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GbAt11 gene cloned from Gossypium barbadense mediates resistance to Verticillium wilt in Gossypium hirsutum

Gossypium hirsutum is highly susceptible to Verticillium wilt, and once infected Verticillium wilt, its yield is greatly reduced. But G. barbadense is highly resistant to Verticillium wilt. It is possible that tr...

Authors: Tingting QIU, Yanjun WANG, Juan JIANG, Jia ZHAO, Yanqing WANG and Junsheng QI

Towards complete deconstruction of cotton transcriptional landscape

Recently, Wang et al. systematically explored the transcription landscape in diploid cotton Gossypium arboreum. In the study, they integrated four high-throughput sequencing techniques, including Pacbio sequencin...

Authors: Fuguang LI

Extrafloral nectary–the sleeping beauty of plant science

Cotton is one of the most important cash crops, its growth season coincides with a high incidence of diverse groups of pests, leading to heavy use of pesticides. Recent identification of a signaling protein as...

Authors: Xiaoya CHEN

Correction to: The GhREV transcription factor regulate the development of shoot apical meristem in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

In the original publication of this article [1] the name of the forth author is incorrect.

Authors: Doudou YANG, Jing AN, Fangjun LI, A. Egrinya ENEJI, Xiaoli TIAN and Zhaohu LI

QTL mapping for plant height and fruit branch number based on RIL population of upland cotton

Plant height (PH) and fruit branch number (FBN) are important traits for improving yield and mechanical harvesting of cotton. In order to identify genes of PH and FBN in cotton germplasms to develop superior c...

Authors: Ruixian LIU, Xianghui XIAO, Juwu GONG, Junwen LI, Zhen ZHANG, Aiying LIU, Quanwei LU, Haihong SHANG, Yuzhen SHI, Qun GE, Muhammad Sajid IQBAL, Quanjia CHEN, Youlu YUAN and Wankui GONG

The GhREV transcription factor regulate the development of shoot apical meristem in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

Manual topping is a routine agronomic practice for balancing the vegetative and reproductive growth of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) in China, but its cost-effectiveness has decreased over time. Therefore, there is...

Authors: Doudou YANG, AN Jing, LI Fangjun, ENEJI A. Egrinya, TIAN Xiaoli and LI Zhaohu

Identification of QTLs and candidate genes for physiological traits associated with drought tolerance in cotton

Cotton is mainly grown for its natural fiber and edible oil. The fiber obtained from cotton is the indispensable raw material for the textile industries. The ever changing climatic condition, threatens cotton ...

Authors: Richard Odongo MAGWANGA, Pu LU, Joy Nyangasi KIRUNGU, Xiaoyan CAI, Zhongli ZHOU, Stephen Gaya AGONG, Kunbo WANG and Fang LIU

Transient expression of SbDhr2 and MeHNL in Gossypium hirsutum for herbivore deterrence assay with Spodoptera litura

Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), commonly known as tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm, is a polyphagous pest which causes considerable damage to cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and other crops. Herbivore-i...

Authors: Chavi MAHAJAN, Rafiuddin NASER and Shantikumar GUPTA

Soil replacement combined with subsoiling improves cotton yields

Long-term rotary tillage has led to the deterioration of cotton production in northern China. This deterioration is due to the disturbance of topsoil, a dense plough pan at the 20–50 cm depth, and the decrease...

Authors: Pengcheng LI, Shulin WANG, Hong QI, Yan WANG, Qian ZHANG, Guoyi FENG, Cangsong ZHENG, Xueke YU, Yongzeng LIN and Helin DONG

Comparative effects of crop residue incorporation and inorganic potassium fertilization on soil C and N characteristics and microbial activities in cotton field

Crop residue incorporation into the soil is an effective method to augment soil potassium (K) content, and effects of crop residue and K fertilizer on soil K balance have been compared. However, their influenc...

Authors: Wei HU, Ning SUI, Chaoran YU, Changqin YANG, Ruixian LIU and Zhiguo ZHOU

Bt insecticidal efficacy variation and agronomic regulation in Bt cotton

The bollworm can be controlled effectively with Bacillus thuringiensis transgenic cotton (Bt cotton) which is being applied worldwide. However, the insecticidal efficacy is not stable. Here we give a summary of r...

