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JCR | Characters and structures of the nucleobase–ascorbate transporters (NAT) family genes in Gossypium hirsutum and their roles in responding to salt and drought stresses
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Fan Qin
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May 17, 2022
[Background] Nucleobase–ascorbate transporters (NAT), synonymously called nucleobase–cation symporter 2 (NCS2) proteins, were earlier reported to be involved in plant growth, development and resistance to stress. Previous studies concluded that s a polymorphic SNP associated with NAT12 was significant different between salt-tolerant and salt-sensit...
Issue 2 of Cotton Innovations Published
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Fiaz Ahmad
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Apr 19, 2022
April 2022 Vol 2 Issue 2
Cotton Innovations: March 2022 Vol 2 Issue 1
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Fiaz Ahmad
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Mar 21, 2022
March 2022 Vol 2 Issue 1
Paper Invitation: [IJMS] (IF: 5.924, ISSN: 1422-0067) — Special Issue "Cotton Molecular Genomics and Genetics"
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Fiaz Ahmad
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Mar 21, 2022
Dear Cotton Researchers I trust this email finds you well. Dr. Jie Sun, Dr. Qian-Hao Zhu and Dr. Shoupu He are serving as the Guest Editors for the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067, IF 5.924), Special Issue “Cotton Molecular Genomics and Genetics”. Based on your previous publications and expertise in the field, we thin...
JCR | Effect of nitrogen application level on cotton fibre quality
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Fan Qin
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Mar 10, 2022
[Abstract] The nitrogen (N) requirements of cotton are well understood and have been extensively studied since 1887, with practical guides, decision support systems, models and recent reviews providing information on the importance of providing cotton crops with a sufficient supply of nutrients and improving nitrogen use efficiency. Given that the...
JCR | Thellungiella halophila ST5 improves salt tolerance in cotton
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Fan Qin
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Mar 8, 2022
[Background] Salinity is a major abiotic stress to global agriculture which hampers crop growth and development, and eventually reduces yield. Transgenic technology is an effective and efficient approach to improve crop salt tolerance but depending on the availability of effective genes. We previously isolated Salt Tolerance5 (ThST5) from the halop...
JCR | A review of phosphorus nutrition in irrigated cotton farming systems of Australia
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Fan Qin
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Mar 4, 2022
[Abstract] Australian cotton production predominantly occurs on Vertisols. The average lint yield of cotton grown in Australia is 2 260–2 700 kg·hm−2, which is 2.5 to 3 times the world average. This high productivity per unit of land area requires efficient use of resources such as water and nutrients. However, high yields accelerate the export of...
JCR | Advances and prospects of genetic mapping of Verticillium wilt resistance in cotton
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Fan Qin
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Mar 4, 2022
[Abstract] Verticillium wilt is one of the most important diseases affecting cotton production in China. The fungus, Verticillium dahliae, has a wide host range and a high degree of genetic variability. No resistance resources have been found in the available planting resources, thus presenting difficulties and challenges for our study. The long-te...
JCR | A review of the pathogenicity mechanism of Verticillium dahliae in cotton
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Fan Qin
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Mar 3, 2022
[Abstract] Verticillium wilt, caused by the notorious fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae, is one of the main limiting factors for cotton production. Due to the stable dormant structure microsclerotia, long-term variability and co-evolution with host plant, its pathogenicity mechanism is very complicated, and the interaction mechanism between path...
JCR | Arabidopsis NLP7 improves nitrogen use efficiency and yield in cotton
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Fan Qin
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Mar 3, 2022
[Background] Nitrogen (N) is a required macronutrient for cotton growth and productivity. Excessive N fertilizers are applied in agriculture for crop yield maximization, which also generates environmental pollution. Improving crop N use efficiency (NUE) is the most economical and desirable way of reducing fertilizer application and environmental po...
