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Registration of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars Letaba, NIK2 and OR19

Published in: South African Journal of Plant and Soil
Volume 8 , issue 2 , 1991 , pages: 108–109

DOI: 10.1080/02571862.1991.10634590

Author(s): H.G. van Heerden , Republic of South Africa , W.H. van Staden , Republic of South Africa , G.W. Schoeman , Republic of South Africa , M.E. Stone , Republic of South Africa , G. , S.P. Vink , Republic of South Africa

Keywords: Cotton , cultivars , disease resistance , fibre properties , Gossypium hirsutum L. , seed-cotton yield , registration

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Abstract

Letaba, NIK2 and OR19 were released for commercial cultivation in the R.S.A. in 1989. Letaba has potential as a dryland cultivar in the Springbok Flats and northern Natal. NIK2 is intended for cultivation under irrigation in the same areas and has fibre properties comparable with those of Acala 1517–70. OR19 was developed at Upington and has high resistance to Verticillium dahliae (Kleb). It is intended for areas with Verticillium problems and where the red leaf disorder occurs.

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