Plant cells accumulate small RNA molecules that regulate plant development, genome
stability, and environmental responses. These small RNAs fall into three major classes …

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 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 …

Drought and Verticillium wilt disease are two main factors that limit cotton production, which
necessitates the identification of key molecular switch to simultaneously improve cotton …

As more and more high-throughput data has been produced by next-generation
sequencing, it is still a challenge to classify RNA transcripts into protein-coding or non …

The complex allotetraploid genome is one of major challenges in cotton for repressing gene
expression. Developing site-specific DNA mutation is the long-term dream for cotton …

Trichomes are specialized epidermal cells and a vital plant organ that protect plants from
various harms and provide valuable resources for plant development and use. Some key …

Gossypium hirsutum is an allotetraploid species, meaning that mutants that are difficult to be
generated by classical approaches due to gene redundancy. The CRISPR/Cas9 genome …

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 …

Cotton, one of the most important crops in the world, produces natural fiber materials for the
textile industry. WRKY transcription factors play important roles in plant development and …