… faster in the resistant line. Histochemical analysis of lignin revealed that the resistant cotton
not only retains its vascular structure, but also accumulates high levels of lignin. Furthermore…

… of a cotton laccase gene, GhLAC4, in lignin biosynthesis and plant resistance against V. …
to mediate both basal lignin and defence-induced lignin biosynthesis, protecting plants from …

… in cotton whereby plants with reduced lignin content also exhibit enhanced disease resistance.
We … Because of the crucial role of MYB TFs in plant immunity and lignin metabolism, we …

… In plant cells, lignin is produced by the phenylalanine/tyrosine metabolic pathway, one of
the important branches of the phenylpropanoid pathway and part of a very complex metabolite …

… Thus, we were prompted to explore cotton WAT functions in plant defence and lignin synthesis.
Three homologous WATs in G. hirsutum were identified by blasting Arabidopsis WAT1 in …

… Lignin metabolism has a central role in the resistance of cotton to the wilt fungus Verticillium
dahliae as revealed by RNA-Seq-dependent transcriptional analysis and histochemistry. …

… Notably, we found that the lignin pathway was significantly inhibited in silenced cotton
plants and promoted in transgenic Arabidopsis. Thus, we demonstrated that GhnsLTPsA10 …

… Knock-out of bsr-k1 increases the mRNA level of PALs, which plays a key role in lignin
synthesis during Phenylpropane metabolic pathways. Thus, Bsr-k1 participates in rice defense …

… In this study, we demonstrate that exogenous melatonin enhanced cotton resistance to V.
dahliae through changes in the metabolic flux into phenylpropanoid, MVA, and gossypol …

… GbERF1-like-mediated resistance to V. dahliae depends on the constitutive activation of
lignin synthesis-related genes in the lignin metabolic pathway both in cotton and in Arabidopsis. …