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Gossypium hirsutum; chromosome mapping; chromosomes; cotton; fiber quality; genome; normal distribution; principal component analysis; research institutions; single nucleotide polymorphism arrays
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... The recombinant inbred lines of inter-specific cross, Gossypium hirsutum cv. DS-28 × G. barbadense cv. SBYF-425 was evaluated in three consecutive rainy seasons of 2017–18 (F₁₃), 2018–19 (F₁₄) and 2019–20 (F₁₅) in an augmented design. The preponderance of huge continuous variability for both productivity and fiber quality traits was recorded. The principal component analysis revealed that the mapp ...
... Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson) is not native to Africa. Based on the presence and persistence of A. palmeri populations, its invasive status in southern Africa is classified as “naturalized.” Globally, A. palmeri is one of the most troublesome weed species in several crops, including soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], maize (Zea mays L.), and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Certain ...
Gossypium hirsutum; abscisic acid; catalase; chlorophyll; cold; cotton; drought; drought tolerance; fiber quality; fluorescence; genes; growth and development; guanosinetriphosphatase; heat stress; hydrogen peroxide; malondialdehyde; peroxidase; proline; superoxide dismutase; two hybrid system techniques; water content; water stress
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... As a plant-specific Rho-like small G protein, the ROP (Rho-related GTPase of plants) protein regulates the growth and development of plants and various stress responses in the form of molecular switches. Drought is a major abiotic stress that limits cotton yield and fiber quality. In this study, virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) technology was used to analyze the biological function of GhROP3 in ...
... Soil salinity is a major constraint for reducing crop productivity worldwide. To combat this situation, the current project was aimed to examine the effect of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) inoculation on the growth of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum, var. Jin668) plants during salt stress and to identify salt stress-responsive genes in cotton plants. For this purpose, two bacteria, Bacill ...
Gossypium hirsutum; Triticum aestivum; arid lands; autocorrelation; biomass; cotton; double cropping; drought; ecology; precision agriculture; root growth; root systems; soil water; soil water content; water uptake; water use efficiency; wheat
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... Approximately 70% of global cotton production is under the threat of drought. Changing cropping systems is an agronomic measure that potentially coordinates production and ecology. However, little evidence is available on the characteristics of changes in the soil moisture under different cropping systems and their relationships with cotton production. This study assessed the temporal and spatial ...
Stephen M. Parris; Steven N. Jeffers; James M. Olvey; Jeffrey W. Adelberg; Li Wen; Joshua A. Udall; Jeffrey J. Coleman; Don C. Jones; Christopher A. Saski
... Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum race 4 (FOV4) is a devastating fungus pathogen that causes Fusarium wilt in both domesticated cotton species, Gossypium hirsutum (Upland) and G. barbadense (Pima). Greenhouse and field-based pathogenicity assays can be a challenge because of nonuniform inoculum levels, the presence of endophytes, and varying environmental factors. Therefore, an in vitro cocult ...
Gossypium hirsutum; biodiversity; computer software; cotton; cultivars; genetic distance; genetic structure; genetic variation; germplasm; kinship; phylogeny; population structure; principal component analysis; China
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... Genetic diversity, kinship and population genetic structure analyses of Gossypium hirsutum germplasm can provide a better understanding of the origin and evolution of G. hirsutum biodiversity. In this study, adopt 273 elite upland cotton cultivar accessions collected from around the world, and especially from China to get 1,313,331 SNP molecular markers, it were used to construct a phylogenetic tr ...
Gossypium hirsutum; Sorghum bicolor; cameras; canopy; cotton; environment; leaf area index; phenotype; plant density; spectral analysis; stand establishment; support vector machines; unmanned aerial vehicles; vegetation
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... Plant density and canopy cover are key agronomic traits for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] phenotypic evaluation. The objective of this study was to evaluate utility of broadband red–green–blue (RGB) and narrowband green, red, red‐edge, and near‐infrared spectral data taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and RGB taken by a digital single‐lens reflex ...
... Cotton originated from ancestors in the Gossypium genus that grew in semi-desert habitats. As a result, it is adversely affected by low temperatures especially during germination and the first weeks of growth. Despite this, there are relatively few molecular studies on cold stress in cotton. This limitation may present a future breeding handicap, as recent years have witnessed increased low temper ...
... AIMS: The potential of endophytic Bacillus strains to improve plant growth and yield was evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS: Endophytic Bacillus altitudinis HNH7 and Bacillus velezensis HNH9 were evaluated for their growth‐promoting traits. In an in vitro plate assay, HNH7 and HNH9 exhibited proteolytic, amylolytic, lipolytic and cellulolytic activity. HNH7 and HNH9 were able to solubilize iron by pro ...
