Registration of 'MD51ne' Cotton.

COTTON (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivar MDSlne (Reg. no. CV-103, PI 566941) was developed by the USDA-ARS, Cotton Physiology and Genetics Research Unit, Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center, Stoneville, MS, and released in March 1991. MDSlne has an unusually good combination of insect resistance, high fiber strength, and lint yield. The nectariless trait 2 (ne,, ne2) was introgressed into G. hirsutum germplasm from a wild Hawaiian species (G. tomentosum Nuttall ex. Seemann) (5) and its insect suppression properties have been reviewed (2).