supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32372128 to J.H.,32201713 to A.G.);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M680766 to H.N.)。
Cytoplasmic male sterile(CMS)lines play a crucial role in utilization of heterosis in crop plants.However,the mechanism underlying the manipulation of male sterility in cotton by long non-coding RNA(lncRNA)and brassin...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(32160456;32360474;32360486);grants from the Provincial Basic Research Program(Natural Science)([2020]1Z018);Provincial Key Technology R&D Program([2021]YiBan272).
Seed priming is an effective seed pretreatment technology that enhances germination and overall crop performance by optimizing seed hydration and metabolic processes before planting.Seed quality is a critical determin...
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...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31901462 and 31671613);the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China(22KJA210005);the China Scholarship Council(202308320440);the Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province,China(KYCX22_3508)。
During the boll formation stage,cotton bolls exhibit the lowest expression of Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt)insecticidal proteins.Resistance to insects varies notably among different organs,which poses challenges for cont...
supported by Fundacao de Amparoà Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia;the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Foundation(Finance Code 001)for financial support;Bahia Association of Cotton Producers。
Background Anthonomus grandis grandis is the main cotton pest in the Americas,with the potential to become a pest in other continents.The insect uses the plant's reproductive organs for feeding,oviposition,and surviva...
supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFD1200300);Jiangsu Key R&D Program(BE2022384);the Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production co-sponsored by Province and Ministry(CIC-MCP)(No.10)。
Mitochondrial calcium uniporter(MCU)is a conserved calcium ion(Ca^(2+))transporter in the mitochondrial inner membrane of eukaryotic cells.How MCU proteins regulate Ca^(2+)flow and modulate plant cell development rema...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32170645);the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFF1000900).
Centromere positioning and organization are crucial for genome evolution;however,research on centro-mere biology is largely influenced by the quality of available genome assemblies.Here,we combined Oxford Nanopore and...
supported by the Project from the Ministry of Agriculture of China for Transgenic Research(2014ZX0800927B);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31871667).
Drought stress impairs crop growth and development.BEL1-like family transcription factors may be involved in plant response to drought stress,but little is known of the molecular mechanism by which these proteins regu...
supported by the Corps Science and Technology Innovation Talent Plan (2021CB028);the Shihezi Science and Technology Research Key Field Science and Technology Research Project (2022NY01);the Fifth Division Science and Technology Plan Project (2021NY02);the Young and Middle-aged Leading Talent Plan (2020CB017)。
Lignin is one of the main components of cell walls and is essential for resistance to insect pests in plants.Cotton plants are damaged by aphid(Aphis gossypii) worldwide but resistant breeding is undeveloped due to sc...