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Thematic Series

Germplasm

This collection is a Thematic Series of Journal of Cotton Research.

Edited by: Prof. Dr. Xiongming DU

Germplasm has always been the key resource for plant improvement and is becoming the bottleneck to encounter the challenges in revitalization of seed production industry. With the fast-evolving techniques and methods in the past decades, the studies towards identification, evaluation, construction, restoration, conservation and creation of cotton germplasm have gained many breakthroughs worldwide. This collection is focusing on new progress, achievement, methodology, standards, database, and software about cotton germplasm. Topics are included but not limited as follow:

  • Genomic/phenotypic structure analysis/evaluation of cotton germplasm
  • Techniques/methodology/database/software on collection, conservation and identification and improving of cotton germplasm on regional or worldwide scale.
  • Elite allele and related gene mining, gene regulatory network and functional genomic study 
  • Progress in breeding and utilization of germplasm resources in cotton

Published articles in this collection

  1. Cotton has enormous economic potential, providing high-quality protein, oil, and fibre. But the comprehensive utilization of cottonseed is limited by the presence of pigment gland and its inclusion. Pigment gl...

    Authors: Yue Sun, Ping Yang, Yifei Han, Huazu Li, Deli Sun, Jinhong Chen, Shuijin Zhu and Tianlun Zhao
    Citation: Journal of Cotton Research 2024 7:14
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. Photosystem II (PSII) constitutes an intricate  assembly of protein pigments, featuring extrinsic and intrinsic polypeptides within the photosynthetic membrane. The low-molecular-weight transmembrane protein PsbX...

    Authors: Irum Raza, Abida Parveen, Adeel Ahmad, Daowu Hu, Zhaoe Pan, Imran Ali and Xiongming Du
    Citation: Journal of Cotton Research 2024 7:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. Under K deficiency the uptake and distribution pattern in plant cells is mediated through different transport proteins and channels which were controlled by specific gene family. Therefore, a hydroponic experi...

    Authors: Muhammad Naeem Akhtar, Tanveer ul Haq, Muhammad Waseem Akhtar and Ghulam Abbass
    Citation: Journal of Cotton Research 2023 6:14
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. For the purpose of utilising hybrid vigour to produce possible hybrids with a suitable level of stability, the knowledge of gene activity and combining ability is a crucial prerequisite before choosing desirab...

    Authors: Bhimireddy SUKRUTHA, Sivakami RAJESWARI, N. PREMALATHA, Narayana Manikanda BOOPATHI, K. THIRUKUMARAN and A. MANIVANNAN
    Citation: Journal of Cotton Research 2023 6:12
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. Gossypium hirsutum undergoes rapid clonal propagation to regenerate a mature plant through tissue culture. However, the correlation between cotton leaf regeneration, callus induction, and regeneration ability was...

    Authors: Sani Muhammad TAJO, Zhaoe PAN, Shoupu HE, Yinhua JIA, Tahir MAHMOOD, Mian Fasil NAZIR, Daowu HU, Liru WANG, Salisu Bello SADAU, Sani IBRAHIM, Umar AUTA, Xiaoli GENG and Xiongming DU
    Citation: Journal of Cotton Research 2023 6:9
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. Herbicide tolerance in crops enables them to survive when lethal doses of herbicides are applied to surrounding weeds. Herbicide-tolerant crops can be developed through transgenic approaches or traditional mut...

    Authors: Tianzi CHEN, Xitie LING, Yue YU and Baolong ZHANG
    Citation: Journal of Cotton Research 2023 6:4
    Content type: Research Published on:

  8. Potassium (K) deficiency has become a common field production problem following the widespread adoption of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) worldwide. The purpose of this stud...

    Authors: Qianqian WANG, Wei YAN, Yichi ZHANG, Manman ZHAN, Xiaoli LUO, A. Egrinya ENEJI, Anhong ZHANG, Juanli XIAO, Fangjun LI and Xiaoli TIAN
    Citation: Journal of Cotton Research 2022 5:24
    Content type: Research Published on: