Table 1. Summary statistics on fiber quality traits in two hybrids.
| Mean |
Min |
Max |
Parents |
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| Trait | RIL | BC | RIL | BC | RIL | BC | ♀ | ♂ | |||||||||
| XZ hybrid | |||||||||||||||||
| Fiber length (mm) | 28.48 | 28.52 | 25.96 | 26.74 | 31.01 | 30.49 | 28.72 | 27.78 | |||||||||
| Fiber uniformity | 84.63 | 84.88 | 81.82 | 82.22 | 86.78 | 87.08 | 84.28 | 85.00 | |||||||||
| Fiber strength (cN/tex) | 29.12 | 29.29 | 25.55 | 27.13 | 32.38 | 31.78 | 29.75 | 27.90 | |||||||||
| Fiber elongation | 6.91 | 6.77 | 6.43 | 6.50 | 7.28 | 7.00 | 6.83 | 6.68 | |||||||||
| Micronaire | 4.61 | 4.68 | 3.59 | 4.08 | 5.42 | 5.25 | 4.76 | 4.74 | |||||||||
| XZV hybrid | |||||||||||||||||
| Fiber length (mm) | 28.07 | 28.60 | 24.81 | 26.09 | 31.86 | 31.38 | 28.72 | 28.47 | |||||||||
| Fiber uniformity | 84.45 | 85.25 | 81.40 | 82.02 | 86.50 | 87.25 | 84.28 | 83.97 | |||||||||
| Fiber strength (cN/tex) | 29.75 | 30.18 | 25.62 | 27.33 | 33.80 | 32.77 | 29.75 | 30.14 | |||||||||
| Fiber elongation | 6.72 | 6.67 | 6.30 | 6.40 | 7.10 | 6.93 | 6.83 | 6.73 | |||||||||
| Micronaire | 4.39 | 4.28 | 3.27 | 3.64 | 5.31 | 4.86 | 4.76 | 4.11 | |||||||||