Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., is a plant fibre of significant economic importance, with seeds providing an additional source of protein in human and animal nutrition. Flavonoids play a vital role in maintaining plant health and function and much research has investigated the role of flavonoids in plant defence and plant vigour and the influence these have on cotton production. As part of ongoi...

Two cDNAs and their corresponding genes (GhUBC1 and GhUBC2) encoding ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2s) have been cloned and characterized from allotetraploid cotton Gossypium hirsutum ((AD)(1) genome). Three additional E2 genes (GaUBC1, GtUBC2, and GrUBC2) have also been identified from diploid cottons Gossypium arboreum (A(2) genome), Gossypium thurberi (D(1) genome), and Gossypium raimondii...

Because of the great commercial importance of cotton fibers, their structure at various stages of development has been carefully studied. An indication of the work that has been done along this line may be gained from the papers of Dischendorfer {6),^ Youngman and Pande {63), and Kerr {21), which give a number of literature citations. Structure of the seed {I4, v, 3; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37) and...

The use of aneuploid lines significantly increases the effectiveness of molecular-genetic analysis and the development of superior quality breeding lines via substitutions by alien chromosomes. To date, however, a complete set of aneuploid series for each cotton chromosome is not available. Here, we present the development of a monosomic stock collection of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) from U...

Extreme variability in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) yields from year to year, as well as a lack of any noticeable increases in yield over the past decade, has caused major concern for producers. Although yield is mainly controlled by genetics, environment, and cultural inputs, it is now believed that temperature is one of the major factors affecting the development of cotton yield. Our earlie...