Table 5 Cotton leaf curl virus disease, sooty mold incidence, and average whitefly nymphs on 5^th main stem leaf in transgenic and control cotton lines during 2022

Transgenic line A

62.50 ± 7.22^C

(52.41 ± 4.33)*

79.17 ± 2.41^B

(8.90 ± 0.14)

65.45 ± 8.33^b

(54.38 ± 5.27)*

4.00 ± 0.48

(1.99 ± 0.12)

Transgenic line B

70.83 ± 2.41^BC

(57.35 ± 1.52)

83.33 ± 4.81^B

(9.12 ± 0.26)

81.21 ± 0.61^b

(64.32 ± 0.44)

4.00 ± 0.41

(1.99 ± 0.10)

Transgenic line C

66.67 ± 0.00^BC

(54.74 ± 0.00)

79.17 ± 2.41^B

(8.90 ± 0.14)

61.82 ± 15.14^b

(53.10 ± 9.97)

3.63 ± 0.41

(1.90 ± 0.11)

Transgenic line D

66.67 ± 4.81^BC

(54.84 ± 2.95)

70.83 ± 2.41^C

(8.41 ± 0.14)

77.88 ± 6.56^b

(62.59 ± 4.96)

3.58 ± 0.34

(1.89 ± 0.09)

Control line—Non-transgenic

75.00 ± 0.00^B

(60.00 ± 0.00)

87.50 ± 2.41^B

(9.35 ± 0.13)

68.79 ± 7.90^b

(56.39 ± 4.96)

4.04 ± 0.44

(2.00 ± 0.11)

Control line—Resistant

66.67 ± 4.81^BC

(54.84 ± 2.95)

79.17 ± 2.41^B

(8.90 ± 0.14)

65.15 ± 9.22^b

(54.22 ± 5.74)

3.29 ± 0.24

(1.81 ± 0.07)

Control line—Susceptible

91.67 ± 0.00^A

(73.22 ± 0.00)

100.00 ± 0.00^A

(10.00 ± 0.00)

96.97 ± 3.03^a

(84.15 ± 5.85)

4.25 ± 0.38

(2.05 ± 0.09)

F value

9.03

10.60

3.46

NS

P value for F test

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.05