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Shelake RM, Wagh SG, Patil AM, Červený J, Waghunde RR, Kim JY. Heat Stress and Plant-Biotic Interactions: Advances and Perspectives. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:2022. [PMID: 39124140 PMCID: PMC11313874 DOI: 10.3390/plants13152022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2024] [Revised: 07/11/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024]
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Climate change presents numerous challenges for agriculture, including frequent events of plant abiotic stresses such as elevated temperatures that lead to heat stress (HS). As the primary driving factor of climate change, HS threatens global food security and biodiversity. In recent years, HS events have negatively impacted plant physiology, reducing plant's ability to maintain disease resistance and resulting in lower crop yields. Plants must adapt their priorities toward defense mechanisms to tolerate stress in challenging environments. Furthermore, selective breeding and long-term domestication for higher yields have made crop varieties vulnerable to multiple stressors, making them more susceptible to frequent HS events. Studies on climate change predict that concurrent HS and biotic stresses will become more frequent and severe in the future, potentially occurring simultaneously or sequentially. While most studies have focused on singular stress effects on plant systems to examine how plants respond to specific stresses, the simultaneous occurrence of HS and biotic stresses pose a growing threat to agricultural productivity. Few studies have explored the interactions between HS and plant-biotic interactions. Here, we aim to shed light on the physiological and molecular effects of HS and biotic factor interactions (bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, nematodes, insect pests, pollinators, weedy species, and parasitic plants), as well as their combined impact on crop growth and yields. We also examine recent advances in designing and developing various strategies to address multi-stress scenarios related to HS and biotic factors.
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- Rahul Mahadev Shelake
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four Program), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno 60300, Czech Republic;
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- Cotton Improvement Project, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV), Rahuri 413722, India;
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- Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno 60300, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Bharuch 392012, India;
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four Program), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
- Division of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
- Nulla Bio Inc., Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
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Ijaz A, Anwar Z, Ali A, Ditta A, Shani MY, Haidar S, Wang B, Fang L, Khan SMUD, Khan MKR. Unraveling the genetic and molecular basis of heat stress in cotton. Front Genet 2024; 15:1296622. [PMID: 38919956 PMCID: PMC11196824 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1296622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Human activities and climate change have resulted in frequent and intense weather fluctuations, leading to diverse abiotic stresses on crops which hampers greatly their metabolic activities. Heat stress, a prevalent abiotic factor, significantly influences cotton plant biological activities resulting in reducing yield and production. We must deepen our understanding of how plants respond to heat stress across various dimensions, encompassing genes, RNAs, proteins, metabolites for effective cotton breeding. Multi-omics methods, primarily genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and phenomics, proves instrumental in studying cotton's responses to abiotic stresses. Integrating genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomic is imperative for our better understanding regarding genetics and molecular basis of heat tolerance in cotton. The current review explores fundamental omics techniques, covering genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, to highlight the progress made in cotton omics research.
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- Aqsa Ijaz
- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- School of Life Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, China
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Guo Y, Chen Q, Qu Y, Deng X, Zheng K, Wang N, Shi J, Zhang Y, Chen Q, Yan G. Development and identification of molecular markers of GhHSP70-26 related to heat tolerance in cotton. Gene 2023; 874:147486. [PMID: 37196889 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Heat stress significantly affect plant growth and development, which is an important factor contributing to crop yield loss. However, heat shock proteins (HSPs) in plants can effectively alleviate cell damage caused by heat stress. In order to rapidly and accurately cultivate heat-tolerant cotton varieties, this study conducted correlation analysis between heat tolerance index and insertion/deletion (In/Del) sites of GhHSP70-26 promoter in 39 cotton materials, so as to find markers related to heat tolerance function of cotton, which can be used in molecular marker-assisted breeding. The results showed the natural variation allele (Del22 bp) type at -1590 bp upstream of GhHSP70-26 promoter (haplotype2, Hap2) in cotton (Gossypium spp.) promoted GhHSP70-26 expression under heat stress. The relative expression level of GhHSP70-26 of M-1590-Del22 cotton materials were significantly higher than that of M-1590-In type cotton materials under heat stress (40 ℃). Also, M-1590-Del22 material had lower conductivity and less cell damage after heat stress, indicating that it is a heat resistant cotton material. The Hap1 (M-1590-In) promoter was mutated into Hap1del22, and Hap1 and Hap1del22 were fused with GUS to transform Arabidopsis thaliana. Furthermore, Hap1del22 promoter had higher induction activity than Hap1 under heat stress and abscisic acid (ABA) treatment in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Further analysis confirmed that M-1590-Del22 was the dominant heat-resistant allele. In summary, these results identify a key and previously unknown natural variation in GhHSP70-26 with respect to heat tolerance, providing a valuable functional molecular marker for genetic breeding of cotton and other crops with heat tolerance.
