Abstract
An intergeneric hybrid (2n=38) between Gossypium hirsutum L. (2n=52) × Hibiscus panduraeformisBurm. (2n=24) was obtained by pollinating about 2000 flower buds of G. hirsutum var. Gregg Male Sterile with pollen from H. panduraeformis. The F1 hybrid was intermediate in plant habit, but possessed gossypol glands and nectaries on the leaves, bolls containing seeds with fuzz and lint as dominant characters of G. hirsutum. Flowers with yellow corolla and anthers; purple petal spot, profuse growth of epidermal hairs on all plant parts including the boll sutures, and jassid tolerance were dominant characters of H. panduraeformis. The partial fertility of the F1 indicated the possibilities of combining jassid and drought tolerance of H. panduraeformis with the desired economic characters of G. hirsutum for rainfed cultivation.
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