Supplementary Table 1 Association coefficients of various characters in upland cotton at the genotypic (G) and phenotypic(P ) levels in set-1
Characters / Days to50% flowering / Plant height (cm) / No. of monopodial branches per plant / No. of sympodial branches per plant / No. of total bolls per plant / Boll weight (g) / Seed cotton yield per plant (g) / Lint % / Staple length(mm) / Fibre strength (mN/tex)
Days to 50% flowering / G / 1.00 / -0.20 / 0.58 / -0.41 / -0.53 / 0.32 / -0.57 / -0.57 / 0.37 / 0.22
P / 1.00 / -0.16 / 0.52 / -0.37 / -0.34 / 0.22 / -0.46 / -0.48 / 0.33 / 0.21
Plant height (cm) / G / 1.00 / -0.21 / 0.85** / 0.20 / 0.03 / 0.15 / 0.03 / 0.49 / 0.30
P / 1.00 / -018 / 0.76** / 0.32 / 0.09 / 0.25 / 0.09 / 0.47 / 0.29
No. of monopodial branches / plant / G / 1.00 / -0.37 / 0.01 / 0.49 / -0.05 / -0.69* / 0.57 / 0.34
P / 1.00 / -0.36 / 0.05 / 0.37 / -0.05 / -0.63* / 0.54 / 0.28
No. of sympodial branches / plant / G / 1.00 / 0.42 / -0.15 / 0.40 / 0.09 / 0.44 / 0.41
P / 1.00 / 0.41 / 0.13 / 0.46 / 0.09 / 0.36 / 0.37
No. of total bolls/plant / G / 1.00 / -0.43 / 0.98** / -0.11 / 0.16 / 0.59
P / 1.00 / -0.12 / 0.88** / -0.10 / 0.25 / 0.44
Boll weight (g) / G / 1.00 / -0.58 / -0.29 / 0.31 / -0.01
P / 1.00 / -0.18 / -0.23 / 0.27 / 0.01
Seed cotton yield /plant (g) / G / 1.00 / 0.04 / 0.19 / 0.35
P / 1.00 / 0.11 / 0.22 / 0.29
Lint % / G / 1.00 / -0.34 / -0.621
P / 1.00 / -0.29 / -0.58
Staple length (mm) / G / 1.00 / 0.41
P / 1.00 / 0.37
Fibre strength (mN/tex) / G / 1.00
P / 1.00
*and ** significant at P=.0.05 and 0.01% respectively
Supplementary Table 2 Direct and indirect effects of various characters on seed cotton yield at the genotypic (G) and phenotypic(P) levels in set-1
Characters / Days to50% flowering / Plant height (cm) / No. of monopodial branches/plant / No. of sympodial branches/plant / No. of total bolls/plant / Boll weight (g) / Lint % / Staple length / Fibre strength (mN/tex)Days to 50% flowering / G / -0.25 / 0.03 / -0.15 / 0.09 / -0.48 / -0.08 / 0.12 / 0.21 / -0.06
P / -0.06 / 0.05 / 0.13 / -0.19 / -0.27 / -0.05 / -0.03 / -0.01 / -0.04
Plant height (cm) / G / 0.05 / -0.14 / 0.05 / -0.18 / 0.18 / -0.01 / -0.01 / 0.28 / -0.09
P / 0.01 / -0.29 / -0.05 / 0.40 / 0.26 / -0.02 / 0.01 / -0.01 / -0.06
No. of monopodial branches/plant / G / -0.14 / 0.03 / -0.25 / 0.08 / -0.01 / -0.12 / 0.14 / 0.32 / -0.10
P / -0.03 / 0.05 / 0.26 / -0.19 / 0.04 / -0.08 / -0.03 / -0.01 / -0.06
No. of sympodial branches/plant / G / 0.10 / -0.12 / 0.09 / -0.21 / 0.38 / 0.04 / -0.02 / 0.25 / -0.12
P / 0.02 / -0.22 / -0.09 / 0.52 / 0.33 / -0.03 / 0.01 / -0.01 / -0.07
