, sympodia 15-20, short to medium, spreading.

Foliage: Foliage density medium, size small to medium, light green, medium

hairy and nectaried, leaf length 11.0, width 14.0, stalk 10.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen yellow, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (10-15 mm) with medium

exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, ovate, wide at lower mid, with medium beak,

finely pitted, gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight

3.4g, length 4.5, width 3.2, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 36.5%, Staple length 28.7 mm, Micronaire 4.6, Strength 30.2 g/tex

99.8 tppsi, Uniformity 49.5%.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, Seed fuzzy to

semi-fuzzy, grayish white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: NIAB 999 heat tolerant, medium tall growing variety with

light green, medium dense foliage, flower nectaried, pollen color yellow,

boll shape ovate with medium beak and medium maturity, boll opening

good. Seed fuzzy to semi fuzzy, color grayish white.

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CIM 499

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: CIM 433x755-6/93 (1992).

Check: CIM 473

Breeders: Arshad, M. et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 2003 (Punjab). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, medium early in maturity (180-200 days), stem-

tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Medium height (110-120 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-20, short to medium, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, profusely hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 14.0, width 17.0, stalk 12.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (10-15 mm) with medium

exsertion (4-6 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at lower mid, beak short, finely

pitted and gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight

3.5g, length 5.0, width 3.5, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 40.0%, Staple length 29.6 mm, Micronaire 4.4, Strength 97.3 tppsi,

Uniformity 48.2%.

Seed: Seed Index 8.6g, size medium, length 8.2, width 4.7 mm. Seeds fuzzy to

semi fuzzy, dusky white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: CIM 499 heat tolerant, medium tall growing variety with

medium to dense green foliage, flower nectaried, pollen color creamy, boll

shape roundish with short beak and medium early in maturity, opening

good. Seed fuzzy to semi fuzzy, color dusky white.

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CIM 473

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), medium staple.

Parentage: CIM 402 x LRA 5166.

Check: CIM 446.

Breeders: A. Salam, and M. Arshad, et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CCRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 2002 (Punjab). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Semi-spreading to spreading, early maturing (120-130 days),

stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium height (110-130 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 5-7, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 20-25, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, light green, medium hairy and nectaried. Leaf

length 14.0, width 17.0, stalk 12.4 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with intermediate

calyx, pollen color cream, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height medium (15-20 mm) with medium exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium large sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at above base, with short

beak. Surface smooth, gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 30-35,

boll weight 4.4 g, length 4.7, width 3.3, peduncle 2.5 cm, bracteole normal

and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 39.7%, Staple length 29.5 mm, Micronaire 4.3, Strength 95.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 48.0 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, Seed fuzzy to

semi-fuzzy, dusky grayish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies when sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: CIM 473 medium early in maturity and medium tall

growing variety with light green, medium hairy and broad foliage. Boll

opening earlier than CIM 482, cutoff early, boll roundish, beak short,

opening good. Seed fuzzy to semi fuzzy, dusky grayish.

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MARVI

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: Qalandari x 9L 34 ICCC (1981).

Check: NIAB 78

Breeders: Soomro, A.R., et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Sakrand.

Maintainer: CRI, Sakrand.

Status: Released, 2001 (Sindh). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, medium early in maturity (180-220 days), stem-

tip-hairiness medium, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Medium height (110-130 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-20, short to medium, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium, green, medium hairy, and nectaried, leaf length 18.5,

width 18.0, stalk 17.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (15-20 mm) with medium

exsertion (4-6 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, round, wide at lower mid, beak very short, finely

pitted and gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight

3.0 g, length 3.5, width 3.0, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2500.0

Fiber: GOT 34.5%, Staple length 26.5 mm, Micronaire 3.9, Strength 96.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 47.6%.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 20.5 %.

Seeds fuzzy, grayish white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: Marvi heat tolerant, medium tall growing variety with

medium green, medium dense foliage, flower nectaried and pollen color

creamy, boll round with very short beak and medium early in maturity,

opening good. Seed fuzzy, grayish white.

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SHAHBAZ 95

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: Qalandari x Acala 1517 (1979)

Check: CIM 473

Breeders: W.S. Khan, et al.

Centre: ARI, Tandojam.

Maintainer: ARI, Tandojam.

Status: Released, 2001 (Sindh). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, medium early in maturity (180-220 days), stem-

tip-hairiness medium, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Medium height (110-125 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-18, medium, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, medium hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 12.5, width 11.0, stalk 10.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (15-20 mm) with short

exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at lower mid, beak short, finely

pitted and gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight

3.5 g, length 5.0, width 3.5, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2500.0

Fiber: GOT 33.5%, Staple length 27.5 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength 94.6 tppsi,

Uniformity 48.3%.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 18.2 %.

Seeds fuzzy, grayish white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: Shahbaz 95 medium tall growing variety with medium

green, medium dense foliage, flower nectaried, pollen color creamy, boll

shape roundish with short beak and medium early in maturity, opening

good. Seed fuzzy, grayish white.

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CRIS 134

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: NIAB 78 x DPL 70 (1988).

Check: NIAB 78

Breeders: Soomro, B. A., et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Sakrand.

Maintainer: CCRI, Sakrand.

Status: Released, 2001 (Sindh). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, medium early in maturity (180-210 days), stem-

tip-hairiness medium, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Medium height (100-120 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-1, sympodia 15-18, short to medium, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, dark green, medium hairy, and nectaried, leaf

length 12.5, width 12.0, stalk 11.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (15-23 mm) with short

exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, round, wide at lower mid, beak short, finely

pitted and gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight

3.0 g, length 3.4, width 3.1, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2700.0

Fiber: GOT 34.5%, Staple length 28.0 mm, Micronaire 4.4, Strength 98.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 50.0%.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 22.0 %.

Seeds fuzzy, dusky white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: CRIS 134 medium tall growing medium variety with dark

green, medium dense foliage, flower nectaried, pollen color creamy, boll

shape round with short beak and medium early in maturity, boll opening

good. Seed fuzzy, grayish white.

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CIM 482

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), medium staple.

Parentage: CIM 229 x CP 15/2.

Check: CIM 448.

Breeders: A. Salam, and M. Arshad, et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CCRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 2000 (Punjab). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: erect to semi-erect, medium maturing (120-140 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium height (110-130 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 5-7, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 15-25, semi erect and short.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, medium hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 13.0, width 20.0, stalk 16.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, petals creamy with

dark spot, calyx intermediate, pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, semi-

erect, stigma medium (15-20 mm), medium exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium large sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at above base, with very

short beak. Surface smooth, and gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant

30-40, boll weight 4.5 g, length 5.0, width 3.3, peduncle 2.5 cm, bracteole

normal and size medium. Opened boll tip sharp.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 39.2 %, Staple length 29.0 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 98.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 46.6 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, Seeds fuzzy,

dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies when sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: CIM 482 medium tall growing, leaf color medium green,

medium hairy, sticky shedding of flowers present, typical dark spot at petal

base, pollen creamy, boll roundish, medium early in opening, boll opening

good. Seed fuzzy, dusky white.

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FH 900

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: (FH 672 x AET 5) x (B 557 x LRA 5166).

Check: FH 634.

Breeders: W.S. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 2000 (Punjab). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Semi spreading to spreading, medium in maturity (180-200

days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Stem bold, medium tall (150-200 cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 4-7, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 15-20, short and semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, medium hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 13.0, width 18.0, stalk 14.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (15-20 mm) with medium

exsertion (5-7 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at mid, with medium beak, finely

pitted and gossypol small, submerged, opening fair. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll

weight 4.5 g, length 5.0, width 3.3, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0 %, Staple length 28.5 mm, Micronaire 4.3, Strength 95.1 tppsi,

Uniformity 46.4.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 27.5 %.

Seeds semi-fuzzy, grayish white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: FH 900 heat tolerant, medium tall growing variety with

medium green, medium dense foliage, flower nectaried, pollen color

creamy, boll shape roundish with medium beak and medium maturity,

opening fair. Seed semi-fuzzy, grayish white.

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FH 901

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: CIM 240 x CIM 448.

Check: FH 634.

Breeders: W.S. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 2000 (Punjab). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Semi-spreading, and medium in maturity (180-200 days), stem-

tip-hairiness profuse, and pigmentation strong. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium tall (140-150 cm), nodes to first fruiting branch

4-8, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 15-25, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, medium hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 15.0, width 20.0, stalk 19.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, calyx intermediate, pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, semi-erect, stigma height medium (20-25 mm). Sticky shedding

present. Exsertion medium, shorter than FH 900.

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked (mostly 5 locked), round to oval, wide at lower mid,

very short beak, gossypol prominently pitted, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-

25, weight 4.2g, length 4.8, width 3.2, peduncle 2.0 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0 %, Staple length 27.5 mm, Micronaire 5.2, Strength 92.0 tppsi,

Uniformity.46.0.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 27.0 %.

Seeds semi fuzzy to fuzzy, grayish white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies when sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: FH 901 medium tall growing variety with green, medium

dense foliage, flower nectaried, pollen color creamy, boll shape roundish,

beak very short, medium maturing, opening better than FH 900, stem

pigmentation strong. Seed semi-fuzzy to fuzzy, grayish white

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MNH 552

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: MS 48 x LRA 5166.

Check: CIM 448.

Breeders: M.D. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 2000 (Punjab) Registered 1998.

Growth habit: Compact to semi-spreading, early maturing (150-160 days),

stem-tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium to tall height (140-180 cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 5-8, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 20-30, semi-erect to semi-

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green profusely hairy, nectaried, leaf

length 13.0, width 17.0, stalk 15.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower small, nectaried, creamy, with

medium calyx, pollen color creamy, stamen dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height medium (15-20 mm) with medium exsertion (5-7 mm).

Boll: Small to medium, 4-5 locked, round, wide at above base, beak very short.

Surface smooth, finely pitted and gossypol normal, opening good.

Bolls/plant 30-40, boll weight 2.5 g, length 3.5, width 3.0, peduncle 3.0 cm.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2900.0

Fiber: GOT 40.0 %, Staple length 27.5 mm, Micronaire 4.9, Strength 95.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 48.0 %.

Seed: Index 7.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm. Oil 22.0 %. Fuzzy but

early and late bolls may have semi-fuzzy to naked seeds, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies when sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: MNH 552 medium to tall growing variety, highly heat

tolerant, leaf size medium, medium green, medium dense, sympodia

medium, semi-spreading maturity early, boll small to medium and high

ginning out turn.

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MNH 554

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: MNH 439 x LRA 5166.

Check: CIM 448.

Breeders: M.D. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 2000 (Punjab). Registered 1998.

Growth habit: Spreading, medium maturity (180-190 days), stem-tip-hairiness

profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (150-200 cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 7-9, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 20-25, semi-spreading to

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, medium hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 15.0, width 21.0, stalk 15.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium late. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with

intermediate calyx, pollen color cream, stamen medium dense, and semi-

erect, stigma height medium (20-30 mm) with medium exsertion (4-5 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, roundish oval, wide at above base, beak short.

Surface smooth, finely pitted and gossypol distinct, opening good.

Bolls/plant 25-30, boll weight 4.0 g, length 5.2, width 3.2, peduncle 4.0 cm,

bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2800.0

Fiber: GOT 41.3 %, Staple length 28.0 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength 94.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 47.0 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium bold, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 22.0 %.

Seeds fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies when sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: MNH 554 spreading medium to tall growing variety with

medium green broad and large leaves, medium dense foliage, maturity

medium, boll medium and ginning out turn high.

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BH 118

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: BS 48 x 829-4/90.

Check: BH 36.

Breeders: M.A. Tariq; AbdulKarim and S.R. Ahmad.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (PCCC), Bahawalpur.

Maintainer: CRS, Bahawalpur.

Status: Released, 2000 (Punjab). Registered, 2000.

Growth habit: Semi-compact to spreading, medium early maturing (130-150

days), stem-tip-hairiness and, pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Tall growing, (140-250 cm), 7-9 nodes to first fruiting

branch, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 20-25, medium and semi-spreading.

Foliage: Medium lax, green, medium hairy, leaf length 15.0, width 19.0, stalk

14.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium late. Flower medium, nectaried, and calyx

intermediate. Petal and pollen color cream, stamen medium dense, and

semi-erect, stigma height (15-20 mm) with medium exsertion (4-7 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oblong, wide at lower mid, and short beaked. Surface

smooth, light green, gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 30-35,

weight 3.0 g, length 4.2, width 3.0, peduncle 2.8 cm, bracteole normal,

medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 38.5 %, Staple length 28.0 mm, Micronaire 4.6, Strength

98.0 tppsi, Uniformity 50.0 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.4 g, size medium bold, length 8.1, width 4.2 mm, oil 24 %.

Seeds vary from fuzzy to semi fuzzy, whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies when sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: BH 118 resemble BH 36 except plant height, which is less

than BH 36, comparatively less spreading and earlier in opening than BH

36, boll light green in color, stem pigmentation medium but strong at

maturity.

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CIM 446

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: CP 15/2 x S 12.

Check: CIM 240

Breeders: M. Arshad, et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CCRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 1998 (Punjab). Registered 1998.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, compact bearing, early maturing (150-160 days)

variety, stem-tip-hairiness profuse, stem pigmentation medium. Lodge

resistant.

Height and branching: Medium height (120-150 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-6, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-20, short and semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage dense, dark green, medium hairy, and nectaried, leaf length

16.0, width 18.0, stalk 15.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early, duration medium. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy,

calyx medium, pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect,

stigma height medium (15-20 mm) with short exsertion (3-4 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at mid, with medium beak, finely

pitted and gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight

4.3 g, length 5.0, width 3.3, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 36.1 %, Staple length 27.0 mm, Micronaire 4.7, Strength 97.4 tppsi,

Uniformity 46.4.

Seed: Seed Index 7.2 g, size medium, length 7.8, width 3.5 mm, oil 27.5 %. Seed

fuzzy, dusky white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: CIM 446 heat tolerant, medium statured variety with dark

green, dense foliage, flower nectaried, pollen color creamy, boll shape

roundish, close bearing, bigger and early in maturity than CIM 443, opening

good.

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CIM 443

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: CIM 109 x LRA 5166.

Check: CIM 240

Breeders: M. Arshad, et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CCRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 1998 (Punjab). Registered 1998.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, early maturing (110-120 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Medium tall (110-150 cm), nodes to first fruiting branch

4-6, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 15-20, short and semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium, light green, medium hairy, and nectaried, leaf length

13.0, width 17.0, stalk 14.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early, medium duration. Flower medium, nectaried, petals

creamy, calyx medium, pollen color yellow to creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (15-20 mm) with medium

exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 3-4 locked, roundish, wide at mid, with short beak, finely

pitted and gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-30, boll weight

3.6 g, length 5.0, width 3.3, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 36.5 %, Staple length 27.6 mm, Micronaire 4.9, Strength 96.1 tppsi,

Uniformity 46.7.

Seed: Seed Index 7.9 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.3 mm, oil 27.5 %.

Seeds semi-fuzzy, grayish white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: CIM 443 heat tolerant, medium statured, light green,

foliage, pollen yellow to creamy, boll roundish with short beaked, mostly 3-

4 locked, early maturing, short duration with good opening and sticky

flowers.

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FVH 53

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: KIVI 1021 x S 12.

Check: NIAB 78.

Breeders: W.S. Khan, and Farid, M. et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Vehari.

Maintainer: CRS, Vehari.

Status: Released, 1998 (Punjab). Registered 1998.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, medium in maturity (140-160 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Stem bold, medium tall (120-150 cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 4-6, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 15-20, short and semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, dark green, sparsely hairy, and nectaried, leaf

length 17.7, width 18.8, stalk 11.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early, medium duration. Flower size medium,

nectaried, creamy, calyx medium, pollen creamy to yellow, stamen medium

dense, semi-erect, stigma height medium (15-20 mm), exsertion medium (5-

7 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at base, beak blunt, finely pitted and

gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-30, boll weight 4.2 g, length

4.2, width 3.5, peduncle 1.8 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 38.4 %, Staple length 28.6 mm, Micronaire 5.2, Strength 98.5 tppsi,

Uniformity 49.5.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 8.5, width 5.2 mm, oil 24.5 %.

Seeds semi-fuzzy, white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: FVH 53 heat tolerant, medium tall growing variety with

dark green, medium dense foliage, flower nectaried pollen color creamy to

yellowish, boll shape roundish with blunt beak and medium maturity, boll

opening fair.

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CHANDI 95

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: DPL 16 x AC 134 (F1 irradiated 30 kr, 300 Gy gamma rays.

Check: NIAB 78.

Breeders: A.G. Arain, M.M. Kandhro, A.A. Rajput and S.K. Leghari.

Centre: Atomic Energy Agricultural Research Centre (AEARC), Tandojam.

Maintainer: Head, PBG, AEARC, Tandojam.

Status: Released, 1996 (Sindh). Registered 1996.

Growth habit: Spreading, indeterminate, and early in maturity (160-170 days),

stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall in height (110-130 cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 4-7, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-25, semi-spreading to

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green in color, medium hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 10.0, width 11.0, stalk 12.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with medium

calyx, petal and pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect,

stigma height medium (13-18 mm) with short exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, round to oval, wide at lower mid, with short beak.

Surface smooth, finely pitted, gossypol medium, opening good. No./plant

20-25, weight 3.8 g, length 3.8, width 3.2, peduncle 1.3 cm, bracteole

normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 35.0 %, Staple length 30.0 mm, Micronaire 4.0, Strength 96.0 tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm. Seeds fuzzy to

semi fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: The plants of CHANDI 95 resemble NIAB 78 except for

shorter in height, comparatively shorter inter-nodal length and slightly

bigger boll size with higher boll weight.

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CIM 448

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), medium staple, (sister line

CIM 1100).

Parentage: 492/87 x CP 15/2.

Check: CIM 240.

Breeders: A. Salam, and M. Arshad, et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CCRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 1996 (Punjab). Registered 1997.

Growth habit: Compact to semi-spreading, and medium in maturity (180-200

days), stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium height (110-130 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 15-20, semi erect to semi-spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense to dense, dark green, medium hairy, and

nectaried, leaf length 12.0, width 15.0, stalk 11.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with

intermediate calyx, pollen color cream, stamen medium dense, and semi-

erect, stigma height medium (20-25 mm) with long exsertion (5-8 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at above base, with medium

beak. Surface smooth, finely pitted and gossypol medium, opening fair.

Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight 4.0 g, length 4.0, width 3.4, peduncle 1.5 cm,

bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0 %, Staple length 28.5 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 93.8 tppsi,

Uniformity 49.3 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, Seeds fuzzy,

dusky whitish with greenish ting.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: CIM 448 leaves dark green, medium early in opening,

(earlier than CIM 1100), fruiting semi-cluster and opening fair.

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CIM 1100

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), medium staple, (sister line

CIM 448).

Parentage: 492/87 x CP 15/2.

Check: CIM 240.

Breeders: A. Salam, and M. Arshad, et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CCRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 1996 (Punjab). Registered 1997.

Growth habit: Bushy, indeterminate, and late in maturity (200-210 days), stem-

tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Tall growing (160-200 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-7, sympodia 15-25, semi erect to semi-spreading.

Foliage: Foliage dense, dark green, medium hairy, and nectaried, leaf length

15.0, width 18.0, stalk 14.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering late, medium duration. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy,

calyx intermediate, pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect,

stigma height medium (20-25 mm), short to medium exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at above base, with short to

medium beak. Surface smooth, finely pitted and gossypol medium, opening

good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight 4.1 g, length 4.0, width 3.5, peduncle

1.5 cm, bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0 %, Staple length 29.0 mm, Micronaire 4.0, Strength 94.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 47.1 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium bold, length 8.2, width 5.1 mm, Seeds

fuzzy, whitish with greenish ting.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: CIM 1100 tall growing, bushy, monopodial habit, leaves

very large, dark green, opening late.

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FH 634

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: CEDEX x B 557.

Check: FH 682.

Breeders: W.S. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1996 (Punjab). Registered 1997.

Growth habit: Spreading bushy, indeterminate, and medium in maturity (180-

200 days), stem-tip-hairiness medium, pigmentation strong. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Tall growing (150-200 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 15-25, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, light green in color, medium hairy, and

nectaried, leaf length 13.0, width 17.0, stalk 12.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium, medium long duration. Flower medium, nectaried,

creamy, calyx intermediate, pollen creamy to yellow, stamen medium dense,

semi-erect, stigma height medium (20-25 mm), exsertion medium (4-5 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, oblong, wide at lower mid, with long beak,

finely pitted and gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll

weight 4.5 g, length 4.5, width 3.5, peduncle 2.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2800.0

Fiber: GOT 36.3 %, Staple length 28.5 mm, Micronaire 4.1, Strength 95.1 tppsi,

Uniformity 46.4 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 27.0 %.

Seeds semi-fuzzy, grayish white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged, pollen color varies from creamy to yellow.

Leading characters: FH 634 tall growing, light green, medium dense foliage,

pollen variable creamy to yellow, boll oblong conical with long beak and

medium to late maturing,.

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NIAB KARISHMA

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: NIAB 86 x W-83-29-Mex.

Check: NIAB 78.

Breeders: M.A. Bhatti and M. Saeed.

Centre: Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: NIAB, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1996 (Punjab). Registered 1997.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, highly heat tolerant, early maturing (160-

180days), stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Medium height (150-180 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-6, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 18-25, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green in color, medium hairy, and nectariless,

leaf length 13.0, width 14.0, stalk 11.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectariless, petal and pollen creamy

(sometimes traces of yellow pollen), stamen medium dense, semi-erect,

stigma height medium (15-23 mm) with long exsertion (5-7 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at above base, with very short

beak. Surface slightly rough, finely pitted and gossypol medium, opening

good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight 3.5 g, length 3.4, width 3.5, peduncle

3.5 cm, bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 37.4 %, Staple length 28.6 mm, Micronaire 5.0, Strength 93.3 tppsi,

Uniformity 53.3 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.2, width 4.8 mm. Seeds fuzzy

(fuzziness decreases in late maturity), whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary if sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud

damaged. Pollen sometimes light yellow, seed fuzzy to semi naked.

Leading characters: Niab Karishma (commonly known as Karishma) highly

heat tolerant, medium tall, early maturing, leaf and flower nectariless.

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MNH 329

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: K 401/78 x 479-81/83.

