High-Temperature and Drought-Resilience Traits among Interspecific Chromosome Substitution Lines for Genetic Improvement of Upland Cotton

Authors

• Kambham Raja Reddy, Mississippi State University
• Raju Bheemanahalli, Mississippi State UniversityFollow
• Sukumar Saha, USDA Agricultural Research Service
• Kulvir Singh, Mississippi State University
• Suresh B. Lokhande, Mississippi State University
• Bandara Gajanayake, Mississippi State University
• John J. Read, USDA Agricultural Research Service
• Johnie N. Jenkins, USDA Agricultural Research Service
• Dwaine A. Raska, Texas A&M University
• Luis M. De Santiago, Texas A&M University
• Amanda M. Hulse-Kemp, Texas A&M University
• Robert N. Vaughn, Texas A&M University
• David M. Stelly, Texas A&M University

ORCID

Bheemanahalli: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9325-4901

MSU Affiliation

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Creation Date

2025-11-19

Abstract

Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) growth and development during the pre-and post-flowering stages are susceptible to high temperature and drought. We report the field-based characterization of multiple morpho-physiological and reproductive stress resilience traits in 11 interspecific chromosome substitution (CS) lines isogenic to each other and the inbred G. hirsutum line TM-1. Significant genetic variability was detected (p < 0.001) in multiple traits in CS lines carrying chromosomes and chromosome segments from CS-B (G. barbadense) and CS-T (G. tomentosum). Line CS-T15sh had a positive effect on photosynthesis (13%), stomatal conductance (33%), and transpiration (24%), and a canopy 6.8^◦C cooler than TM-1. The average pollen germination was approximately 8% greater among the CS-B than CS-T lines. Based on the stress response index, three CS lines are identified as heat-and drought-tolerant (CS-T07, CS-B15sh, and CS-B18). The three lines demonstrated enhanced photosynthesis (14%), stomatal conductance (29%), transpiration (13%), and pollen germination (23.6%) compared to TM-1 under field conditions, i.e., traits that would expectedly enhance performance in stressful environments. The generated phenotypic data and stress-tolerance indices on novel CS lines, along with phenotypic methods, would help in developing new cultivars with improved resilience to the effects of global warming.

Keywords

abiotic stress tolerance, crop physiology, gas exchange, germplasm utilization, global warming, heat stress, sustainability

Publication Date

12-1-2020

Publication Title

Plants

Publisher

MDPI

First Page

1

Last Page

22

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Reddy, K.R.; Bheemanahalli, R.; Saha, S.; Singh, K.; Lokhande, S.B.; Gajanayake, B.; Read, J.J.; Jenkins, J.N.; Raska, D.A.; Santiago, L.M.D.; et al. High-Temperature and Drought-Resilience Traits among Interspecific Chromosome Substitution Lines for Genetic Improvement of Upland Cotton. Plants 2020, 9, 1747. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121747