With the global climate anomalies and the destruction of ecological balance, the water
shortage has become a serious ecological problem facing all mankind, and drought has …

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 growth and development are dependent on tight regulation of water movement. Water
diffusion across cell membranes is facilitated by aquaporins that provide plants with the …

Abstract Background Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is produced in over 30 countries and
represents the most important natural fiber in the world. One of the primary factors affecting …

Previously, we demonstrated that drought resistance in rice seedlings was increased by
ammonium (NH 4+) treatment, but not by nitrate (NO 3−) treatment, and that the change was …

Lack of precise information about the candidate genes involved in a complex quantitative
trait is a major obstacle in the cotton fiber quality improvement, and thus, overall genetic gain …

Cotton is an important source of natural fibre used in the textile industry and the productivity
of the crop is adversely affected by drought stress. High throughput transcriptomic analyses …

Background Under saline conditions, plant growth is depressed via osmotic stress and salt
can accumulate in leaves leading to further depression of growth due to reduced …

Aquaporins are thought to be associated with water transport and play important roles in
cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) fibre elongation. Among aquaporins, plasma membrane …

It is crucial to understand how targeted traits in a hybrid breeding program are influenced by
gene activity and combining ability. During the three growing seasons of 2015, 2016, and …