No. of total bolls/plant / G / 0.13 / -0.03 / 0.01 / -0.09 / 0.91 / 0.11 / 0.02 / 0.09 / -0.17
P / 0.02 / -0.09 / 0.01 / 0.21 / 0.80 / 0.02 / 0.00 / -0.01 / -0.09
Boll weight (g) / G / -0.08 / -0.01 / -0.12 / 0.03 / -0.39 / -0.25 / 0.06 / 0.17 / 0.00
P / -0.01 / -0.03 / 0.09 / 0.06 / -0.08 / -0.20 / -0.01 / -0.01 / 0.00
Lint % / G / 0.14 / -0.01 / 0.17 / -0.02 / -0.10 / 0.07 / -0.20 / -0.20 / 0.18
P / 0.03 / -0.03 / -0.16 / 0.05 / -0.01 / 0.05 / 0.05 / 0.01 / 0.11
Staple length (mm) / G / -0.09 / -0.07 / -0.14 / -0.09 / 0.14 / -0.08 / 0.07 / 0.57 / -0.12
P / -0.02 / -0.14 / 0.14 / 0.19 / 0.21 / -0.06 / -0.02 / -0.02 / -0.07
Fibre strength (mN/tex) / G / -0.06 / -0.04 / -0.08 / -0.08 / 0.54 / 0.00 / 0.13 / 0.23 / -0.29
P / -0.01 / -0.08 / 0.07 / 0.19 / 0.35 / 0.00 / -0.03 / -0.01 / -0.20
Residual= -0.08(G),
0.11(P)
Supplementary Table 3 Association coefficients of various characters in upland cotton at the genotypic (G) and phenotypic (P) levels in set-2
Characters / Days to50% flowering / Plant height (cm) / No. of monopodial branches/plant / No. of sympodial branches/plant / No. of total bolls/plant / Boll weight (g) / Seed cotton yield/plant (g) / Lint % / Staple length(mm) / Fibre strength (mN/tex)Days to 50% flowering / G / 1.00 / 0.37 / 0.15 / 0.17 / -0.43 / 0.54 / -0.02 / -0.64 / 0.62 / 0.20
P / 1.00 / 0.30 / 0.17 / 0.09 / -0.34 / 0.45 / -0.85** / -0.61 / 0.60 / 0.19
Plant height (cm) / G / 1.00 / -0.14 / 0.94** / 0.20 / 0.25 / -0.47 / -0.26 / 0.36 / 0.38
P / 1.00 / -0.11 / 0.77** / 0.33 / 0.09 / -0.26 / -0.18 / 0.30 / 0.31
No. of monopodial/plant / G / 1.00 / -0.46 / 0.53 / 0.09 / -0.14 / 0.01 / -0.25 / 0.51
P / 1.00 / -047 / 0.47 / 0.05 / -0.14 / -0.01 / -0.22 / -0.47
No. of sympodial/plant / G / 1.00 / 0.06 / 0.23 / -0.26 / 0.32 / 0.21 / 0.43
P / 1.00 / 0.05 / 0.14 / -0.23 / -0.24 / 0.16 / 0.37
No. of total bolls/plant / G / 1.00 / -0.55 / 0.34 / 0.37 / -0.22 / -0.07
P / 1.00 / -0.46 / 0.44 / 0.33 / -0.20 / -0.06
Boll weight (g) / G / 1.00 / -0.64* / -0.57 / -0.27 / 0.07
P / 1.00 / -0.44 / -0.54 / -0.24 / -0.07
Seed cotton yield/plant (g) / G / 1.00 / 0.86** / -0.56 / -0.14
P / 1.00 / 0.74* / -0.50 / -0.14
Lint % / G / 1.00 / -0.22 / -0.01
P / 1.00 / -0.23 / -0.01
Staple length (mm) / G / 1.00 / 0.34
P / 1.00 / 0.33
Fibre strength (mN/tex) / G / 1.00
P / 1.00
*and ** significant at P=.0.05 and 0.01% respectively
Supplementary Table 4 Direct and indirect effects of various characters on seed cotton yield at the genotypic (G) and phenotypic (P) levels in set-2