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis; Gossypium hirsutum; Ricinus communis; Spodoptera frugiperda; Zea mays; adults; biometry; cauliflower; corn; cotton; diet; fecundity; females; head; larvae; pest management; pests; pupae; India
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... BACKGROUND: The fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), native to the Americas, is a new invasive pest that was reported in India for the first time in May 2018. Being polyphagous, FAW can infest several different hosts and increase its population all year round. In this context, the present study was conducted under laboratory conditions to evaluate the biological parameters of F ...
... Due to increased contribution from agriculture sector to total greenhouse gas emissions, there is need to study the ability of no-tilled diverse cropping systems including crop sequences and bio-covers to mitigate C equivalent emissions. Thus, C-footprint was calculated for a long-term experiment at the University of Tennessee's Research and Education Center in Milan with six-crop sequences: conti ...
... Row crops normally grown in Southeast USA are cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), corn (Zea mays L.), and peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) with a focus on the higher economic value for peanut. Peanut is typically planted using a twin-row pattern and purchasing a twin-row planter may not be cost effective unless used with other rotational crops. The objectives were to compare corn yield when planted in twin ...
... Field studies were conducted in Alabama in 2016 and 2017 to determine the effect of postemergence applications of glufosinate alone and glufosinate applied with S-metolachlor, using two different nozzle types, on LibertyLink®, XtendFlex®, and WideStrike® cotton growth and yield. Two applications of glufosinate at 0.6 kg ha–¹, and glufosinate with S-metolachlor at 1.39 kg ha–¹ were applied to each ...
... The objective of this research work was, to study the level of stickiness and type of sugars found on commercially grown cotton varieties (Gossypium hirsutum L.), collected before and after saw ginning. To identify the types of sugars in the sticky deposits collected from the H2SD aluminum foil, it was assayed with high performance liquid chromatography. Trehalulose was found as the dominant sugar ...
Gossypium hirsutum; biocides; carbon; case studies; cotton; decision making; ecosystems; energy efficiency; environment; issues and policy; life cycle assessment; models; specific energy; India
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... Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is an important fiber crop with high energy and C footprints. This study aimed at tracking C footprints through emission of greenhouse gases and energy flow nexus in cotton cultivation to frame policy to reduce C and energy footprints, while enhancing net ecosystem C budget and C sequestration in soils. We attempted to quantify and optimize C footprints and energy fl ...
Gossypium hirsutum; Schistocerca gregaria; Triticum aestivum; Zea mays; air; corn; cotton; food security; insecticides; integrated pest management; issues and policy; monitoring; plant protection; rangelands; vegetation; wheat; Africa; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia
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... Desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), swarms, during outbreaks and plagues, can invade many countries across vast regions of Africa and Asia, consuming substantial quantities of crops and rangeland vegetation. In the most recent desert locust episode, following its June 2018 origin in Saudi Arabia's remote interior, swarms entered Pakistan in March 2019 and devast ...
S.P. Gawande; K.P. Raghavendra; D. Monga; D.T. Nagrale; T. Prabhulinga; N. Hiremani; M. Meshram; Sandhya Kranthi; Nandini Gokte-Narkhedkar; V.N. Waghmare
... Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) ranks top among all endemic diseases transmitted by whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) affecting cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) causing severe economic losses to the cotton growers in the Indian subcontinent. For its effective management, robust tools for detection are a prerequisite and it is important to diagnose the virus titre in early stage of infection in plants as well ...
... Soil erosion and associated loss of soil nutrients and organic carbon are one of the major reasons for low crop productivity in major cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) growing areas of India. This calls for designing acceptable and low-cost bioengineering measures to enhance system productivity and soil health. Thus, a field study was conducted at Vasad, Gujarat, India from 2014 to 2017 to evaluate t ...
... The current experiment was conducted in greenhouse conditions to check the effect of silicon application methods (foliar and drenching), silicon sources (silicon dioxide: SiO₂ and potassium silicate: K₂SiO₃), and silicon concentrations (0, 200 and 400 ppm) on the oviposition preference and biology of Bemisia tabaci on cotton plants. Significantly lower oviposition and increased duration of all imm ...
... Ozone is the most reactive and toxic gas in the troposphere which affects agricultural productivity and causes global food crisis. Ozone enters in plants through the stomatal opening and overproduces ROS, which damages proteins, membrane lipids, and carbohydrates, affecting plant development and reduces yield. Presented study was conducted to measure the effect of ozone on morphophysiology of cott ...
... Topping is a cultivation method that is widely practiced due to the indeterminate growth character of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Among the different methods of accomplishing topping, manual topping is common in the Yellow River Valley of China, although it is time- and labor-intensive. The objective of this study was to characterize the responses of cotton to different topping treatments with ...
... Cotton plant has two physiological development periods which are vegetative and generative periods. The activities of urease, dehydrogenase, glucosidase and alkaline phosphatase enzymes in the soil continue during the growth of plants. In this study, three different fertilizer sources (diammonium phosphate (DAP), vermicompost and manure) and two cotton varieties (Candia and Lima) were used in non- ...
