Inheritance of different fiber colors in cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.)

  • Carvalho L
  • Farias F
  • Lima M
  • et al.
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Abstract

Most of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) fibers produced in the world are white, in spite of the lint and fiber of tetraploid cottons (G. barbadense), exhibiting various shades of green and brown. Cotton fiber color is a genetically inherited trait resulting from the presence of pigments intermingled with cellulose. Inheritance of fiber color is relatively simple, with high heritability, but in wild accessions it is still unknown. The objective of this study was to determine the inheritance of fiber color in G. barbadense accessions representing different shades of brown. We crossed wild G. barbadense accessions and G. hirsutum cultivars (with white fiber) and obtained the F2 generations, and BC1 and BC2 backcrosses. It may be concluded that fiber color is controlled by one gene, with partial dominance of the brown color over white, except for the grayish color of the PI 435267 accession, which showed the white to be partially dominant.A maioria das fibras de algodão (Gossypium hirsutum) produzidas no mundo é de cor branca, apesar do línter e da fibra dos algodões tetraplóides (G. barbadense) apresentarem tonalidades de verde e de marrom. A cor da fibra é uma característica geneticamente herdada, resultante da presença de pigmentos entremeados à celulose. A herança da coloração é relativamente simples e a herdabilidade elevada, porém nos acessos silvestres, esta ainda é desconhecida. Estudou-se a herança da cor de fibra em acessos de G. barbadense que apresentam tonalidades de marrom. Acessos silvestres de G. barbadense e cultivares de G. hirsutum de fibra branca foram cruzados e obtidas as gerações F2 e de retrocruzamentos (RC1 e RC2). As cores de fibra são todas governadas por um gene, sendo a cor marrom parcialmente dominante sobre o branco, com exceção da cor acinzentada do material PI 435267 que mostra ser o branco parcialmente dominante.

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Carvalho, L. P. de, Farias, F. J. C., Lima, M. M. de A., & Rodrigues, J. I. da S. (2014). Inheritance of different fiber colors in cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.). Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, 14(4), 256–260. https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-70332014v14n4n40

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