Among the three varieties which were included in this study CIM70 showed the highest percentage of stunting. The date of sowing has a marked effect on the was incidence worst affected. , of stunting as the early sawn CIM70 The abnormality decreased as the sowing time was extended towards the end of June. Healthy progenies from healthy plants were early as they took minimum days to give first flower. Stunting resulted in poor appearance and low yield. Some genotypes were found to be more affected in respect of plant height and plant yield. Ginning out- turn was lower in stunted plants than normal plants. In Fl and F2 generations the maximum stunted plants were observed in crosses having stunted parents and the minimum in normal x normal parents. In F1 and F2 generations ginning out-turn and staple did not vary much among crosses involving stunted x stunted, stunted x normal, normal x stunted and normal x normal parents. However, yield per plant was different in different combinations and maximum seed cotton yield of 124.6 ggm/plant was obtained in normal x normal plants in F2 generation.