BRS 336: A high-quality fiber upland cotton cultivar for Brazilian savanna and semi-arid conditions.

Cotton cultivar BRS 336 is a high-quality fiber upland cultivar and has wide adaptation to the Brazilian growing areas, with resistance to bacterial blight. BRS 336 exhibited fiber length higher than 32.0 mm in all field tests. Also, fiber strength exceeded all upland cotton currently grown in Brazi...

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Authors: MORELLO, C. de L., PEDROSA, M. B., SUASSUNA, N. D., LAMAS, F. M., CHITARRA, L. G., SILVA FILHO, J. L. da, ANDRADE, F. P. de, BARROSO, P. A. V., RIBEIRO, J. L., GODINHO, V. de P. C., LANZA, M. A.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:Brasil
Institution:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/940676
Online Access:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/940676
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Gossypium Hirsutum
disease resistance
fiber quality
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Summary:Cotton cultivar BRS 336 is a high-quality fiber upland cultivar and has wide adaptation to the Brazilian growing areas, with resistance to bacterial blight. BRS 336 exhibited fiber length higher than 32.0 mm in all field tests. Also, fiber strength exceeded all upland cotton currently grown in Brazil.