Genetic Analysis of Mutagenesis That Induces the Photoperiod Insensitivity of Wild Cotton Subsp. .

Cotton genus L., especially its wild species, is rich in genetic diversity. However, this valuable genetic resource is barely used in cotton breeding programs.

Genetic Diversity, QTL Mapping, and Marker-Assisted Selection Technology in Cotton ( spp.).

Cotton genetic resources contain diverse economically important traits that can be used widely in breeding approaches to create of high-yielding elite cultivars with superior fiber quality and adapted to biotic and abiotic stresses. Nevertheless, the creation of new cultivars using conventional breeding methods is limited by the cost and proved to be time consuming process, also requires a space to make field observations and measurements. Decoding genomes of cotton species greatly facilitated generating large-scale high-throughput DNA markers and identification of QTLs that allows confirmation of candidate genes, and use them in marker-assisted selection (MAS)-based breeding programs.