Authors: Zhenyu LIU, M. A. Abidallha ELTAYIB H, Huimin WU, Mingyuan ZHOU, Xiang ZHANG, Yuan CHEN and Dehua CHEN

Evaluation of the genetic diversity of fibre quality traits in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) inferred from phenotypic variations

Evaluating phenotypic traits is very important for the selection of elite lines in Gossypium hirsutum L. Cotton breeders are interested in using diverse genotypes in hybridization that can segregate for traits of...

Authors: Zhengwen SUN, Xingfen WANG, Zhengwen LIU, Qishen GU, Yan ZHANG, Zhikun LI, Huifeng KE, Jun YANG, Jinhua WU, Liqiang WU, Guiyin ZHANG and Zhiying MA

Towards improving drought resistance and lodging resistance in cotton

Cotton is one of the most important fiber and oil crop in the world and the fiber yield as well as quality traits are negatively affected by drought and lodging. Improving root gravitropism is a very effective...

Authors: Fuguang LI

Large-scale inversions majorly drive upland cotton population differentiation

Recently, Li and his team hosted a project on roles of inversion in upland cotton population differentiation. Strikingly, genomic comparison identified, and subsequent RIL population and germplasm panel haplot...

Authors: Shilin TIAN and Zhiying MA

Down regulation of cotton GbTRP1 leads to accumulation of anthranilates and confers resistance to Verticillium dahliae

Verticillium wilt, caused by Verticillium dahliae, is called a “cancer” disease of cotton. The discovery and identification of defense-related genes is essential for the breeding of Verticillium wilt-resistant va...

Authors: Yuhuan MIAO, Longfu ZHU and Xianlong ZHANG

High-throughput phenotyping in cotton: a review

Recent technological advances in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) phenotyping have offered tools to improve the efficiency of data collection and analysis. High-throughput phenotyping (HTP) is a non-destructive and...

Authors: Irish Lorraine B. PABUAYON, Yazhou SUN, Wenxuan GUO and Glen L. RITCHIE

Comparative transcriptional analysis provides insights of possible molecular mechanisms of wing polyphenism induced by postnatal crowding in Aphis gossypii

Aphis gossypii is a worldwide sap-sucking pest with a variety of hosts and a vector of more than 50 plant viruses. The strategy of wing polyphenism, mostly resulting from population density increasing, contribute...

Authors: Jichao JI, Shuai ZHANG, Junyu LUO, Li WANG, Xiangzhen ZHU, Kaixin ZHANG, Lijuan ZHANG and Jinjie CUI

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of DNA demethylase family in cotton

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic factor that maintains and regulates gene expression. The mode and level of DNA methylation depend on the roles of DNA methyltransferase and demethylase, while DNA dem...

Authors: Xiaomin YANG, Xuke LU, Xiugui CHEN, Delong WANG, Junjuan WANG, Shuai WANG, Lixue GUO, Chao CHEN, Xiaoge WANG, Xinlei WANG and Wuwei YE

An isopentyl transferase gene driven by the senescence-inducible SAG12 promoter improves salinity stress tolerance in cotton

Soil salinity seriously affects cotton growth, leading to the reduction of yield and fiber quality. Recently, genetic engineering has become an efficient tool to increase abiotic stress tolerance in crops.

Authors: Yi SHAN, Peng ZHAO, Zhao LIU, Fangjun LI and Xiaoli TIAN

Genetic analysis of yield and fiber quality traits in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivated in different ecological regions of China

Cotton is an important fiber crop worldwide. The yield potential of current genotypes of cotton can be exploited through hybridization. However, to develop superior hybrids with high yield and fiber quality tr...

Authors: Kashif SHAHZAD, Xue LI, Tingxiang QI, Liping GUO, Huini TANG, Xuexian ZHANG, Hailin WANG, Meng ZHANG, Bingbing ZHANG, Xiuqin QIAO, Chaozhu XING and Jianyong WU

QTL mapping for fiber quality and yield-related traits across multiple generations in segregating population of CCRI 70

Cotton is a significant economic crop that plays an indispensable role in many domains. Gossypium hirsutum L. is the most important fiber crop worldwide and contributes to more than 95% of global cotton productio...

