Carol Mason Kelly, Texas Tech University / Texas A&M Experiment Station, 1102 E FM 1294, Lubbock, TX 79403, Eric Hequet, Texas Tech University, International Textile Center, Lubbock, TX 79409, and John R. Gannaway, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Rt 3, Box 219, Lubbock, TX 79401.
The purpose of this selection study is to compare the use of fiber data in breeding programs. Two selection methods, one using HVI data only and one using HVI plus AFIS data, will be compared. The study begins with fifteen F2 progenies that will undergo a series of selections through the F4 generation. In the final stages of the project, the remaining progeny lines will be used under go yarn and spinning quality analysis. Fiber data from the second year of the study is presented and progress of the two selection methods is discussed.
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