@article{article_568326, title={GENE ACTION AND COMBINING ABILITY FOR NEPS AND SEED COAT NEPS IN COTTON (Gossypium hirsutum L.)}, journal={Turkish Journal Of Field Crops}, volume={24}, pages={211–214}, year={2019}, DOI={10.17557/tjfc.568326}, author={Ünay, Aydın and Balci, Serife and Cinar, Volkan Mehmet}, keywords={Combining ability,Cotton,Heritability,Neps}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Information
about heritability and combining ability for neps and seed coat neps is
necessary for breeding strategies. Seven cotton cultivars including 4 lines and
3 testers were mated in line x tester mating design. The 19 genotypes were
grown in RCBD with three replications at Aydın-Turkey conditions in 2014.
Non-additive gene action was important in the expression of SCN size, neps
count and neps size. The parental lines Carmen and Claudia were good combiners
for most neps characteristics.  Carmen x
Flash, Julia x ST-468, Claudia x Carisma and Gloria x Flash were superior crosses
for selection in further generations. It was
recommended that the selection of individual plants for neppiness should be
performed in later generations (F <sub>4 </sub>-F <sub>6 </sub>). </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Society of Fields Crop Science}