Cotton, as the world’s primary source of natural fibers for textile production, plays a pivotal role in the global textile industry. Remarkably, India stands as the only nation cultivating all four species of cotton. India got first place in the world in cotton acreage with 120.69 lakh hectares area under cotton cultivation—approximately 36% of global area of 333 lakh hectares. Around 67% of India’s cotton is grown on rain-fed areas and 33% on irrigated areas. In terms of productivity, India ranks 38th, with a yield of 510 kg/ha. In India, cotton is grown in three major Zones, viz., the Northern zone, Central zone, and Southern zone, comprising nine states. However, the production of hybrid cotton seeds has encountered various challenges, from maintaining parental lines to ensuring precise emasculation techniques and postharvest management. Proper exploration of the potential applications of precision farming principles, such as drone technology, robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, could surmount these obstacles and transform challenges into opportunities in hybrid cotton seed production. Hybrid cotton seeds are indispensable for modern agriculture, offering superior traits such as increased yields, enhanced disease resistance, and improved fiber quality. The methods for hybrid seed production encompass conventional hand emasculation and pollination, as well as male sterility methods, which eliminate the need for manual emasculation. To address existing difficulties, developing hybrids with early seed vigor suitable for rain-fed conditions and varieties combining multiple traits, such as tolerance to various stress factors, higher yields, and superior fiber quality, is essential. This chapter emphasizes critical aspects, including nucleus seed production, agronomic requirements, the role of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, the influence of climatic variables on floral biology, the impact of biotic factors, and other vital considerations related to cotton hybrid seed production.

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Heterosis Breeding and Hybrid Seed Production in Cotton

  • Debashis Paul,
  • Suman Dutta,
  • Nidhi,
  • Sapna,
  • Reshmi Jha,
  • Nipa Biswas,
  • Sandeep Bagri,
  • Rishi Kumar

摘要

Cotton, as the world’s primary source of natural fibers for textile production, plays a pivotal role in the global textile industry. Remarkably, India stands as the only nation cultivating all four species of cotton. India got first place in the world in cotton acreage with 120.69 lakh hectares area under cotton cultivation—approximately 36% of global area of 333 lakh hectares. Around 67% of India’s cotton is grown on rain-fed areas and 33% on irrigated areas. In terms of productivity, India ranks 38th, with a yield of 510 kg/ha. In India, cotton is grown in three major Zones, viz., the Northern zone, Central zone, and Southern zone, comprising nine states. However, the production of hybrid cotton seeds has encountered various challenges, from maintaining parental lines to ensuring precise emasculation techniques and postharvest management. Proper exploration of the potential applications of precision farming principles, such as drone technology, robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, could surmount these obstacles and transform challenges into opportunities in hybrid cotton seed production. Hybrid cotton seeds are indispensable for modern agriculture, offering superior traits such as increased yields, enhanced disease resistance, and improved fiber quality. The methods for hybrid seed production encompass conventional hand emasculation and pollination, as well as male sterility methods, which eliminate the need for manual emasculation. To address existing difficulties, developing hybrids with early seed vigor suitable for rain-fed conditions and varieties combining multiple traits, such as tolerance to various stress factors, higher yields, and superior fiber quality, is essential. This chapter emphasizes critical aspects, including nucleus seed production, agronomic requirements, the role of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, the influence of climatic variables on floral biology, the impact of biotic factors, and other vital considerations related to cotton hybrid seed production.