Cotton is one of the most important fiber and cash crop of India and plays a dominant role in the industrial and agricultural economy of the country. Sixty crosses with thirteen parents and three checks viz., PKV-Hy-4, NHH-206 and NHH- 44 were grown in Randomized Block Design with two replications. The results showed that the tester AKH07R possessed the highest GCA effect for the seed cotton yield per hectare and also exhibited high GCA (in desirable direction) for the traits, number of sympodia, number of bolls per, harvest index and cotton seed yield per plant. | Combining ability studies in CMS based and conventional hybrids of cotton G. hirsutum
