THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTANT HYBRIDIZATION ON RELATION COTTON BOLLWORM (HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA)

In this article presents data was obtained on a natural background about on tolerance of senior generations of cotton hybrids to cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) with different levels of (+) – gossypol in seeds. Based on the obtained results, it was revealed that the level of (+) -gossypol in seeds does not affect the resistance to cotton bollworm, i.e. the possibility of isolating families and lines of cotton with different levels of (+) -gossypol and tolerance to Helicoverpa armigera was confirmed.