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The Worldwide Gene Pool of Gossypium barbadense L. and Its Improvement

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Genetics and Genomics of Cotton

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This chapter describes the improved and unimproved gene pools of Gossypium barbadense. Section one discusses the taxonomic and geographic structure of species diversity. Section two describes the origin and development of modern improved germplasm pools, beginning with Sea Island cottons developed in the Caribbean and the coastal Southeast of the United States in the late 18th century. The origins and development of the Egyptian and Amercian Pima germplasm pools are sketched. Finally, smaller but significant gene pools created in Peru, Israel, and Australia are discussed. The role of interspecific introgression with G. hirsutum in broadening the improved germplasm pool is noted. In section three unimproved genetic resources in situ and in germplasm collections are examined.

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Percy, R.G. (2009). The Worldwide Gene Pool of Gossypium barbadense L. and Its Improvement. In: Paterson, A.H. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Cotton. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 3. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70810-2_3

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