Association between SSR markers and fibre traits in sea island cotton (Gossypium barbadense) germplasm resources.

Identification of molecular markers associated with fibre traits can accelerate cotton marker-assisted selection (MAS) programmes. In this study, Gossypium barbadense germplasm accessions with diverse origins (n = 123) were used to perform association analysis of fibre traits with 120 polymorphic simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. In total, 120 polymorphic primer pairs amplified 258 loci with a mean of 2.

Using three overlapped RILs to dissect genetically clustered QTL for fiber strength on Chro.D8 in Upland cotton.

Fiber strength is an important trait among cotton fiber qualities due to ongoing changes in spinning technology. Major quantitative trait loci (QTL) for fiber quality enable molecular marker-assisted selection (MAS) to effectively improve fiber quality of cotton cultivars. We previously identified a major QTL for fiber strength derived from 7235 in Upland cotton.