... Verticillium wilt (V-wilt) causes huge and irreparable losses to cotton worldwide every year. Potassium (K) is considered to be a critical nutrient for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. To verify the effect of K application on the establishment of an ecological-friendly soil microenvironment resistant to V-wilt, a two-year field experiment was conducted. Two cotton varieties (ND-601, resi ...
... Vegetable oils are important components of the human diet, and are also actively used for industrial and cosmetic purposes and as biofuels. The scope of oil application largely depends on its composition. The fatty acid composition of oils, in its turn, is built upon the presence and activity of the enzymes of their biosynthesis. The presented review is an attempt to summarize and generalize infor ...
... A rapid increase in the number of Gossypium hirsutum L. plants suddenly wilting and dying in a commercial cotton field in Central Queensland initiated this study. The aim was to characterise fungal species recovered from discoloured vascular tissue of dead plants and determine if they contributed to their death. Isolations were consistently dominated by one fungus based on culture morphology. Iden ...
Arabidopsis; Gossypium hirsutum; apical meristems; cotton; florigen; flowers; fluorescence; phylogeny; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; sequence alignment; two hybrid system techniques
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... The AP1/FUL transcription factors are important for floral development, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we cloned and identified two AP1/FUL-like genes, GhAP1.1 and GhFUL2, in upland cotton, which is a commonly cultivated economically valuable crop. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis indicated that GhAP1.1 and GhFUL2, which are encoded by genes in t ...
... In this study, genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of 22 cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) lines widely cultivated in Turkey were investigated. For this purpose, 20 ISSR primers were used, and five of which generated amplification products. The polymorphic locus ratio was calculated as 87.21% and a moderate level of genetic diversity was found between the genotypes. Percentage of the hig ...
Gossypium hirsutum; cotton; genetic variation; genotyping; germplasm; linear models; population structure; principal component analysis; India
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... A total of 96 different genotypes of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) were selected from the breeding material and germplasm available at CCS HAU, India, to find the novel marker-trait associations for morphological traits used for registration of variety in upland cotton. Twenty-three morphological traits of the selected genotypes were recorded in field trials conducted in two replication of ra ...
... Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH) is a key enzyme in plant glycerol synthesis and metabolism, and plays an important role in plant resistance to abiotic stress. Here, we identified 6, 7, 14 and 14 GPDH genes derived from Gossypium arboreum, Gossypium raimondii, Gossypium barbadense and Gossypium hirsutum, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis assigned these genes into three classes, and most ...
Gossypium hirsutum; abiotic stress; cotton; diploidy; genes; genome-wide association study; plant growth; salt tolerance; tetraploidy; transcriptome
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... BACKGROUND: AP2/ERF transcription factors are important in a variety of biological activities, including plant growth, development, and responses to biotic and abiotic stressors. However, little study has been done on cotton’s AP2/ERF genes, although cotton is an essential fibre crop. We were able to examine the tissue and expression patterns of AP2/ERF genes in cotton on a genome-wide basis becau ...
... Metallothioneins (MTs) are believed as key metal chelators and scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are involved in tolerance and de-toxicity to multiple environmental stresses in plants. The MT gene family was characterized from upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), compared with its putative genome donors G. arboretum and raimondii. Subsequently, gene functions were predicted by p ...
... BACKGROUND: Carboxylesterase (CXE) is a type of hydrolase with α/β sheet hydrolase activity widely found in animals, plants and microorganisms, which plays an important role in plant growth, development and resistance to stress. RESULTS: A total of 72, 74, 39, 38 CXE genes were identified in Gossypium barbadense, Gossypium hirsutum, Gossypium raimondii and Gossypium arboreum, respectively. The gen ...
... Asparagine synthetase (ASN) is one of the key enzymes of nitrogen (N) metabolism in plants. The product of ASN is asparagine, which is one of the key compounds involved in N transport and storage in plants. Complete genome-wide analysis and classifications of the ASN gene family have recently been reported in different plants. However, little is known about the systematic analysis and expression p ...
... Terpenoids are widely distributed in plants and play important roles in the regulation of plant growth and development and in the interactions between plants and both the environment and other organisms. However, terpene synthase (TPS) genes have not been systematically investigated in the tetraploid Gossypium hirsutum. In this study, whole genome identification and characterization of the TPS fam ...
... Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is the world’s most essential fiber-producing crop. The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is the largest cotton-growing region on our planet; superior local environments, unique cultivation management measures, and excellent cotton cultivars have ensured its irreplaceable role. However, the origin of the higher yield production and elite fiber quality observed ...
... Leaf angle, including leaf petiole angle (LPA) and leaf blade angle (LBA), is an important trait affecting plant architecture. Anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) genes play a vital role in plant growth and development, including regulation of leaf angle. Here, we identified and characterized the APC genes in Upland cotton (G. hirsutum L.) with a focus on GhAPC8, a homolog of soybean GmIL ...
