Cotton is said to be a gift of the Indian sub-continent to human civilization. The key role that cotton plays in our economy can be gauged from the extent of area under the crop as well as trade, processing, manufacture, export of raw cotton and cotton textile goods. Cotton fibre is the only natural fibre that can clothe the world population. Cotton improvement can be ccomplished by favorable combination of genes in cotton varieties through hybridization. Heterosis breeding played a significant role in yield and quality improvement in desi cotton. This work explores the genetic behavior of...