Authors: Xiaoying DENG, Juwu GONG, Aiying LIU, Yuzhen SHI, Wankui GONG, Qun GE, Junwen LI, Haihong SHANG, Yuxiang WU and Youlu YUAN

Determination of manganese content in cottonseed meal using near-infrared spectrometry and multivariate calibration

Manganese (Mn) is an essential microelement in cottonseeds, which is usually determined by the techniques relied on hazardous reagents and complex pretreatment procedures. Therefore a rapid, low-cost, and reag...

Authors: En YU, Rubing ZHAO, Yunfei CAI, Jieqiong HUANG, Cheng LI, Cong LI, Lei MEI, Lisheng BAO, Jinhong CHEN and Shuijin ZHU

Genome-wide identification of OSCA gene family and their potential function in the regulation of dehydration and salt stress in Gossypium hirsutum

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) provides the largest natural fiber for the textile manufacturing industries, but its production is on the decline due to the effects of salinity. Soil salt-alkalization leads to damage...

Authors: Xiu YANG, Yanchao XU, Fangfang YANG, Richard Odongo MAGWANGA, Xiaoyan CAI, Xingxing WANG, Yuhong WANG, Yuqing HOU, Kunbo WANG, Fang LIU and Zhongli ZHOU

Effects of mepiquat chloride on yield and main properties of cottonseed under different plant densities

Cottonseed oil and protein content as well as germination traits are major indicators of seed quality. However, the responses of these indicators to plant density and mepiquat chloride (MC) are still uncertain...

Authors: Wenqing ZHAO, Qiang YAN, Hongkun YANG, Xiaoni YANG, Leran WANG, Binglin CHEN, Yali MENG and Zhiguo ZHOU

Genetic effects conferring heat tolerance in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Climate change and particularly global warming has emerged as an alarming threat to the crop productivity of field crops and exerted drastic effects on the cropping patterns. Production of cotton has been drop...

Authors: Muhammad SALMAN, Zia Ullah ZIA, Iqrar Ahmad RANA, Rana Haroon MAQSOOD, Saghir AHMAD, Ali BAKHSH and Muhammad Tehseen AZHAR

Feasibility assessment of phenotyping cotton fiber maturity using infrared spectroscopy and algorithms for genotyping analyses

Cotton fiber maturity is an important property that partially determines the processing and performance of cotton. Due to difficulties of obtaining fiber maturity values accurately from every plant of a geneti...

Authors: Hee Jin KIM, Yongliang LIU, David D. FANG and Christopher D. DELHOM

Amino acids application enhances flowers insecticidal protein content in Bt cotton

Low insecticidal protein expression at reproductive organs affect insect resistance in Bt transgenic cotton. In order to enhance flower insecticidal protein expression, the conventional cultivar Sikang1 (S1) a...

Authors: Leila. I. M. TAMBEL, Mingyuan ZHOU, Yuan CHEN, Xiang ZHANG, Yuan CHEN and Dehua CHEN

Comparative studies on seed protein characteristics in eight lines of two Gossypium species

In order to achieve the targets aiming at the improvement of protein quality, knowledge regarding seed protein fractions and polypeptides constituting them in different crops is essential. Besides having high ...

Authors: Arvinder SINGH and Amanjot KAUR

Role of SNPs in determining QTLs for major traits in cotton

A single nucleotide polymorphism is the simplest form of genetic variation among individuals and can induce minor changes in phenotypic, physiological and biochemical characteristics. This polymorphism induces...

Authors: Sajid MAJEED, Iqrar Ahmad RANA, Rana Muhammad ATIF, Zulfiqar ALI, Lori HINZE and Muhammad Tehseen AZHAR

Effects of NaCl stress on the biochemical substances in Bt cotton as well as on the growth and development and adult oviposition selectivity of Helicoverpa armigera

Recently, due to the development of food security strategies, cotton has been planted in inland saline-alkali dry soils or in coastal some saline-alkali soils in China. Under the condition, to comprehensively ...

Authors: Junyu LUO, Shuai ZHANG, Xiangzhen ZHU, Jichao JI, Kaixin ZHANG, Chunyi WANG, Lijuan ZHANG, Li WANG and Jiniie CUI

Genome-wide identification of Gossypium INDETERMINATE DOMAIN genes and their expression profiles in ovule development and abiotic stress responses

INDETERMINATE DOMAIN (IDD) transcription factors form one of the largest and most conserved gene families in plant kingdom and play important roles in various processes of plant growth and development, such as fl...

