Variety name: Cotton Ji 178
Developed by: Institute of Cotton
Breeder: Zhao Junli
Year of release: 2015

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It is a transgenic insect resistant later sowing cotton variety. Growing period is 116 days. Plant height is 94.3 cm. Fruit branch /plant is 10.2. Boll weight is 5.2 g. Seed index is 9.5 g. Lint percentage is 37.8%.

Fibre quality:

The testing by the Cotton Quality Center of the Ministry of Agriculture showed that the average fiber length is 28 mm, breaking strength is 29.1 CN/tex, micronaire index is 4.6, uniformity index is 82.5%.

Diseases Resistance: It is resistant to verticillium.

Suitable Planting areas: Shijiazhuang, Hengshui and south Hebei Province.