IMPORTANCE OF USING THE MARKER-BASED SELECTION METHOD IN THE SELECTION PROCESS

As of 2022-2023, Uzbekistan will take eighth place after China, India, USA, Brazil, Australia, Turkey, and Pakistan in terms of cotton production. The selection method based on markers is one of the new and developing methods in cotton-growing countries, which allows to reduce the selection period and create varieties with high purity, and China and the USA are the leaders in this regard. In this list, the Republic of Uzbekistan ranks fifth after Pakistan and India. In this article, the importance and necessity of using the MAS method in the field of breeding, the scientists who conducted research in this field and the results of their research are briefly explained.