GENETIC DIVERGENCE ASSESSMENT IN UPLAND COTTON (Gossypium hirsutum L.) USING VARIOUS STATISTICAL TOOLS

Abstract

Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan; Cotton Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad, Pakistan; China National Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China; Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China. Corresponding author’s e-mail: † husnainshabbir.pbg@gmail.com, mnoor@ksu.edu.sa; mehmood2017@gmail.com