As important physiological regulators, peptides have been used in many fields including
medicine, cosmetics, healthcare products, animal nutrition and health, and plant nutrition …

Root rot diseases remain a major global threat to the productivity of agricultural crops. They
are usually caused by more than one type of pathogen and are thus often referred to as a …

Introduction: Verticillium spp. are soil‐borne plant pathogens responsible for Verticillium wilt
diseases in temperate and subtropical regions; collectively they affect over 200 hosts …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are vital components of the innate immune system of nearly
all living organisms. They generally act in the first line of defense against various pathogenic …

Peptides and small proteins exhibiting antimicrobial activity have been isolated from many
organisms ranging from insects to humans, including plants. Their role in defense is …

Functional genomics has transformed from futuristic concept to well‐established scientific
discipline during the last decade. Cotton functional genomics promise to enhance the …

Verticillium wilt caused by soilborne fungus Verticillium dahliae could significantly reduce
cotton yield. Here, we cloned a tomato Ve homologous gene, Gbve1, from an island cotton …

SUMMARY Snakin‐1 (SN1), a cysteine‐rich peptide with broad‐spectrum antimicrobial
activity in vitro, was evaluated for its ability to confer resistance to pathogens in transgenic …

Verticillium dahliae, a soil-borne pathogen, causes Verticillium wilt, one of the most serious
diseases in cotton, deleteriously influencing crop's production and quality. Verticillium wilt …

Cotton is an economically important crop worldwide that suffers severe losses due to a wide
range of fungal/bacterial pathogens and nematodes. Given its susceptibility to various …