Plants employ sophisticated mechanisms to control developmental processes and to cope
with environmental changes at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. MicroRNAs …

Unusual daily temperature fluctuations caused by climate change and climate variability
adversely impact agricultural crop production. Since plants are immobile and constantly …

In plants, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) regulate disease resistance against fungi and
other pathogens. However, the specific mechanism behind this regulation remains unclear …

Eukaryotic genomes encode thousands of RNA molecules; however, only a minimal fraction
is translated into proteins. Among the non-coding elements, long non-coding RNAs …

Main conclusion CRISPR/Cas technology has greatly facilitated plant non-coding RNA
(ncRNA) biology research, establishing itself as a promising tool for ncRNA functional …

Key message Analysis of fiber quality lncRNAs and their target genes from a pair of
Gossypium mustelinum near-isogenic lines provide new prospects for improving the fiber …

Abstract Background Gossypium barbadense L. Pima cotton is known for its resistance to
Fusarium wilt and for producing fibers of superior quality highly prized in the textile market …

China, 2 Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture,
Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural …

Adventitious root (AR) development plays an essential role in the vegetative propagation of
important trees and is an inheritable quantitative trait controlled by a variety of endogenous …

Allotetraploid cotton plants Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense have been
widely cultivated for their natural, renewable textile fibres. Even though ncRNAs in …