Authors: Faiza ALI, Ghulam QANMBER, Yonghui LI, Shuya MA, Lili LU, Zuoren YANG, Zhi WANG and Fuguang LI

Isolation and characterization of the GbVIP1 gene and response to Verticillium wilt in cotton and tobacco

Verticillium wilt is a serious soil-borne vascular disease that causes major losses to upland cotton (Gossypium hirutum L.) worldwidely every year. The protein VIP1 (VirE2 interaction protein 1), a bZIP transcrip...

Authors: Kai ZHANG, Pei ZHAO, Hongmei WANG, Yunlei ZHAO, Wei CHEN, Haiyan GONG, Xiaohui SANG and Yanli CUI

Evaluation of genetic diversity in short duration cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is an important fiber crop in Bangladesh. Genetic diversity among the genotypes of a germplasm has a great importance for cotton breeding. An experiment was carried out at the exper...

Authors: T. AKTER, A. K. M. A. ISLAM, M. G. RASUL, S. KUNDU, KHALEQUZZAMAN and J. U. AHMED

Irrigation’s effect and applied selection on the fiber quality of Ethyl MethaneSulfonate (EMS) treated upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Producing rainfed cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) with high fiber quality has been challenging in the Texas High Plains because of extended periods of insufficient rainfall during sensitive boll developmental stag...

Authors: Travis W. WITT, Mauricio ULLOA, Mathew G. PELLETIER, Venugopal MENDU and Glen L. RITCHIE

Correction to: Genome-wide analysis of Rf-PPR-like (RFL) genes and a new InDel marker development for Rf1 gene in cytoplasmic male sterile CMS-D2 Upland cotton

In the original publication of this article (Zhang et al. 2018) the first name and surname of the eighth author are in reverse order. The correct name of the eighth author should be SHAHZAD Kashif. In ‘Authors...

Authors: Bingbing ZHANG, Xuexian ZHANG, Liping GUO, Tingxiang QI, Hailin WANG, Huini TANG, Xiuqin QIAO, Kashif SHAHZAD, Chaozhu XING and Jianyong WU

The current status of nitrogen fertiliser use efficiency and future research directions for the Australian cotton industry

Fifty years of sustained investment in research and development has left the Australian cotton industry well placed to manage nitrogen (N) fertiliser. The average production in the Australian cotton industry t...

Authors: Ben C. T. MACDONALD, James O. LATIMER, Graeme D. SCHWENKE, Gunasekhar NACHIMUTHU and Jonathan C. BAIRD

Saponin synthesis and cotton growth is antagonistically regulated by solar UV-B radiation

Earlier we have reported that the exclusion of solar UV-B increased the growth and yield of cotton plants as compared with ambient UV-B. The UV-B radiation effects on the saponins and the impact of ambient and...

Authors: Priti DEHARIYA, Sunita KATARIA, Kadur Narayan GURUPRASAD and Govind Prakash PANDEY

Genotypic variation in spatiotemporal distribution of canopy light interception in relation to yield formation in cotton

Within-canopy interception of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) impacts yield and other agronomic traits in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Field experiments were conducted to investigate the influence of...

Authors: Fangfang XING, Yingchun HAN, Lu FENG, Xiaoyu ZHI, Guoping WANG, Beifang YANG, Zhengyi FAN, Yaping LEI, Wenli DU, Zhanbiao WANG, Shiwu XIONG, Xiaofei LI and Yabing LI

Genome-wide analysis of Rf-PPR-like (RFL) genes and a new InDel marker development for Rf1 gene in cytoplasmic male sterile CMS-D2 Upland cotton

Cytoplasmic male sterility in flowering plants is a convenient way to use heterosis via hybrid breeding and may be restored by nuclear restorer-of-fertility (Rf) genes. In most cases, Rf genes encoded pentatricop...

Authors: Bingbing ZHANG, Xuexian ZHANG, Liping GUO, Tingxiang QI, Hailin WANG, Huini TANG, Xiuqin QIAO, Kashif SHAHZAD, Chaozhu XING and Jianyong WU

Genetic diversity and population structure of Gossypium arboreum L. collected in China

Gossypium arboreum is a diploid species cultivated in the Old World. It possesses favorable characters that are valuable for developing superior cotton cultivars.

