Identification of candidate genes for key fibre‐relatedQTLs and derivation of favourable alleles inGossypium hirsutumrecombinant inbred lines withG. barbadenseintrogressions

Summary Fine mapping QTL s and identifying candidate genes for cotton fibre‐quality and yield traits would be beneficial to cotton breeding. Here, we constructed a high‐density genetic map by specific‐locus amplified fragment sequencing ( SLAF ‐seq) to identify QTL s associated with fibre‐quality and yield traits using 239 recombinant inbred lines ( RIL s), which was developed from LMY 22 (a high‐yield Gossypium hirsutum L. cultivar) × LY 343 (a...