Main conclusion While transgenic technology has heralded a new era in crop improvement,
several concerns have precluded their widespread acceptance. Alternative technologies …

Agriculture has supported human life from the beginning of civilization, despite a plethora of
biotic (pests, pathogens) and abiotic (drought, cold) stressors being exerted on the global …

The advent of genetic engineering has revolutionized agriculture remarkably with the
development of superior insect-resistantcrop varieties harboring resistance against insect …

Cotton plant has been domesticated in tropical and sub‐tropical climates of the world but
severe climate is not suitable for good lint yields. Globally, cotton is grown on an area of …

Biotic stresses, such as plant viruses, eg, cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV), can alter root-
associated and leaf-associated microbial diversities in plants. There are complex ecological …

This study mathematically correlates incidence of cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV),
environmental factors (ie, rainfall, humidity and temperature), and silverleaf whitefly …

Insect-resistant transgenic cotton has been commercialized for two decades. Most of the
introduced cultivars express Bt gene (s) constitutively under the control of 35S promoter in …

This study mathematically correlates intensity of cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV) with
environmental factors (ie temperature, rainfall and humidity) and whitefly population in the …

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is the most significant cash crop and backbone of global
textile industry. The importance of cotton can hardly be over emphasized in the economy of …

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD), caused by numerous begomoviruses (BGVs), is a highly
disastrous disease in cotton crops worldwide. To date, several efforts have shown limited …