Background Geminiviruses are circular, single-stranded viruses responsible for enormous
crop loss worldwide. Rapid expansion of geminivirus diversity outweighs the continuous …

Abiotic stress is an important factor affecting the normal growth and development of plants
and crop yield. To reduce the impact of abiotic adversity on cotton growth and development …

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) after its first epidemic in 1912 in Nigeria, has spread to
different cotton growing countries including United States, Pakistan, India, and China. The …

Duplication events occur very frequently during plant evolution. The genes in the duplicated
pathway or network can evolve new functions through neofunctionalization and …

Papaya leaf curl disease (PaLCD) was primarily detected in India and causes major
economic damage to agriculture crops grown globally, seriously threatening food security …

The CRISPR–Cas9 is emerging genome editing tool and very easy and straightforward in
operation that has been tested and explored for introduction of new traits in plant systems …

The study of A-genome Asian cotton as a potential fiber donor in Gossypium species may
offer an enhanced understanding of complex genetics and novel players related to fiber …

Fusarium wilt is a soil-borne fungal disease, and various problems associated with this
disease in cotton production in Xinjiang need to be urgently solved. Thus, the breeding of …

Okra yellow vein mosaic (OYVMD) and enation leaf curl diseases (OELCuD) are the most
important biotic diseases which cause yield and quality loss in okra (Abelmoschus …

This chapter is focused on the achievements and future prospects of cotton breeding and
related biotechnology. Traditional plant breeding has been utilized for the development of …