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- Yaping Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology / Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China; College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China
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- College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China
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- College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China
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- College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China
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- College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology / Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology / Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology / Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology / Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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Sarwar M, Saleem MF, Ullah N, Ali A, Collins B, Shahid M, Munir MK, Chung SM, Kumar M. Superior leaf physiological performance contributes to sustaining the final yield of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) genotypes under terminal heat stress. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 29:739-753. [PMID: 37363422 PMCID: PMC10284769 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-023-01322-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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This study aimed to optimize methods for identifying heat-tolerant and heat-susceptible cotton plants by examining the relationship between leaf physiology and cotton yield. Cotton accessions were exposed to elevated temperatures through staggered sowing and controlled growth conditions in a glasshouse. Based on their yield performance, leaf physiology, cell biochemistry, and pollen germination, the accessions were categorized as heat-tolerant, moderately tolerant, or susceptible. High temperatures had a significant impact on various leaf physiological and biochemical factors, such as cell injury, photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, leaf temperature, chlorophyll fluorescence, and enzyme activities. The germination of flower pollen and seed cotton yield was also affected. The study demonstrated that there was a genetic variability for heat tolerance among the tested cotton accessions, as indicated by the interaction between accession and environment. Leaf gas exchange, cell biochemistry, pollen germination, and cotton yield were strongly associated with heat-sensitive accessions, but this association was negligible in tolerant accessions. Principal component analysis was used to classify the accessions based on their performance under heat stress conditions. The findings suggest that leaf physiological traits, cell biochemistry, pollen germination, and cotton yield can be effective indicators for selecting heat-tolerant cotton lines. Future research could explore additional genetic traits for improved selection and development of heat-tolerant accessions. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-023-01322-8.
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- Muhammad Sarwar
- Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Research Station, Office of VP for Research and Graduate Studies, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
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- Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, PO Box 1054, Mareeba, QLD 4880 Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4814 Australia
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- Agronomic Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Life Science, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Seoul, 10326 Korea
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- Department of Life Science, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Seoul, 10326 Korea
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Farooq MA, Chattha WS, Shafique MS, Karamat U, Tabusam J, Zulfiqar S, Shakeel A. Transgenerational impact of climatic changes on cotton production. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:987514. [PMID: 37063216 PMCID: PMC10102597 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.987514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Changing climatic conditions are an increasing threat to cotton production worldwide. There is a need to develop multiple stress-tolerant cotton germplasms that can adapt to a wide range of environments. For this purpose, 30 cotton genotypes were evaluated for two years under drought (D), heat (H), and drought + heat stresses (DH) under field conditions. Results indicated that plant height, number of bolls, boll weight, seed cotton yield, fiber fineness, fiber strength, fiber length, K+, K+/Na+, relative water contents (RWC), chlorophyll a and b, carotenoids, and total soluble proteins got reduced under D and H and were lowest under DH, whereas superoxidase dismutase (SOD), H2O2, Na+, GOT%, total phenolic contents, ascorbate, and flavonoids got increased for consecutive years. Correlation studies indicated that there was a positive correlation between most of the traits, but a negative correlation with H2O2 and Na+ ions. PCA and clustering analysis indicated that MNH-786, KAHKSHAN, CEMB-33, MS-71, FH-142, NIAB-820, CRS-2007, and FH-312 consistently performed better than other genotypes for most traits under stress conditions. Identified genotypes can be utilized in the future cotton breeding program to develop high-yielding, climate change-resilient cotton.
