Location: Coastal Plain Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research
Project Number: 6082-30100-001-011-R
Project Type: Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Dec 1, 2021
End Date: Dec 31, 2024
Objective:
The long-term goal of the proposed project is to increase utilization of naturally-occurring variation from exotic genotypes of one of the most genetically vulnerable major US crops, cotton, to enrich genetic diversity and accelerate breeding progress in the elite gene pool.
Approach:
We will use a multi-disciplinary approach comprising of field evaluation, genomics, and statistics.
