Description:
Two crosses, MD 25-51 X MD 10-9-1 and MD 25-51 X MD 10-9-10 were made at the Jamie Whitten Delta State Research Center, USDA-ARS, Stoneville in 2010. The F1 was grown in the winter nursery in Mexico in 2010. The F2 was planted at Stoneville, MS in 2011. One boll per plant was bulked to go to F3 in 2012. This process was repeated during 2013 (F4). In 2014 (F5) individual plants USDA MD 16-1 and USDA MD 16-2 were selected to be tested in replicated trials for yield and quality in 2015 and 2016.