Petals are the second floral whorl of angiosperms, exhibiting astonishing diversity in their
size between and within species. This variation is essential for protecting their inner …

The soil-borne pathogen Verticillium dahliae, also referred as “The Cotton Cancer,” is
responsible for causing Verticillium wilt in cotton crops, a destructive disease with a global …

Living in natural environment, plants often suffer from various biotic and abiotic stresses.
Phosphate deficiency is a common factor affecting crop production in field, while pathogen …

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is constantly attacked by pathogens and insects. The most
efficient control strategy is to develop resistant varieties using broad‐spectrum gene …

Background The WRKY proteins are a superfamily of transcription factors and members play
essential roles in the modulation of diverse physiological processes, such as growth …

Soilborne plant pathogenic species in the fungal genus Verticillium cause destructive
Verticillium wilt disease on economically important crops worldwide. Since R gene-mediated …

Verticillium wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae is a destructive cotton disease causing severe
yield and quality losses worldwide. WRKY transcription factors play important roles in plant …

Improving genetic resistance is a preferred method to manage Verticillium wilt of cotton and
other hosts. Identifying host resistance is difficult because of the dearth of resistance genes …

The TIFY gene family is plant‐specific and encodes proteins involved in the regulation of
multiple biological processes. Here, we identified 15 TIFY genes in the watermelon genome …

Verticillium dahliae is a soil-borne fungus that causes vascular wilt through the roots of
plants. Verticillium wilt caused by V. dahliae is one of the main diseases in cotton producing …