... Cotton which produces natural fiber materials for the textile industry is one of the most important crops in the world. Class II KNOX proteins are often considered as transcription factors in regulating plant secondary cell wall (SCW) formation. However, the molecular mechanism of the KNOX transcription factor‐regulated SCW synthesis in plants (especially in cotton) remains unclear in details so f ...
... In plants, MYB transcription factors play diverse roles in growth, development, and response to abiotic and biotic stresses. However, the signaling processes of these transcription factors in defense against pathogen attacks remain largely unknown. This study isolated a novel R2R3-type MYB transcription factor GhODO1 from cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and functionally characterized its positive role ...
... The acquisition of transgenic materials relies on an efficient genetic transformation system, in which WUSCHEL-related homeobox genes play imperative roles in enhancing somatic embryogenesis potential. In our study, we isolated and characterized the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L) homologues of Arabidopsis WOX11 and WOX12, namely GhWOX11_At, GhWOX11_Dt, GhWOX12_Dt and GhWOX12_At. Domain analysis ind ...
... Verticillium wilt, caused by Verticillium dahliae, seriously restricts the yield and quality improvement of cotton. Previous studies have revealed the involvement of WRKY members in plant defense against V. dahliae, but the underlying mechanisms involved need to be further elucidated. Here, we demonstrated that Gossypium hirsutum WRKY DNA-binding protein 33 (GhWRKY33) functions as a negative regul ...
... Ubiquitination plays a vital role in modifying protein activity and destiny. Ub‐conjugating enzyme E2 is one of the enzymes that participates in this precise process. There are at least 169 E2 proteins in the allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), but their function remains unknown. Here we identify an E2 gene GhUBC2L and show its positive role in cell proliferation and expansion. Complete kn ...
Abelmoschus esculentus; Aenasius; Gossypium hirsutum; Hibiscus; Phenacoccus solenopsis; biological control; biological control agents; body weight; cotton; horticulture; life history; nutritive value; okra; oviposition; parasitism; parasitoids; China
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... Cotton mealy bug, Phenacoccus solenopsis (Tinsley) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a polyphagous and invasive pest of various agricultural and horticultural crops. Aenasius bambawalei (Hayat) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) is a biological control agent that provides most efficient control of this pest. Nutritional quality of P. solenopsis hosts affects the life history traits and parasitism rate of its ...
... Cotton bunchy top disease causes sporadic but serious losses in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) in Australia but little has been reported about the diversity, distribution, host range and detection of the causal agent, cotton bunchy top virus (CBTV). We have obtained the complete coding sequence of two poleroviruses from symptomatic cotton to cover all seven putative open reading frames. These species ...
... High-temperature stress can cause serious abiotic damage that limits the yield and quality of cotton plants. Heat Tolerance (HT) during the different developmental stages of cotton can guarantee a high yield under heat stress. HT is a complex trait that is regulated by multiple quantitative trait loci (QTLs). In this study, the F₂ population derived from a cross between MNH-886, a heat-tolerant cu ...
... KEY MESSAGE: Based on the integration of QTL-mapping and regulatory network analyses, five high-confidence stable QTL regions, six candidate genes and two microRNAs that potentially affect the cottonseed oil content were discovered. Cottonseed oil is increasingly becoming a promising target for edible oil with its high content of unsaturated fatty acids. In this study, a recombinant inbred line (R ...
... Verticillium wilt, primarily caused by the fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae, is a serious disease in cotton. Arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs), a class of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins, have been widely implicated in plant growth and environmental adaptation. The purpose of this study is to identify and characterize AGP members in cotton plants and explore their roles in responding to enviro ...
... The potassium transporter family HAK/KUP/KT is a large group of proteins that are important in plant potassium transport and play a crucial role in plant growth and development. The members of the family play an important role in the response of plants to abiotic stress by maintaining osmotic balance. However, the function of the family in cotton is unclear. In this study, whole genome identificat ...
Gossypium hirsutum; alleles; auxins; bioinformatics; cotton; fruits; genome-wide association study; haplotypes; linkage disequilibrium; mechanization; models; plant architecture; plant height; sequence analysis; single nucleotide polymorphism; Yangtze River
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... Plant architecture-related traits are extremely crucial for cotton plants and are closely linked to their ability to adapt to reasonably close planting and to their suitability for mechanized harvesting. However, the genetic basis for cotton plant architecture-related traits remains poorly understood. To identify favorable haplotypes/alleles (FHs/FAs) and candidate genes for target traits, we perf ...
... Hybrid crop varieties have been repeatedly demonstrated to produce significantly higher yields than their parental lines; however, the low efficiency and high cost of hybrid seed production has limited the broad exploitation of heterosis for cotton production. One option for increasing the yield of hybrid seed is to improve pollination efficiency by insect pollinators. Here, we report the molecula ...
