Salt Tolerance Evaluation in Commercial Cotton Cultivars

Cotton is one of the major crops grown in New Mexico. Identification and development of cotton cultivars with abiotic stress tolerance is vital to sustainable cotton production. Genetic variation of salt tolerance between cotton genotypes grown in sodic conditions can be isolated for selective breeding. This poster will present a greenhouse study on screening commercial cotton cultivars and elite breeding lines for salt tolerance. The genotypes with contrasting salt tolerance will be selected and used for making hybrids and segregating populations for further studies.