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Table 3 Direct and Indirect effects of yield and fibre traits of upland cotton
TRAITS
rp
rg
Direct Effects
Indirect Effects
MONO
GOT
100SW
PH
NOB
SYMP
F.F
F.L
F.S
MONO
-0.669
0.073
0.060
0.029
-0.029
-0.040
0.005
-0.011
0.034
-0.027
-0.009
GOT
-0.667
0.212
0.145
0.070
-0.083
-0.067
0.006
0.019
0.101
-0.064
-0.059
100 W
0.708
-0.521
-0.692
0.337
0.397
-0.415
0.222
0.109
0.309
-0.026
-0.072
PH
-1.084
1.813
1.175
-0.773
-0.543
0.705
-0.084
0.345
-0.474
0.445
-0.158
NOB
0.529
-0.299
-0.103
-0.008
-0.004
0.033
0.007
-0.059
-0.012
-0.005
-0.046
SYMP
0.425
0.044
0.014
-0.003
0.002
-0.002
0.004
0.008
0.003
0.003
0.002
F.F
0.401
-0.936
-0.461
-0.263
-0.321
0.206
0.186
-0.055
-0.005
0.167
0.070
F.L
0.796
-0.232
-0.131
0.060
0.058
-0.005
-0.050
-0.006
-0.025
0.048
-0.050
F.S
-0.983
1.197
0.534
-0.077
-0.218
0.055
-0.072
0.237
0.081
-0.081
0.203
Note: PH: Pland height (cm); MONO: Number of monopodial branches; SYMP: Number of sympodial branches; NOB: Number of bolls; F.L: Fibre length (mm); F.S: Fibre strength; F.F: Fibre
fineness; GOT: Ginning out turn; 100SW: Weight of 100 seeds; SCY: Seed cotton yield
Table 4 Broadsense heritability (h
2
BS
), Genetic Advance (G.A) along with variances
Traits
h2
G.A
Vg
Vp
Ve
Yield
93.761
3.15
2.495
2.661
0.116
MONO
70.354
0.871
0.225
0.284
0.533
GOT
94.86
4.257
4.5
4.75
0.244
100SW
81.785
0.758
0.165
0.202
0.037
PH
97.616
16.96
69.44
71.136
1.696
NOB
93.7
3.145
2.487
2.655
0.167
SYMP
97.757
3.81
3.5
3.57
0.08
F.F
96.738
1.073
0.2806
0.29
0.009
F.L
93.387
3.063
2.37
2.53
0.168
F.S
99.3
3.772
3.373
3.39
0.02
Note: PH: Plant height (cm); MONO: Number of monopodial branches; SYMP: Number of sympodial branches; NOB: Number of bolls; F.L: Fibre length (mm); F.S: Fibre strength; F.F: Fibre
fineness; GOT: Ginning out turn; 100SW: Weight of 100 seeds; SCY: Seed cotton yield
