Cotton is an irreplaceable economic crop currently domesticated in the human world for its
extremely elongated fiber cells specialized in seed epidermis, which makes it of high …

Plant trichomes, protrusions formed from specialized aboveground epidermal cells, provide
protection against various biotic and abiotic stresses. Trichomes can be unicellular …

Cotton fibre is a unicellular seed trichome, and lint fibre initials per seed as a factor
determines fibre yield. However, the mechanisms controlling fibre initiation from ovule …

Background Millennia of directional human selection has reshaped the genomic architecture
of cultivated cotton relative to wild counterparts, but we have limited understanding of the …

Comprehensive utilization of cottonseeds is limited by the presence of pigment glands and
its inclusion gossypol. The ideal cotton has glandless seeds but a glanded plant, a trait …

Axial chirality of biaryls can generate varied bioactivities. Gossypol is a binaphthyl
compound made by cotton plants. Of its two axially chiral isomers,(−)-gossypol is the …

Plants can synthesize a wide range of terpenoids in response to various environmental
cues. However, the specific regulatory mechanisms governing terpenoid biosynthesis at the …

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 …

Upland cotton is an important global cash crop for its long seed fibers and high edible oil
and protein content. Progress in cotton genomics promotes the advancement of cotton …

Recent advances in the genomics of polyploid species answer some of the long-standing
questions about the role of polyploidy in crop species. Here, we summarize the current …