Plants have been used as a source of medicine since historic times and several
commercially important drugs are of plant-based origin. The traditional approach towards …

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 …

Background Leaf senescence is an important developmental programmed degeneration
process that dramatically affects crop quality and yield. The regulation of senescence is …

Background Verticillium wilt, caused by the fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae, is the most
severe disease in cotton (Gossypium spp.), causing great lint losses worldwide. Disease …

Arabinogalactan proteins (AGP s) are highly glycosylated proteins that play pivotal roles in
diverse developmental processes in plants. Type‐II AG glycans, mostly O‐linked to the …

Background Basic helix-loop-helix/helix-loop-helix (bHLH/HLH) transcription factors play
important roles in plant development. Many reports have suggested that bHLH/HLH proteins …

Cotton fiber is proposed to share some similarity with the Arabidopsis thaliana leaf trichome,
which is regulated by the MYB‐bHLH‐WD40 transcription complex. Although several MYB …

Cotton is an important fibre‐producing crop. Cotton fibres consist of highly elongated
trichomes derived from the ovule. To improve the quality of cotton, it is necessary to identify …

Abstract Background Cotton (Gossypium spp.) fibers are single-celled elongated trichomes,
the molecular aspects of genetic variation in fiber length (FL) among genotypes are currently …

Background Plants often face multiple stresses including drought, extreme temperature,
salinity, nutrition deficiency and biotic stresses during growth and development. All the …