Primitive cottons (Gossypium spp.) represent resources for genetic improvement. Most
primitive accessions are photoperiod sensitive; they do not flower under the long days of the …

Background Heterosis has been exploited for decades in different crops due to resulting in
dramatic increases in yield, but relatively little molecular evidence on this topic was reported …

Background Fuzzless-lintless cotton mutants are considered to be the ideal material to
understand the molecular mechanisms involved in fibre cell development. Although there …

Background Cotton is the leading fiber crop worldwide. Gossypium barbadense is an
important species of cotton because of its extra-long staple fibers with superior luster and …

Background Semigamy in cotton is a type of facultative apomixis controlled by an
incompletely dominant autosomal gene (Se). During semigamy, the sperm and egg cells …

Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the world's largest source of natural fibre and
dominates the global textile industry. Hybrid cotton varieties exhibit strong heterosis that …

For efficient spinning and superior fabric production, long fiber length is a desired trait for
cotton production. To unveil the molecular basis of the cotton fiber length regulation, a short …

Background Gossypium hirsutum L., or upland cotton, is an important renewable resource
for textile fiber. To enhance understanding of the genetic basis of cotton earliness, we …

Interspecific breeding in cotton takes advantage of genetic recombination among desirable
genes from different parental lines. However, the expression new alleles (ENAs) from …

Polyploidization can lead to the emergence of new species. Allotetraploid cotton arose
through hybridization and whole genome duplication of its diploid A and D genome …