Cotton Facts and Secrets
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Fiaz Ahmad
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Feb 24, 2022
The book will be soon available on google books Cotton Facts and Secrets book summary
JCR | Evaluation of Thellungiella halophila ST7 for improving salt tolerance in cotton
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Fan Qin
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Feb 21, 2022
[Background] Gossypium hirsutum (upland cotton) is one of the principal fiber crops in the world. Cotton yield is highly affected by abiotic stresses, among which salt stress is considered as a major problem around the globe. Transgenic approach is efficient to improve cotton salt tolerance but depending on the availability of salt tolerance genes....
JCR | Genotypic variation in root morphology, cotton subtending leaf physiology and fiber quality against nitrogen
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Fan Qin
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Dec 13, 2021
[Background] Nitrogen (N) is important for improving various morphological and physiological processes of cotton but their contribution to fiber quality is still lacking. [Aims] The current study aimed to explore the relationship between root morphology, subtending leaf physiology, and fiber quality of contrasting N-efficient cotton genotypes in...
JCR | The effects of straw-returning and inorganic K fertilizer on the carbon–nitrogen balance and reproductive growth of cotton
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Fan Qin
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Dec 8, 2021
[Background] Many studies have indicated that straw-returning could meet part or even all of the potassium (K) demand for crop growth in the field, but few have compared the effects of crop straw as K source and inorganic K fertilizer on carbon–nitrogen (C–N) balance of cotton and the reproductive growth. To address this, field experiments were con...
JCR | Effect of vapour pressure deficit on gas exchange of field-grown cotton
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Fan Qin
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Dec 8, 2021
[Background] Plants respond to changes in vapour pressure deficit (VPD) between the leaf and the atmosphere through changes in stomatal response, which can consequently affect transpiration, photosynthesis, and leaf-level water use efficiencies. With projected warmer air temperatures, changes in rainfall distribution and altered VPD in future clima...
JCR | A discussion on cotton transformation during the last decade (2010–2021); an update on present trends and future prospects
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Fan Qin
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Dec 8, 2021
[Abstract] The introduction of genetically modified (GM) cotton in 1996 in the US and its worldwide spread later rejuvenated cotton production in many parts of the world. The evolution is continued since then and currently, the 3rd and fourth generation of same GM cotton is grown in many parts of the world. The GM cotton introduced in 1996 was simp...
JCR| The effect of time and type of stress moderators on yield and yield components of cotton on conventional and double-cropping systems under saline conditions
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Fan Qin
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Oct 19, 2021
[Background] Today, stress moderators are employed to mitigate crop loss due to the adverse effects of environmental stress. The current research aimed to investigate the impacts of time and stress moderator types on agro-physiological responses of cotton on conventional and double-cropping systems during 2017 and 2018 under saline conditions. A sp...
JCR| Knockdown of 60S ribosomal protein L14-2 reveals their potential regulatory roles to enhance drought and salt tolerance in cotton
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Fan Qin
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Oct 19, 2021
[Background] Cotton is a valuable economic crop and the main significant source of natural fiber for textile industries globally. The effects of drought and salt stress pose a challenge to strong fiber and large-scale production due to the ever-changing climatic conditions. However, plants have evolved a number of survival strategies, among them is...
JCR | Tolerance of Pima and Upland cotton to trifloxysulfuron (Envoke) herbicide under field conditions
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Fan Qin
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Oct 19, 2021
[Abstract] Trifloxysulfuron (Envoke) is an acetolactate synthase-inhibitor herbicide and can be used to control many broadleaf weeds and nutsedges in cotton production. However, there is a lack of information on genotypic variation in response to the herbicide. In this field study, 60 Pima (Gossypium barbadense L.) lines, 122 Upland (G. hirsutum L....
JCR | Current advances in pathogen-plant interaction between Verticillium dahliae and cotton provide new insight in the disease management
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Fan Qin
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Oct 19, 2021
[Abstract] Verticillium wilt is the second serious vascular wilt caused by the phytopathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae Kleb. It has distributed worldwide, causing serious yield losses and fiber quality reduction in cotton production. The pathogen has developed different mechanisms like the production of cell wall degrading enzymes, activation o...