Agriculture contributes mainly to national economies specifically in developing countries,
and cotton is an important cash crop. In certain countries, it is recognized as “white gold” …

Naturally occurring variation among wild relatives of cultivated crops is an under-exploited
resource in plant breeding. Here, I argue that exotic libraries, which consist of marker …

Cotton genetic resources contain diverse economically important traits that can be used
widely in breeding approaches to create of high-yielding elite cultivars with superior fiber …

Domestication, a process of increasing mutual dependence between human societies and
the plant and animal populations they target, has long been an area of interest in genetics …

We present an overview of the evolution and diversity in Gossypium (the cotton genus). This
framework facilitates insight into fundamental aspects of plant biology, provides the …

The narrow genetic base of cultivated cotton germplasm is hindering the cotton productivity
worldwide. Although potential genetic diversity exists in Gossypium genus, it is largely …

The begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae) associated with cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD)
pose a major threat to cotton productivity in South–East Asia including Pakistan and India …

Understanding the population structure and linkage disequilibrium in an association panel
can effectively avoid spurious associations and improve the accuracy in association …

It is generally perceived that activities related to plant breeding have reduced the genetic
diversity within crop species. Therefore, the impact of plant breeders' activities ie …

The narrow genetic base of elite Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) germplasm has
been a significant impediment to sustained progress in the development of cotton cultivars to …