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 …

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 …

Despite the established significance of WRKY proteins and phenylpropanoid metabolism in
plant immunity, how WRKY proteins modulate aspects of the phenylpropanoid pathway …

In plants, MYB transcription factors play diverse roles in growth, development, and response
to abiotic and biotic stresses. However, the signaling processes of these transcription factors …

Activation of immunity by exogenous signals or mutations leading to autoimmunity has long
been associated with decreased plant growth, known as the growth-defense tradeoff …

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 …

Verticillium dahliae is a widespread and destructive soilborne vascular pathogenic fungus
that causes serious diseases in dicot plants. Here, comparative transcriptome analysis …

Verticillium dahliae causes significant losses in cotton production. To uncover the
mechanism of the defense response to Verticillium dahliae in cotton, transcriptomic analyses …

Thidiazuron (TDZ) is a widely used chemical defoliant in cotton and can stimulate the
production of ethylene in leaves, which is believed to be the key factor in inducing leaf …

Sugarcane is one of the most crucial sugar crops globally that supplies the main raw
material for sugar and ethanol production, but drought stress causes a severe decline in …