Characters / Days to 50% flowering / Plant height (cm) / No. of monopodial branches/plant / No. of sympodial branches/plant / No. of total bolls/plant / Boll weight (g) / Lint % / Staple length(mm) / Fibre strength (mN/tex)
Days to50% flowering / G / -1.97 / 0.48 / -0.11 / -0.34 / -0.25 / 0.59 / 0.07 / 0.49 / 0.02
P / -0.06 / -0.03 / -0.15 / -0.03 / -0.26 / 0.08 / -0.23 / -0.12 / -0.04
Plant height (cm) / G / -0.72 / -1.31 / 0.11 / -1.91 / 0.12 / 0.28 / 0.03 / 0.28 / 0.04
P / -0.02 / -0.11 / 0.10 / -0.30 / 0.25 / 0.02 / -0.07 / -0.06 / -0.07
No. of monopodial branches /plant / G / -0.29 / -0.19 / -0.75 / 0.94 / 0.30 / 0.10 / 0.00 / -0.19 / -0.05
P / -0.01 / 0.01 / -0.83 / 0.18 / 0.37 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.05 / 0.10
No. of sympodial branches/plant / G / -0.33 / 1.23 / 0.35 / -2.04 / 0.04 / 0.25 / 0.03 / 0.16 / 0.05
P / -0.01 / -0.08 / 0.39 / -0.39 / 0.04 / 0.02 / -0.09 / -0.03 / -0.08
No. of total bolls/plant / G / 0.85 / 0.26 / -0.40 / -0.13 / 0.57 / -0.60 / -0.04 / -0.17 / -0.01
P / 0.02 / -0.04 / -0.39 / -0.02 / 0.77 / -0.08 / 0.13 / 0.04 / 0.01
Boll weight (g) / G / -1.06 / 0.33 / -0.07 / -0.46 / -0.31 / 1.10 / 0.06 / -0.21 / -0.01
P / -0.03 / -0.01 / -0.04 / -0.05 / -0.35 / 0.18 / -0.21 / 0.05 / 0.01
Lint % / G / 1.27 / -0.34 / -0.01 / 0.64 / 0.21 / -0.62 / -0.11 / -0.18 / 0.00
P / 0.04 / 0.02 / 0.01 / 0.10 / 0.25 / -0.10 / 0.38 / 0.04 / 0.00
Staple length(mm) / G / -1.22 / 0.47 / 0.19 / -0.42 / -0.13 / -0.30 / 0.03 / 0.78 / 0.04
P / -0.04 / -0.03 / 0.19 / -0.06 / -0.16 / -0.04 / -0.08 / -0.20 / -0.07
Fibre strength (mN/tex) / G / -0.39 / 0.50 / 0.38 / -0.88 / -0.04 / -0.08 / 0.00 / 0.26 / 0.11
P / -0.01 / -0.03 / 0.39 / -0.14 / -0.05 / -0.01 / 0.00 / -0.07 / -0.21
Residual=0.02 (G)
=0.05(P)
Supplementary Table 5 Association coefficients of various characters in upland cotton at the genotypic (G) and phenotypic (P) levels in set-3
Characters / Days to50% flowering / Plant height (cm) / No. of monopodialbranches/plant / No. of sympodialbranches/plant / No. of total bolls/plant / Boll weight (g) / Seed cotton yield/plant (g) / Lint % / Staple length(mm) / Fibre strength (mN/tex)Days to50% flowering / G / 1.00 / 0.14 / 0.28 / -0.13 / -0.48* / 0.46 / -0.78** / -0.60** / 0.31 / 0.22
P / 1.00 / 0.12 / 0.28 / -0.14 / -0.35 / 0.36 / -0.65** / -0.54* / 0.30 / 0.19
Plant height (cm) / G / 1.00 / 0.13 / 0.69** / 0.05 / 0.27 / -0.37 / -0.12 / 0.57** / 0.54*
P / 1.00 / 0.12 / 0.61** / 0.20 / 0.19 / -0.20 / -0.06 / 0.52* / 0.49*
No. of monopodial branches/plant / G / 1.00 / -0.45* / 0.21 / 0.31 / -0.34 / -0.21 / 0.48* / 0.41
P / 1.00 / -0.44* / 0.20 / 0.24 / -0.29 / -0.20 / 0.46* / 0.40
