Cotton is not only the world's most important natural fiber crop, but it is also an ideal system
in which to study genome evolution, polyploidization, and cell elongation. With the assembly …

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 …

Phytohormones play indispensable roles in plant growth and development. However, the
molecular mechanisms underlying phytohormone-mediated regulation of fiber secondary …

Summary Sea Island cotton (Gossypium barbadense) is the source of the world's finest fibre
quality cotton, yet relatively little is understood about genetic variations among diverse …

The presence of phyto-hormones in plants at relatively low concentrations plays an
indispensable role in regulating crop growth and yield. Salt stress is one of the major abiotic …

Strigolactones (SLs) are a class of phytohormones that regulate plant shoot branching and
adventitious root development. However, little is known regarding the role of SLs in …

Highlights•Seed trichome or fiber in cotton serves as an ideal model to study plant cell
differentiation.•Fiber initiation determines cotton fiber yield.•GhMMLs evolve important and …

Basic helix–loop–helix/helix–loop–helix (bHLH/HLH) transcription factors play important
roles in cell elongation in plants. However, little is known about how bHLH/HLH transcription …

Cell elongation is a fundamental process for plant growth and development. Studies have
shown lipid metabolism plays important role in cell elongation; however, the related …

The study aims to improve fiber traits of local cotton cultivar through genetic transformation of
sucrose synthase (SuS) gene in cotton. Sucrose synthase (SuS) is an important factor that is …