[HTML][HTML] Genetics, breeding and genetic engineering to improve cottonseed oil and protein: a review

M Wu, W Pei, T Wedegaertner, J Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the world's leading fiber crop and one of the most
important oilseed crops. Genetic improvement of cotton has primarily focused on fiber yield …

CRISPRi mediated phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase regulation to enhance the production of lipid in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

PH Kao, IS Ng - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, CRISPRi (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
interference) was used for the first time to regulate expression of exogenously supplied rfp …

Strategies to enhance cottonseed oil contents and reshape fatty acid profile employing different breeding and genetic engineering approaches

I Sharif, J Farooq, SM Chohan, S Saleem… - Journal of Integrative …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cottonseed oil is the valuable byproduct extracted after seed cotton processing for lint. It
confers a huge contribution to total vegetable oil production and ranked the 2nd to meet …

A novel cotton WRKY gene, GhWRKY6‐like, improves salt tolerance by activating the ABA signaling pathway and scavenging of reactive oxygen species

A Ullah, H Sun, Hakim, X Yang… - Physiologia …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
WRKY transcription factors are transcriptional regulators of signaling pathways involved in
biotic and abiotic stress responses. In this study, we report that ectopic expression of the …

Development of an efficient and precise adenine base editor (ABE) with expanded target range in allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

G Wang, Z Xu, F Wang, Y Huang, Y Xin, S Liang, B Li… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Base editors (BEs) display diverse applications in a variety of plant
species such as Arabidopsis, rice, wheat, maize, soybean, and cotton, where they have …

miRNA-and RNAi-mediated metabolic engineering in plants

D Pandita - Metabolic engineering in plants, 2022 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous, highly conserved, small regulatory RNA molecules
with a size of 19–24 nucleotides, micro in structure and macro in character and regulate …

Characterization of a novel cotton MYB gene, GhMYB108-like responsive to abiotic stresses

A Ullah, MT Ul Qamar, M Nisar, A Hazrat… - Molecular biology …, 2020 - Springer
Transcriptional factors are the major regulators of plant signaling pathways in response to
environmental stresses ie, drought, salinity and cold. Hereby, the GhMYB108-like was …

Effects of elevated air temperature coupling with soil drought on carbohydrate metabolism and oil synthesis during cottonseed development

B Xu, W Hu, M Gao, W Zhao, Y Wang… - Physiologia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cotton, as the fifth‐largest oilseed crop, often faces the coupling stress of heat and drought.
Still, the effects of combined stress on cottonseed oil synthesis and its closely related carbon …

Fatty Acid Composition of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Seeds in Relation to Yield and Soil Chemical Properties on Continuously Monocropped Upland Fields …

C Wacal, N Ogata, D Basalirwa, D Sasagawa, M Kato… - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
We evaluated the fatty acid compositions in relation to yield and soil nutrients from four fields
A, B, C, and D with continuous monocropping histories of 0–3 years, respectively, in Japan …

[HTML][HTML] Seed-specific overexpression of cotton GhDGAT1 gene leads to increased oil accumulation in cottonseed

P Wu, X Xu, J Li, J Zhang, S Chang, X Yang, X Guo - The Crop Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
As the main byproduct of cotton fiber, the cotton seed yields about 1.6 times that of fiber, with
its oil rich in unsaturated fatty acids, mainly linoleic acid. It is desirable for breeders to …