TAM C66-26 ELS
- one of eight upland cotton extra long staple germplasm lines have been developed with irrigated UHM fiber length equal to or exceeding 1.33 inches (33.8 mm, 42 staple) and often exceeding 1.375 inches (34.9 mm, 44 staple)
- the minimum UHM fiber length of pima, G. barbadense L
- average fiber length under severe drought in 2006 was 1.24 inches (31 mm, 39 staple)
- these ELS lines have HVI fiber bundle strength equal to or exceeding Fibermax 832
- all other HVI fiber traits are within the normal range of upland cotton grown in the United States
