Cotton produces natural fiber as crucial raw material for textile industry and thus is
economically one of the most important crops worldwide. Currently the mechanisms that …

Background Advances in genome sequencing technology, particularly restriction-site
associated DNA sequence (RAD-seq) and whole-genome resequencing, have greatly aided …

The root system architecture plays an essential role in water and nutrient acquisition in
plants and is significantly involved in plant adaptation to various environmental stresses. In …

Introduction Defoliation by applying defoliants before machine picking is an important
agricultural practice that enhances harvesting efficiency and leads to increased raw cotton …

Comparative transcriptome analysis of fiber tissues between Gossypium barbadense and
Gossypium hirsutum could reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying high-quality fiber …

The mapping of functional genes plays an important role in studies of genome structure,
function, and evolution, as well as allowing gene cloning and marker-assisted selection to …

Co on fiber, a crucial and sustainable resource for global textile production, undergoes a
complex five-stage developmental process, encompassing initiation, elongation, transition …

Stagnated crop improvement has raised questions of whether and how current crop cultivars
can be further improved. Genes are the core determinants of performance of all cultivars …

Cotton fibers are the main raw materials of the textile industry. Exogenous superior fiber
genes have been introduced into upland cotton to develop high-yield cultivars with excellent …

Cotton is the most widely planted fiber crop in the world, and improving cotton fiber quality
has long been a research hotspot. The development of cotton fibers is a complex process …