Context: The major challenges of cotton cultivation in Côte d’Ivoire are the improvement of field yields and fiber quality. One of the methods proposed to ensure the quality of cotton fiber is split cotton harvesting...
supported by the grants from STI 2030—Major Project(2023ZD04069);the Natural Science Foundation of China(32388101 and 32200286);Foundation of Hubei Hongshan Laboratory(2021hszd014);Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(2021CFA055);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022TQ0240,2022M722470).
Cotton(Gossypium hirsutum)fibers are elongated single cells that rapidly accumulate cellulose during secondary cell wall(SCW)thickening,which requires cellulose synthase complex(CSC)activity.Here,we describe the CSC-i...
funded by Biological Breeding-Major Projects(2023ZD04076);National Science Foundation of China(32370267)。
Cotton fiber length is basically determined by wellcoordinated gene expression and phosphatidylinositol phosphates(PIPs) accumulation during fiber elongation but the regulatory mechanism governing PIPs transport remai...
supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,China(2023ZD04039-01);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32172008);the Leading Innovative and Entrepreneur Team Introduction Program of Zhejiang,China(2019R01002)。
Pectin is a major constituent of the plant cell wall.Pectate lyase(PEL,EC 4.2.2.2)uses anti-β-elimination chemistry to cleave theα-1,4 glycosidic linkage in the homogalacturonan region of pectin.However,limited info...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31830057);the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFF1001400);the Foundation of Hubei Hongshan Laboratory(2021hszd014).
E3 ligases are key enzymes required for protein degradation.Here,we identified a C3H2C3 RING domaincontaining E3 ubiquitin ligase gene named GhATL68b.It is preferentially and highly expressed in developing cotton fibe...
funded by Universidad Nacional Intercultural de Quillabamba,grant number 031-2023-CCO-UNIQ in the project“Variabilidad genética,distribución,impacto socioeconómico y calidad de algodónGossypiumspp.en Echarate y Megantoni Provincia de La Convención-Cusco”。
Background The quality of cotton fiber determines its value in the textile market,influencing agricultural profitability and the efficiency of textile processing.The selection of genotypes with superior fibers is a ke...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31571722 and 31971984);the Genetically Modified Organisms Breeding Major Project of China(No.2018ZX0800921B);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(SWU‐XDJH202315).
Although the cell membrane and cytoskeleton play essential roles in cellular morphogenesis,the interaction between the membrane and cytoskeleton is poorly understood.Cotton fibers are extremely elongated single cells,...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970516 and 32372104);the Foundation of Hubei Hongshan Laboratory(2021hszd014).
Cotton provides the most abundant natural fiber for the textile industry.The mature cotton fiber largely consists of secondary cell walls with the highest proportion of cellulose and a small amount of hemicellulose an...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070549,32270578,and 32200444);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(SQ2022YFF1000028);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M712005);the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in the Shaanxi Province of China(2022JQ-197);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(GK202304016,GK202304018,GK202304015);the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Key Fields Science and Technology Research Plan(KC00310501).
BEL1-LIKE HOMEODOMAIN(BLH)proteins are known to function in various plant developmental processes.However,the role of BLHs in regulating plant cell elongation is still unknown.Here,we identify a BLH gene,GhBLH1,that p...
supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF1001400);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31830062 and 32172071);Innovation and Application of Superior Crop Germplasm Resources of Shihezi(2021NY01);Breeding of New Cotton Varieties and Application of Transgenic Breeding Technology(2022NY01)。
Cotton fiber is one of the main raw materials for the textile industry.In recent years,many cotton fiber quality QTL have been identified,but few were applied in breeding.In this study,a genome wide association study(...