Check: CIM 240.

Breeders: M.D. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1996 (Punjab). Registered 1997.

Growth habit: Spreading, indeterminate, and medium in maturity (170-190

days), stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall in height (160-180-cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 4-7, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-25, semi-erect to

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green in color, medium hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 15.0, width 20.0, stalk 15.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium and of medium long duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen creamy (sometimes light

yellow), stamen medium dense, and semi-erect in attitude, stigma height

medium (20-22 mm) with long exsertion (5-6 mm).

Boll: Medium large, 4-5 locked, semi oval, wide at above base, beak medium.

Surface smooth, finely pitted, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant

20-25, weight 2.9g, length 5.0, width 3.5, peduncle 2.0cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 41.0 %, Staple length 28.5 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength 96.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 48.8 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 20.0 %.

Seeds semi fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged, pollen sometimes with light yellow traces.

Leading characters: MNH 329 medium tall to tall growing, large leaves, bigger

bolls, normal opening and high ginning out turn.

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RH 112

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: H 60-5/79 x H-49-5/79.

Check: NIAB 78.

Breeders: M. M. Farid, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Rahim Yar. Khan.

Maintainer: CRS, RY Khan.

Status: Released, 1996 (Punjab). Registered 1997.

Growth habit: Spreading, indeterminate, medium in maturity (180-200 days),

stem-tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (130-160 cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 4-7, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-20, semi-spreading to

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium, light green in color, profusely hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 14.0, width 18.0, stalk 13.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium, medium duration. Flower medium, nectaried, calyx

intermediate, petal and pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, semi-erect,

stigma height medium (25-30 mm), exsertion short to medium (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at above base, with medium

beak. Surface smooth, finely pitted and gossypol medium, opening good.

Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight 3.3 g, length 4.3, width 3.0, peduncle 1.5 cm,

bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 34.3 %, Staple length 27.6 mm, Micronaire 4.6, Strength 95.0 tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.8 mm. Seeds fuzzy,

whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: RH 112 plants medium tall in height, foliage medium

dense, light green, profusely hairy, boll roundish, seed fuzzy whitish, low

ginning outturn variety.

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SLS 1

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: SLH 19 x NIAB 78.

Check: SLH 41.

Breeders: R.A. Saroya and M. Saeed, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (PCCC), Sahiwal.

Maintainer: CRS, Sahiwal.

Status: Released, 1995 (Punjab). Registered 1992.

Growth habit: Spreading, semi-determinate variety, early in maturity (150-180

days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Height medium (110-130 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-6, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 15-20, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium, green in color, profusely hairy, and nectaried, leaf

length 12.0, width 14.5, stalk 10.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with

intermediate calyx, pollen color cream, stamen medium dense, semi-erect,

stigma height medium (20-22 mm) with short exsertion (2-5 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, round, wide at middle, with very short beak. Surface

smooth, finely pitted, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25,

weight 3.4 g, length 3.5, width 2.9, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3500.0

Fiber: GOT 35.0 %, Staple length 27.4 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 95.3 tppsi.

Uniformity 46.5%.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 24.0 %.

Seeds fuzzy, whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: SLS 1 medium to short growing, heat tolerant, early

maturing than SLH 41. Foliage medium green (light green in SLH 41), and

boll beak very short to short.

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S 14

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: H 2102-1/83 x H-2105-1/83

Check: CIM 240.

Breeders: M.D. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1995 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Compact to semi-spreading, semi-determinate, and medium in

maturity (170-200 days), stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium.

Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Plants medium in height (120-140 cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 4-6, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-20, semi-erect to

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage dense, dark green in color, medium hairy, and nectaried, leaf

length 16.0, width 22.0, stalk 19.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower large, nectaried, creamy, with intermediate

calyx, pollen color cream, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height medium (20-30 mm) with short exsertion (3-4 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at above base, beak medium.

Surface smooth, finely pitted and gossypol medium, opening good.

Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight 4.5 g, length 4.2, width 3.6, peduncle 4.0 cm,

bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 43.0 %, Staple length 29.5 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength 93.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 48.2 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium bold, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 22.0 %.

Seeds semi-fuzzy, dusty whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Habit varies when sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: S 14 medium short, leaves broad, dark green, dense,

maturity medium, boll large and high ginning out turn.

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CRIS 9

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: Rajhans x RA-33-47.

Check: Qalandari.

Breeders: B.A. Soomro, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Sakrand.

Maintainer: CRI, Sakrand.

Status: Released, 1993 (Sindh). Registered 1992.

Growth habit: Spreading, medium early in maturity (160-180 days), stem-tip-

hairiness and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium height (110-140 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 15-20, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green in color, medium hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 14.5, width 18.0, stalk 17.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with

intermediate calyx, pollen color cream, stamen medium dense, and semi-

erect, stigma height medium (15-23 mm) with long exsertion (7-11 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, round, wide at middle, beak short. Surface

smooth, finely pitted, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25,

boll weight 2.8 g, length 3.3, width 2.7, peduncle 1.5 cm, and bracteole

normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3100.0

Fiber: GOT 34.5 %, Staple length 26.2 mm, Micronaire 4.6, Strength 97.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 45.9 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm, oil 22.0 %.

Seeds fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: The plants of CRIS 9 resemble NIAB 78 but have short

sympodia with fruiting close to the main stem, shorter in height than

Qalandari and few days earlier in maturity.

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GOMAL 93

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: 387 F x AC 134.

Check: B 557.

Breeders: M. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (PCCC), Dera Ismael Khan.

Maintainer: CRS, DI. Khan.

Status: Released, 1993 (DI. Khan, NWFP). Registered 1997.

Growth habit: Spreading, bushy, indeterminate, medium maturity (180-200

days), stem-tip-hairiness medium, and pigmentation strong. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Tall growing (170-200 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 15-20, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, light green in color, medium hairy, and

nectaried, leaf length 14.0, width 18.0, stalk 13.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with

intermediate calyx, pollen creamy to yellow, stamen medium dense, semi-

erect, stigma height medium (20-25 mm), exsertion medium (4-6 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, semi oval, wide at above base, beak medium.

Surface smooth, finely pitted, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant

20-25, weight 3.3 g, length 4.0, width 3.2, peduncle 2.0 cm, bracteole

normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2800.0

Fiber: GOT 34.5 %, Staple length 26.5 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 93.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 45.9 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.8 mm. Seeds fuzzy,

dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: Gomal 93 plants medium to tall growing, light green

foliage, reddish pigmentation on stem and branches strong. First variety

from DI. Khan.

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BH 36

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: BS 1 x TX Bonham-76 C.

Check: NIAB 78.

Breeders: M.A. Tariq; AbdulKarim and S.R. Ahmad.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (PCCC), Bahawalpur.

Maintainer: CRS, Bahawalpur.

Status: Released, 1992 (Punjab). Registered, 1992.

Growth habit: Plants semi-spreading, to spreading, maturity medium early

(180-190 days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium, tolerant

of lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall, (140-200 cm), nodes to first fruiting branch

7-9, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 16-20, medium and semi-spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, dark green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length

13.8, width 15.0, stalk 16.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, and calyx

intermediate. Petal and pollen color cream, stamen medium dense, and

semi-erect, stigma height (20-30 mm) with medium exsertion (4-7 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, roundish oval, wide at middle, and medium beaked.

Surface smooth, gossypol low and opening good. Bolls/plant 30-35, weight

3.9 g, length 3.5, width 3.0, peduncle 2.8 cm, bracteole normal, medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3100.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 38.7 %, Staple length 27.8 mm, Micronaire 4.3, Strength

100.5 tppsi, Uniformity 50.0 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.4 g, size medium bold, length 8.1, width 4.2 mm, oil 24 %.

Seeds vary from semi-naked to few fuzzy and whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged. Fuzzy seeds may vary from traces to occasional.

Leading characters: BH 36 plants taller than NIAB 78, spreading, profusely

hairy and earlier in maturity than MNH 93. Seeds predominantly semi-

naked as compared to fuzzy in NIAB 78 and MNH 93.

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CIM 240

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: S 12.

Parentage: CIM 70 x W 1106.

Breeders: A. Salam, et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CCRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 1992 (Punjab). Registered, 1992.

Growth habit: Plants spreading, semi-determinate in fruiting, early maturing

(160-170 days), stem-tip-hairiness medium, pigmentation strong. Resistant

to lodging.

Height and branching: Height medium short (100-125 cm). Nodes to first

fruiting branch 6-8, monopodia 0-1, sympodia 20-30 semi-spreading to

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, dark green, medium hairy, and nectaried, leaf

length 14.5, width 20.0, stalk 19.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx intermediate,

pollen slightly yellowish, stamen medium lax, semi-erect, stigma height

(20-25 mm), exsertion short to medium (2-5 mm).

Boll: Medium large, 4-5 locked, round, wide at middle, beak very short, surface

smooth, finely pitted gossypol medium. Opening good. Bolls/plant 25-40,

weight 4.5 g, length 4.1, width 2.8, peduncle 1.8 cm, bracteole wide.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 36.5 %, Staple length 27.8 mm, Micronaire 4.7, Strength

94.0 tppsi, Uniformity 48.4 %.

Seed: Seed Index 10.0 g, bold, length 8.5, width 4.5 mm, oil 22.2%. Seed fuzzy,

dusky white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Development vary with agronomic practices or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: CIM 240 plants shorter than NIAB 78, taller than S 12,

monopodia rare, leaves incline downward, leaf stalks long, bracteoles big,

pollen slightly yellow and peduncles short. Late in opening than CIM 70.

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FH 682

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: FH 87.

Parentage: Express x Lankart 57.

Breeders: W.S. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1992 (Punjab). Registered, 1992.

Growth habit: Spreading, medium in maturity (180-200 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall (130-180 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch. 6-10, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 20-22, medium in size and semi-

spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, light green, medium hairy, semi-erect and nectaried,

length 14.0, width 17.0, stalk 13.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx

intermediate, pollen light yellow, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect,

stigma height (18-26 mm) with medium to long exsertion (4-9 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval to conical, wide at middle, medium beaked,

surface smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-30, weight

3.4 g, length 4.0, width 2.8, peduncle 3.0 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3200.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 37.0 %, Staple length 28.5 mm, Micronaire 4.3, Strength

95.7 tppsi, Uniformity 49.4 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, medium bold, length 7.8, width 4.0 mm, oil 25.9 %,

semi-fuzzy to fuzzy, grayish white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Plant shape varies with change in agronomy, spacing or terminal bud

damage.

Leading characters: FH 682 plants profusely hairy, early in maturity and

shorter in height than FH 87, seeds semi-fuzzy to fuzzy, grayish white as

compared to semi-naked to semi-fuzzy with greenish tinge of FH 87.

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MNH 147

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: CIM 109.

Parentage: 431/79 x 283/80.

Breeders: M.D. Khan., Akmal, K. and Mushtaq, A.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1992 (Punjab). Registered, 1992.

Growth habit: Plants highly spreading, medium in maturity (180-200 days),

stem-tip-hairiness profuse and stem pigmentation medium to strong. Lodge

resistant.

Height and branching: Medium tall (140-200 cm), nodes to first fruiting branch

7-10, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 16-20, medium, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, light green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect,

nectaried, leaf length 13.0, width 15.0, stalk 14.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx

intermediate. Pollen color light yellow, stamen dense, and semi-erect.

Stigma height (20-30 mm) with medium exsertion (3-8 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at middle, beak medium, surface rough,

gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, weight 3.4 g, length

4.0, width 3.0, peduncle 3.5 cm, bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3300.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 41.3 %, Staple length 28.5 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength

95.5 tppsi, Uniformity 48.8 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5g, medium, length 8.1, width 4.1 mm, oil 20%, seeds semi-

fuzzy, white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: MNH 147 plants taller, stigma exsertion shorter than

NIAB 78, foliage color light than S 12, bolls oval as compared to roundish

in CIM 109 and NIAB 78, late in opening than CIM 109 and NIAB 78.

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NIAB 26N

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: (DPL 16 x AC 134 - F1 irradiated 30 kr) x DPL NSL.

Check: NIAB 78.

Breeders: M.A. Bhatti and M. Saeed.

Centre: Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: NIAB, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1992 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Semi spreading to spreading, early in maturity (160-175 days),

stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Plants medium in height (140-160 cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 4-6, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 18-20, semi-spreading to

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green in color, medium hairy, and nectaries

absent, leaf length 14.5, width 15.0, stalk 16.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectariless, calyx intermediate, petal

and pollen creamy (traces of yellow pollen), stamen medium dense, semi-

erect, stigma height medium (15-18 mm) with medium exsertion (2-3 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, oval, wide at above base, with short

beak. Surface medium rough, finely pitted and gossypol medium, opening

good. Bolls/plant 20-30, boll weight 3.5 g, length 3.7, width 3.4, peduncle

3.6 cm, bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3000.0

Fiber: GOT 37.5 %, Staple length 28.0 mm, Micronaire 4.4, Strength 95.0 tppsi,

Uniformity 49.5 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 7.5, width 4.7 mm. Seeds fuzzy

whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Habit varies if sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged. At

late maturity seeds may be fuzzy to semi naked.

Leading characters: NIAB 26N medium tall, early maturing, medium hairy,

leaf and flower nectaries absent.

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RESHMI 90

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), long staple.

Check: Rehmani.

Parentage: Coker 100 A x H-61-29.

Breeders: S.K. Bokhari, and A.K. Almani.

Centre: Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam.

Maintainer: CRS, Tandojam.

Status: Released, 1991 (Sindh). Registered, 1990.

Growth habit: Semi-spreading to spreading, maturity medium (180-200 days),

stem-tip-hairiness sparse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall, (110-140 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch. 7-10, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-22, medium, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, dark green, sparsely hairy, and semi-erect, length 12.1,

width 12.4, stalk 12.4 cm, leaf type semi-okra.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower large, nectaried, creamy, calyx

intermediate. Petal and pollen color creamy, stamen medium dense, and

semi-erect. Stigma height medium (12-16 mm) with medium exsertion (3-5

mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, conical, wide at base, medium beaked, surface

smooth, pitted, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-30, weight

4.5 g, length 5.0, width 3.7, peduncle 4.0 cm, bracteole medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 3000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 35.7 %, Staple length 31.5 mm, Micronaire 4.1, Strength

98.7 tppsi, Uniformity 46.4 %.

Seed: Seed Index 9.8 g, size medium bold, length 8.2, width 4.4 mm, oil 18.5 %,

seeds fuzzy, dirty white in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: Reshmi plants medium tall, leaf type semi-okra, dark

green in color and sparsely hairy. It has big conical bolls, good opening. It is

a long staple cotton variety.

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CIM 109

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: NIAB 78.

Parentage: NIAB 78 x A89/FM.

Breeders: A. Salam, et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CCRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 1990 (Punjab). Registered, 1990.

Growth habit: Spreading, early in maturity (160-175 days), stem-tip-hairiness

and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall (130-150 cm). Nodes to first fruiting

branch 6-10, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 15-20, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, green, medium hairy, nectaried, leaf length 13.0, width

14.0, stalk 12.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with

intermediate calyx, pollen creamy, stamen dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height (20-28 mm), exsertion short to medium (2-7 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, roundish oval, wide at middle, beak medium, sharp,

surface smooth, gossypol medium, finely pitted, opening good. Bolls/plant

20-30, weight 3.8 g, length 4.0, width 2.8, peduncle 2.0 cm, bracteole

normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 35.0 %, Staple length 27.3 mm, Micronaire 4.4, Strength

91.0 tppsi, Uniformity 46.7 %.

Seed: Seed Index 9.0 g, size bold, length 9.1, width 4.0 mm, oil 19.6 %, fuzzy,

dusky white, dark greenish tinged, semi-naked seeds may occur rarely.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Boll oval to roundish, stigma exsertion variable. Height and branching

vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: CIM 109 resembles NIAB 78 except for slightly light

foliage color, a little longer beaked bolls, few days early maturing. Seed

fuzzy dark greenish tinged as compared to dusky white fuzzy of NIAB 78.

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GOHAR 87

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: B 557.

Parentage: 149 F x B 557.

Breeders: M.A. Tariq; Abdul Karim, and S.S. Masood.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (PCCC), Bahawalpur.

Maintainer: CRS, Bahawalpur.

Status: Released, 1990 (Punjab). Registered, 1990.

Growth habit: Spreading, maturity medium (180-190 days), stem-tip-hairiness

profuse and pigmentation medium. Tolerant of lodging.

Height and branching: Tall growing, semi-bushy variety, (180-200 cm), 7-11

nodes to first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 16-21, semi-

spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, light green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, length

11.5, width 12.7, stalk 11.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering late, medium duration. Flower medium, nectaried, calyx

intermediate. Petal and pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-

erect, stigma height (16-26 mm) exsertion short to medium (2-6 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at middle, beak medium spinous, surface

smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 30-40, weight 3.3 g,

length 4.0, width 3.1, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole normal, size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 36.0 %, Staple length 28.0 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength

98.6 tppsi, Uniformity 49.0 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium bold, length 8.0, width 4.1 mm, oil 24.0 %,

seed fuzzy to semi-fuzzy, dusky white in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Plant shape varies if terminal bud damaged, or agronomy changed.

Leading characters: Gohar 87 taller than NIAB 78 but shorter than B 557.

Leaf light green and boll oblong with sharp pointed beak. Maturity earlier

than MNH 93 and later than NIAB 78. It has long branches bearing fruit

generally on upper canopy.

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NIAB 86

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: H1-9-6-2 x SP 16.

Check: NIAB 78.

Breeders: M.A. Bhatti and M. Saeed.

Centre: Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: NIAB, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1990 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Semi spreading to spreading, semi-determinate, and early in

maturity (160-180 days), stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium.

Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Plants medium in height (145-170 cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 4-6, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 15-25, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green in color, medium hairy, and nectaries

present, leaf length 14.0, width 17.0, stalk 13.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early, medium duration. Flower medium, nectaried, calyx

intermediate calyx, petal and pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, semi-

erect, stigma height medium (15-20 mm) with long exsertion (4-6 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at above base, medium to short beak.

Surface slightly rough, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25,

weight 4.0 g, length 3.7, width 3.0, peduncle 3.0 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2800.0

Fiber: GOT 34.5 %, Staple length 29.0 mm, Micronaire 4.3, Strength 95.00

tppsi, Uniformity 50.5 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.6 mm. Seeds fuzzy

(fuzziness may decrease in late maturity), whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary if sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud

damaged. Seed fuzzy but fuzziness may decrease in late maturity.

Leading characters: NIAB 86 medium tall, maturity same as NIAB 78, medium

hairy, leaf and flower nectaries present, Pollen and petal color creamy.

Opening good.

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RH 1

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: B 557.

Parentage: LH 62 x W 1104.

Breeders: Wahid, S.K. and Ghayyur, M.K.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Rahim Yar Khan.

Maintainer: CRS, Rahim Yar Khan.

Status: Released, 1990 (Punjab). Registered, 1990.

Growth habit: Spreading, medium in maturity (180-200 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Tolerant of lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall, (120-150 cm), 6-10 nodes to first fruiting

branch, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-25, medium long, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, light green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length

16.5, width 17.5, stalk 10.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, and calyx

intermediate. Petal and pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-

erect. Stigma height (15-30 mm) exsertion short to medium (2-6 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at middle, beak medium sharp, surface

pitted, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 25-30, weight 3.8 g,

length 3.5, width 2.5, peduncle 3.0 cm, bracteole normal, slightly lobed.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 31.8 %, Staple length 29.8 mm, Micronaire value 3.9,

Strength 103.7 tppsi, Uniformity 48.7 %.

Seed: Seed Index 9.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.2 mm, oil 26.0 %,

fuzzy, white with greenish tinge.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary if terminal bud damaged or crop grown

under different conditions.

Leading characters: RH 1 plants taller than NIAB 78, spreading, foliage

medium dense, light green in color and profusely hairy, boll size medium

sharp beaked. Fiber strength high but low GOT was the main cause of its

failure.

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FH 87

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: B 557.

Parentage: AC 134 x Paymaster.

Breeders: W.S. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1988 (Punjab). Registered, 1990.

Growth habit: Plant habit spreading, and medium early in maturity (180-200

days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Medium to tall (130-185 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 6-12, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 20-22, medium semi-spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, light green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length

13.0, width 16.5, stalk 13.5 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium late. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx

intermediate, pollen light yellow, stamen medium dense, semi-erect, stigma

height (16-24 mm), exsertion medium to long (4-10 mm).

Boll: bolls medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at middle, beak medium, surface

smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-30, boll weight 3.3

g. boll length 3.6, width 2.8, peduncle 2.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 36.8 %, Staple length 27.8 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength

96.0 tppsi, Uniformity 51.5 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 7.7, width 4.1 mm, oil 27.0 %, seed

semi-fuzzy to semi-naked, dusky white with greenish tinge.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: FH 87 resembles B 557 except a bit shorter in height, light

in foliage color, and earliness in maturity. Seeds semi fuzzy to semi naked

and have greenish shade.

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S 12

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: NIAB 78.

Parentage: MNH 93 x 7203-14-4-Arizona.

Breeders: M.D. Khan; Hafeez, R. and Akmal, K.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1988 (Punjab). Registered, 1990.

Growth habit: Semi-compact to semi-spreading, maturity medium (160-180

days), stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium. Tolerant of lodging.

Height and branching: Medium dwarf, (90-110 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 5-10, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 15-20, medium, and semi-spreading.

Foliage: Foliage dense, dark green, medium hairy, and semi-erect, nectaried.

Leaf length 11.6, width 15.2, stalk 16.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower medium, nectaried, calyx intermediate.

Petal and pollen creamy, stamen dense, and semi-erect. Stigma height

medium (16-21 mm) with short exsertion (2-3 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, round, wide at middle, short beaked, surface

smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-30, weight 4.5 g,

length 3.8, width 3.3, peduncle 2.5 cm, bracteole normal, size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3900.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 41.3 %, Staple length 28.0 mm, Micronaire 4.6, Strength

93.0 tppsi, Uniformity 49.3 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.0 g, size medium, length 8.1, width 4.1 mm, oil 22.0 %,

fuzzy, dirty white in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: S 12 plants shorter in height, foliage dense dark green and

medium hairy, stigma exsertion short, boll size bigger than NIAB 78.

Opening very good. Calyx with more prominent gossypol glands. GOT

high.

