Plant lignin is a component of the cell wall, and plays important roles in the transport
potential of water and mineral nutrition and plant defence against biotic stresses. Therefore …

Plants are constantly challenged by a multitude of pathogens and pests, which causes
massive yield and quality losses annually. A promising approach to reduce such losses is to …

Improving genetic resistance is a preferred method to manage Verticillium wilt of cotton and
other hosts. Identifying host resistance is difficult because of the dearth of resistance genes …

Cotton, a natural fiber producing crop of huge importance for textile industry, has been
reckoned as the backbone in the economy of many developing countries. Verticillium wilt …

Verticillium wilt of cotton is a vascular disease mainly caused by the soil‐born filamentous
fungus Verticillium dahliae. To study the mechanisms associated with defense responses in …

Cotton is widely grown in many countries around the world due to the huge economic value
of the total natural fiber. Verticillium wilt, caused by the soil-borne pathogen Verticillium …

The levels of mRNA transcripts of genes for several pathogenesis-related proteins were
examined in cotton stems after infection of the plants with the soil-borne, vascular wilt …

Woody plants have to experience various abiotic stresses due to their immobility and
perennial characteristics. However, woody plants have evolved a series of specific …

Lignin is a complex aromatic biopolymer important for providing mechanical strength to the
cell wall and resistance against both biotic and abiotic stresses. It helps in plant growth by …

Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) catalyses the final step in the biosynthesis of
monolignol, the main component of lignin. Lignins, deposited in the secondary cell wall, play …