The application discloses a technology for shortening a cotton breeding cycle and application thereof, and comprises the following steps: 1, accelerating
budding and flowering under mixed light composed of
blue light,
green light,
red light and far-
red light; 2, promoting
germination of young embryos by GA3 treatment; 3, culturing cotton young embryos with an age of 25-28 days into seedlings by using L-mAUH and mAUH cotton young
embryo culture medium; 4, repeating the above steps one to three for multiple times, and in the process, using molecular markers to assist in selecting good traits, and using whole
genome resequencing to assist in
background selection. The application has the advantages that by means of efficient blue, green, red and far-red spectrum regulation, combined with GA3 treatment, young
embryo culture,
molecular marker selection and whole
genome resequencing, the growth and development of cotton can be significantly accelerated, and the cotton breeding cycle can be effectively shortened. The method can be effectively integrated into a conventional backcross breeding process, excellent traits can be quickly transformed, and an improved line with a high genetic background
recovery rate can be obtained within 1.5 years.