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SHAHEEN

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: K 68/9.

Parentage: GH 7/72 x H-1.

Breeders: M.I. Mithaiwala, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (PCCC), Ghotki.

Maintainer: CRS, Ghotki.

Status: Released, 1988 (Sindh). Registered, 1990.

Growth habit: Spreading, and medium early in maturity (160-180 days), stem-

tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall, (150-170 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 6-10, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 15-20, medium and semi-spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, light green, medium hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length

12.0, width 14.8, stalk 13.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, calyx intermediate. Petal

and pollen color creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect in

alignment, stigma height medium (15-25 mm) with medium exsertion (4-7

mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at middle, beak short to very short,

surface smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 25-30, weight

3.5 g, length 3.8, width 3.0, peduncle 4.0 cm, bracteole normal, medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton 2200.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 35.0 %, Staple length 27.4 mm, Micronaire 4.3, Strength

94.6 tppsi, Uniformity 46.9 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium bold, length 8.0, width 4.6 mm, oil 19.3 %,

fuzzy, dirty white in color with greenish ting.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Plant height and branching vary under different growth conditions.

Sometimes semi-fuzzy to semi-naked seeds appear in traces.

Leading characters: Shaheen slightly taller than K 68/9, but earlier in maturity

with bolls roundish and almost blunt, suitable for areas with high water

table, seeds more dusky greenish than K 68/9.

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CIM 70

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: MNH 93.

Parentage: Coker 8314 x 307/70.

Breeders: A. Salam, et al.

Centre: Central Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Multan.

Maintainer: CCRI, Multan.

Status: Released, 1986 (Punjab). Registered, 1986.

Growth habit: Spreading, determinate, early in maturity (160-170 days), stem-

tip-hairiness sparse and pigmentation very strong. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Short to medium (90-120 cm). Nodes to first fruiting

branch 6-8, monopodia 0-1 sympodia 12-15, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, light green, sparsely hairy, and nectaried, leaf

length 11.5, width 15.0, stalk 14.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with intermediate

calyx, pollen slightly yellowish, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect,

stigma height (19-22 mm) with medium exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium large, 4-5 locked, generally oval, wide at mid, beak medium long,

surface smooth, finely pitted, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant

20-30, weight 4.0 g, length 3.8, width 2.8, peduncle 2.5 cm, bracteole wide.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3100.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 31.1 %, Staple length 28.6 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength

92.5 tppsi, Uniformity 45.7 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium bold, length 8.2, width 4.2 mm, oil 19.7 %,

seeds fuzzy white with greenish tinge.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Plant height, shape and branching vary when spaced planted or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: CIM 70 plants semi-dwarf, short statured variety, with

strong reddish stem pigmentation and almost determinate fruiting habit,

very early in opening but has lower GOT as compared to other commercial

cotton varieties.

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MNH 129

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: NIAB 78.

Parentage: 946/66 x DPL 16.

Breeders: M.D. Khan; M.M. Yussaf, and Hafeez, R.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1986 (Punjab). Registered, 1986.

Growth habit: Plants semi-spreading, medium in opening (180-195 days), stem-

tip-hairiness profuse, stem pigmentation medium to strong. Tolerant of

lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall (120-160 cm), nodes to first fruiting branch

8-10, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 16-20, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, dark green, profusely hairy, length 12.5, width 15.0,

stalk 12.5 cm, leaf nectaried. calyx wide with dull gossypol glands.

Flower: Flowering late. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx intermediate,

pollen creamy, stamen dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (12-18

mm) with medium exsertion (3-6 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at middle, beak medium, surface smooth,

finely pitted, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, weight 3.5

g, length 4.0, width 3.0, peduncle 4.0 cm, bracteole comparatively narrow.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 38.5 %, Staple length 28.7 mm (1-1/8”), Micronaire 4.4,

Strength 95.0 tppsi, Uniformity 48.6 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.0 g, size medium, length 7.8, width 4.0 mm, oil 21.0 %, seed

semi-fuzzy, and dirty whitish in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Plant height, shape and branching vary under diverse environment and

agronomic practices.

Leading characters: MNH 129 plants taller in height, calyx wider than NIAB

78 and MNH 93, boll splitting later than NIAB 78 but slightly earlier than

MNH 93.

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REHMANI

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: Qalandari.

Parentage: G. hirsutum 21 x McNaire-TH 14920.

Breeders: S.K. Bokhari, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam.

Maintainer: CRS, Tandojam.

Status: Released, 1985 (Sindh). Registered, 1986.

Growth habit: Semi-spreading to spreading, medium in maturity (160-180

days), stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium. Tolerant of lodging.

Height and branching: Medium to tall (130-180 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 6-9, monopodia 0-1, sympodia 15-20, medium and semi-spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, green, medium hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length 13.0,

width 15.0, stalk 12.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy calyx

intermediate, pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect in

posture, stigma height medium (16-20 mm) with medium exsertion (3-5

mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval wide at middle, beak short to medium, surface

smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 15-25, weight 2.5 g,

length 3.8, width 3.5, peduncle 2.5 cm, bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton 3000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 35.0 %, Staple length 27.0 mm, Micronaire 4.4, Strength

90.0 tppsi, Uniformity 43.0 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 7.5, width 4.2 mm, oil 19.0 %,

seeds fuzzy to semi-fuzzy, dirty white in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

main stem damaged.

Leading characters: Rehmani about the same height as Qalandari but less

spreading with lower number of, monopodial branches and medium leaf

hairiness.

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MS 84

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), long staple.

Parentage: MS 40 x DPL 16.

Check: MS 39.

Breeders: M.D. Khan; et al..

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1983 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Semi spreading to spreading, indeterminate, and medium in

maturity (170-200 days), stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium.

Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium height (110-140-cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 4-6, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 15-20, semi-erect to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and nectaried, leaf

length 14.5, width 19.2, stalk 14.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium and of medium long duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, creamy, with intermediate calyx, pollen cream (sometimes

yellow), stamen medium dense, and semi-erect in attitude, stigma height

medium (16-24 mm) with long exsertion (4-5 mm).

Boll: Medium large, 4-5 locked, semi oblong, wide at above base, beak medium.

Surface smooth, finely pitted, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant

15-20 weight 4.0 g, length 4.2, width 3.0, peduncle 2.0 cm, bracteole

normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2100.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 34.0 %, Staple length 33.3 mm, Micronaire 3.9, Strength

91.3 tppsi, Uniformity 74.8 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 10.0, width 7.0 mm, oil 19.0 %.

Seeds fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Plant shape varies under diverse conditions. Pollen sometimes yellow.

Leading characters: MS 84 medium tall growing, bigger bolls, normal opening

and long stapled.

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SLH 41

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: B 557.

Parentage: S 178/68 x 2267/70.

Breeders: R.A. Saroya; M. Saeed and M. Sharif.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (PCCC), Sahiwal.

Maintainer: CRS, Sahiwal.

Status: Released, 1984 (Punjab). Registered, 1986.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, bushy, medium late in maturity (180-205 days),

stem-tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Input requirements low.

Height and branching: Medium tall (140-180 cm), nodes to first fruiting branch

6-11, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 15-20, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, light green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length

15.0, width 17.0, stalk 9.0 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium late. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx

intermediate, pollen light yellow, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect in

alignment, stigma height (16-22 mm) exsertion short to medium (2-5 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, round, wide at middle, short beaked, surface smooth,

gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-30, weight 3.4 g, length

4.5, width 3.0, peduncle 2.5 cm, bracteole normal and of medium width.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 2200.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 36.7 %, Staple length 27.8 mm, Micronaire 4.4, Strength

95.8 tppsi, Uniformity 46.1 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 7.5, width 4.2 mm, oil 17.4 %,

seeds fuzzy, dusky white in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Plant shape varies with change in agronomy or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: SLH 41 plants medium tall, foliage color light green,

leaves more hairy than B 557. Foliage senescence late. Pollen light yellow,

stigma exsertion short to medium. Matures early than B 557. Fruiting

resembles AC 134.

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NIAB 78

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: B 557.

Parentage: DPL 16 x AC 134 F1 Irradiated-30 kr Gamma rays (60 Co).

Breeders: R.S. Iqbal; M. Boota; M. Aslam, and A.B. Akbar.

Centre: National Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: NIAB, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1983 (Punjab). Registered, 1984.

Growth habit: Semi-spreading to spreading, maturity early (160-170 days),

stem-tip-hairiness and pigmentation medium. Tolerant of lodging.

Height and branching: Medium in height (120-150 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch. 6-9, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 16-20, medium, and semi-spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, medium hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

length 12.5, width 15.0, stalk 14.0 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried and calyx medium. Petal

and pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma height

(20-28 mm) with medium long exsertion (4-9 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, roundish oval, wide at middle, beak pointed, picking

uncomfortable. gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 25-30, boll

weight 3.5 g, boll length 4.5, width 3.0, peduncle 3.8 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3500.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 37.0 %, Staple length 27.0 mm, Micronaire 4.6, Strength

92.0 tppsi, Uniformity 49.8 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8g, size medium, length 8.8, width 4.0 mm, oil 20%, seeds

fuzzy, dusky whitish in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Tall plants, shy bearing, very late, with clusters of sterile sticky

flowers increasing upwards. Semi-naked to naked seeds may also occur.

Leading characters: NIAB 78 plants medium tall, shorter in height, less

spreading, early in maturity with less leaf hairiness and dense gossypol

glands than B 557. Flower nectaried, petal and pollen color creamy,

exsertion medium, boll size medium, roundish and opening good.

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MNH 93

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: B 557.

Parentage: 389/65 x C 158.

Breeders: M.D. Khan; Ali, M., Nazir, A., and M. Ibrahim.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1980 (Punjab). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Spreading, maturity medium (150-180 days), stem-tip-hairiness

profuse, pigmentation medium. Lodging medium to high in early sown crop.

Height and branching: Medium tall (120-170 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch. 6-11, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 16-20, medium, semi-spreading to

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, dark green in color, profusely hairy, and semi-

erect in attitude, leaf nectaried, leaf length 12.5, width 15.0, stalk 15.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower medium, nectaried creamy, calyx

intermediate, pollen creamy, stamen dense, and semi-erect in attitude,

stigma height (11-25 mm) with short to medium exsertion (2-4 mm).

Boll: Bolls oval, large, 4-5 locked, wide at middle, and medium beaked, surface

finely pitted, gossypol medium and opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, weight

4.5 g, length 4.0, width 3.2, peduncle 4.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 3500.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 37.5 %, Staple length 28.6 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength

94.2 tppsi, Uniformity 49.6 %.

Seed: Seed Index 9.0g, size bold, length 8.4, width 4.2 mm, oil 20.0%, seeds

fuzzy, dusky white.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: MNH 93 plants medium tall, taller than NIAB 78, shorter

than B 557, opening later than NIAB 78, bolls oval and bigger than NIAB

78, early sown plants tend to lodge under heavy bearing.

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K 68/9

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: M 100.

Parentage: 199 F x Wilds.

Breeders: M.I. Mithaiwala, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (PCCC), Ghotki.

Maintainer: CRS, Ghotki.

Status: Released, 1977 (Sindh). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Spreading, bushy, and medium in maturity (180-200 days), stem-

tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall, (140-160 cm), with 7-12 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 15-18, medium, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Dense, dark green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length 15.0,

width 18.0, stalk 14.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, color creamy,

calyx intermediate, pollen variable creamy to light yellow, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height (18-30 mm) with medium exsertion (3-

6 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at middle, beak medium to long, surface

smooth, finely pitted. gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25,

weight 3.5 g, length 4.0, width 3.1, peduncle 5.0 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton 2000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 33.0 %, Staple length 30.1 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength

96.0 tppsi, Uniformity 42.2 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium bold, length 8.8, width 4.1 mm, oil 20.0 %,

seeds fuzzy, dirty white in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: K 68/9 plants taller than NIAB 78 and shorter than

Sarmast, foliage more dense, dark green and leaves broader. bolls bigger in

size than “NT” Types. Black conspicuous dots on filament.

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B 557

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: AC 134.

Parentage: 268F x L 5.

Breeders: Khan W.S, A.H. Khan; Wali. M.C. and S.D. Khan.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1975 (Punjab). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Spreading, bushy and medium in maturity (180-200 days), stem-

tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall to tall growing (140-200 cm) with 6-12

nodes to first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 15-20, medium,

semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, medium green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

length 14.0, width 14.0, stalk 10.0 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium late. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx

intermediate, pollen yellow, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height medium (18-24 mm) with long exsertion (4-6 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at middle, beak medium, surface

smooth, gossypol medium and opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, weight 3.0

g, boll length 3.8, width 3.0, peduncle 2.8 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 2500.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 35.9 %, Staple length 28.1 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength

93.0 tppsi, Uniformity 48.6 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.0 g, size medium, length 7.9, width 4.1 mm, oil 18.5 %,

seeds semi-fuzzy to semi-naked, dusky white in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: B 557 plants resemble AC 134 in shape and height except

spreading and open plant canopy, more green foliage, and early in maturity.

A high yielding variety with good adaptability.

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SARMAST

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: M 100.

Parentage: {(M4 x Acala) x M 4}.

Breeders: S.K. Bokhari, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam.

Maintainer: CRS, Tandojam.

Status: Released, 1975 (Sindh). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Spreading, and medium in maturity (160-180 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium to tall, (130-180 cm), with 6-12 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 15-20, medium, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, dark green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length

14.0, width 17.0, stalk 10.5 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, Calyx

intermediate. Petal and pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-

erect in attitude, stigma height medium (20-24 mm), with medium exsertion

(4-6 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, round to oval, wide at middle, beak medium to short,

surface smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, weight

3.0 g, length 4.2, width 3.3, peduncle 3.5 cm, bracteole normal, medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1800.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 34.0 %, Staple length 28.6 mm, Micronaire 3.9, Strength

92.7 tppsi, Uniformity 42.5 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium bold, length 8.5, width 4.0 mm, oil 18.0 %,

seeds fuzzy, dirty white in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: Sarmast (S-59/1) plants medium to tall, leaves dark green,

larger, profusely hairy, bolls with more reddish pigmentation, and early in

opening than Qalandari, bracteoles bigger in size than Qalandari.

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QALANDARI

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: M 100.

Parentage: (M 4 x G. anomalum) x Karnak.

Breeders: S.K. Bokhari, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam.

Maintainer: CRS, Tandojam.

Status: Released, 1974 (Sindh). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Spreading, medium in maturity (170-190 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium to tall, (130-180 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 5-10, monopodia 0-6, sympodia 20-25, medium and semi-spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, light to medium green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect,

leaf length 13.0, width 15.5, stalk 12.0 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium in size, nectaried, creamy,

calyx intermediate. Pollen color creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-

erect in attitude, stigma height (20-25 mm) with medium exsertion (3-6

mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, round, wide at middle, and short to medium beaked,

surface smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 15-20, weight

3.0 g, length 3.7, width 3.0, peduncle 5.0 cm, bracteole normal, medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 2000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 34.0 %, Staple length 28.6 mm, Micronaire 3.8, Strength

92.7 tppsi, Uniformity 42.5 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium bold, length 7.5, width 3.9 mm, oil 19.0 %,

fuzzy, dirty white in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: Qalandari plants medium to tall growing, leaves light to

medium green, more hairy, bolls bigger, seeds densely fuzzy than “NT”

types i.e. M 4 and M 100.

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149 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: AC 134.

Parentage: 124 F x Babdal.

Breeders: Mahboob, A; Nazir, A; A. Salam and M. Ibrahim.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1971 (Punjab). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Compact, to semi-spreading, medium early in opening (170-190

days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse and stem pigmentation medium. Resistant

to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (140-170 cm), with 7-11 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 16-18, medium short in size

and mostly semi-erect.

Foliage: Medium dense, dark green in color, profusely hairy, and semi-erect,

leaf length 12.5, width 15.0, stalk 12.5 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx

intermediate, pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height 15-20 mm with medium exsertion (2-5 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at middle, beak short, surface smooth,

gossypol medium, and opening good. Bolls/plant 20-30, boll weight 4.0 g,

boll length 4.0, width 3.0, peduncle 7.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 2000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 34.5 %, Staple length 28.0 mm, Micronaire 4.0, Strength

97.0 tppsi, Uniformity 47.5 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium bold, length 8.5, width 4.5 mm, oil 19.5 %,

semi-fuzzy, semi-naked, and dirty white in color.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 149 F compact, semi-spreading, taller than 124 F and

shorter than AC 134. Leaves more hairy than 124 F, early in maturity than

AC 134, bolls peduncles long.

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MS 39

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), long staple.

Check: L 11.

Parentage: Natural hybrid in L 11 (Lasani 11).

Breeders: Mahboob A; A. Salam; M.J. Mirza and M. Manzoor.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1970 (Punjab). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Spreading, with medium maturity (170-190 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Tolerant of lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall (140-160 cm). Nodes to first fruiting

branch 6-10, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 16-18, medium, semi-spreading to

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage intermediate, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length

14.0, width 15.0, stalk 14.0 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx

intermediate, pollen creamy, stamen dense, and semi-erect, stigma height

medium (14-20 mm) with medium to short exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at middle, and medium beaked, surface

smooth, gossypol medium and opening good. Bolls/plant 12-16, weight 3.5

g, length 4.0, width 3.2, peduncle 3.8 cm, bracteole normal, size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1650.0

Fiber: MS 39 a long staple variety. Ginning Outturn 33.5 %, Staple length 31.8

mm, Micronaire 3.6, Strength 87.5 tppsi, Uniformity 49.3 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.2 mm, oil 20.0 %,

semi-naked to semi-fuzzy, whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: MS 39 plant medium tall but shorter than AC 134, bolls

bigger, opening earlier than L 11. Leaves and bracts develop strong reddish

color at maturity.

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MS 40

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), long staple.

Check: L 11.

Parentage: a single variant selected from AC 252.

Breeders: Mahboob, A; Nazir, A; N.M. Zafar and A. Majeed.

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1970 (Punjab). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Spreading, maturity medium (180-200 days), stem-tip-hairiness

and pigmentation medium. Tolerant of lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (140-160 cm), with 6-10 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 16-18, medium and

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage intermediate, green, medium hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length

14.0, width 17.0, stalk 15.0 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower size medium, nectaried, calyx intermediate,

petal and pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height medium (15-20 mm) with short exsertion (2-4 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at middle, and medium beaked,

surface smooth, gossypol medium and opening good. Bolls/plant 12-15,

weight 3.5 g, length 4.3, width 3.0, peduncle 3.8 cm, bracteole normal, size

medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1700.0

Fiber: MS 40 a long staple variety. Ginning Outturn 34.0 %, Staple length 31.3

mm, Micronaire 4.0, Strength 89.4 tppsi, Uniformity 45.3 %.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, medium, length 8.0, width 4.2 mm, oil 20%, seeds fuzzy,

whitish in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Shape varies when sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: MS 40 resembles MS 39 very closely except that MS 40

plants are more spreading, less hairy, dark green in color and slightly late in

opening than MS 39.

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M 100

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: 289 F.

Parentage: (M4 x Wilds) x M 4.

Breeders: S.K. Bokhari, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam).

Maintainer: Mirpur Khas and Tandojam.

Status: Released, 1963 (Sindh).

Growth habit: Plant spreading, bushy and medium early in maturity (160-180

days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall, (170-190 cm), with 6-9 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 16-20, medium and spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, green, medium hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length 11.5,

width 12.5, stalk 11.0 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, and calyx

intermediate. Petal and pollen creamy, stamen dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height 20-22 mm with medium exsertion (4-6 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, round, wide at middle, and medium beaked,

surface smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 15-20, weight

2.6 g, length 4.0, width 3.0, peduncle 3.2 cm, bracteole normal, medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1500.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 34.5 %, Staple length 27.0 mm, Micronaire 4.0, Strength

85.0 tppsi, Uniformity 47.5 %.

Seed: Seed Index 6.8 g, size medium, length 7.0, width 4.0 mm, oil 19.0 %,

seeds fuzzy, dirty white in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: M 100 closely resembles M 4 except for miner differences.

Lateron both were given “NT” designation (new types). During 1970s and

1980s the “NT” covered most of the cotton belt in Sindh.

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BS 1

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: AC 134.

Parentage: M 4 - Selection (13/216).

Breeders: Fasihud-Din, Mahboob, A. and Nazir A.

Centre: Cotton Research Station, (AARI), Khanpur, Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1962 (Punjab). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Semi-spreading to spreading, maturity early (140-160 days),

stem-tip-hairiness medium, pigmentation medium. Tolerant of lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall (140-180 cm), 6-8 nodes to first fruiting

branch, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 16-20, medium long, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, bluish green in color, sparsely to medium hairy, and

semi-erect, leaf length 11.0, width 13.0, stalk 11.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium late. Flower medium, nectaried, calyx intermediate,

petal and pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height (15-25 mm) with medium exsertion (3-6 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at middle, beak short, surface

smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 15-20, weight 3.3 g,

length 3.5, width 3.0, peduncle 3.0 cm, bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1200.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 33.8 %, Staple length 26.0 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength

94.2 tppsi, Uniformity 48.9 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5g, medium in size, length 8.o width 4.o mm, oil 18.o%,

seeds fuzzy, dusky whitish in color.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: BS 1 (13/26) taller than 124 F. Foliage dark (bluish) green

as compared to light green of AC 134, seed fuzzy white. It has some

drought tolerance, hence was approved for Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar

Khan areas.

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362 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: LSS.

Parentage: 289 F- Selection.

Breeders: Cotton Botanist, Faisalabad (Lyallpur).

Centre: Cotton Research Institute, (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1959 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Plant growth spreading, medium bushy, maturity medium (170-

200 days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation weak. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Plants tall growing in habit (150-200 cm), with 6-12

nodes to first fruiting branch, monopodial branches 0-5, and sympodial

branches/plant 15-20, medium in size and semi-spreading to spreading in

attitude.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium and of medium duration. Flower medium, petals of

cream color. Flower size medium, nectaried, calyx normal and of

intermediate size.

Boll: Boll size medium, generally four locked, roundish Surface smooth and

opening good. Bolls/plant 15-20, boll weight 3.0 g.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1500.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 33.0 %, Staple length 23.8 mm, Micronaire value 4.5,

Strength 93.0.

