[HTML][HTML] Genetically engineered crops for sustainably enhanced food production systems

M Abdul Aziz, F Brini, H Rouached… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Genetic modification of crops has substantially focused on improving traits for desirable
outcomes. It has resulted in the development of crops with enhanced yields, quality, and …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas: a Nobel Prize award-winning precise genome editing technology for gene therapy and crop improvement

C Li, E Brant, H Budak, B Zhang - Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE …, 2021 - Springer
Since it was first recognized in bacteria and archaea as a mechanism for innate viral
immunity in the early 2010s, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas: A powerful tool for gene function study and crop improvement

D Zhang, Z Zhang, T Unver, B Zhang - Journal of Advanced Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Background It is a long-standing goal of scientists and breeders to precisely control a gene
for studying its function as well as improving crop yield, quality, and tolerance to various …

Evolutionary divergence of duplicated genomes in newly described allotetraploid cottons

R Peng, Y Xu, S Tian, T Unver, Z Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium) species represents a model system for the study of plant
polyploidy, molecular evolution, and domestication. Here, chromosome-scale genome …

Recent advances and future perspectives in early‐maturing cotton research

H Zhao, Y Chen, J Liu, Z Wang, F Li, X Ge - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cotton's fundamental requirements for long periods of growth and specific seasonal
temperatures limit the global arable areas that can be utilized to cultivate cotton. This …

[HTML][HTML] Improved cotton yield: Can we achieve this goal by regulating the coordination of source and sink?

A Qin, OO Aluko, Z Liu, J Yang, M Hu, L Guan… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cotton is one of the major cash crops globally. It is characterized by determinate growth and
multiple fruiting, which makes the source–sink contradiction more obvious. Coordination …

Insights to Gossypium defense response against Verticillium dahliae: the Cotton Cancer

MJ Umer, J Zheng, M Yang, R Batool, AA Abro… - Functional & Integrative …, 2023 - Springer
The soil-borne pathogen Verticillium dahliae, also referred as “The Cotton Cancer,” is
responsible for causing Verticillium wilt in cotton crops, a destructive disease with a global …

[HTML][HTML] Contributions of genome editing technologies towards improved nutrition, environmental sustainability and poverty reduction

SJ Smyth - Frontiers in Genome Editing, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were launched in 2015, with the top three
goals being poverty eradication, improved food security and increased human health. All 17 …

Identification of GhLOG gene family revealed that GhLOG3 is involved in regulating salinity tolerance in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

R Wang, L Liu, Z Kong, S Li, L Lu, G Chen… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cytokinin (CK) is an important plant hormone that promotes plant cell division and
differentiation, and participates in salt response under osmotic stress. LOGs (LONELY GUY) …

[HTML][HTML] Genome editing in cotton: challenges and opportunities

Z Khan, SH Khan, A Ahmed, MU Iqbal… - Journal of Cotton …, 2023 - Springer
Cotton has enormous economic potential providing high-quality protein, oil, and fibre. A
large increase in cotton output is necessary due to the world's changing climate and …