The plant cell wall—dynamic, strong, and adaptable—is a natural shapeshifter

D Delmer, RA Dixon, K Keegstra, D Mohnen - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Mythology is replete with good and evil shapeshifters, who, by definition, display great
adaptability and assume many different forms—with several even turning themselves into …

Plant systems biology at the single-cell level

M Libault, L Pingault, P Zogli, J Schiefelbein - Trends in Plant Science, 2017 - cell.com
Our understanding of plant biology is increasingly being built upon studies using 'omics and
system biology approaches performed at the level of the entire plant, organ, or tissue …

Genomic diversifications of five Gossypium allopolyploid species and their impact on cotton improvement

ZJ Chen, A Sreedasyam, A Ando, Q Song… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Polyploidy is an evolutionary innovation for many animals and all flowering plants, but its
impact on selection and domestication remains elusive. Here we analyze genome evolution …

The miR319-targeted GhTCP4 promotes the transition from cell elongation to wall thickening in cotton fiber

JF Cao, B Zhao, CC Huang, ZW Chen, T Zhao, HR Liu… - Molecular plant, 2020 - cell.com
Plant cell growth involves a complex interplay among cell-wall expansion, biosynthesis, and,
in specific tissues, secondary cell wall (SCW) deposition, yet the coordination of these …

Combined GWAS and eQTL analysis uncovers a genetic regulatory network orchestrating the initiation of secondary cell wall development in cotton

Z Li, P Wang, C You, J Yu, X Zhang, F Yan… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The cotton fibre serves as a valuable experimental system to study cell wall synthesis in
plants, but our understanding of the genetic regulation of this process during fibre …

Nitrogen use efficiency in cotton: Challenges and opportunities against environmental constraints

AN Shah, T Javed, RK Singhal, R Shabbir… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nitrogen is a vital nutrient for agricultural, and a defieciency of it causes stagnate cotton
growth and yield penalty. Farmers rely heavily on N over-application to boost cotton output …

Evolution and diversity of the cotton genome

G Hu, CE Grover, J Jareczek, D Yuan, Y Dong… - Cotton precision …, 2021 - Springer
We present an overview of Gossypium genome evolution and the implications of this
understanding for targeted breeding objectives. The cotton genus (Gossypium) contains …

Effect of imidacloprid uptake from contaminated soils on vegetable growth

Y Li, L Long, J Ge, H Li, M Zhang… - Journal of agricultural …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the present study, the effect of imidacloprid uptake from contaminated soils on the growth
of leaf vegetable Shanghaiqing was investigated. The result showed that during 35-day …

Cotton breeding in Australia: meeting the challenges of the 21st century

WC Conaty, KJ Broughton, LM Egan, X Li, Z Li… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) cotton
breeding program is the sole breeding effort for cotton in Australia, developing high …

Genome-wide identification of the expansin gene family reveals that expansin genes are involved in fibre cell growth in cotton

LM Lv, DY Zuo, XF Wang, HL Cheng, YP Zhang… - BMC plant biology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Expansins (EXPs), a group of proteins that loosen plant cell walls and
cellulosic materials, are involved in regulating cell growth and diverse developmental …