棉花是我国的主要经济作物和工业原料。就其单产而论,已跨入世界主要产棉国的前列,但是过去育种工作对品质性状重视不够,致有今日品质较劣的局面;使得品质育种成了急待改进和提高的重要课题。近年来,虽然认识到品质育种的重要性,并为此做了大量工作,但进展较慢,收效甚微。究其 Cotton is China’s major cash crops and industrial raw materials. As far as its yield is concerned, it has entered the forefront of the major cotton-producing countries in the world. However, due to insufficient attention paid to quality traits in past breeding work, the situation of inferior quality has been caused today. Quality breeding has become an important issue urgently to be improved and raised. In recent years, while recognizing the importance of quality breeding and doing a great deal of work for it, progress has been slow and with little success. Study it