... Integrating two years of bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flugge) into the peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cropping system improves soil quality and crop production as compared to a conventional peanut-cotton-cotton rotation (CR). However, it is unclear if this system, known as a sod-based rotation (SBR), affects soil biological communities (e.g., soil microorganisms and ...
... Measuring and assessing soil properties is critical for understanding how changes in agronomic practices affect the capability of soil to support cropping systems. A field study was conducted on a Marietta silt loam soil at the Plant Science Center at Mississippi State University to determine the effects of pelleted biosolids (PBS) relative to poultry litter (PL) and inorganic N fertilizer applied ...
... Nitrogen (N) is one of the most absorbed and exported nutrients by cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum L.), but excessive rates can result in excessive growth and reduce fiber yield and quality. Combinations of high N rates and high plant density reduced yields, especially in locations where yield is higher than 2000 kg ha⁻¹ of fiber. The effect on fiber quality (mainly micronaire and fiber strength ...
Gossypium hirsutum; brackish water; chlorophyll; cotton; drought; experimental design; freshwater; ionization; irrigated farming; irrigation rates; irrigation water; leaf area index; microirrigation; plant growth; plant height; salinity; seedlings; soil; soil salts; water treatment; water use efficiency; China
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... Irrigation agriculture, which is commonly applied in the arid area in Northwest China, faces multiple threats, including drought, shortage of freshwater supply to irrigation districts and soil salination. Reducing salinity damage to plant growth and, improving irrigation water productivity with ionized brackish water are crucial for sustaining the agricultural production in the region. In the curr ...
... Verticillium dahliae causes vascular wilt disease on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), resulting in devastating yield loss worldwide. While little is known about the mechanism of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), several lncRNAs have been implicated in numerous physiological processes and diseases. To better understand V. dahliae pathogenesis, lncRNA was conducted in a V. dahliae virulence model. Potenti ...
... Various cropping patterns are extensively used on the North China Plain, which greatly alter various soil properties. Although these soil properties respond differently to the different cropping patterns, little is known about the possible effects of cropping patterns on desalinized soils. To assess the effects of the different cropping patterns on soil properties and enzyme activities, a long-ter ...
... Cotton root microbiomes were investigated in two long-term rotation systems established in 2000, a bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flugge)-bahiagrass-peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)-cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) rotation (sod-based rotation, SBR) and a peanut-cotton-cotton rotation (conventional rotation, ConR), from 2017 to 2019. Our results demonstrate that bacterial communities were primarily struct ...
... Crop rotations, cover crops, and poultry litter (PL) under no tillage (NT) may improve soil health and crop yields. However, farmers’ adoption depends on whether they can generate extra profits. This study evaluated profitability of NT corn (Zea mays L.) in monoculture versus rotations with soybean (Glycine max L.) and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) with or without winter covers from 2002 to 2017. ...
... Intensive double cropping in the North China Plain has been challenged by serious environmental problems. Crop rotation is one of the important strategies for sustainable agriculture, which can reduce production risk and environmental impact. Yet, few studies have assessed enhanced crop rotation diversity on GHG emissions in the North China Plain. Carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), and nitrous o ...
... BACKGROUND: Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) has few cotton varieties suitable for mechanical harvesting. The plant height of the cultivar is one of the key features that need to modify. Hence, this study was planned to locate the QTL for plant height in a ⁶⁰Co γ treated upland cotton semi-dwarf mutant Ari1327. RESULTS: Interestingly, bulk segregant analysis (BSA) and genotyping by sequencing ...
... KEY MESSAGE : A backcross inbred line population of cotton was evaluated for Fusarium wilt race 4 resistance at different days after inoculation (DAI). Both constitutively expressed and developmentally regulated QTLs were detected. The soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (FOV) race 4 (FOV4) causes Fusarium wilt including seedling mortality in cotton. A backcross inbred line (BI ...
Gossypium hirsutum; Ziziphus jujuba; agroforestry; air temperature; cotton; field experimentation; income; latent heat; microclimate; photosynthetically active radiation; sole cropping; space and time; trees; wind speed; China
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... The purpose of this study was to establish a jujube (Zizyphus jujuba Mill.)–cotton (Gossypium hirsutum Linn.) intercropping agroforestry system in the south and north of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and to determine the impact of intercropping systems on microclimate, yield, and income compared with sole-cropping planting. Therefore, a two-year field experiment was carried out in the Hotan and ...
... Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD), caused by a geminivirus complex, is the most serious disease of upland cotton in northwest India and Pakistan. It results in substantial losses in cotton yield and fibre quality. Due to continuous appearance of new viral strains, all the established CLCuD resistant stocks, extant and obsolete cultivars of upland cotton have become susceptible. Therefore, it became ...
... The wide spread cultivation of transgenic Bt-cotton in India has altered the pest profile from bollworms to sap-sucking insect-pests especially whitefly [Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)]. A whitefly epidemic in 2015 destroyed cotton crop on nearly 1.5 million hectares in North Indian cotton growing states. Management of whitefly is not easy due to its wider host adaptability, potential for insecticide ...