Seed: Seed Index 7.0 g, size medium, surface fuzzy, white in appearance.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 362 F plants tall growing, foliage profusely hairy, boll

roundish, high yielding and comparatively early in opening than LSS.

Staple length better than LSS. This variety also had some drought resistance

and heat tolerance.

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AC 134

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: LSS.

Parentage: 148 F x 199 F.

Breeders: A.H. Khan; and Wali, M., et al..

Centre: Cotton Research Institute, (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1959 (Punjab). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Semi-spreading, semi-bushy, maturity medium late (190-215

days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Medium to tall (140-200 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 6-10, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 15-18, medium, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, light green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

length 13.5, width 15.0, stalk 11.5 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium late. Flower medium, nectaried, calyx intermediate.

Petal and pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height medium (15-25 mm) with medium exsertion (3-6 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, round, wide at middle, and very short beaked, surface

smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, weight 3.5 g,

length 4.0, width 3.1, peduncle 3.0 cm, bracteole normal and medium width.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1600.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 34.5 %, Staple length 26.5 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength

93.5 tppsi, Uniformity 47.5 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium, length 7.2, width 4.0 mm, oil 18.5 %,

seeds semi-fuzzy semi-naked, white in color with greenish tip.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Height and branching vary if sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged. Few seeds of every grade and shade can occur.

Leading characters: AC 134 plants medium to tall growing, taller than 124 F,

but shorter than LSS, foliage medium, light green than LSS, opening earlier,

bolls bigger than LSS.

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LASANI 11

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: 124 F, LSS.

Parentage: 181 F - Selection.

Breeders: M. Afzal; Wali, M. and A.H. Khan.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1959 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Semi-spreading to spreading, and medium late in maturity (190-

210 days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant

to lodging.

Height and branching: Plants tall (140-200 cm), with 6-11 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 16-20, medium, semi-spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

length 12.0, width 130, stalk 10.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering late. Flower medium, nectaried, and calyx intermediate. Petal

and pollen creamy, stamen dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium

(16-25 mm) with medium exsertion (2-6 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oval, wide at middle, and medium beaked, surface

smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 12-15, weight 4.0 g,

length 4.0, width 3.2, peduncle 4.5 cm, bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1600.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 34.5 %, Staple length 28.6 mm, Micronaire 4.0, Strength

90.0 tppsi, Uniformity 47.5 %, 65’s.

Seed: Seed Index 8.5 g, size medium, length 7.5, width 4.1 mm, oil 21.0 %,

seeds fuzzy and whitish in color.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: Lasani 11 (L 11) tall growing more hairy and late

maturing than 124 F. Longer inter-nodes and more spreading than AC 134.

Seeds fuzzy whitish compared to Semi-fuzzy, semi-naked greenish tinged of

AC 134. fiber quality better than earlier released varieties.

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238 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: 289 F/43.

Parentage: 289 F/43 - selection.

Breeders: Cotton Botanist, Faisalabad (Lyallpur).

Centre: Cotton Research Institute, (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1948 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Spreading, medium bushy and medium late in maturity (190-210

days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation weak. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Tall growing (150-200 cm), with 7-13 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 15-20, medium and semi-

spreading to spreading in attitude.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

nectaried.

Flower: Opening of flowers medium late and of medium duration. Flower size

medium, flower nectaries present, and calyx intermediate. Petal color

cream.

Boll: Boll size medium, generally four locked, roundish, beak medium short,

surface smooth and boll splitting good, No. of bolls/plant 15-20, boll weight

3.2 g.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 31.5 %, Staple length 23.8 mm, Micronaire value 4.5,

Strength 88.0 tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium, seeds fuzzy, semi-fuzzy, and whitish in

appearance.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 238 F plants tall growing, foliage medium dense, green

and profusely hairy, boll shape roundish, high yielding, with better staple

length than 289 F/43.

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268 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: LSS.

Parentage: LSS - selection.

Breeders: Cotton Botanist, Faisalabad (Lyallpur).

Centre: Cotton Research Institute, (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1948 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Plants spreading, to medium bushy and medium late in maturity

(180-210 days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation weak.

Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Plants tall growing in habit (160-200 cm), bearing 6-13

nodes to first fruiting branch, monopodial branches/plant 0-5, sympodial

branches 15-20, medium long in size and semi-spreading to spreading in

attitude.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium late and of medium duration. Flower size medium,

flower nectaries present, and calyx intermediate. Petal and pollen color

creamy.

Boll: Boll size medium, generally four locked, shape roundish, beak medium

sharp, surface smooth and opening good, No. of bolls/plant 15-20, boll

weight 3.3 g.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 34.1 %, Staple length 24.6 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength

92.0.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium, seeds fuzzy, whitish in appearance.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 268 F plants tall growing, foliage medium dense, profusely

hairy, boll shape roundish, high yielding, slightly early with better staple

length than LSS.

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199 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), medium staple (Sultani).

Check: 4 F.

Parentage: 4 F-98 (material from Sakrand) - Selection, Natural hybrid, an Off-

type plant in 4 F-98 cotton field at Multan.

Breeders: Cotton Botanist, Faisalabad (Lyallpur).

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1946 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Semi-spreading to spreading bushy and medium in maturity

(180-200 days). Stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium.

Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing plants (120-150 cm), bearing 8-14

nodes to first fruiting branch, monopodial branches/plant high 0-9,

sympodial branches 15-20, long in size, and semi-spreading to spreading in

attitude.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

nectaried.

Flower: Flowering early and of long duration. Flower medium, nectaried, and

calyx intermediate. Petal color cream.

Boll: Boll size medium, generally four locked, roundish, wide at middle, and

medium beaked, surface smooth, gossypol high and opening of bolls good.

Bolls/plant 15-20, boll weight 2.9 g.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 900.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 35.0 %, Staple length 24.6 mm, Micronaire 4.5. fiber

Strength 90.0 tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium. Oil contents 17.5%, seeds fuzzy, whitish

in appearance.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 199 F (Sultani) high yielding, medium in maturity and

high ginning outturn than 4 F, seeds densely fuzzy and whitish in color.

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216 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: 4 F.

Parentage: 4 F - selection.

Breeders: Cotton Botanist, Faisalabad (Lyallpur).

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1946 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Plants spreading to medium bushy and medium early in boll

maturity (170-190 days). Stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation weak.

Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Tall growing (150-200 cm), with 8-14 nodes to first

fruiting branch. No. of, monopodial branches/plant varies from 0-5,

sympodial branches 15-17, medium in size and semi-spreading to spreading

in attitude.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

nectaries present.

Flower: Opening of flower medium early and of medium duration. Flower size

medium, flower nectaries present, and calyx of intermediate size. Petal

color cream.

Boll: Boll size medium, generally four locked, roundish, surface smooth and

opening good. Bolls/plant 15-20, boll weight 3.0 g.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 33.0 %, Staple length 23.8 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength

90.0.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium. oil 17.5 %, seeds semi-fuzzy to Fuzzy,

dusky white in appearance.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 216 F plants tall growing, foliage medium dense, profusely

hairy, boll roundish, early in maturity than 4 F, seeds fuzzy and dusky

whitish in color.

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124 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum), medium staple. (Victory)

Check: LSS.

Parentage: 289 F/43 - Selection (1936) and bulked as “Victory”.

Breeders: M. Afzal, et. al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1945 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Semi-spreading, and medium early in maturity (170-190 days),

stem-tip-hairiness sparse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall in growth (120-150 cm), with 6-10 nodes

to first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 15-20, medium in size

and semi-erect in attitude.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, light green, sparsely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

length 11.0, width 12.5, stalk 10.5 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx

intermediate, pollen light yellowish, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect,

stigma height medium (20-30 mm) with medium exsertion (4-7 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, round, wide at middle, and medium beaked, surface

smooth, gossypol medium with dull glands, opening good. Bolls/plant 12-

15, weight 3.4 g, length 3.8, width 3.0, peduncle 2.5 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 900.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 33.0 %, Staple length 24.6 mm, Micronaire 4.8, Strength

96.0 tppsi, Uniformity 45.2 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium, length 7.5, width 4.1 mm, oil 19.0 %,

seeds fuzzy, with dusky brownish look.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 124 F (Victory) plants drought tolerant, shorter in height

and earlier in maturity, with leaves sparsely hairy, light green in color as

compared to LSS (profusely hairy). Seed densely fuzzy giving dusky

brownish looks.

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M 4

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: 289 F.

Parentage: 289 F - Selection.

Breeders: Cotton Botanist, Tandojam.

Centre: Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam.

Maintainer: CRS, Tandojam.

Status: Released, 1942 (Sindh).

Growth habit: Spreading, medium early in maturity (160-180 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall (120-160), with 7-12 nodes to first

monopodium, monopodia 0-7, sympodia 16-20, long in size and spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf length 12.0,

width 14.0, stalk 13.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early. Flower medium, nectaried, and calyx

intermediate. Petal and pollen creamy, stamen dense, and semi-erect, stigma

height medium (15-25 mm) with medium exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, round, wide at middle, and medium beaked, surface

smooth, gossypol medium and opening good, No. of bolls/plant 15-20,

weight 3.5 g, length 4.0, width 3.1, peduncle 3.2 cm, bracteole normal, size

medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton 900.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 33.0 %, Staple length 23.8 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength

85.0 tppsi, Uniformity 47.9 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm, oil 18.1 %,

seeds fuzzy, dirty white in color.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: M 4 plants medium tall, shorter in height than 289 F,

foliage medium dense and profusely hairy. Maturity early. M 4 together

with M 100 (known as “NT”) were the most famous varieties of Upland

cotton in Sindh.

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289 F/43

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: 4 F.

Parentage: 4 F - Selection, Natural hybrid - an off-type plant found in the 4 F

field.

Breeders: Department of Agriculture, Lyallpur (Faisalabad), Punjab.

Centre: Botanical Section, Lyallpur (Faisalabad).

Maintainer: Department of Agriculture, Lyallpur (Faisalabad).

Status: Released 1934 (Punjab),

Growth habit: Spreading, semi-bushy and early in maturity. stem-tip-hairiness

profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Tall growing (150-200 cm), with 9-14 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 3-5, sympodia 15-20, medium long and semi-

spreading to spreading in attitude.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

nectaried.

Flower: Flowering starts early and of medium duration. Flower size medium,

flower nectaries present, calyx of intermediate size, petal and pollen color

creamy.

Boll: Small sized, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at middle, and medium beaked,

surface smooth, gossypol high and opening good. Bolls/plant 15-20, boll

weight 2.8 g.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 900.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 31.0 %, Staple length 23.8 mm, Micronaire 4.5. fiber

Strength 95.0 tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium. oil 17.5 %, seeds fuzzy, dull whitish in

appearance.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 289 F/43 plants tall growing with low water requirements,

foliage medium dense, profusely hairy, early in boll maturity but low

ginning outturn than 4 F.

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LSS

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: 4 F.

Parentage: 4 F - Selection, a single off-type plant: a natural hybrid found in the

field of 4 F cotton.

Breeders: L.S. Singh, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1934 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Spreading, bushy to semi-bushy, highly, monopodial and late in

maturity (190-220 days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation

medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall (170-200 cm), with 8-14 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 0-7, sympodia 15-18, medium, spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect,

leaf length 13.0, width 13.5, stalk 11.5 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering late. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx intermediate,

pollen light yellow, stamen medium dense, semi-erect, stigma height (15-25

mm) with medium exsertion (2-5 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, roundish to oval, wide at middle, and short beaked,

surface smooth, gossypol medium, opening good. Bolls/plant 15-20, weight

2.5 g, length 3.5, width 2.7, peduncle 5.0 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 32.2 %, Staple length 23.0 mm, Micronaire 5.0, Strength

85.0 tppsi, Uniformity 48.5 %.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size small to medium, length 6.5, width 3.2 mm, oil

21.0%, seeds naked to semi-fuzzy greenish, whitish towards tips.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: LSS plants medium tall growing, taller, longer internodes

and late maturing than 4 F. Leaves more strongly hairy than 4 F and bolls

bigger. Due to late maturity the bolls suffer from frost.

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289 F/K25

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: 4 F.

Parentage: 289 F - Bulk selection.

Breeders: British Cotton Growing Association (BCGA).

Centre: BCGA Farm, Khanewal.

Maintainer: BCGA Farm, Khanewal.

Status: Released, 1930 (Punjab). (289 F/K25 was a very popular commercial

variety during 1930s).

Growth habit: Spreading, bushy and medium in maturity. Stem-tip-hairiness

sparse to medium and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (150-200 cm), with 9-13 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 3-5, sympodia 10-15, medium long and

semi-spreading to spreading in attitude.

Foliage: Foliage density medium, green, sparsely hairy, semi-erect, leaf

nectaries present.

Flower: Flowering medium late and of long duration. Flower medium, nectaried,

and calyx intermediate. Petal and pollen creamy.

Boll: bolls small, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at middle, and medium beaked,

surface smooth, gossypol high and opening good. Bolls/plant 12-15, boll

weight 2.5 g, bracteole normal and of medium width.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 1000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 33.5 %, Staple length 23.8 mm, Micronaire value 4.5.

fiber Strength 95 tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium. length 7.5, width 3.8 mm. oil 21.1%, seeds

fuzzy, dull white.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 289 F/K25 plants medium tall growing, foliage medium

dense, sparsely hairy. Plants resemble 289 F except for more yield, and

sparse hairiness. Seeds fuzzy, dull whitish in appearance as compared to

naked to semi-naked of 4 F.

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289 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: 4 F.

Parentage: 4 F - Selection.

Breeders: Milne. D., et al.

Centre: Department of Agriculture, Lyallpur (Faisalabad).

Maintainer: Department of Agriculture, Lyallpur (Faisalabad).

Status: Released, 1921 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Semi-spreading to spreading, bushy, medium early in maturity.

Stem-tip-hairiness profuse and stem pigmentation medium. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Tall growing (160-210 cm), with 9-14 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 3-5, sympodia 10-15, medium long and semi-

spreading to spreading in attitude.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium late and of long duration. Flower medium, nectaried,

and calyx intermediate. Petal color cream.

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, shape roundish, wide at middle, and beak size

medium, boll surface smooth, gossypol intensity high and boll opening

good. Bolls/plant 12-16, boll weight 2.5 g, bracteole size normal and of

medium width.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 950.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 32.0 %, Staple length 25.0 mm, Micronaire value 4.5.

Strength 95 tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 7.4 g, size medium, oil contents 20.0 %, seeds fuzzy, whitish

in appearance.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 289 F plants tall growing, early maturing and high yielding

than 4 F. Seeds fuzzy, whitish in color as compared to naked to semi-naked

seeds of 4 F.

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4 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Check: 3 F.

Parentage: Selection from stray plants of American Cotton.

Breeders: Milne. D., et al.

Centre: Department of Agriculture, Lyallpur (Faisalabad).

Maintainer: Department of Agriculture, Lyallpur.

Status: Released, 1914 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Spreading, bushy, medium late in maturity (180-210 days). stem-

tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (150-200 cm), with 9-15 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 3-5, sympodia 10-15, medium long and

semi-spreading to spreading in attitude.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

length 10.5, width 12.0, stalk 13.0 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium late and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, and calyx intermediate. Petal and pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (15-25 mm) with very short

exsertion (0-2 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at middle, and medium beaked,

surface smooth, gossypol high, opening good. Bolls/plant 12-15, weight

2.5g, length 3.3, width 2.7, peduncle 3.2 cm, bracteole normal, medium

width.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 800.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 32.0 %, Staple length 20.6 mm, Micronaire 5.0, Strength

85.0 tppsi, Uniformity 48.9 %.

Seed: Seed Index 6.6 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm, oil 18.0 %,

naked to semi-naked, greenish towards tips. Seed coat color blackish, hence

“Kala Narma”.

Variants: Shape varies if sown early, late, spaced or terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 4 F plants shorter in height, leaves profusely hairy and

bolls slightly bigger than 3 F, but early in maturity.

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3 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: Selection from stray plants of American cottons introduced from

USA by the East India Company.

Breeders: Milne. D., et al.

Centre: Department of Agriculture, Lyallpur.

Maintainer: Department of Agriculture, Lyallpur.

Status: Released, 1913 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Plant spreading to bushy in habit, and late in boll maturity. stem-

tip-hairiness sparse to medium and pigmentation medium. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Tall growing (200-225 cm), with 8-14 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 3-5, sympodia 12-18, long and semi-spreading

to spreading in attitude.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, sparsely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

nectaried.

Flower: Flowering late and of long duration. Flower medium, nectaried, and

calyx intermediate. Petal creamy and Pollen yellowish.

Boll: Medium, generally four locked, roundish, wide at middle, and medium

beaked, surface smooth, gossypol medium and opening good. Bolls/plant

15-20, boll weight 2.0 g.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton (Kapas) 600.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 33.0 %, Staple length 20.6 mm, Micronaire 4.9, Strength

85.0 tppsi, Uniformity 46.0 %.

Seed: Seed Index 6.0 g, size medium, length 7.0, width 4.0 mm, oil 18.0 %,

naked to semi-naked, and darkish green in color.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late, spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: 3 F plants medium to tall growing, and late in maturity.

Leaves sparsely hairy and susceptible to jassid and other sucking pests. This

was the first regular variety of Upland cotton released for general

cultivation and got the name of “NARMA” due to softness and silky feel of

lint as compared to Desi cottons.

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H 115

Type: Upland. Hybrid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: 210 F x AS 108.

Check: cim 448

Breeders: Syed Siddique Akbar Bokhari.

Centre: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Maintainer: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Status: Registered 1999.

Growth habit: Spreading to semi spreading, medium early in maturity (160-170

days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium tall (150-175 cm), nodes to 1st fruiting branch

4-7, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 25-30, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Medium dense, color green, leaf broad, profusely hairy, and nectaried,

leaf attitude mostly horizontal, leaf length 13.0, width 15.0, stalk 12.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, with medium

calyx, petal creamy, pollen yellow, stigma height medium (25-30 mm) with

medium to short exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium bold, 4-5 locked, roundish to ovate, wide at lower mid, beak very

short to blunt. Surface rough, pitted, gossypol distinct glands, opening good.

No/plant 30-40, weight 4-5g length 4.5, width 3.2, peduncle 2.5 cm.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3500.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0 %, Staple length 29.5 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 108.0

tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm. Seeds naked to

fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching vary with sowing time, space and bud damaged.

Leading characters: H 115 medium tall, foliage medium, leaf broad, green

(greener than H 151), profusely hairy, pollen yellow, stigma exsertion

medium to long, boll roundish to ovate, opening medium early (later than H

151).

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H 151

Type: Upland. Hybrid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: 20 F x AS 192.

Check: CIM 448

Breeders: Syed Siddique Akbar Bokhari.

Centre: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Maintainer: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Status: Released, 2003 (Punjab). Registered 1999.

Growth habit: Semi bushy to semi spreading, medium early maturing, stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Plant medium tall growing (150-165 cm), nodes to 1st

fruiting branch 5-8, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 25-30, semi-erect to semi

spreading.

Foliage: Foliage density sparse, light green, medium broad, profusely hairy, and

nectaried. Leaf length 15.0, width 14.0, stalk 13.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx medium,

petal creamy, pollen light yellow, stamen medium, semi-erect, stigma height

medium (20-22 mm), and exsertion medium (5-6mm).

Boll: Medium bold, 4-5 locked, round to ovate, wide at lower mid, beak

medium. Surface smooth, pitted, gossypol normal, opening good. No/plant

30-40, weight 4.5g length 5.0, width 3.5, peduncle 2.0cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3500.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0%, Staple length 32.5 mm, Micronaire 4.6, Strength 100.3

tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 7.5 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 5.0 mm. Seeds fuzzy –

semi fuzzy, silver gray.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching vary with sowing time, space and bud damaged.

Leading characters: H 151 medium tall, semi bushy, foliage density sparse,

light green, profusely hairy, pollen light yellow, boll medium big, beak

medium, opening good, seed fuzzy-semi fuzzy, silver gray.

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H 160

Type: Upland. Hybrid (Gossypium hirsutum). Medium staple.

Parentage: 126 F x 210 F.

Check: CIM 448

Breeders: Syed Siddique Akbar Bokhari.

Centre: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Maintainer: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Status: Registered 1999.

Growth habit: Spreading, medium early maturing (160-170 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (140-160cm), nodes to 1st fruiting

branch 5-7, monopodia 0-7, sympodia 20-30, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage density sparse, light green, leaf broad, profusely hairy, and

nectaried. Leaf length 12.0, width 14.0, stalk 8.0cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx medium,

petal creamy, pollen creamy yellow, stamen medium, semi-erect, stigma

height medium (18-20 mm), and exsertion medium to long (5-7mm).

Boll: Size medium bold, 4-5 locked, roundish oblong, wide at lower mid, beak

short. Surface smooth, finely pitted, gossypol normal, opening good.

No/plant 30-40, weight 4-5g length 5.0, width 3.2, peduncle 2.5cm,

bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3500.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0%, Staple length 28.5 mm, Micronaire 4.2, Strength 108.0

tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm. Seeds naked to

fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching vary with sowing time, space and bud damaged.

Leading characters: H 160 medium tall growing, spreading in habit, foliage

density sparse, leaf light green, profusely hairy, flower creamy, pollen

creamy to yellow, stigma exsertion medium to long, boll medium big,

roundish, short & sharp beaked.

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20 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). � Inbred of H 151.

Parentage:.a variant selection from.

Breeders: Syed Siddique Akbar Bokhari.

Centre: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Maintainer: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Status: Registered 1999.

Growth habit: Bushy spreading plants, medium early in maturity (160-170

days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse and stem pigmentation medium. Lodge

tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (150 cm), nodes to 1st fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-6, sympodia 15-20, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage sparse, light green, profusely hairy, and nectaried. Leaf length

12.0, width 12.0, stalk 9.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, pollen creamy

yellow, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (25-

30 mm) with medium exsertion (6-10 mm).

Boll: Medium, 4-5 locked, oblong to roundish, wide at lower mid, beak short.

Surface smooth, pitted, gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 25-30,

weight 4-5 g length 4.5, width 3.0, peduncle 2.0 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3500.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0 %, Staple length 29.5 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 108.0

tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm. Seeds naked to

fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching vary with sowing time, space and bud damage.

Leading characters: 20 F medium tall, spreading variety, foliage medium, leaf

broad, green, profusely hairy, pollen creamy, stigma exsertion medium to

long, boll medium big, roundish, boll beak very short to blunt, opening

medium early (later than H 151), seed semi-naked to fuzzy, fuzz color dusky

white.

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126 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). Inbred of H 160.

Breeders: Syed Siddique Akbar Bokhari.

Centre: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Maintainer: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Status: Registered 1999.

Growth habit: Plant spreading to semi spreading, medium early in maturity

(160-170 days) stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge

tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (140 cm), nodes to 1st fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 20, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, light green, profusely hairy, and nectaried. Leaf

length 12.0, width 15.0, stalk 10.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, pollen light

yellow, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (15-

20 mm) with medium exsertion (5-7 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, shape roundish, wide at lower mid, boll beak

medium sharp. Surface smooth, pitted, gossypol normal, opening good.

No/plant 25-30, weight 4-5 g length 5.0, width 3.0, peduncle 3.0 cm,

bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3500.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0 %, Staple length 29.5 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 108.0

tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm. Seeds naked to

fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching may vary with sowing time, space and bud

damage.

Leading characters: 126 F medium tall, spreading bushy, semi-spreading,

foliage medium, leaf light green, profusely hairy, pollen light yellow, stigma

exsertion medium, boll medium, roundish, boll beak medium sharp, opening

medium early, seed semi-naked to fuzzy, fuzz dusky white.

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210 F

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). � Inbred of H 115.

Parentage:.a variant selection from 110 F field.

Breeders: Syed Siddique Akbar Bokhari.

Centre: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Maintainer: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Status: Registered 1999.

Growth habit: Spreading, medium early in maturity (160-170 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (130-140cm), nodes to 1st fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 20-25, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and nectaried. Leaf

length 12.0, width 17.0, stalk 13.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx medium,

pollen creamy, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect. Stigma height

medium (25-30 mm), exsertion medium to short (3-5 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, roundish, wide at lower mid, beak very short to

blunt. Surface rough, pitted, gossypol distinct glands, opening good.

No/plant 25-30, weight 4-5 g length 4.5, width 3.1, peduncle 2.5 cm,

bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3500.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0 %, Staple length 29.5 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 108.0

tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm. Seeds naked to

fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching vary with sowing time, space and bud damage.

Leading characters: 210 F plant medium tall, spreading, foliage medium, leaf

broad, green, profusely hairy, pollen creamy, stigma exsertion medium to

long, boll medium big, roundish, boll beak very short to blunt, opening

medium early (later than H 151), seed semi-naked to fuzzy, fuzz dusky

white.

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AS 108

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). �Inbred of H 115.

Parentage:.a variant selection from.

Breeders: Syed Siddique Akbar Bokhari.

Centre: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Maintainer: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Status: Registered 1999.

Growth habit: Spreading, medium early in maturity (160-170 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing (130-140cm), nodes to 1st fruiting

branch 4-7, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 20-25, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, green, profusely hairy, and nectaried. Leaf

length 11.0, width 13.0, stalk 10.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx medium,

pollen yellow, stamen medium dense, and semi-erect. Stigma height

medium (25-30 mm), exertion short to medium (3-5 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, shape oblong, wide at lower mid, beak short.

Surface rough, pitted, gossypol distinct glands, and opening good.

Bolls/plant 25-30, weight 4-5 g length 4.0, width 3.0, peduncle 2.0 cm,

bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3500.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0 %, Staple length 29.5 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 108.0

tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm. Seeds naked to

fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching vary with sowing time, space and bud damage.

Leading characters: AS 108 medium tall, spreading, leaf, green, profusely

hairy, pollen yellow, stigma exsertion short to medium, boll medium,

roundish, beak short, opening medium early, seed semi-naked to fuzzy,

dusky white.

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AS 192

Type: Upland. Tetraploid (Gossypium hirsutum). � Inbred of H 151.

Parentage:.a variant selection.

Breeders: Syed Siddique Akbar Bokhari.

Centre: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Maintainer: Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Kabirwala, Multan.

Status: Registered 1999.

Growth habit: Semi erect, medium early in maturity (160-170 days), stem-tip-

hairiness profuse and pigmentation medium. Lodge tolerant.

Height and branching: Medium tall (150 cm), nodes to 1st fruiting branch 5-8,

monopodia 0-3, sympodia 25, semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage sparse, light green, profusely hairy, and nectaried. Leaf length

12.0, width 15.0, stalk 14.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early. Flower medium, nectaried, creamy, calyx medium,

pollen color creamy yellow, stamen medium dense, and semi-erectin

attitude. Stigma height medium (25-30 mm), exertion medium to short (3-5

mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, oblong to roundish, wide at lower mid, beak

short. Surface smooth, pitted, gossypol normal, opening good. No/plant 25-

3 0, weight 4-5 g length 5.0, width 3.1, peduncle 2.0 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 3500.0

Fiber: GOT 38.0 %, Staple length 29.5 mm, Micronaire 4.5, Strength 108.0

tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 8.0 g, size medium, length 8.0, width 4.0 mm. Seeds naked to

fuzzy, dusky whitish.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Tolerant.

Variants: Height and branching vary with sowing time, space and bud damage.

Leading characters: AS 192 medium tall, semi erect, foliage sparse, leaf broad,

light green in color, profusely hairy, pollen creamy yellow, stigma exsertion

medium to short, boll, oblong to roundish, beak short, opening medium

early.

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FDH 228

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Parentage: TD 1 x (Commila x FDH 170) (1990).

Check: FDH 170

Breeders: Iqbal, M., et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: Cotton Botanist, CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 2002 (Punjab). Registered 2003.

Growth habit: Semi spreading, early in maturity (95-100 days), stem-tip-

hairiness medium, pigmentation medium. Lodge resistant.

Height and branching: Plant medium height (170-200 cm), nodes to first

fruiting branch 4-7, monopodia 0-2, sympodia 15-20, short to medium,

semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, medium hairy, and nectaried,

leaf length 6.0, width 5.0, stalk 6.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, white, with intermediate calyx, pollen creamy, stamen medium

dense, and semi-erect, stigma height short (7-10 mm) with short exsertion

(2-4 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4-5 locked, round, wide base, beak very short, pitted and

gossypol normal, opening good. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight 2.3 g, length

3.3, width 2.2, peduncle 1.0 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2000.0

Fiber: GOT 43.5%, Staple length 13.9 mm, Micronaire 7.3.

Seed: Seed Index 5.0 g, size medium, length 5.5, width 3.3 mm. Seeds fuzzy,

dusky.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): Susceptible.

Variants: Habit varies with space, sowing and stem damage.

Leading characters: FDH 228 tall growing, dark green, medium dense foliage,

petal white, pollen creamy, boll round with short beak and early in maturity,

opening good.

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FDH 170

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Parentage: D 9 x TD 1.

Check: Ravi.

Breeders: W.S. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1995 (Punjab). Registered 1996.

Growth habit: Semi spreading to spreading, and early in maturity (170-180

days), stem-tip-hairiness profuse, pigmentation medium. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Medium height (140-150 cm), monopodia 0-1,

sympodia 12-18, semi-spreading to spreading.

Foliage: Foliage medium lax, light green in color, profusely hairy, leaf nectaries

present, leaf length 11.0, width 13.0, stalk 14.5 cm.

Flower: Flowering early, and of short duration. Flower size medium, nectaries

present, white in color, pollen color cream, stamen medium dense, and

semi-erect in attitude, stigma height medium (25-28 mm) with long

exsertion (2.3 mm).

Boll: Size medium, 4 locked, roundish to oblong, wide at middle, beak short.

Surface rough, pitted, gossypol high, opening good. Bolls/plant 15-20, boll

weight 2.5 g, length 3.3, width 2.5, peduncle 1.5 cm, bracteole medium,

normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed cotton 2500.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 40.3 %, Staple length 14.1 mm, Micronaire 8.4. Strength

80 tppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 5.0 g, size medium, length 5.4, width 3.3 mm, seeds naked to

slightly fuzzy and dark dusky in shade.

Variants: Height and branching vary with sowing time, space and bud damage.

Leading characters: Plants of FDH 170 resemble Ravi except for slightly

shorter in height, stem slightly more hairy, foliage light green and less

spreading than Ravi. FDH 170.

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ROHI

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Check: D 9.

Parentage: Haroonabad Local x D 9.

Breeders: M.A. Tariq and AbdulKarim et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Station, (PCCC), Bahawalpur.

Maintainer: CRS, Bahawalpur.

Status: Released, 1986 (Punjab). Registered, 1986.

Growth habit: Plants erect to semi-erect to semi bushy and early maturing.

Stem-tip-hairiness profuse and pigmentation strong. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing, (130-170 cm), with 8-10 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 25-30, medium in size and

semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, dark green in color, sparsely hairy, and semi-

erect, leaf length 10.3, width 11.0, stalk 10.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early and of short duration. Flower medium, nectaried, and

calyx intermediate. Petal color white with purple base and pollen bright

yellow, stamen dense, and semi-erect in attitude, stigma height medium (10-

20 mm) exsertion short to medium (2-5 mm).

Boll: Medium size, 3-4 locked, roundish, wide at base, and short beaked, surface

rough, gossypol medium and opening loose. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll weight

2.0 g. boll length 3.5, width 2.8, peduncle 2.8 cm, bracteole normal and size

medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 2000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 39.0 %, Staple length 15.9 mm, Micronaire 8.0. Strength

80.0 tppsi. Uniformity 50.0 %.

Seed: Seed Index 5.0 g, size medium, length 7.5, width 3.5 mm. oil 23.0 %,

seeds fuzzy, with greenish tinge.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late or spaced widely.

Leading characters: Rohi earlier in maturity, shorter in height and

comparatively high yielding, than Ravi. Foliage color dark green and leaf

size slightly smaller than Ravi.

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RAVI

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Check: D 9.

Parentage: 465 D - selection.

Breeders: W.S. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1982 (Punjab). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Semi-spreading, semi-bushy, and early maturing. Stem-tip-

hairiness and pigmentation medium. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing, (150-200 cm), with 8-10 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-6, sympodia 20-25, medium in size and

semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, light green, sparse to medium hairy, and semi-

erect, leaf length 11.0, width 13.0, stalk 9.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering early and of short duration. Flower medium, nectaried, and

calyx intermediate. Petal color white with purple base and pollen light

yellow, stamen dense, and semi-erect, stigma height medium (20-25 mm)

with medium to long exsertion (3-7 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 3-4 locked, roundish, wide at base, and short beaked,

surface rough, gossypol medium and opening loose. Bolls/plant 20-25, boll

weight 2.0 g. boll length 3.5, width 2.7, peduncle 3.0 cm, bracteole normal.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 1900.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 40.3 %, Staple length 14.9 mm, Micronaire 8.0. Strength

80.0 tppsi. Uniformity 47.7 %.

Seed: Seed Index 5.0 g, size medium, length 7.0, width 3.4 mm, oil 24.5 %,

fuzzy to semi-fuzzy, dusky white with greenish tinge.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late or spaced widely or

terminal bud damaged.

Leading characters: Ravi slightly less hairy, earlier in opening, and

comparatively high yielding than D 9. Pollen color light yellow as compared

to yellow of D 9. Exsertion variable from medium to long.

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SKD 10/19

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Check: TD 1.

Parentage: SNR - Selection, (a single plant selection from SNR, G-IV, bulked

G-4/NRPT 10 & 19).

Breeders: B.A. Soomro and MohyudDin, K.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (PCCC), Sakrand.

Maintainer: CRI, Sakrand.

Status: Released, 1975 (Sindh). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Plant semi-spreading, semi-bushy, medium early in maturity

(150-160 days), stem-tip-hairiness sparse, pigmentation medium. Resistant

to lodging.

Height and branching: Plants tall growing, (150-200 cm), nodes to first fruiting

branch 10-12, monopodia 0-7, sympodia 15-20, medium and semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, dark green, sparsely hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

length 12.0, width 14.5, stalk 6.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, and calyx intermediate. Petal color white with red purple base,

stamen dense, and semi-erect, pollen yellow, stigma height medium (20-25

mm) with medium exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 3-4 locked, round, wide at base, and very short beaked,

surface rough, gossypol medium and opening loose. Bolls/plant 20-30, boll

weight 2.0 g, boll length 3.5, width 2.6, peduncle 3.0 cm, bracteole normal

and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 1700.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 40.6 %, Staple length 15.5 mm, Micronaire 10.1.

Strength 80.0ppsi.

Seed: Seed Index 7.0 g, size medium, length 7.0, width 3.3 mm, oil 21.0 %,

seeds fuzzy, dusky white with greenish tinge.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late or spaced widely.

Leading characters: SKD 10/19 a bit shorter in height with bigger bolls than

TD 1. Flower with large purple colored base. Micronaire very high.

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D 9

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Check: 231 R.

Parentage: Bahawalpur Desi - Selection.

Breeders: S.D. Khan, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: CRI, Faisalabad.

Status: Released, 1970 (Punjab). Registered, 1983.

Growth habit: Semi-spreading, semi-bushy, and early to mature. Stem-tip-

hairiness sparse and pigmentation strong. Resistant to lodging.

Height and branching: Medium tall growing, (150-200 cm), with 8-10 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-3, sympodia 20-25, medium in size and

semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, dark green, medium hairy, and semi-erect, leaf

length 11.5, width 13.0, stalk 4.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium early and of medium duration. Flower medium,

nectaried, and calyx intermediate. Petal color white with red purple base,

stamen dense, and semi-erect, pollen yellow, stigma height medium (15-20

mm) with short exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 3-4 locked, roundish, wide at base, and short beaked,

surface rough, gossypol medium and opening loose. Bolls/plant 15-20, boll

weight 1.9 g, boll length 3.4, width 2.5, peduncle 3.0 cm, bracteole normal,

size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 1400.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 41.0 %, Staple length 14.5 mm, Micronaire 8.2. Strength

80.0 tppsi. Uniformity 47.8 %.

Seed: Seed Index 5.0 g, size medium, length 7.0, width 3.5 mm, oil 22.1 %,

seeds semi-fuzzy dusky white with greenish tinge.

Variants: Plant shape, height and branching vary when sown early, late or

spaced widely.

Leading characters: D 9 plants medium tall, foliage sparsely hairy, earlier in

maturity, shorter in height with lower staple length than 231 R.

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TD 1

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Check: SNR.

Parentage: SNR -Selection.

Breeders: S.K. Bokhari, et al.

Centre: Cotton Research Section, ARI, Tandojam.

Maintainer: CRS, Tandojam.

Status: Released, 1963 (Sindh).

Growth habit: Semi-spreading, semi-bushy, and early in maturity (150-170

days), Stem-tip-hairiness sparse and pigmentation strong. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Plants tall growing, (240 cm), with 10-13 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 0-5, sympodia 15-20, medium in size and semi-

erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, dark green in color, sparsely hairy, and semi-

erect, leaf length 10.0, width 12.0, stalk 6.0 cm, leaf nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium and of medium duration. Flower size medium,

nectaried, and calyx intermediate. Petal color white with red purple base,

stamen dense, and semi-erect, pollen yellow, stigma height medium (20-25

mm) with medium exsertion (3-5 mm).

Boll: Medium sized, 3-4 locked, oval, wide at base, and medium short beaked,

surface rough, gossypol medium and opening loose. Bolls/plant 15-20, boll

weight 1.7 g, boll length 2.7, width 2.5, peduncle 3.0 cm, bracteole normal

and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 1000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 41.0 %, Staple length 15.9 mm, Micronaire 9.4, strength

80.0.

Seed: Seed Index 4.9 g, size medium, length 6.0, width 3.0 mm, oil 16.9 %,

seeds fuzzy to semi-fuzzy, dirt whitish in color.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late or spaced widely.

Leading characters: TD 1 (Tandojam 1) high yielding and medium early in

maturity having medium beaked bolls with high Ginning Outturn.

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231 R

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Check: 119 S.

Parentage: 39 Mollisoni - Selection.

Breeders: Cotton Botanist, Lyallpur (Faisalabad).

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: Lyallpur.

Status: Released, 1959 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Plant semi-spreading to semi-bushy in habit, and medium in

maturity. Stem-tip-hairiness sparse and pigmentation medium. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Plants tall growing, (150-200 cm), with 12-13 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-7, sympodia 20-30, medium in size and

semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, sparsely hairy, and semi-erect.

Leaves medium sized, leaf length 13.0, width 14.5, stalk 12.0.

Flower: Flowering medium and of short duration. Flower medium, nectaried,

and calyx intermediate. Petal color white with purple base, stamen dense,

and semi-erect, pollen yellow.

Boll: Medium sized, 3-4 locked, roundish, wide at base, and short beaked,

surface rough, gossypol medium, opening loose. Bolls/plant 20-30, length

3.2, width 2.6, peduncle 3.0 cm, weight 1.9 g, bracteole normal and size

medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 1000.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 40.0 %, Staple length 15.9 mm, Micronaire 8.4.

Seed: Seed Index 5.5 g, size medium. Oil 19.8 %, seeds fuzzy to semi-fuzzy,

dirty whitish in color.

Variants: Plant shape, height and branching vary when sown early, late or

spaced widely or topped.

Leading characters: 231 R (231 Rosea) plants tall growing, foliage medium

dense, sparsely hairy, light green in color and white flowered variety. Seeds

fuzzy to semi-fuzzy, dirty whitish in color.

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119 S

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Check: Local Desi.

Parentage: Selection from local Desi mixture called Multani Kapas.

Breeders: Cotton Botanist, Lyallpur (Faisalabad).

Centre: Cotton Research Station (AARI), Multan.

Maintainer: CRS, Multan.

Status: Released, 1941 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Plants with semi-spreading, to semi-bushy growth, and early in

maturity. Stem-tip-hairiness sparse and pigmentation strong. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Plants tall growing, (150-180 cm), with 10-11 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-7, sympodia 15-20, medium in size and

semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, reddish green, sparsely hairy, and semi-erect.

Leaf size medium, leaf length 12.0, width 13.0, stalk 11.0 cm.

Flower: Flowering medium and of short duration. Flower size medium,

nectaried, and calyx intermediate. Petal color red, stamen dense, and semi-

erect in attitude, pollen yellow.

Boll: Medium sized, 3-4 locked, roundish, wide at base, and short beaked,

surface rough, gossypol medium and opening loose. Bolls/plant 20-30, boll

weight 1.6 g, bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 800.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn (GOT) 35.5 %, Staple length 17.5 mm, Strength high,

Micronaire value 8.4.

Seed: Seed Index 5.0 g, size medium. Oil content 20.0 %, seeds fuzzy to semi-

fuzzy, dirt whitish in color.

Variants: Plant shape, height and branching vary when sown early, late or

spaced widely.

Leading characters: 119 S (119 Sanguineum) plants tall growing, with stem,

leaves and flowers strongly red. Reddening deeper at petal bases. It has very

strong anthocyanin pigmentation on all parts of the plant.

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39 M

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Check: Local Desi.

Parentage: Selection from local Desi mixture.

Breeders: Cotton Botanist, Lyallpur (Faisalabad).

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: Lyallpur.

Status: Released, 1934 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Plants semi-spreading to semi-bushy in growth, and early in boll

maturity. Stem-tip-hairiness sparse and pigmentation strong. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Plants tall growing, (150-180 cm), with 12-14 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-7, sympodia 15-20, medium in size and

semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, dark green, sparsely hairy, and semi-erect. Leaf

size medium and nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium and of short duration. Flower size medium,

nectaried, and calyx intermediate. Petal color white with red purple base,

stamen dense, and semi-erect, pollen yellow.

Boll: Medium sized, 3-4 locked, roundish, wide at base, and medium beaked,

surface rough, gossypol medium and opening loose. Bolls/plant 15-20, boll

weight 1.7 g, bracteole normal and size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 650.0.

Fiber: Ginning Outturn (GOT) 36.0 %, Staple length 17.5 mm, Micronaire value

8.5.

Seed: Seed Index 5.5 g, size medium. Oil 19.1 %, seeds fuzzy, dirt whitish in

color.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late or plants spaced

widely.

Leading characters: Plants of 39 M (39 Mollisoni) resembles 15 Mollisoni

except for few days earliness in boll splitting, comparatively high yielding

and more ginning outturn.

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15 M

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Check: Local Desi.

Parentage: Selection from Local Desi.

Breeders: Cotton Botanist, Lyallpur (Faisalabad).

Centre: Cotton Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.

Maintainer: Lyallpur.

Status: Released, 1930 (Punjab).

Growth habit: Semi-spreading, semi-bushy, and medium in maturity (150-170

days), Stem-tip-hairiness sparse and pigmentation strong. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Plants tall growing, (180 cm), with 12-13 nodes to first

fruiting branch, monopodia 0-7, sympodia 15-20, medium in size and semi-

erect.

Foliage: Medium dense, dark green, sparsely hairy, and semi-erect. Leaf size

medium and nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium and of medium duration. Flower size medium,

nectaried, and calyx intermediate. Petal color light yellow with red purple

base, stamen dense, and semi-erect, pollen color yellow.

Boll: Medium sized, 3-4 locked, roundish, wide at base, and short beaked,

surface rough, deeply pitted. Boll gossypol medium and opening loose.

Bolls/plant 15-20, boll weight 1.7 g, bracteoles of normal type and size

medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 600.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn (GOT) 35.0 %, Staple length 17.5 mm, Micronaire value

8.0.

Seed: Seed Index 5.4 g, seed size medium. Oil 19.0 %, seeds fuzzy, dirty whitish

in color.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late or spaced widely.

Leading characters: 15 M (15 Mollisoni) plants tall growing, foliage medium

dense, dark green, sparsely hairy. Bolls medium, short beaked and medium

early in maturity.

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SNR

Type: Desi, diploid (Gossypium arboreum), short staple.

Check: Sindh Desi.

Parentage: Sindh Desi mixture -Selection, (1922). Sindh Desi, originally was

Comilla cotton from East Pakistan, now Bangla Desh.

Breeders: Milne, D. et. al.

Centre: Agricultural Research Institute, Tandojam.

Maintainer: Director Agriculture, Sindh.

Status: Released, 1926 (Sindh).

Growth habit: Semi-spreading, semi-bushy, and early in maturity (140-160

days), Stem-tip-hairiness sparse and pigmentation strong. Resistant to

lodging.

Height and branching: Plants tall growing, (150-210 cm), with 12-13 nodes to

first fruiting branch, monopodia 0-4, sympodia 12-15, medium in size and

semi-erect.

