Cotton somaclonal variants

A somaclonal variant cotton plant produced by a method comprising:

• providing a cotton explant;
• culturing the explant in a callus growth medium supplemented with glucose as a primary carbon source until secretion of phenolic compounds has ceased and undifferentiated callus is formed from the explant;
• culturing the undifferentiated callus in callus growth medium supplemented with sucrose as a primary carbon source until embryogenic callus is formed from the undifferentiated callus;
• transferring the embryogenic callus to a plant germination medium;
• culturing the embryogenic callus on the plant germination medium until a plantlet is formed from the embryogenic callus;
• transferring the plantlets to soil;
• growing the plantlets to produce seeds from self pollination;
• collecting the seeds;
• planting the seeds;
• growing the seeds under conditions to select for a desired characteristic, wherein the desired characteristic is selected from the croup consisting of Verticillium resistance, a stature different from that of cotton plants from which the somaclonal variant was derived, a cotton length which different from that produced by a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived, a cotton uniformity which is different from that produced by a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived, cotton of tensile strength different from that of a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived, cotton with elasticity which different from that of a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived, cotton with micronair which is different from that of a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived and increased cotton yields compared to a cotton Plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived;
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• collecting the plants with the desired characteristic.

A somaclonal variant cotton plant produced by a method comprising:

• providing a cotton explant;
• culturing the explant in a callus growth medium supplemented with glucose as a primary carbon source until secretion of phenolic compounds has ceased and undifferentiated callus is formed from the explant;
• culturing the undifferentiated callus in callus growth medium supplemented with sucrose as a primary carbon source until embryogenic callus is formed from the undifferentiated callus;
• suspending the embryogenic callus in a suspension medium to form a suspension culture;
• growing the embryogenic callus in the suspension culture;
• transferring the embryogenic callus to a plant germination medium;
• culturing the embryogenic callus on the plant germination medium until a plantlet is formed from the embryogenic callus;
• transferring the plantlets to soil;
• growing the plantlets to produce seeds from self pollination;
• collecting the seeds;
• planting the seeds;
• growing the seeds under condition to select for a desired characteristic, wherein the desired characteristic is selected from the group consisting of Verticillium resistance, a stature different from that of cotton plants from which the somaclonal variant was derived, a cotton length which different from that produced by a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived, a cotton uniformity which is different from that produced by a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived, cotton of tensile strength different from that of a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived, cotton with elasticity which different from that of a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived, cotton with micronair which is different from that of a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived and increased cotton yields compared to a cotton plant from which the somaclonal variant was derived;
• and
• collecting the plants with the desired characteristic.