Introduction Sessile plants engage in trade-offs between growth and defense capacity in
response to fluctuating environmental cues. MYB is an important transcription factor that …

Accumulating evidence indicates that plant MYB transcription factors participate in defense
against pathogen attack, but their regulatory targets and related signaling processes remain …

Plants have developed intricate defense mechanisms in response to fluctuating
environmental cues, including the use of microRNA (miRNA) as post-transcriptional …

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 …

Plant auxin is essential in plant growth and development. However, the molecular
mechanisms of auxin involvement in plant immunity are unclear. Here, we addressed the …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play essential roles in plant defense responses, although such roles
have not been identified in cotton in response to the plant pathogenic fungus Verticillium …

Verticillium dahliae is a kind of pathogenic fungus that brings about wilt disease and great
losses in cotton. The molecular mechanism of the effectors in V. dahliae regulating cotton …

Many cotton miRNAs in root responding to Verticillium dahliae infection have been
identified. Conversely, the miRNAs in leaf distantly responding to this fungal infection from …

Key message GhMYB4 acts as a negative regulator in lignin biosynthesis, which results in
alteration of cell wall integrity and activation of cotton defense response. Abstract Verticillium …

Drought and Verticillium wilt disease are two main factors that limit cotton production, which
necessitates the identification of key molecular switch to simultaneously improve cotton …