Foliage: Foliage medium dense, medium green, sparsely hairy, and semi-erect.

Leaf size medium and nectaried.

Flower: Flowering medium and of medium duration. Flower size medium,

nectaried, and calyx intermediate. Petal color white with red purple base,

stamen dense, and semi-erect, pollen yellow.

Boll: Size medium, generally 3-4 locked, boll shape conical, wide at base, and

boll beak medium, boll surface medium rough, gossypol medium and

opening loose. Bolls/plant 10-15, boll weight 1.6 g, bracteole normal and

size medium.

Yield kg/ha: Seed Cotton (Kapas) 800.0

Fiber: Ginning Outturn 39.0 %, Staple length 17.5 mm, Micronaire value 7.8.

Seed: Seed Index 5.1 g, size medium. Oil 20.1 %, seeds semi-fuzzy to fuzzy,

dirty whitish in color.

Variants: Height and branching vary when sown early, late or spaced widely.

Leading characters: SNR plants tall growing, foliage medium green, sparsely

hairy, petal color white, pollen yellow, bolls medium beaked, early in

maturity as compared to local desi mixtures.

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COTTON DESCRIPTOR,

STANDARDS, GUIDELINES

EXPLANATORY NOTES,

TABLES &

PHOTOGRAPHS

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COTTON DESCRIPTOR

COTTON: (Gossypium spp.)

1 General

1.1 Variety name:

1.2 Variety type: (1)Desi (2)Upland

1.3 Check variety

1.4 Parentage: (with pedigree)

1.5 Breeding centre:

1.6 Breeders:

1.7 Organisation:

1.8 Applicant:

1.9 Maintainer:

1.10 Area of adaptation:

1.11 Variety origin: (1)local cross (2)selection (3)introduction

2.1 Days to opening: (50 % boll splitting)

2.2 Maturity: (1)early (2)medium (3)late

3 Seedling:

3.1 Length cm:

3.2 Green color: (3)light (5)medium (7)dark

3.3 Foliage spot: (1)absent (2)present

4 Plant:

4.1 Growth habit: (1)compact (2)intermediate (3)spreading (4)bushy

4.2 Plant height cm:

4.3 Branching type: (1)normal (2)short (3)cluster

4.4 Monopod attitude: (3)erect (5)s. erect (7)horizontal

4.5 Sympod attitude: (3)erect (5)s. erect (7)horizontal

4.6 Nodes to 1st monopod:

4.7 Monopodia/plant:

4.8 Sympodia/plant:

4.9 Pigmentation: (3)weak (5)medium (7)strong

4.10 Stem tip hairiness: (1)absent (3)sparse (5)medium (7)profuse

4.11 Bud gossypol: (1)glandless (3)low (5)normal (7)high

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5 Leaf:

5.1 Foliage density: (3)sparse (5)medium (7)dense (at bolling)

5.2 Leaf color: (3)light green (5)medium (7)dark green

5.3 Length/width cm:

5.4 Petiole length cm:

5.5 Leaf attitude: (3)erect (5)semi. Erect (7)horizontal

5.6 Leaf type: (1)normal (2)semi-okra (3)okra

5.7 Nectaries: (1)absent (2)present

5.8 Hairiness: (1)absent (3)sparse (5)medium (7)profuse

6 Flower:

6.1 Days to flowering: (50 % Flowering)

6.2 Flowering duration: (3)short (5)medium (7)long

6.3 Size: (3)small (5)medium (7)large

6.4 Petal spot: (1)absent (2)present

6.5 Nectaries: (1)absent (2)present

6.6 Petal color: (1)white (2)cream (3)yellow (4)red

6.7 Pollen color: (1)white (2)cream (3)yellow (4)red

6.8 Stamen density: (3)lax (5)s dense (7)dense

6.9 Stigma height mm:

6.10 Exsertion mm:

6.11 Calyx size: (3)narrow (5)medium (7)large / broad

7 Boll:

7.1 Shape: (1)round (2)oval (3)conical

7.2 Size: (3)small (5)medium (7)large

7.3 Beak size: (1)v. short (3)short (5)medium (7)long

7.4 Boll length/width cm:

7.5 Boll broad at: (1)base (2)lower mid (3)middle

7.6 Peduncle length cm:

7.7 Boll surface: (1)smooth (2)finely pitted (3)rough

7.8 Gossypol: (1)glandless (3)low (5)normal (7)high

7.9 Bracteole length: (3)short (5)medium (7)long (9)v. long

7.10 Bracteole width: (3)narrow (5)medium (7)wide

7.11 Bolls / plant:

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7.12 Boll opening: (1)good (2)medium (3)loose (4)fair

7.13 Boll weight g:

8 Yield kg/ha: seed cotton Lint

9 Seed:

9.1 Size: (3)small (5)medium (7)bold

9.2 Length/width mm:

9.3 Index g/100 seeds:

9.4 Coat color: (1)brown (2)dark brown (delinted)

9.5 Fuzz: (3)fuzzless (5)s. fuzzy (7)fuzzy (9)dense

9.6 Fuzz color: (1)white (2)dusky white (3)greenish

tinge

(4)greenish

tip

9.7 Oil content %:

10 Fiber:

10.1 Color: (1)shiny white (2)white (3)khaki

10.2 Got / lint %:

10.3 Staple length mm:

10.4 Fineness µg/I:

10.5 Strength tppsi:

10.6 Lint index g:

10.7 Uniformity %:

10.8 fiber group mm: (1)short 20.6 (2)medium

20.6-25.4

(3)medium

long 26.2-27.7

(4)long

28.5-33.3

11 Resistance:

11.1 Lodging: (3)S (5)MS (7)MR (9)R

11.2 Sucking pests: (3)S (5)MS (7)MR (9)R

11.3 Boll worms: (3)S (5)MS (7)MR (9)R

11.4 Viruses (CLCV): (3)S (5)MS (7)MR (9)R

12 Variants:

13 Distinguishing characteristics:

14 Notes:

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CERTIFICATION STANDARDS

COTTON (Gossypium spp.)

I. CROP STANDARDS

(a) Land Requirements

Land to be used for the production of seed must be free of

volunteer plants of cotton.

(b) Crop Inspection

A minimum of three crop inspections shall be made from the

time of flowering to picking/harvesting.

(c) Crop Purity Standards

1. General Requirements

Isolation

A minimum isolation distance of 50 meters between two

varieties for Pre-basic and Basic and 10 meters for Certified seed

class shall be provided from fields of other varieties of the same

species, fields of the same variety not conforming to varietal purity

requirements for seed certification, and fields of other species of

cotton.

2. Specific Requirements

FACTOR

Maximum permitted (%)

Factor Pre-basic Basic Certified Approved

1. Off-types None 0.10 0.20 2.0

Note: There shall be no “Desi” cotton varieties in the seed fields of American

cotton varieties.

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SEED STANDARDS

FACTOR Pre-basic Basic Certified Approved

a. American Cotton Seed Standards (%)

1. Pure seed (minimum) 99.99 98.00 98.00 96.0

2. Other varieties (maximum) None 0.10 0.20 2.0

3. Desi Varieties (maximum) None None None 0.0

4. Weed seeds NA N.A N.A 0.1

5. Inert matter (maximum) 0.10 2.00 2.00 2.0

6. Germination (maximum) 80.0 80.0 75.0 70.0

(b) Desi Cotton Seed Standards

1. Pure seed (Minimum) 99.99 98.00 98.00 96.0

2. Other varieties (maximum) None 0.10 0.20 2.0

3. Other crop seeds N.A N.A N.A 0.1

4. Weed seeds N.A N.A N.A

5. Inert matter (maximum) 0.10 2.00 2.00 2.0

6. Germination (maximum) 80.00 75.00 7.00 70.0

Note: 1. In case of Sindh province the germination percentage for

American cotton seed and Desi cotton seed shall be 75%, 70%

and 70% for Pre-basic, Basic and Certified classes, respectively.

2. The Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department

shall check the ginning plants for cleanliness before ginning

every new cultivar.

TRUTH IN LABELING SEED STANDARDS

Seed (Truth in Labeling) Rules, 1991

Purity Inert

matter

Other crop /

weed seeds

Objectionable

weed seeds

Germination

(%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

96.0 2.0 0.2 0.1 65.0

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GUIDELINES FOR SEED CROP INSPECTION

COTTON

INTRODUCTION

To assess genetic purity of the seed crop field inspections are carried out at

different stages of crop growth and development. The main objective of the crop

inspection is to varify that the seed crop represents the designated variety and

has not been contaminated genetically and or physically beyond certain

prescribed limits.

As a general rule the standards are more strict for early generations i.e. pre-

basic and basic and comparately lenient towards successive categories.

While inspecting the cotton crop, the inspector shall follow the procedure

out-lined as under:

MATERIAL AND REFERENCES

The inspection officer at the time of seed crop inspection shall have the

following itmes with him:

i) A list of registered growers, having information like variety,

seed source, acreage sown to each variety and location of the

seed farm etc.

ii) A small note book.

iii) Crop certification standards.

iv) Crop inspection report forms.

v) A metre rod.

vi) A hand lens.

vii) Detailed botanical description of varieties.

viii) A small knife or sharp skelpel.

ix) Protective shoes specially for areas where snaks could be

found.

It is always advisable and useful to inspect the crop in the presence of the

grower or his representative, because, in case, some minor discrepancies are

observed, proper corrective measures could be advised.

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NUMBER OF CROP INSPECTIONS

A minimum of three field inpections are recommended from the time of

flowering to picking.

The first inspection can be accomplished at the beginning of

flowering, the second at peak flowering and boll formation and the

final at boll maturing and initiation of boll opening stage.

PRELIMINARIES

On arriving at the site for first inspection, before taking the actual counts,

the inspection officer must perform the following preliminary investigations and

record them in the crop inspection report:

x) Verification of the source entered on the registered grower’s

list of the seed sown from labels, seals, bags or receipts etc.

(These items must be retained by the registered growers).

xi) Acreage and location of the seed fields.

xii) Determination of the variety supposed to be there. Examine

about 100 plants at random to confirm the variety.

xiii) Cropping history of the seed field:

The previous crop in cotton seed field does not mean wheat but the crop

grown in the same preceding season i.e. last Kharif.

xiv) Cleanliness, crop condition and husbandry.

xv) Isolation distance.

Resulting these preliminary investigations, the seed crop may be rejected

for certified seed production if:

• the source of the seed sown could not be verified;

• the crop sown is not of the correct variety as given in the list;

• land requirements do not conform to the standards i.e. the previous

cotton crop was of another variety or was uncertified or,

• the crop is severely lodged i.e. more than 1/3rd

.

Normally lodging in cotton is experienced rarely but due to boll load or

other fsctors it has been noticed in some varieties. Lodging in cotton is highly

objectionable because:

i) The count inspection in a lodged cotton crop and search for off-

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type is not possible.

ii) The bolls in a lodged crop do not form properly, may rot

completely or result in bad opening and poor quality seed and

lint.

iii) The fallen crop is very difficult to pick.

iv) The lodged crop is severely attacked by insects and pests as

proper application of plant protection measures is not possible.

v) The lodged cotton crop provides favourable environment for

development of diseases.

• The crop is distorted due to high weed infestation and severe attack

of pests and diseases etc., or the crop is very badly grown.

• The isolation of the seed fields from different varieties is not

satisfactory:

If the isolation distance is less than 50 metres for pre-basic and

basic and 10 metres for certified seed fields, it should be discussed

with the registered grower or his representative as to what action

should be taken to correct the situation. In such cases to comply

with the prescribed requirements a suitable number of border rows

may be recimmended to be cut or discarded before the final

inspectiuon.

In case, the crop is not rejected in the preliminary investigation then the

inspection officer may proceed to assess the level of the impurities in the field by

count inspection.

NUMBER OF COUNTS

The number of counts to be taken on each crop inspection depends upon the

acreage of the seed field of a veriety offered for inspection. The number of

counts prescribed for the acreage grown shall be:

Acreage of seed field No. of counts to be taken

i) Up to 5 5 in total

ii) 6 to 25 5 for the first 5 acres and 1 additional

for each additional 5 acres

iii) 26 and above At least 1 in every 10 acres but not

less than 10 or more than 20.

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COUNT INSPECTION

As the growth pattern in cotton is quite different from other seed crops like

wheat and rice etc., the sweeping or method of taking quadrate count is also

different.

The minimum number of plants to be examined per quadrate count is 500 in

pre-basic and basic and 300 in certified seed fields.

METHOD OF TAKING COUNT

Taking of counts in a seed field is the most technical and delicate function

and must be so determined for accuracy and efficiency as to allow the highest

degree of coverage of the seed crop. For this purpose the following method is

proposed:

i) A suitable pattern of travel in the seed field enabling examination

of maximum number of crop plants for the length of distance

travelled must be selected. The pattern of travel must assure that

the remotest parts of the seed field are reached easily.

ii) Examine carefully more sensitive parts of the seed field which

usually are headlands, field boundaries, vicinity of farm yard

building, thrashing floor, water course sides and roads into or

through the seed field. In these areas, the seeds of other crops,

other varieties and unknown origin may have been dropped in

transit etc.

iii) To make the inspection practically as representative as possible,

the points sampled for taking counts must be randomly selected

on the line of travel at pre-fixed distances. The count, in no case

must begin from the point an off-type was observed or from any

selected bad spot of the seed field or even try to avoid any

observed off-type as it introduces bias to the sample and make

observations un-reliable and may result in rejecting the fields

which may be genetically pure and worthy of seed production.

iv) To estimate the area to be swept per quadrate count and the

number of plants to be examined per count, the crop stand is

assessed by counting the number of plants per metre length or per

square metre (for broadcast method) and averaging at least 5 such

assessment counts taken at random from different parts of the

seed field.

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v) Generally the cotton seed crops are line-sown. The plants are

spaced 30 c.m. and rows 75 c.m. apart. Count the number of

plants per metre length. In case the crop has not been thinned, the

number of plants will be considerably higher than well thinned

crop.

vi) In case, the seed field happens to be a broadcast then estimate the

number of plants per square meter.

vii) When the crop is line-sown, walk between the rows and sweep

for off-types 1 or 2 rows on each side or 3 rows on one side only.

viii) Measure the distance by pacing or a string to ensure to cover a

population of 500 plants in pre-basic and basic and 300 in

certified seed crop.

ix) When the seed crop is broadcast, then on the basis of stand

assessments, sweep a sufficient crop area to examine the required

number of plants.

x) While examining the plants in the ount, record the plants of other

varieties and off-types, other crop plants and weed plants etc.

(Please note that some times millet plants are grown deliberately

to help control insects. It may be noted but not counted for

rejections).

xi) When it is not possible to identify an off-type as to which veriety

it belongs to, then its distinguishing characteristics must be

described.

xii) The occurrence of desi plants in long stappled Pak American

cottons (Gossypium hirsutum) is taken as an independent factor.

xiii) Avoid taking the counts while facing the sun as it is not an

appropriate arrangement for spotting off-type plants.

xiv) Avoid using coloured glasses while taking the counts as it may

make the observations doubtful.

Bring the eyes periodically in level with the general height of the crop and

note the uniformity of the stand. The plants may be taken as off-types, if the

tallness from the top of the general crop is more than 50 c.m. (It must be checked

carefully that it is the main shoot which is tall. In case, some monopodia of

otherwise normal plant may happen to out grow if the main shoot was top bored

or otherswise damaged).

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NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS

The inspections are so scheduled as to check the genetical purity of the crop

stand at each important stage of growth. The seed stocks prior to the final

inspection are field inpsected twice i.e. at the beginning of flowering and boll

formation stage.

These two inspections are to establish the level of crop purity, insect attack,

disease incidence and weed infectation etc. Resulting these inspections:

i) The seed crop may be provisionally accepted where the

genetic purity is assessed to be upto the standard.

ii) The crop may be kept pending for want of roguing of off-types

and purification where the impurities are not serious and the

grower is willing to clean his crop.

a) In such case, the identify of the off-types and

extraneous plants advised to be rogued out must be

established and demonstrated to the seed grower and

roguing team.

b) The method of roguing of off-types and purification

must also be explained clearly. Rogues and off-types

must be pulled out or cut deep in the ground and taken

away from the field. In no case, the rogues should be

left broken insitu, specially when there are bolls on.

The purification must be completed before the date

fixed for final inspection.

iii) The crop may be rejected outright, where it is more than one

third lodged, or so badly grown or severely attacked by pests

and diseases as to be distorted, weed infestation or admixture

of other crop plants and other varieties so high as to make

purification impracticable.

It is difficult to establish the identify of all off-types at first and second

inspection as they may resemble the seeded variety very closely. Some of the

rogues are easily identified when the bolls have matured and opening initiated.

FINAL INSPECTION

The final inspection is very important as it:

i) Enables the late developing off-types to be identified.

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ii) It is also a check on late lodging etc.

iii) It further provides a mean of assessing the efficiency of

purification and roguing a marginal crop.

As a result of this inspection, the crop is finally certified or rejected and this

also confirms the observations of the previous inspection. The prelimainary

investigations and crop stand assessment are not repeated on final inspection.

While making the inspection the following points must be kept in mind:

a. If a cotton plant is damaged or top-bored in the early stages of

development, its phenotypic expressions, sometimes are changed

considerable e.g., more and large monopodia, broader, darker and dense

leaf canopy, bolls bigger and late in maturity etc. Please be careful in

examining these type of plants and make sure to label them as off-or

true to type.

b. Occasionally much under-sized plants are found under the leaf canopy

in well grown fields which are mainly due to weak seedlings or late

germination etc. these plants usually remain fruitless and are to be

ignored unless the species they represent is other than the grown. Same

principle may be applied to the plants which are found absolutely sterile

and without any flower and boll.

c. Near the water courses, field boundaries or in saline and infertile soil

patches, the plants of the same variety or species may appear to be quite

different than normal description. It is unlikely to find patches of off-

types in a good seed crop. Off-types are expected to occur

homogeneously distributed in whole or the seed field. Make sure that

they do not belong to species other than grown and may be due to

different soil and water conditions or micro-environmental factors etc.

d. Cotton plant is not like other annual crop plsnts. Simultaneous to

vegetative growth in height it starts producing flower buds and bolls.

On the other hand it is very sensitive to agro-ecological conditions due

to which the leaf size, boll size and shape may very significantly,

sometimes the position effect is very pronounced. Similarly the seed

size and fuzziness may also show marked variability not only owing to

the position of boll on the plant but within the same boll.

e. Cross-pollination in cotton in Pakistan is considered to be negligible but

not totally absent and at the same time a small amount of variability in

cotton is considered to be necessary for maintenance of genetic yield

potential and wider adaptibility. Due to this there may be some plants

showing certain differences of plant shape, hairniness, boll size, shape

and beack etc. such plants may be examined carefully before declaring

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them off-types representing other varieties.

f. Absolute uniformity in morphological characteristics is neither

desirable nor necessary and may have negative impact on adaptability,

insect and disease resistance and yield.

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

Anthocyanin: In green tissues of most Gossypium species, the epithelial cells

are red or purple because they contain high levels of anthocyanin.

Anthocyanin are sap soluble glycoside in plant pigments and responsible for

most scarlet, purple, mauve, and blue coloring in crop plants. Cotton

varieties show different concentrations of anthocyanin pigmentation

(reddening) i.e. weak, medium and strong.

Boll: The cotton fruit, or boll is a spherical or ovoid, peduncled, dehiscent

schizocarp with 3-5 locks. Bolls of upland cotton are light green, with boll

wall pitted on the outside having gossypol glands which are not very

conspicuous in Upland cotton but black and deeply sunken in Desi and

Egyptian cottons. The boll matures in about 40-60 days after pollination and

splits (opens) on carpal edges into locks, exposing seed cotton (Kapas), which

is a picked by hand or mechanical harvester. Cotton varieties vary in boll size

from small, medium to large. Boll shape may also vary from round to oblong

and conical. Boll beak also varies from almost blunt to long and sharp causing

inconvenience for hand picking. Bolls formed during early, mid and late

stages may exhibit marked variation in size and shape.

Bollgard: See Bt cotton.

Boll weight: It is the average weight of seed cotton in a mature boll. The boll

weight is established by picking and weighing seed cotton from all pick-able

bolls on a number of plants selected at random and divided by number of

bolls. The boll weight is fairly constant for a given variety and can be used for

estimating yield by multiplying average boll weight, No. of bolls/plant and

No. of plants/ha:

Seed cotton kg/ha =: Boll weight (g) x No. of bolls/plant x No. of plants/ha

1000

Bracteole The earliest structure noticed on a cotton plant is the epicalyx which

becomes the bract or bracteole of mature fruit. When bracteoles are first

visible they are called "squares". Enclosed within the 3-sided "square" is the

developing flower bud composed of the calyx, corolla, androecium and

gynoecium.

Bt cotton: Bt cotton or Bollgard cotton refers to the cotton varieties that have

been genetically altered (genetically modified organisms - GMOs) to

express the caterpillar toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis. Monsanto has

developed these varieties. Although there is very strong opposition due to

their possible health hazards from EU and many other countries and

organizations yet Monsanto and other multinational organizations are

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promoting Bt varieties very vigorously. These varieties provide resistance

against caterpillars of bollworms but not other insects against which

chemical control is applied.

Calyx: Within the epicalyx there is a small, cup-shaped calyx at the base of the

corolla, which is light green, dotted with oil glands and has five distinct lobes.

Certification: Seed certification is a system for quality control of seed

multiplication and production. It consists seed crop inspection, seed lot testing

and pre- and post- control tests. The objective of the seed certification is to

maintain and make available to the farmers high quality seed of superior crop

varieties by ensuring genetic and physical purity, viability and health.

• Crop inspection: It is the detailed examination of the seed crop for

evaluating purity, freedom from objectionable weeds, seed-borne

diseased plants and isolation.

• Seed testing: It covers bin inspection, sampling and analyzing the

sample in the laboratory. The seed to be certified must meet certain

standards of purity, germination and health. The seed standards vary

from crop to crop.

• Pre- & post control plots: The samples of seed lots certified for

different categories are grown in small plots and examined to evaluate

the efficiency of the certification department.

Certified seed: It refers to pedigreed seed meeting certain standards and

certified by the Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department

following the laid down procedures. The generations used in Pakistan are:

Pre-basic seed: This category is of highest genetic purity and is

produced by the breeder from carefully maintained variety seed stocks.

Basic seed: Basic seed is the first progeny of the pre-basic seed.