... Cotton is the fifth-largest oil crop in the world. A high kernel oil content (KOC) and high stability are important cottonseed attributes for food security. In this study, the phenotype of KOC and the genotype-by-environment interaction factors were collectively dissected using 250 recombinant inbred lines, their parental cultivars sGK156 and 901-001, and CCRI70 across multi-environments. ANOVA an ...
Fernando dos Santos Araújo; Nair Helena Castro Arriel; Everaldo Paulo de Medeiros; Liziane Maria de Lima; Mayara Andrade de Souza; Alberício Pereira de Andrade; Riselane de Lucena Alcântara Bruno
Bayesian theory; Gossypium hirsutum; cotton; cultivars; evolution; gene flow; gene pool; genetic distance; genetic variation; germplasm; germplasm conservation; high volume instruments; micronaire; population structure; Brazil
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... The remaining populations of perennial cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. r. marie-galante Hutch.) that occur in northeastern Brazil are part of the primary gene pool for the creation of modern upland cotton cultivars. Therefore, we present fiber technological properties, genetic diversity and population structure analysis of four populations of G. hirsutum L. r. marie-galante from Paraíba state in Bra ...
... Temperatures between 10 °C and 25 °C limit seedling growth and reversibly inhibit net assimilation (AN) in cold-sensitive plants. Because AN represents multiple component processes operating in a highly concerted manner, quantifying the cold sensitivities of each constituent would provide targets for improving cold tolerance. To address this, Gossypium hirsutum (cotton) seedlings grown under sub-o ...
... The ongoing rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO₂]) has spurred the development of several experimental approaches for studying the effects of elevated [CO₂] on crop plants. Some experimental designs enriched [CO₂] only during the daytime hours and lacked [CO₂] enrichment at night. Previous reports indicate that [CO₂] enrichment at night can result in increased plant leaf area and ...
... Waterlogging stress hampers cotton growth and development, ultimately causing yield loss. Nitric oxide (NO) was previously found to alleviate waterlogging damage to cotton plants, but it is unclear whether NO can enhance compensatory growth after waterlogging relief. Herein, field-grown cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) plants at peak flowering were subjected to a 10-day waterlogging stress treatment ...
Gossypium hirsutum; Root Zone Water Quality Model; agriculture; cotton; cottonseed; decision support systems; deficit irrigation; field experimentation; groundwater; income; irrigation water; meteorological data; oases; seed yield; soil temperature; topsoil; transpiration; volumetric water content; water shortages; water use efficiency; China
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... Irrigated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is produced mainly in Northwest China, where groundwater is heavily used. To alleviate water scarcity and increase regional economic benefits, a four-year (2016–2019) field experiment was conducted in Qira Oasis, Xingjiang Province, to evaluate irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) in cotton production using the Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM2), that ...
... BACKGROUND: Plants suffer from various abiotic stresses during their lifetime, of which drought and salt stresses are two main factors limiting crop yield and quality. Previous studies have shown that abscisic acid (ABA) responsive element binding protein (AREB)/ ABRE binding factors (ABFs) in bZIP transcription factors are involved in plant stress response in an ABA-dependent manner. However, lit ...
... Reproductive performance in plants is impaired as maximum temperatures consistently approach 40°C. However, the timing of heatwaves critically affects their impact. We studied the molecular responses during pollen maturation in cotton to investigate the vulnerability to high temperature. Tetrads (TEs), uninucleate and binucleate microspores, and mature pollen were subjected to SWATH‐MS and RNA‐seq ...
Anoda; Gossypium hirsutum; agriculture; color; cotton; data collection; electronics; entropy; robots; weed control; weeds; Mississippi; North Carolina
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... Precision weed management offers a promising solution for sustainable cropping systems through the use of chemical-reduced/non-chemical robotic weeding techniques, which apply suitable control tactics to individual weeds or small clusters. Therefore, accurate identification of weed species plays a crucial role in such systems to enable precise, individualized weed treatment. Despite recent progres ...
... On a P-poor, calcareous soil, three upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars (ST 402, ST 405, Zeta 2) were tested for 2years under three P rates (0, 13.1, 26.2kgPha−1). Leaf traits (SPAD values; specific leaf area, SLA; carbon isotope discrimination, Δ; 15 N natural abundance, δ15 N) and elements (N, P, K, C, Na, Zn) along with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) colonisation wer ...
... In arid and semi-arid regions, water scarcity and soil salinization are major factors impacting sustainable agricultural production. In this study, a macroscopic root-water-uptake model was used to adapt a plant water deficit index (PWDI) for irrigation scheduling under conditions of coexisting soil water and salinity stress-causing factors. The traditional approach, estimating PWDI with average r ...
