Resequencing of 243 diploid cotton accessions based on an updated A genome identifies the genetic basis of key agronomic traits

X Du, G Huang, S He, Z Yang, G Sun, X Ma, N Li… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The ancestors of Gossypium arboreum and Gossypium herbaceum provided the A
subgenome for the modern cultivated allotetraploid cotton. Here, we upgraded the G …

Genomics-based strategies for the use of natural variation in the improvement of crop metabolism

F Scossa, Y Brotman, FA e Lima, L Willmitzer… - Plant Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Next-generation genomics holds great potential in the study of plant phenotypic variation.
With several crop reference genomes now available, the affordable costs of de novo …

Insights into chromatin structure and dynamics in plants

S Rosa, P Shaw - Biology, 2013 - mdpi.com
The packaging of chromatin into the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell requires an extraordinary
degree of compaction and physical organization. In recent years, it has been shown that this …

Salt‐tolerance diversity in diploid and polyploid cotton (Gossypium) species

Y Dong, G Hu, J Yu, SW Thu, CE Grover… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The development of salt‐tolerant genotypes is pivotal for the effective utilization of salinized
land and to increase global crop productivity. Several cotton species comprise the most …

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of roots of contrasting Gossypium herbaceum genotypes revealing adaptation to drought

A Ranjan, N Pandey, D Lakhwani, NK Dubey… - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Background Root length and its architecture govern the adaptability of plants to various
stress conditions, including drought stress. Genetic variations in root growth, length, and …

Environmental change, agricultural innovation, and the spread of cotton agriculture in the Old World

EB Brite, JM Marston - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent excavations at the site of Kara-tepe in northwestern Uzbekistan revealed evidence
for the production of cotton (Gossypium sp.) in domestic contexts dated to ca. 300–500 AD …

Cotton breeding for fiber quality improvement

G Constable, D Llewellyn, SA Walford… - Industrial crops: Breeding …, 2015 - Springer
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is the world's leading fiber crop, grown or processed in
many countries, providing a major contribution to their economies. Yield is economically …

Inter-Specific Hybridization in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) for Crop Improvement

M Anwar, MZ Iqbal, AA Abro, S Memon, LA Bhutto… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Interspecific hybridization has contributed significantly to land diversity, species evolution,
and crops' domestication, including upland cotton, the cultivated form of Gossypium …

Genome wide expression profiling of two accession of G. herbaceum L. in response to drought

A Ranjan, D Nigam, MH Asif, R Singh, S Ranjan… - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Background Genome-wide gene expression profiling and detailed physiological
investigation were used for understanding the molecular mechanism and physiological …

Dual domestication, diversity, and differential introgression in Old World cotton diploids

CE Grover, MA Arick, A Thrash… - Genome Biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Domestication in the cotton genus is remarkable in that it has occurred independently four
different times at two different ploidy levels. Relatively little is known about genome evolution …