*3.2. Morphological Traits*

Genotypes varied significantly for boll weight, but non-significant differences were observed between the top and bottom plant portions for this trait (Table 3). On average, the largest boll weight at the bottom position was observed for CIM-343 (3.40 g) followed by CRS-2 and VH-377 (3.30 g for each) while N-1048 exhibited the lowest boll weight (Table 4). Tukey's test revealed non-significant differences among CIM-343, CRS-2, and VH-377 genotypes for boll weight (Table 5). Boll retention percentage was significantly different for genotypes and positions (Table 3). Lower boll retention was observed in the top position branches as compared to bottom branches (Figure 3). In the bottom branches, the genotype CRS-2 had maximum boll retention (36.45%) followed by N-777 (34.42%) and CYTO-124 (33.72%). The minimum boll retention was observed in N-1048 for both portions of the plant. Boll retention was also low in the top branches of CIM-343 (Table 4). It was noted that genotypes with high pollen germination retained more bolls.