Authors: Yinhua JIA, Zhaoe PAN, Shoupu HE, Wenfang GONG, Xiaoli GENG, Baoyin PANG, Liru WANG and Xiongming DU

Map-based cloning of a recessive gene v₁ for virescent leaf expression in cotton (Gossypium spp.)

Virescence, as a recognizable phenotype in the early development stage of cotton, is not only available for research on chloroplast development and photosynthesis but also for heterosis exploitation in cotton.

Authors: Youping ZHANG, Qiaolian WANG, Dongyun ZUO, Hailiang CHENG, Ke LIU, Javaria ASHRAF, Simin LI, Xiaoxu FENG, John Z. YU and Guoli SONG

Comparative transcriptome study provides insights into acquisition of embryogenic ability in upland cotton during somatic embryogenesis

The conversion from non-embryogenic callus (NEC) to embryogenic callus (EC) is the key bottleneck step in regeneration of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), and hinders the transgenic breeding of upland cotton. ...

Authors: Ruibin SUN, Ruiping TIAN, Dan MA, Shaohui WANG and Chuanliang LIU

Hypoxia tolerance studies for yield, fiber and physiological traits in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Hypoxia tolerance studies in cotton are very rare in Pakistan. Unpredicted and excessive rainfalls result in severe losses to cotton crop in many regions of the country due to lack of hypoxia tolerance in curr...

Authors: Altaf HUSSAIN, Jehanzeb FAROOQ, Saghir AHMAD, Abid MAHMOOD, M. Attiq SADIQ, Ullah Zafar ZAFAR and Habib-Ur-Rehman ATHAR

A genome-wide analysis of SWEET gene family in cotton and their expressions under different stresses

The SWEET (Sugars will eventually be exported transporters) gene family plays multiple roles in plant physiological activities and development process. It participates in reproductive development and in the proce...

Authors: Lanjie ZHAO, Jinbo YAO, Wei CHEN, Yan LI, Youjun LÜ, Yan GUO, Junyi WANG, Li YUAN, Ziyang LIU and Yongshan ZHANG

Identification and screening of nitrogen-efficient cotton genotypes under low and normal nitrogen environments at the seedling stage

Large quantities of nitrogen (N) fertilizer applied to cotton cropping systems support high yields but cause adverse environmental impacts such as N₂O emission and water eutrophication. The development of cotton ...

Authors: Hengheng ZHANG, Xiaoqiong FU, Xiangru WANG, Huiping GUI, Qiang DONG, Nianchang PANG, Zhun WANG, Xiling ZHANG and Meizhen SONG

Analysis of short fruiting branch gene and Marker-assisted selection with SNP linked to its trait in upland cotton

With the rapid development of genomics, many functional genes have been targeted. Molecular marker assisted selection can accelerate the breeding process by linking selection to functional genes.

Authors: Youchang ZHANG, Changhui FENG, Shu BIE, Xiaogang WANG, Jiaohai ZHANG, Songbo XIA and Hongde QIN

Efficiency of cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera Hübner) control of different Bt cotton varieties in North China

The cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) is one of cotton’s most destructive insect pests in terms of yield and quality. Since 1997, China has grown commercially available transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)...

Authors: Limin LÜ, Junyu LUO, Shuai ZHANG, Qianlin YU, Ligang MA, Xiaofeng LIU, Chunyi WANG, Xiaoyan MA, Yan MA and Jinjie CUI

Designations for individual genomes and chromosomes in Gossypium

Gossypium, as the one of the biggest genera, the most diversity, and the highest economic value in field crops, is assuming an increasingly important role in studies on plant taxonomy, polyploidization, phylogeny...

Authors: Kunbo WANG, Jonathan F. WENDEL and Jinping HUA

Journal of cotton research: a new platform for cotton science exchange and communication

Authors: Fuguang LI

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of Gossypium RING-H2 finger E3 ligase genes revealed their roles in fiber development, and phytohormone and abiotic stress responses

RING-H2 finger E3 ligase (RH2FE3) genes encode cysteine-rich proteins that mediate E3 ubiquitin ligase activity and degrade target substrates. The roles of these genes in plant responses to phytohormones and a...

Authors: Ghulam QANMBER, Daoqian YU, Jie LI, Lingling WANG, Shuya MA, Lili LU, Zuoren YANG and Fuguang LI