... Environment and crop management can play an important role in determining upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fiber quality. An important quality parameter is fiber micronaire, which is an indirect measure of fiber linear density (fineness) and maturity, and it is affected by crop supply and partitioning of assimilates to cotton fruit. High micronaire occurs when there is an excess of assimilate ...
... The use of tolerant crop varieties is a strategy that mitigates the water deficit effect in a sustainable way. The generation of these varieties is more efficient when variables associated with this tolerance have been identified, since they can facilitate the breeding processes. This study aimed to establish the relationships between water deficit tolerance of four cotton varieties (Nevada-123, O ...
... We assessed the potential profitability of twin‐row (TR) planting geometry as a water productivity‐enhancing practice and of skip‐row irrigation (SRI) as a water‐conserving practice in furrow‐irrigated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and soybean (Glycine max L.). Data from agronomic experiments carried on Dundee silt loam soils indicate that, on average, TR planting increases profitability by US$34 ...
... Although China is the world second largest cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) producer, it is the world largest cotton consumer with high reliance on import. Cotton cropping system in China underwent substantial changes in the past few decades as 85% of the previous cotton area changed into other uses, and its production center has shifted fast to new croplands in Xinjiang where farm size is larger an ...
Gossypium hirsutum; absorptivity; anthocyanins; bioclimatology; canopy; computer simulation; cotton; leaves; net radiation; radiant energy; solar radiation; stomatal conductance; temperature
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... Pigments are known to modify the spectral properties of foliage, which in turn affect the amount of radiant energy stored by the plant canopy. Studies have shown that red pigments (anthocyanin) increase leaf absorptivity of solar radiation, but little is known about their effect on canopy net radiation and temperature. We hypothesized that increased absorptivity of solar radiation caused by red pi ...
... Organic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production in the United States is steadily growing because of increased consumer demand, market premium prices, and regulatory shifts. As organic production expands in the United States, adventitious presence of genetically engineered (GE) traits caused by either pollen‐ or seed‐mediated gene flow from nonorganically grown sources of cotton raises concerns a ...
... The reduction of row spacing and increase of crop population density are important tools for maximizing crop yield. For this strategy to be effective, the crop population should not create intraspecific crop competition that penalizes yield. Thus, planting arrangements that increase light interception throughout the canopy without increasing row spacing might be needed to maintain yield. In this s ...
Gossypium hirsutum; Root Zone Water Quality Model; biomass; control methods; cost effectiveness; cotton; decision support systems; deficit irrigation; irrigation rates; leaf area; leaves; oases; photosynthesis; plant height; research; soil water; soil water content; stomatal conductance; water conservation; water stress; water use efficiency; China
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... Derived from an agricultural system model, a new cost-effective and water-saving decision support system for irrigation scheduling (DSSIS) was developed to control field irrigation of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) at the Qira oasis, Xinjiang, China. DSSIS used the water stress factor and soil water content simulated by the Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM2) to trigger irrigation and to calcul ...
... Cotton is not only a raw material for the textile industry, but also an important strategic material. However, traditional breeding methods have narrowed the genetic diversity of current cotton cultivars. Abundant germplasm resources is a solid foundation for breeding, the use of chemical mutagenesis to create abundant mutation is of great significance to cotton breeding. This study used ethyl met ...
... Gossypol, a terpenoid compound mainly synthesized in the cotton roots, acts as a phytoalexin in protecting the plants from biotic stress. Roots are critical for both the secondary metabolism and the growth of the plant. Light plays an important role in plant growth and material metabolism, however, the effect of root illumination (RI) on the cotton seedling growth and gossypol metabolism remains u ...
Gossypium hirsutum; cotton; cultivars; drought; fiber quality; gas exchange; germplasm; osmotolerance; photosynthesis; phytoremediation; potassium; salinity; salt stress; salt tolerance; sap; stomatal conductance; xylem
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... Drought and salinity are considered two major abiotic stresses that diminish cotton production worldwide. Studying common morphological and physiological responses in cotton cultivars may help plant biologists to develop and apply standard screening criteria for either of these stresses and for their combination. Therefore, this research aimed to assess the suitability of several physiological par ...
... BACKGROUND: Cotton stalk (CS) was deconstructed by sequential dilute acid‐alkali pretreatment (DALP) using sulfuric acid (1%, v/v) and sodium hydroxide (3%, w/v). The enzymatic hydrolysis of DALP‐CS by cellulase was optimized by Taguchi method, employing factors like solid loading, enzyme dose, tween 80, and pH as main process variables. For bioethanol production, pretreated CS was subjected to si ...
Gossypium hirsutum; brackish water; cotton; developmental stages; fine roots; longevity; microirrigation; models; mortality; nondestructive methods; root systems; salinity; soil water; soil water content; space and time
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... Fine roots distribution and dynamics (production, mortality, and longevity) significantly impact the crop soil ecosystems. However, the spatial distribution and dynamics of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fine roots under film-mulched drip irrigation are poorly understood. The present study aims to characterize these distributions and dynamics measured using a minirhizotron technique and the influe ...