Certified seed: It is the progeny of the basics seed.

Approved seed: It is the progeny of certified or higher category seed.

Check: The new varieties are assessed in comparison with the most resembling

registered/commercial varieties of the same crop. The "Check" variety is

normally sown adjacent to the new variety.

Counts: The finished yarn made out of the lint is measured by the `count'. The

count is the number of hanks of 840 yards, which can make up a pound of

yarn. The finer the cotton the greater will be the number of counts spun from

one pound.

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Cotton plant: Cotton is a perennial plant but cultivated as annual primarily for the

production of lint, oil, cake etc. are byproducts. It is grown in Pakistan on

about 3 million hectares.

Cotton genetics: The genus Gossypium (Family Malvaceae) consists of 39 species

of which only four are cultivated e.g. G. hirsutum, G. arboreum, G.

barbadense, and G. herbaceum L. The genus is made up of at least seven

genomes called A, B, C, D, E, F and G. The most important cultivated cottons

are G. hirsutum and G. barbadense and are known as New World cottons.

Both are allotetraploid (2n=52) whereas the Old World cottons i.e. G.

arboreum and G. herbaceum are diploid (2n=26) and presently have very

little value for cultivation and use.

Cutout: See determinate.

Delinting: See lint.

Determinate: Botanically, the cotton plant is indeterminate because it flowers and

sets fruit over an extended period. However, breeders have developed

varieties that fruit early and stop growing and flowering sometimes during the

season. As the boll load increases, fruit abscission rates increase and rates of

growth and blooming slow and may eventually stop. This gap in growth and

fruiting is commonly referred to as "cutout". Such varieties have been termed

as determinate or semi-determinate.

Diploid species: See Tetraploid.

Discontinued: The cultivated varieties during their life cycle when become

susceptible to diseases and insects, or loose their superiority for value for

cultivation and use (VCU) or distinguishing characteristics are de-registered

and removed from the recommended list for certified seed production and

general cultivation.

Duration: See flowering.

DUS characteristics: Mean the characteristics that can help identify different

varieties in the field and laboratory. However, the characteristics may show

significant variation due to genotype environmental (GE) interaction. DUS

means:

Distinctness: (Uniqueness, Novelty) A variety is considered distinct if, at

the time of registration it is clearly distinguishable from other existing

commercial varieties of the same crop by one or more morphological,

physiological, cytological or other characteristics.

Uniformity: (Homogeneity): A variety will be considered sufficiently

uniform if the individual plants in a population are similar and genetically

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identical in morphological characteristics. The degree of uniformity

depends upon the mode of reproduction.

Stability: A crop variety is considered stable if, after successive

multiplication, it retains its distinguishing and essential characteristics.

Exsertion: It is the protrusion of the stigma and style above the staminal column. It

is highly influenced by variety, stage of plant growth and application of

growth retardants. It may be very short, short (2-3 mm), medium (4-6 mm)

and long (over 6 mm).

Fiber fineness: Fineness is associated with hair length and hair diameter. It is

measured on the principle that the resistance to the flow of air through a

bundle of fibers varies in proportion to the surface area of the fibers. The

instrument generally used is the Micronaire calibrated to measure fineness in

µg/inch and usually referred to as "Micronaire values or “mike” readings.

Higher the Micronaire values more course the fiber will be". Maturity and

water stress can affect mike. Immature and last pick produce tends to have

low mike values. The growers should avoid growing varieties with both low

staple length and high Micronaire readings. The following five grades have

been recognized in the cotton trade:

Grade Micronaire Reading (µg/inch)

1. Very low Below 3.5

2. Low 3.5 - 3.9

3. Average 4.0 - 4.4

4. High 4.5 - 5.0

5. Very high Above 5.0

Fiber Length: It is the average length of all the fibers (lint) on a seed. The upper

half Mean length (UHML) is the average length of the longer half of the

fibers. Lint length or staple length may be measured by Tuft method, Halo or

Butterfly, Hand sampling, Baer diagram and Photoelectric stapler or

Fibrograph. Staple length is measured in millimeters (mm) or 32nds

of an inch.

Farmers must avoid growing varieties with low staple length. Staple length is

an inherited characteristic of cotton varieties and is classified in to the

following five groups:

Group Staple Length Type of varieties

(mm) (inches)

1. Short staple under 21 (13/16") Desi cottons

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2. Medium staple 21-25 (13/16-1") Upland cottons

3. Medium long

staple

26-28 (1/1/32-1/3/32") -do-

4. Long staple 29-34 (1/1/8-1/11/32") Upland & Egyptian

cottons

5. Extra long staple 35 and

longer

(1/3/8" and

longer

Egyptian, Sea Island

and Pima cottons

Fiber Strength: fiber strength is a varietal character. It is an important factor for

high quality spinning. Generally full season long duration varieties have high

strength than short season short duration varieties. Strength is measured by

determining the breaking strain. Two instruments namely the Pressley

Strength Tester and the Stelometer are used to measure the fiber strength. In

the Pressley Strength Tester, the strength is expressed in terms of "thousands

of pounds per square inch" (tppsi). In the Stelometer it is in “grams per tex”.

A tex unit is equal to the weight in grams of 1,000 meters of fiber. The results

are convertible. The values in "tppsi" (S1) can be converted to g/tex (S3)

using the following formula (USDA, 1982):

S3 = S1 x 0.496

Flowering: It is taken to be the number of days from sowing to the time when 50

percent of plants have at lest one flower open. The flowering duration

represents the onset of the "cutout" which can be early or late depending upon

variety and or environments.

Foliage: See leaves.

Fuzz: See lint.

Germination: Germination refers to the emergence and development from the

seed embryo of those essential structures, which indicate the ability to

produce normal plant under favorable conditions in soil, whereas the vigor

represents its ability to do so under poor conditions. Generally, high

germination capacity is associated with high vigor. However, cold (or cool)

test can be used as a good indicator of germination vigor in cotton seed. The

test is simple requiring only placing the soaked seeds at 17-180C (64

oF)

instead of placing in ideal germination conditions at 300C (86

0F). The cool

test places so much stress on cotton seed that only high vigor seeds will

germinate and produce normal seedlings.

Ginning Outturn (GOT): Also referred to as lint percentage, is the weight of lint

that can be obtained from a given weight of Seed cotton and is expressed as

percentage. Economically, high ginning outturn is desirable as, "the loss of

1% of GOT eats up the profit of 3 % higher yield" (Afzal, 1948).

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Gossypol: See oil glands.

Hairiness: The leaves and other aerial parts of the plant bear multicellular stellate

hairs derived form single cells of the epidermis. But the degree of hairiness is

genetically controlled and varies both in density and length. Hairiness of

cultivars is considered a source of jassid resistance. The varieties may be

glabrous, sparsely hairy, medium hairy, profusely or densely hairy.

Height: The height of the plant is measured from ground level to the top of the

main stem. It shows wide variation under different input conditions and length

of growing period. The height may be short (below 125 cm), medium (up to

150 cm); medium tall (150-180 cm) and tall (180 cm and above).

Indeterminate: See determinate.

Isolation distance: This refers to the distance required to all around a seed field to

protect if from physical and genetic contamination. In cotton the required

isolation distance for various classes of seed follows: (meters)

Pre-basic Basic Certified Approved

50 50 10 10

Leaf: Each leaf has a long petiole subtended by two small stipules, and a broad

palmately lobed lamina dissected to varying degrees depending upon variety

and species. In upland cottons there may be a red spot at the junction of

petiole and lamina. The lamina commonly has three to five lobes. In some

cottons the leave may be almost undivided or okra type. Leaves in Desi cotton

varieties resemble okra. The leaves are spirally arranged on the main stem and

upon its monopodial or vegetable branches, but appear to be alternate on

sympodial or reproductive branches. Foliage color varies depending upon

variety and growth conditions particularly the availability of nitrogen.

Leaf curl virus (CLCV): The incidence of cotton Leaf-curl virus (CLCV) in

Pakistan was first noticed during 1960s. Its occurrence at that time was in

traces but during 1990s the incidence soared so rapidly that it threatened the

successful production of cotton crop in many areas of cotton belt. The

symptoms include: upward and down-ward curling of leaves; thickening of

veins, veins more pronounced and darker in shade on the under-side of the

leaves; and a cup shaped leaf laminar out growth, `enation' varying in size on

the under-side of the leaf. The causal organism is assumed to belong to

GEMNI viruses and transmitted through the vector white fly (Bemisia tabaci).

The final solution lies in developing resistant varieties. However, proper

insect control and improved cultural management provide some control of the

disease.

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Lint: Epidermis of seeds of cultivated cottons has two types of unicellular hairs,

i.e. short un-convoluted hairs or fuzz, and long convoluted hairs or lint. Lint is

formed from a single cell of the epidermis by rapid outward extension of its

external wall. A good majority of the varieties have white lint, but varieties

with lint color like green, gray, khaki also occur. Lint is separated from seed

by mechanical means called ginning. Two types of gin are used namely Saw

gin and Roller gin. A second layer of short fibers underneath the lint fibers is

formed during later stages and constitutes the fuzz. Fuzziness is largely

influenced by variety, and weather conditions. For achieving flow-ability of

seed for mechanical sowing, the fuzz is removed by delinting the seed by

mechanical or chemical means.

Lint Length: See fiber length.

Lint percent: See ginning outturn.

Maintainer: The maintainer of a variety means the breeder, the institution or an

agency responsible for maintaining the variety seed stocks true-to-type, as

registered and producing Pre-basic seed for further multiplication. This cyclic

renewal of seed is required on regular basis for protection against analytical

and genetical deterioration. The maintainer of each variety is designated at the

time of registration.

Maturity: See boll.

Monopodial branches: Growth of the main stem in cotton is monopodial from the

apical bud. In each leaf axil are two buds, a true axillary bud and an extra-

axillary or lateral bud. Usually only one develops. The lower branches on the

main stem grow from the true axillary bud and repeat the general structure of

the main axis, with no flowers; they are vegetative branches or monopodial

branches with spirally arranged leaves. Higher up the main stem, a different

kind of branch grows from the extra-axillary bud of the pair in each leaf axil.

It is fruiting or sympodial branch with sympodial growth in which the

terminal bud produces a flower, while vegetative growth continues from the

bud in the axil of the last leaf.

Nectary Extra-floral nectaries occur on the underside of 1-3 main veins of the leaf.

It is a gland-like cavity filled with nectar and multicellular hairs. A ring-

shaped floral nectary occurs within the base of the calyx-tube, and three extra-

floral nectaries are found outside it. Some cotton varieties are nectariless.

Nodes: Nodes to first fruiting branch are the number of main stem nodes produced

before the first fruiting branch. The nodes are counted from above the

cotyledons. It is influenced by the species, variety and environmental factors.

Oil glands: Cotton seed and most aerial parts of the cotton plant are covered with

oil glands which consist of a sac surrounded by flattened secretory cells, filled

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with a dark brown fluid composed of oils and raisins like terpenoid aldehydes

(gossypol) which show a wide range of pesticidal activities and are poisonous

to most monogastric animals.

Okra: A leaf shape that is deeply cleft with narrow lobes, in contrast with normal

(broad) leaf. See also leaf.

Picking: In Pakistan, almost all the seed cotton is hand picked by female labor.

Large bolls and the bolls which on maturity split full open with outer walls of

locules flaring back and have no spines or sharpened locule ends are

considered most suitable for hand picking.

Pigmentation: See anthocyanin.

Petal: Five large petals are closely rolled in cotton flower bud, fused at the base

but free above. Upland varieties have creamy white petals, which turn pink

and then red as they become older. Egyptian and Sea Island cottons have deep

yellow petals with a purple spot at the base. Desi cotton varieties have white

or deep yellow petals with purple spot at the base. Desi cottons may also have

purple red petals.

Plant Breeders’ Rights: It refers to the legislation for protecting the property

rights of the plant breeders or the owners through patenting or sui generis

system which gives the owner the right to exclude others from multiplying or

importing and selling the reproductive or vegetatively propagating material of

protected variety.

Pollen: See stamen.

Pollination: Cotton is generally considered as self-pollinating but in the presence

of honey bees or some other flower visiting insects cross pollination can occur

relative to the insect concentration and activity. However, under normal

conditions 0.2% cross-pollination has been reported.

Recommended variety: See registered variety.

Registration: See registered variety.

Registered variety: Registered variety means a new variety registered by the

Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department. The National Seed

Registration Department provided registration cover up to March 1997, when

it was merged with the Federal Seed Certification Department, transforming

into Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department (FSC&RD).

Registration involves the assessment of distinctness, uniformity and stability

(DUS) characteristics, together with value for cultivation and use (VCU).

Registration provides the basis for pure seed production, genetic certification,

variety maintenance and quality control through crop inspection and seed

testing. It also is a pivot between the work of the breeder and the work of the

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seed producer. Registered varieties are released and recommended for general

cultivation by the Provincial Seed Councils and are eligible for certified seed

production and marketing. It also furnishes the basis for Plant Breeders’

Rights. See also DUS characteristics.

Seed: The cottonseed, a pyriform, dark brown after removal of fuzz. 5-11 Seeds are

formed in each locule and mature in about 50-60 days after the flower opens.

Aborted ovules produce mots, which cause difficulty in spinning. Cottonseed

contains up to 30 % starch, 18-25 % semi-drying oil, 16-20 % protein and 22

% crude fiber. Cotton varieties differ in seed size from small to medium and

bold.

Seed Cotton: See boll.

Seed Index: It indicates the size and boldness and is expressed as average weight

of 100 seeds in grams. It is influenced by variety and weather conditions.

Square: See bracteole.

Stamen: The cotton flower contains about 100-150 stamens, which are united by

their filaments into a thick tube around the style. Short branches (filaments)

arise along its length, each ending in a small one-celled, kidney-shaped anther,

which together with pollen grains vary in color from light creamy to pale

yellow and deep gold. Pollen is shed soon after the flower opens and is able to

germinate immediately.

Staple Length: See fiber length.

Strength: See fiber strength.

Sympodial branch: See monopodial branches.

Tensile Strength See fiber strength.

Tetraploid: The cultivated cottons belong to the following two groups:

Diploid

species

G. arboreum, and G. herbaceum (2n = 26). These are

short staple cottons and are also called Asiatic cottons.

Our all "Desi" cotton varieties belong to G. arboreum.

Tetraploid

species

G. hirsutum and G. barbadense (2n = 52). This group

includes all medium to extra-long staple cottons of the

world. All of our medium and long staple varieties belong

to G. hirsutum and also called upland cottons. Egyptian,

Sea Island and Pima Cotton Varieties belong to G.

barbadense.

Uniformity Ratio: Uniformity ratio for fiber length is dependent upon varietal

purity, efficient ginning and grading. It can be measured by:

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(Mean length x 100)

Upper half mean length (UHML).

Upland cotton: See Tetraploid.

Variant: The plants showing some variation of morphological characteristics than

the normal norm of the variety are considered 'variants'. Generally the variants

occur in the seed crops as a result of genotype-environmental interaction and

can be predictable under various growth conditions. Normally the variants

occur uniformly throughout the seed field and not in patches.

Vigor: See germination.

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TABLES

Table 1: Area, Production and Yield of cotton 1950-2001

Area (000 ha) Production (000 bales) Yield (kg/ha)

Year Pakis-

tan

Pun-

jab

Sindh Pakistan Pun

jab

Sindh Paki

stan

Punj

ab

Sindh

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1950 1110 756 353 1295 915 379 198 206 183

1960 1343 930 408 1713 1177 533 217 215 222

1970 1756 1344 409 3149 2346 801 305 297 333

1980 2081 1481 598 4282 2832 1447 350 325 412

1990 2599 2036 561 8560 7454 1103 560 623 334

2000 3002 2393 599 9837 7614 2192 557 541 622

2001 2927 2386 524 10732 8540 2141 624 609 696

Note:

Lint bale = 375 lbs = 5.879 mt

Conversions:

Hectares to acres ha multiply by 2.4711

kg/ha to md/acre kg/ha divide by 92.2313

Bales to tonnes bales multiply by 0.17009

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Table 2: Parentage of cotton varieties

(Ascending order)

Variety Breeding center Parentage

1. 3 F CRI, AARI, Faisalabad Selection

2. 4 F CRI, AARI, Faisalabad Selection

3. 124 F CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 289 F/43 – Selection

4. 149 F CRS, AARI, Multan. 124 F x Babdal.

5. 199 F CRS, AARI, Multan. 4 F-98 Selection

6. 216 F CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 4 F - selection.

7. 238 F CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 289 F/43 - selection.

8. 268 F CRI, AARI, Faisalabad LSS - selection.

9. 289 F CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 4 F - Selection.

10. 289 F/43 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 4 F – Selection.

11. 289 F/K25 BCGA, Khanewal 289 F - bulk selection.

12. 362 F CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 289 F- Selection.

13. 15 M CRI, AARI, Faisalabad Selection from Local desi

14. 39 M CRI, AARI, Faisalabad Selection from local desi

15. 231 R CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 39 Mollisoni - Selection.

16. 119 S CRS, AARI, Multan. Selection from local desi

17. AC 134 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 148 F x 199 F.

18. B 557 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 268F x L 5.

19. BH 36 CRS, PCCC,/AARI,

Bahawalpur

BS 1 x TX Bonham-76 C.

20. BH 118 CRS, PCCC/AARI,

Bahawalpur

BS 48 x 829-4/90.

21. BH 160 CRS, PCCC?AARI,

Bahawalpur

22. BS 1 CRSS, AARI, Khanpur M 4 – Selection

23. Chandi 95 NIA, Tandijam DPL 16 x AC 134 (F1 irradiated

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Variety Breeding center Parentage

30 kr, 300 Gy gamma rays).

24. CIM 70 CCRI, PCCC, Multan Coker 8314 x 307/70.

25. CIM 109 CCRI, PCCC, Multan NIAB 78 x A89/FM.

26. CIM 240 CCRI, PCCC, Multan CIM 70 x W 1106.

27. CIM 443 CCRI, PCCC, Multan CIM 109 x LRA 5166.

28. CIM 446 CCRI, PCCC, Multan CP 15/2 x S 12.

29. CIM 448 CCRI, PCCC, Multan 492/87 x CP 15/2 = (W 1104 x S

12) x CP 15/2.

30. CIM 473 CCRI, PCCC, Multan CIM 402 x LRA 5166.

31. CIM 482 CCRI, PCCC, Multan CIM 229 x CP 15/2.

32. CIM 499 CCRI, PCCC, Multan CIM 433x755-6/93

33. CIM 1100 CCRI, PCCC, Multan 492/87 x CP 15/2 = (W 1104 x S

12) x CP 15/2.

34. CIM 506 CCRI, PCCC, Multan CIM 360 x CP 15/2

35. CIM 707 CCRI, PCCC, Multan CIM 2143 x 738-6/93

36. CRIS 9 CRI, PCCC, Sakrand Rajhans x RA-33-47.

37. CRIS 134 CRI, PCCC, Sakrand NIAB 78 x DPL 70

38. D 9 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad Bahawalpur desi selection

39. FDH 170 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad D 9 x TD 1

40. FDH 228 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad TD 1 x (Commila x FDH 170)

41. FH 87 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad AC 134 x Paymaster.

42. FH 634 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad CEDEX x B 557.

43. FH 682 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad Express x Lankart 57.

44. FH 900 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad (FH 672 x AET 5) x (B 557 x

LRA 5166).

45. FH 901 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad CIM 240 x CIM 448.

46. FH 1000 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad S 12 x CIM 448

47. FVH 53 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad KIVI 1021 x S 12.

48. Gohar 87 CRS, PCCC, Bahawalpur 149 F x B 557.

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Variety Breeding center Parentage

49. Gomal 93 CRS, PCCC, DI Khan 387 F x AC 134.

50. H 115 Alseemi, Multan 210 F x AS 108

51. H 151 Alseemi, Multan 20 F x AS 192

52. H 160 Alseemi, Multan 126 F x 210 F.

53. K 68/9 CRI, PCCC, Sakrand 199 F x Wilds.

54. Lasani 11 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 181 F - Selection.

55. LSS CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 4 F – Selection

56. M 4 CRS, ARI, Tandojam 289 F - Selection.

57. M 100 CRS, ARI, Tandojam (M4 x Wilds) x M 4.

58. Marvi CRI, PCCC, Sakrand Qalandari x 9L 34 ICCC

59. MNH 93 CRS, AARI, Multan. 149 F x C 158.

60. MNH 129 CRS, AARI, Multan. 946/66 x DPL 16.

61. MNH 147 CRS, AARI, Multan. 431/79 x 283/80.

62. MNH 329 CRS, AARI, Multan. K 401/78 x 479-81/83.

63. MNH 552 CRS, AARI, Multan. MS 48 x LRA 5166.

64. MNH 554 CRS, AARI, Multan. MNH 439 x LRA 5166.

65. MS 39 CRS, AARI, Multan. Natural hybrid in L 11

66. MS 40 CRS, AARI, Multan. Selected from AC 252.

67. MS 84 CRS, AARI, Multan. MS 40 x DPL 16.

68. NIAB 26N NIAB, Faisalabad H-196-2 x DPL NSL = (DPL 16

x AC 134 - F1 irradiated 30 kr) x

DPL NSL.

69. NIAB 78 NIAB, Faisalabad DPL 16 x AC 134 F1 Irradiated-

30 kr Gamma rays (60 Co).

70. NIAB 86 NIAB, Faisalabad HI-9-6-2 x SP 16.

71. NIAB 999 NIAB, Faisalabad H 1 x LRA 5166 Irradiated 30k

72. NIAB 111 NIAB, Faisalabad NIAB 313/12 x CIM 1100 (300

Gy)

73. NIAB NIAB, Faisalabad NIAB 86 x W-83-29-Mex.

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74. Qalandari CRS, ARI, Tandojam (M 4 x G. anomalum) x Karnak.

