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Table 2. Effects of soil salinity on fiber quality of the two cotton cultivars in years 2013 and 2014.

Year	Cultivars	Salinity levels	UHML ^a	UI ^b	MIC ^c	EL ^d	ST ^e
Year	Cultivars	Salinity levels	(mm)	(%)	MIC ^c	EL ^d	(cN tex^-1)
2013	CCRI-79	LS	27.8a	82.3a	5.5a	6.7a	27.2a
		MS	27.2b	82.1a	5.3b	6.8a	26.4b
		HS	26.2c	82.0a	4.5c	6.6a	25.8c
		CV(%) ^f	2.98	0.18	10.38	1.49	2.65
	Simian 3	LS	27.6a	82.1a	5.4a	6.7a	28.1a
		MS	26.4b	82.0a	5.0b	6.8a	27.0b
		HS	24.5c	81.8a	4.2c	6.8a	25.1c
		CV(%)	5.97	0.19	12.56	0.85	5.68
2014	CCRI-79	LS	27.5a	83.3a	5.4a	6.7a	26.9a
		MS	26.9b	83.1a	5.1b	6.9a	26.4b
		HS	26.1c	82.9a	4.8c	6.8a	26.0c
		CV(%)	2.62	0.24	5.88	1.47	1.71
	Simian 3	LS	27.3a	83.1a	5.4a	6.8a	27.8a
		MS	26.0b	82.9a	4.9b	6.9a	26.8b
		HS	25.2c	82.3a	4.4c	6.7a	25.6c
		CV(%)	4.05	0.5	10.2	1.47	4.12
		Year (Y)	^**	^**	^**	NS	NS
		Cultivar (C)	^**	^**	^**	^*	^**
		Salinity (S)	^**	^**	^**	^**	^**
		Y^*l	^*	^*	^*	NS	NS
		YSl	^*	^**	NS	NS	^**
		C^*l	^**	^**	^**	NS	^**
		Y^*lin	^**	^**	NS	^**	^**

^a UHML, fiber upper-half mean length;

^b UI, uniformity index;

^c MIC, micronaire value;

^d EL, elongation percentage;

^e ST, fiber strength;

^f CV, coefficient of variation.

* and ** indicate significant differences at P#0.05 and 0.01 probability levels, respectively. ns, not significant (P≤0.05). Values followed by a different letter between salinity levels are significantly different at P = 0.05 probability level. Each value represents the mean of three replications. LS: low soil-salinity, MS: medium soil-salinity, and HS: high soil-salinity.