中文摘要：

棉花是重要的经济作物,在我国国民经济中起到重要的作用。概述了棉花育种、生产以及种业发展的现状、存在的问题与挑战,详细分析阐述了分子育种方法在棉花育种中的应用以及取得的进展,并对棉花分子育种的发展方向、研究领域提出了相应的对策建议。

英文摘要：

Cotton is one of the important cash crops,which plays a critical role in national economy of China.This paper summarizes the present status of cotton breeding and production,existing problems and confronting challenges.It also analyzes in detail the application and progress of molecular breeding method in cotton breeding,and puts forward elative countermeasures and suggestions about development orientations and research areas for cotton molecular breeding.