Andréa A. S. Oliveira; Tamíris A. Araújo; Allan T. Showler; Ana C. A. Araújo; Igor S. Almeida; Renata S. A. Aguiar; José E. Miranda; Flávio L. Fernandes; Cristina S. Bastos
Anthonomus grandis grandis; Gossypium hirsutum; adults; cotton; dry season; geostatistics; oviposition; pest management; pests; phenology; wet season
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... BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the spatio‐temporal distribution of pests is important for the development of accurate management approaches. The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boh., is a deleterious cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., pest in the western hemisphere. The spread of boll weevils across cotton fields remains poorly understood. We assessed the dispersal pattern of adult weevils through c ...
... ATP binding cassette transporters (ABCTs) is one of the largest gene superfamily comprising of integral membrane proteins that are ubiquitously found in all domains of life and implicated in ATP dependent active transport of ligands across the concentration gradient. We present here the identification and distribution of ABC proteins from seven plant species into four groups (Full, Half, Quarter a ...
... Ca²⁺-dependent lipid-binding (CaLB) family proteins, containing C2 domain, play an important role in plant growth, development, and abiotic stress response. There has been no systematic identification of CaLB family genes in cotton (Gossypium). In this study, 196 GhCaLBs were identified and divided into five groups by phylogenetic tree analysis in Gossypium hirsutum. Gene structure and conserved p ...
... Strigolactones (SLs) are a new type of plant endogenous hormones that have been found to regulate plant growth and architecture. At present, some genes related to the biosynthesis and signaling pathway of SLs have been isolated in plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Pisum sativum and Oryza sativa. However, the signaling pathway and specific mechanism of SLs in cotton remain unclear. In this study ...
... Drought and Verticillium wilt disease are two main factors that limit cotton production, which necessitates the identification of key molecular switch to simultaneously improve cotton resistance to Verticillium dahliae and tolerance to drought stress. R2R3‐type MYB proteins could play such a role because of their conserved functions in plant development, growth, and metabolism regulation, however, ...
Gossypium hirsutum; cotton; drought; flowers; genes; genetically modified organisms; proline; raw materials; salt stress; seed germination; textile industry; transcription factors; two hybrid system techniques
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... Cotton is an important textile industry raw material crops, which plays a critical role in the development of society. MADS transcription factors (TFs) play a key role about the flowering time, flower development, and abiotic stress responses in plants, but little is known about their functions on abiotic stress in cotton. In this study, a MIKCC subfamily gene from cotton, GhFYF (FOREVER YOUNG FLO ...
Gossypium hirsutum; adenosine triphosphate; carbon dioxide fixation; cotton; energy; energy costs; guanosine triphosphate; leaves; lighting; photochemistry; photosystem II
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... Photosystem II (PSII), which splits water molecules at minimal excess photochemical potential, is inevitably photoinactivated during photosynthesis, resulting in compromised photosynthetic efficiency unless it is repaired. The energy cost of PSII repair is currently uncertain, despite attempts to calculate it. We experimentally determined the energy cost of repairing each photoinactivated PSII in ...
... Plant phospholipase D (PLD) and its product phosphatidic acid (PA) function in both abiotic and biotic stress signaling. However, to date, a PLD gene conferring the desired resistance to both biotic and abiotic stresses has not been found in cotton. Here, we isolated and identified a PLD gene GhPLDδ from cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), which functions in Verticillium wilt resistance and salt toleranc ...
... Lateral roots and root hairs are essential portions of cotton roots. However, the morphology and lifespan of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) lateral roots and root hairs in response to nitrogen stress have remained unknown. Two cotton cultivars were assessed when no nitrogen and normal nitrogen (138 mg N·kg⁻¹ soil) were added. The daily acquisitions of root phenotype information including the later ...
... Cotton is not only the most important fiber crop but also the fifth most important oilseed crop in the world because of its oil‐rich seeds as a byproduct of fiber production. By comparative transcriptome analysis between two germplasms with diverse oil accumulation, we reveal pieces of the gene expression network involved in the process of oil synthesis in cottonseeds. Approximately, 197.16 Gb of ...
... N⁶-methyladenosine (m⁶A) is a ubiquitous reversible epigenetic RNA modification which plays a significant role in regulation of gene expression and cell functions. However, m⁶A abundance, dynamics and topology remain unexplored in cotton. Here, we performed transcriptome-wide m⁶A profiling and comparative analysis of cotton root tissues under normal and salt stress treatments. Totally, 3360 and 37 ...
... Palmer amaranth has developed resistance to at least seven herbicide sites of action in the Cotton Belt of the United States, leaving producers with fewer options to manage this weed. Previous research with corn and newly commercially released soybean systems have found the use of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD)-inhibiting herbicides such as isoxaflutole (IFT) to be effective at managin ...