75. Ravi CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 465 D – selection.

76. Rehmani CRS, ARI, Tandojam G. hirsutum 21 x McNaire (TH

14920)

77. Reshmi 90 CRS, ARI, Tandojam Coker 100 A x H-61-29.

78. RH 1 CRS, AARI, RY. Khan LH 62 x W 1104.

79. RH 112 CRS, AARI, RY. Khan H 60-5/79 x H-49-5/79.

80. Rohi CRS, PCCC, Bahawalpur Haroonabad Local x D 9.

81. S 12 CRS, AARI, Multan. MNH 93 x 7203-14-4-Arizona.

82. S 14 CRS, AARI, Multan. H 2102-1/83 x H-2105-1/83

83. Sarmast CRS, ARI, Tandojam {(M4 x Acala) x M 4}.

84. Shahbaz CRS, ARI, Tandojam Qalandari x Acala 1517

85. Shaheen CRS, PCCC, Ghotki GH 7/72 x H-1.

86. SKD 10/19 CRI, PCCC, Sakrand SNR – Selection

87. SLH 41 CRS, PCCC Sahiwal S 178/68 x 2267/70.

88. SLS 1 CRS, PCCC Sahiwal SLH 19 x NIAB 78.

89. SNR CRS, ARI, Tandojam Sindh desi selection

90. TD 1 CRS, ARI, Tandojam SNR -Selection.

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Table 3: Parentage and pedigree of cotton varieties

(Varieties in ascending order)

Variety Parentage Pedigree

1. 3 F Selection Selection from varieties introduced

from USA by East India Company.

2. 4 F Selection. Selection from stray plants of

American Cotton.

3. 124 F Selection 289 F/43 Selection from 289 F/43.

4. 149 F 124F x Babdal 124 F x Babdal.

5. 199 F 4F-98 selection Selection from 4 F-98 (material from

Sakrand).

6. 216 F 4F-selection. Selection from 4 F.

7. 238 F 289 F/43-selection. Selection from 289 F/43.

8. 268 F LSS-selection. Selection from LSS.

9. 289 F 4 F-Selection. 4 F-Selection, Natural hybrid-an off-

type plant found in the 4 F field.

10. 289 F/43 4F–Selection Selection from 4 F-natural hybrid, an

off-type plant in the 4 F field.

11. 289

F/K25

289F selection. 289 F bulk selection

12. 362 F 289F- Selection. Selection from 289 F.

13. 15 M

(desi)

Selection local desi Selection from Local Desi.

14. 39 M

(desi)

Selection from local

desi.

Selection from local Desi mixture.

15. 231 R

(desi)

Selection 39

Mollisoni

Selection from 39 Mollisoni.

16. 119 S

(desi)

Selection desi Selection from local Desi mixture

called Multani Kapas.

17. AC 134 148F x 199 F 148 F x 199 F.

18. B 557 268F x L 5 268 F x (45 F x LSS).

19. BH 36 BS1 x T X Bonham-

76C

M 4 x T X Bonham 76C.

20. BH 118 BS 48 x 829-4/90 (T X 339 x ST-7A) x (ST-7A x AET

5)

21. BH 160 Cedix x 673/93 Cedix FDW 946 x 673/93

22. BS 1 M4-Selection Selection from M4.

23. Chandi

95

DPL 16 x AC 134

(F1 irradiated)

(DPL 16 x AC 134-(F1 30kr, 300Gy

gamma rays).

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24. CIM 70 Coker 8314 x 307/70

(149 F)

Coker 8314 x (124 F x Babdal) x

Coker 100 WA).

25. CIM 109 NIAB 78 x A89/FM (DPL 16 x AC 134 – F1 30kr) x

A89/FM.

26. CIM 240 CIM 70 x W 1104 Coker 8314 x (124 F x Babdal) x

Coker 100 WA) x W 1104.

27. CIM 443 CIM 109 x LRA

5166

(DPL 16 x AC 134 – F1 30kr) x

A89/FM x LRA 5166

28. CIM 446 CP 15/2 x S 12 CP 15/2 x {(124 F x Babdal) x (MS

39 x Mex 12)} x 7203-14-4-Arizona.

29. CIM 448. 492/87 x CP 15/2 =

(W 1104 x S 12) x

CP 15/2

{(124 F x Babdal) x (MS 39 x Mex

12)} x 7203-14-4-Arizona (sister

line CIM 1100). 30. CIM 473 CIM 402 x LRA

5166

[{(Coker 8314 x (124 F x Babdal)} x

{Coker 100 WA) x (CIM 46 x (AC

134 x (DPL 16 x AC 134-F1 30kr)}]

x LRA 5166.

31. CIM 482 CIM 229 x CP 15/2 {(DPL 16 x AC 134 – F1 30kr) x

ALS 15(CIM 39 x ALS 15} x CP

15/2.

32. CIM 499 CIM 433 x 755-6/93

33. CIM 506 CIM 360 x CP 15/2

34. CIM 707 CIM 243 x 738-6/93

35. CIM

1100

492/87 x CP 15/2 =

(W 1104 x S 12) x

CP 15/2

(W 1104 x {(124 F x Babdal) x (MS

39 x Mex 12)} x 7203-14-4-

Arizona.) x CP 15/2.

36. CRIS 9 Rajhans x RA-33-47 Rajhans x RA-33-47.

37. CRIS

134

NIAB 78 x DPL 70 (DPL 16 x AC 134)-F1 Irradiated-30

kr Gamma rays (60 Co) x DPL 70

38. D 9

(desi)

Bahawalpur desi-

selection

Bahawalpur Desi – Selection.

39. FDH 170

(desi)

D 9 x TD 1 D 9 x TD 1.

40. FDH 228

(desi)

TD 1 x (Commila x

FDH 170)

TD 1 x (Commila x FDH 170)

41. FH 87 AC 134 x Paymaster AC 134 x Paymaster.

42. FH 634 CEDEX x B 557 CEDEX x B 557

43. FH 682 Express x Lankart 57 (B 557 x Ala (68)1) x Lankart 57.

44. FH 900 F1 1993 x F1 (FH 672 x AET 5) x (B 557 x LRA

5166).

45. FH 901 CIM 240 x CIM 448 {Coker 8314 x (124 F x Babdal) x

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Coker 100 WA) x W 1106} x {(W

1104 x {(124 F x Babdal) x (MS 39

x Mex }

46. FH 1000 S 12 x CIM 448 [{(124 F x Babdal) x (MS 39 x Mex

12)} x 7203-14-4-Arizona] x [{(124

F x Babdal) x (MS 39 x Mex 12)} x

7203-14-4-Arizona]

47. FVH 53 KIVI 1021 x S 12 KIVI 1021 x {(124 F x Babdal) x

(MS 39 x Mex 12)} x 7203-14-4-

Arizona.

48. Gohar 87 149 F x B 557 (124 F x Babdal) x B 557.

49. Gomal

93

387 F x AC 134 387 F x AC134.

50. H 115

(hyb)

210 F x AS 108. Inbreds 210 F x AS 108.

51. H 151

(hyb)

20 F x AS 192. Inbreds 20 F x AS 192.

52. H 160

(hyb)

126 F x 210 F. Inbreds 126 F x 210 F.

53. K 68/9 199 F x Wilds (124 F x Babdal) x Wilds.

54. Lasani

11

181 F-Selection Selection from 181 F.

55. LSS 4 F selection Selection from 4 F-a single plant

variant (natural hybrid) in the 4 F

field.

56. M 4 289 F-selection Selection from 289 F.

57. M 100 (M4 x Wilds) x M 4 (M 4 x Wilds) x M 4.

58. Marvi Qalandari x 9L 34

ICCC

{(M 4 x G. anomalum) x Karnak} x

9L 34 ICCC

59. MNH 93 149 F x C 158 (124 F x Babdal) x (MS 39 x Mex

12).

60. MNH

129

946/66 x DPL 16 {(124 F x Babdal) x (MS 39 x Mex

12)} x DPL 16.

61. MNH

147

431/79 x 283/80 [{(124 F x Babdal) x (L 11 x

Lankart 57)} x {(124 F x Babdal)} x

Mex . Pollen) x MS 64)] x {B 557 x

(124 F x Babdal) x DPL 16)}.

62. MNH

329

K 401/78 x 479-

81/83

{(124 F x Babdal) x (MS 39 x Mex

12)} x {B 557 x (124 F x Babdal) x

DPL 16)}.

63. MNH MS 48 x LRA 5166 (124 F x Babdal) x LRA 5166.

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552

64. MNH

554

MNH 439 x LRA

5166.

{(124 F x Babdal) x (L 11 x Lankart

57) x 4C} x (C 603 x Mex 3) x LRA

5166.

65. MS 39 L 11 selection Natural hybrid in L 11 field.

66. MS 40 AC 252 selection (124 F x 181 F), a single variant

plant (natural hybrid) selected from

AC 252 field.

67. MS 84 MS 40 x DPL 16 (124 F x 181 F) x DPL-16.

68. NIAB

26N

H-196-2 x DPL NSL (DPL 16 x AC 134-F1 irradiated 30

kr) x DPL NSL

69. NIAB 78 DPL 16 x AC 134 F1

irradiated

(DPL 16 x AC 134)-F1 Irradiated-30

kr Gamma rays (60 Co).

70. NIAB 86 HI-9-6-2 x SP 16 (DPL 16 x AC 134-F1 30kr) x

Stoneville 213.

71. NIAB

111

NIAB 313/12 x CIM

1100

F1 seed 300 Gy gamma radiation

72. NIAB

999

H 1 x LRA 5166

Irradiated 30k

(DPL 16 x AC 134-F1 30kr) x LRA

5166

73. NIAB

Karishma

NIAB 86 x W-83-29-

Mex

{(DPL 16 x AC 134-F1 30kr) x

Stoneville 213)} x W 83-29 Mex .

74. Qalandri (M 4 x G. ano) x

Karnak

(M 4 x G. anomalum) x Karnak.

75. Ravi

(desi)

465 D-selection 465 D-selection.

76. Rehmani G. hirsutum 21 x

McNaire

G. hirsutum 21 x McNaire TH

14920.

77. Reshmi

90

Coker 100 A x H-61-

29

Coker 100A x (DPL 16 x AC 134 –

F1 30kr).

78. RH 1 LH 62 x W 1104 LH 62 x W 1104.

79. RH 112 H 60-5/79 x H-49-

5/79

(124 F x Babdal) x Delfoss) x (AC

134 x C.T.).

80. Rohi

(desi)

Haroonabad Local x

D 9

Haroonabad Local x D 9.

81. S 12 MNH 93 x 7203

-14-4-Arizona

{(124 F x Babdal) x (MS 39 x Mex

12)} x 7203-14-4-Arizona.

82. S 14 H 2102-1/83 x H-

2105-1/83

{(124 F x Babdal) x (AC 252 x DPL

16) x DPL 16) x Lankart 4789 A } x

{(124 F x Babdal) x (AC 252 x DPL

16) x Coker. (F1 x F1)}.

83. Sarmast (M4 x Acala) x M 4 (M4 x Acala) x M4.

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84. Shahbaz Qalandari x Acala

1517

{(M 4 x G. anomalum) x Karnak} x

Acala 1517.

85. Shaheen GH 7/72 x H-1 GH 7/72 x (DPL 16 x AC 134–F1

30kr).

86. SKD

10/19

SNR Selection SNR (single plant selection from

SNR G-IV bulked G-4/NRPT 10 &

19).

87. SLH 41 S 178/68 x 2267/70 (289 F x Mysor American) x (124 F

x Babdal) x Mex 68).

88. SLS 1 SLH 19 x NIAB 78 SLH 19 x SLH 19 x ( DPL 16 x AC

134 – F1 30kr).

89. SNR

(desi)

Selection Sindh desi Selection from Sindh desi types.

90. TD 1 SNR –Selection. Selection from SNR

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Table 4: Estimation of Cotton Seed Requirements

Cotton The following table shows the estimation of requirement of cotton seed for

1000 hectares on two levels of seed rate i.e. @ 20 kg/ha (8 kg/acre) and 12 kg/ha

(5 kg/acre). To calculate the requirements on provincial or country level,

multiply the area figures in thousands accordingly.

Estimated Seed Requirements for 1000 ha

Total cropped area (hectares) (ha) 1000 1000

1 Total cropped area (acres) (ac) 2500 2500

2 Total seed requirement (tons) (mt) 20.00 12.50

3 Target area for seed renewal (100%) (ac) 2500 2500

4

Certified seed required for renewal

target (100% for cotton) (mt) 20.000 12.500

5 Area to produce Certified seed (ac) 40 25

6 Basic seed required for above area (mt) 0.320 0.125

7 Area required to produce Basic seed (ac) 0.640 0.250

8 Pre-basic seed required for above area (mt) 0.005 0.001

9 Area required to produce pre-basic seed (ac) 0.010 0.003

10 BNS required for sowing pre-basic crop (mt)

(kg) 0.10 0.013

11 Area required to produce BNS (ac)

Area required to produce BNS (kn) 0.10 0.10

12 Seed rate/ac (kg) 8.0 5.0

13 Yield/ac (mt) 0.50 0.50

14 Target for seed renewal (%) 100 100

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Table 5: Status of Cotton Varieties 2004-05

Variety Breeding Center Release

Year

Status

1. BH 160 Cotton Research Station, Bahawalpur 2004 Recommended

2. NIAB 111 Nuclear Institute for Agriculture &

Biology,FD.

2004 Recommended

3. CIM 707 Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan 2004 Recommended

4. CIM 506 Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan 2004 Recommended

5. CIM 499 Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan 2003 Recommended

6. FH 1000 Cotton Research Station, Faisalabad 2003 Recommended

7. NIAB 999 Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology,

Faisalabad

2003 Recommended

8. CIM 473 Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan 2002 Recommended

9. CRIS 134 Cotton Research Institute, PCCC< Sakrand 2001 Recommended

10. Marvi Cotton Research Institute, PCCC, Sakrand 2001 Recommended

11. Shahbaz 95 Agricultural Research Institute, Tandojam 2001 Recommended

12. BH 118 Cotton Research Station, Bahawalpur 2000 Discontinued

13. CIM 482 Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan 2000 Recommended

14. FH 900 Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad 2000 Recommended

15. FH 901 Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad 2000 Recommended

16. MNH 552 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan 2000 Discontinued

17. MNH 554 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan 2000 Discontinued

18. CIM 443 Central Cotton Research Institute, PCCC,

Multan.

1998 Recommended

19. CIM 446 Central Cotton Research Institute, PCCC,

Multan.

1998 Recommended

20. FVH 53 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Vehari 1998 Discontinued

21. Chandi 95 Nuclear Institute for Agriculture (AEARC)

Tandojam.

1996 Dscontinued

22. CIM 448 Central Cotton Research Institute, PCCC,

Multan.

1996 Discontinued

23. CIM 1100 Central Cotton Research Institute, PCCC,

Multan.

1996 Discontinued

24. FH 634 Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1996 Discontinued

25. Karishma Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, 1996 Discontinued

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Year

Status

Faisalabad.

26. MNH 329 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1996 Discontinued

27. RH 112 Cotton Research Station, AARI, RY. Khan. 1996 Discontinued

28. S 14 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1995 Discontinued

29. SLS 1 Cotton Research Station, PCCC Sahiwal. 1995 Discontinued

30. CRIS 9 Cotton Research Institute, PCCC, Sakrand. 1993 Recommended

31. Gomal 93 Cotton Research Station, PCCC, DI Khan. 1993 Dscontinued

32. BH 36 Cotton Research Station, PCCC, Bahawalpur. 1992 Discontinued

33. CIM 240 Central Cotton Research Institute, PCCC,

Multan.

1992 Discontinued

34. FH 682 Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1992 Discontinued

35. MNH 147 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1992 Discontinued

36. NIAB 26N Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology,

Faisalabad.

1992 Discontinued

37. Reshmi 90 Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam. 1991 Discontinued

38. CIM 109 Central Cotton Research Institute, PCCC,

Multan.

1990 Discontinued

39. Gohar 87 Cotton Research Station, PCCC, Bahawalpur. 1990 Discontinued

40. NIAB 86 Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology,

Faisalabad.

1990 Discontinued

41. RH 1 Cotton Research Station, AARI, RY Khan. 1990 Discontinued

42. FH 87 Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1988 Discontinued

43. S 12 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1988 Banned

44. Shaheen Cotton Research Station, PCCC, Ghotki. 1988 Discontinued

45. CIM 70 Central Cotton Research Institute, PCCC,

Multan.

1986 Discontinued

46. MNH 129 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1986 Discontinued

47. Rehmani Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam. 1985 Dscontinued

48. SLH 41 Cotton Research Station, PCCC, Sahiwal. 1984 Discontinued

49. MS 84 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1983 Discontinued

50. NIAB 78 Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology,

Faisalabad.

1983 Discontinued

51. MNH 93 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1980 Discontinued

52. K 68/9 Cotton Research Station, PCCC, Ghotki. 1977 Dscontinued

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53. B 557 Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1975 Discontinued

54. Sarmast Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam. 1975 Dscontinued

55. Qalandari Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam. 1974 Dscontinued

56. 149 F Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1971 Discontinued

57. MS 39 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1970 Discontinued

58. MS 40 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1970 Discontinued

59. M 100 Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam. 1963 Dscontinued

60. BS 1 Cotton Research Station, AARI, Khanpur. 1962 Discontinued

61. 362 F Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1959 Discontinued

62. AC 134 Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1959 Discontinued

63. Lasani 11 Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1959 Discontinued

64. 238 F Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1948 Discontinued

65. 268 F Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1948 Discontinued

66. 199 F Cotton Research Station, AARI, Multan. 1946 Discontinued

67. 216 F Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1946 Discontinued

68. 124 F Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1945 Discontinued

69. M 4 Cotton Research Station, ARI, Tandojam. 1942 Discontinued

70. 289 F/43 Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1934 Discontinued

71. LSS Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1934 Discontinued

72. 289 F/K25 BCGA, Khanewal. 1930 Discontinued

73. 289 F Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1921 Discontinued

74. 4 F Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1914 Discontinued

75. 3 F Cotton Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. 1913 Discontinued

Hybrid Cotton Varieties (Gossypium hirsutum)

76. H 115 Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Multan 1999* -

77. H 151 Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Multan 2003 Recommended

78. H 160 Alseemi Seeds & Agri. Services, Multan 1999* -

Desi cotton varieties (Gossypium arboreum)

79. FDH 228 CRI, Faisalabad 2002 Recommended

80. FDH 170 CRI, Faisalabad. 1995 Recommended

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81. Rohi CRS, Bahawalpur 1986 Recommended

82. Ravi CRI, Faisalabad 1982 Recommended

83. SKD 10/19 CRI, Sakrand. 1975 Recommended

84. D 9 CRI, Faisalabad. 1970 Discontinued

85. TD 1 CRS, Tandojam. 1963 Discontinued

86. 231 R CRI, Faisalabad.* 1959 Discontinued

87. 119 S CRS, Multan. 1941 Discontinued

88. 39 M CRI, Faisalabad. 1934 Discontinued

89. 15 M CRI, Faisalabad. 1930 Discontinued

90. SNR CRS, Tandojam. 1926 Discontinued

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PHOTOGRAPHS

MORPHOLOGICAL DECRIPTORS OF

COTTON PLANT

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INDEX OF COTTON VARIETIES

119 S ....................................................................................................... 115

124 F ......................................................................................................... 88

126 F ....................................................................................................... 102

149 F ......................................................................................................... 76

15 M........................................................................................................ 117

199 F ......................................................................................................... 86

20 F ......................................................................................................... 101

210 F ....................................................................................................... 103

216 F ......................................................................................................... 87

231 R....................................................................................................... 114

238 F ......................................................................................................... 84

268 F ......................................................................................................... 85

289 F ......................................................................................................... 93

289 F/43 .................................................................................................... 90

289 F/K25 ................................................................................................. 92

3 F ............................................................................................................. 95

362 F ......................................................................................................... 81

39 M........................................................................................................ 116

4 F ............................................................................................................. 94

AC 134 ...................................................................................................... 82

AS 108 .................................................................................................... 104

AS 192 .................................................................................................... 105

B 557......................................................................................................... 73

BH 118 ...................................................................................................... 37

BH 160 ...................................................................................................... 21

BH 36 ........................................................................................................ 52

BS 1........................................................................................................... 80

CHANDI 95 .............................................................................................. 41

CIM 109 .................................................................................................... 58

CIM 1100 .................................................................................................. 43

CIM 240 .................................................................................................... 53

CIM 443 .................................................................................................... 39

CIM 446 .................................................................................................... 38

CIM 448 .................................................................................................... 42

CIM 473 .................................................................................................... 28

CIM 482 .................................................................................................... 32

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CIM 499 .................................................................................................... 27

CIM 506 .................................................................................................... 24

CIM 70 ...................................................................................................... 65

CIM 707 .................................................................................................... 23

CRIS 134................................................................................................... 31

CRIS 9....................................................................................................... 50

D 9........................................................................................................... 112

FDH 170.................................................................................................. 108

FDH 228.................................................................................................. 107

FH 1000 .................................................................................................... 25

FH 634 ...................................................................................................... 44

FH 682 ...................................................................................................... 54

FH 87 ........................................................................................................ 62

FH 900 ...................................................................................................... 33

FH 901 ...................................................................................................... 34

FVH 53...................................................................................................... 40

GOHAR 87 ............................................................................................... 59

GOMAL 93 ............................................................................................... 51

H 115......................................................................................................... 97

H 151......................................................................................................... 98

H 160......................................................................................................... 99

K 68/9........................................................................................................ 72

LASANI 11 ............................................................................................... 83

LSS............................................................................................................ 91

M 100........................................................................................................ 79

M 4 ............................................................................................................ 89

MARVI ..................................................................................................... 29

MNH 129 .................................................................................................. 66

MNH 147 .................................................................................................. 55

MNH 329 .................................................................................................. 46

MNH 552 .................................................................................................. 35

MNH 554 .................................................................................................. 36

MNH 93 .................................................................................................... 71

MS 39........................................................................................................ 77

MS 40........................................................................................................ 78

MS 84........................................................................................................ 68

NIAB 111.................................................................................................. 22

NIAB 26N................................................................................................. 56

NIAB 78.................................................................................................... 70

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NIAB 86.................................................................................................... 60

NIAB 999.................................................................................................. 26

NIAB KARISHMA................................................................................... 45

QALANDARI........................................................................................... 75

RAVI....................................................................................................... 110

REHMANI................................................................................................ 67

RESHMI 90 .............................................................................................. 57

RH 1 .......................................................................................................... 61

RH 112...................................................................................................... 47

ROHI....................................................................................................... 109

S 12 ........................................................................................................... 63

S 14 ........................................................................................................... 49

SARMAST................................................................................................ 74

SHAHBAZ 95........................................................................................... 30

SHAHEEN................................................................................................ 64

SKD 10/19 .............................................................................................. 111

SLH 41 ...................................................................................................... 69

SLS 1......................................................................................................... 48

SNR......................................................................................................... 118

TD 1 ........................................................................................................ 113