Abstract Background Cotton Verticillium wilt is a serious soil-borne vascular disease that
causes great economic loss each year. However, due to the lack of resistant varieties of …

Background Verticillium wilt of cotton is a serious soil-borne disease that causes a
substantial reduction in cotton yields. A previous study showed that the endophytic fungus …

Cotton is the main source of natural fiber in the textile industry, making it one of the most
economically important fiber crops in the world. Verticillium wilt, caused by the pathogenic …

Abstract Key message Combining GWAS, QTL-seq and transcriptome sequencing detected
basal defense-related genes showing gDNA sequence variation and expression difference …

Wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae significantly reduces cotton yields, as host resistance in
commercially cultivated Gossypium species is lacking. Understanding the molecular basis of …

Verticillium wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae results in severe losses in cotton, and is
economically the most destructive disease of this crop. Improving genetic resistance is the …

Most of the disease resistance genes already characterized in plants encode nucleotide-
binding site–leucine rich repeat (NBS–LRR) proteins that have key roles in resistance to …

Verticillium wilt is a vascular disease of cotton (Gossypium spp.) caused by the fungal
pathogen Verticillium dahliae. To begin to understand the molecular mechanisms of the …

The NAC transcription factors (NACs) are among the largest plant-specific gene regulators
and play essential roles in the transcriptional regulation of both biotic and abiotic stress …

Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is an important cash crop producing both fiber and
oilseed, the yield and quality of which are severely affected by Verticillium wilt primarily …