No. of sympodial branches/plant / G / 1.00 / 0.23 / 0.01 / 0.11 / -0.08 / -0.07 / -0.05
P / 1.00 / 0.22 / 0.07 / 0.14 / 0.05 / -0.06 / -0.04
No. of total bolls/plant / G / 1.00 / -0.54* / 0.59** / 0.16 / -0.26 / -0.19
P / 1.00 / -0.36 / 0.63** / 0.17 / -0.20 / -0.16
Boll weight (g) / G / 1.00 / -0.66** / -0.42 / 0.28 / 0.28
P / 1.00 / -0.40 / -0.38 / 0.25 / 0.25
Seed cotton yield/plant (g) / G / 1.00 / 0.41 / -0.52* / -0.44*
P / 1.00 / 0.39 / -0.45* / -0.38
Lint % / G / 1.00 / -0.17 / -0.16
P / 1.00 / -0.16 / -0.16
Staple length(mm) / G / 1.00 / 0.93**
P / 1.00 / 0.92**
Fibre strength (mN/tex) / G / 1.00
P / 1.00
*and ** significant at P=.0.05 and 0.01% respectively
Supplementary Table 6 Direct and indirect effects of various characters on seed cotton yield at the genotypic (G) and phenotypic (P) levels inset-3
Characters / Days to50% flowering / Plant height (cm) / No. of monopodial branches/plant / No.of sympodial branches/plant / No. of total bolls/plant / Boll weight (g) / Lint % / Staple length (mm) / Fibre strength (mN/tex)Days to 50% flowering / G / -0.54 / -0.13 / 0.15 / -0.13 / 0.08 / -0.20 / -0.01 / -0.02 / 0.04
P / -0.31 / -0.04 / -0.13 / 0.02 / -0.27 / 0.06 / -0.02 / 0.09 / -0.04
Plant height (cm) / G / -0.08 / -0.95 / 0.06 / 0.67 / -0.01 / -0.12 / 0.00 / -0.04 / 0.10
P / -0.04 / -0.30 / -0.05 / -0.06 / 0.16 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.16 / -0.09
No.of monopodial branches/plant / G / -0.16 / -0.12 / 0.51 / -0.45 / -0.03 / -0.13 / 0.00 / -0.03 / 0.07
P / -0.09 / -0.03 / -0.47 / 0.04 / 0.16 / 0.04 / -0.01 / 0.14 / -0.08
No. of sympodial branches/plant / G / 0.07 / -0.65 / -0.23 / 0.97 / -0.03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.01 / -0.01
P / 0.05 / -0.18 / 0.20 / -0.10 / 0.17 / 0.01 / 0.00 / -0.02 / 0.01
No. of total bolls/plant / G / 0.26 / -0.05 / 0.10 / 0.22 / -0.16 / 0.23 / 0.00 / 0.02 / -0.03
P / 0.11 / -0.06 / -0.10 / -0.02 / 0.78 / -0.06 / 0.01 / -0.06 / 0.03
Boll weight (g) / G / -0.25 / -0.26 / 0.15 / 0.01 / 0.09 / -0.43 / -0.01 / -0.02 / 0.05
P / -0.11 / -0.06 / -0.11 / -0.01 / -0.28 / 0.15 / -0.02 / 0.08 / -0.05
Lint % / G / 0.33 / 0.11 / -0.11 / -0.08 / -0.03 / 0.18 / 0.02 / 0.01 / -0.03
P / 0.17 / 0.02 / 0.09 / 0.01 / 0.13 / -0.06 / 0.04 / -0.05 / 0.03
Staple length(mm) / G / -0.17 / -0.54 / 0.24 / -0.07 / 0.04 / -0.12 / 0.00 / -0.07 / 0.17
P / -0.09 / -0.15 / -0.22 / 0.01 / -0.16 / 0.04 / -0.01 / 0.31 / -0.18
Fibre strength (mN/tex) / G / -0.11 / -0.51 / 0.21 / -0.05 / 0.03 / -0.12 / 0.00 / -0.06 / 0.18
P / -0.06 / -0.15 / -0.19 / 0.00 / -0.13 / 0.04 / -0.01 / 0.29 / -0.19
Residual=0.13 (G)
=0.23(P)