Abstract
New candidate varieties/strains of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) different research stations/institutes were tested for their yield performance. NIAB-111, NIAB-98 and NIAB-999 were significantly higher fruit bearing varieties at 90 days by completing 59.5, 48.3 and 46.0% fruiting, respectively. Seed cotton yield of VH-142 was the highest with 5312 kgha-1 having 52.05 bolls per plant with maximum value as compared to other lines. DNH-57 and NIAB-999 remained second and third with 51.28 and 4989 kg ha-1 seed cotton yield, respectively. BH-160 and CRIS-467 were found to be second and third highest boll bearing varieties with an average of 51.0 and 40.2 bolls plant-1 , respectively. NIAB-98 gave the highest yield among short stature varieties. In case of cotton leaf curl virus (ClCuV), highest infection was recorded in two lines CRIS-168 and CRIS-467 with 9.77 and 6.03% damage respectively