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- Muhammad Awais Farooq
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Molecular Virology Laboratory, National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Li Y, Hu Z, Dong Y, Xie Z. Overexpression of the cotton trihelix transcription factor GhGT23 in Arabidopsis mediates salt and drought stress tolerance by binding to GT and MYB promoter elements in stress-related genes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1144650. [PMID: 36938019 PMCID: PMC10017854 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1144650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is the world's most economically valuable textile crop. However, cotton plants are often subjected to numerous abiotic stresses that can dramatically limit yield. Trihelix transcription factors (TTFs) play important roles in abiotic stress responses in many plant species, and efforts to better understand their roles in cotton abiotic stress responses are ongoing. In this study, a member of the cotton TTF family (GhGT23) was functionally characterized. This protein contains a SANT domain and is a member of the SIP subfamily of TTF proteins. GhGT23 was significantly (p < 0.05) and highly expressed in cotton fiber compared to relatively low expression in other tissues. A significant (p < 0.05) increase in GhGT23 expression occurred in cotton seedlings within 12 hours of drought, salt, and ABA exposure. The GhGT23 protein localized in the nucleus but exhibited no signs of transactivation activity. GhGT23 overexpression in Arabidopsis conferred enhanced drought and salt stress tolerance. The expression of stress-related genes was higher in transgenic Arabidopsis expressing GhGT23 than in wild-type plants subjected to salt stress. The results of electrophoretic mobility shift assay revealed that GhGT23 could bind to the GT cis-elements GT-1Box (Box II), GT2-Box, GT3-Box, GT-3a (Site1-type), GT-3b, and Box as well as the MYB cis-elements MBS1 and MRE4. Our results demonstrate that GhGT23 positively regulates salt and drought stress responses, possibly by enhancing the expression of stress-related genes.
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- Yue Li
- College of Life Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China
- Xinjiang Production and Construction Group Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Gene Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Shihezi, China
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- College of Life Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China
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- Xinjiang Production and Construction Group Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Gene Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Shihezi, China
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- Xinjiang Production and Construction Group Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Gene Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Shihezi, China
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Li Y, Hu Z, Dong Y, Xie Z. Trihelix Transcriptional Factor GhGT26 of Cotton Enhances Salinity Tolerance in Arabidopsis. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11202694. [PMID: 36297717 PMCID: PMC9610538 DOI: 10.3390/plants11202694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), the most important textile crop worldwide, often encounters abiotic stress during its growing season and its productivity is significantly limited by adverse factors. Trihelix transcription factors (also known as GT factors) are important proteins involved in the morphological development and responses to abiotic stress in plants. However, their functions and molecular mechanisms in the cotton toward abiotic stress response remain unclear. In this study, a member (GhGT26) of the cotton Trihelix family was functionally characterized in the model plant Arabidopsis. This protein containing a SANT domain belongs to the GT-1 subgroup of trihelix proteins. GhGT26 was widely expressed in tissues (with the highest level in flower) and responded to high salt and ABA treatments at the transcriptional level. Using the Arabidopsis protoplast assay system, we found that the GhGT26 protein was located in the cell nuclei. The EMSA assay revealed that the GhGT26 protein could bind to the Site1-type GT cis elements (GT-3a) and MYB elements MRE3 and MRE4. The overexpression of GhGT26 improved plant tolerance to salt stress in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Although ABA inhibits root elongation, the statistical analysis revealed that the root lengths of GhGT26-overexpressing Arabidopsis were the same as the wild plants after ABA treatment. Our results demonstrate that GhGT26 positively regulates salt stress via ABA-independent pathways. This evidence suggests that the GhGT26 may participate in the regulation of stress tolerance in cotton.
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- Yue Li
- Xinjiang Production and Construction Group Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Gene Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, 221 Wuyi Road, Shihezi 832000, China
- College of Life Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, 311 Nongda East Road, Urumqi 830001, China
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- College of Life Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, 311 Nongda East Road, Urumqi 830001, China
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- Xinjiang Production and Construction Group Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Gene Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, 221 Wuyi Road, Shihezi 832000, China
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- Xinjiang Production and Construction Group Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Enhancement and Gene Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, 221 Wuyi Road, Shihezi 832000, China
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Anwar M, Saleem MA, Dan M, Malik W, Ul-Allah S, Ahmad MQ, Qayyum A, Amjid MW, Zia ZU, Afzal H, Asif M, Ur Rahman MA, Hu Z. Morphological, physiological and molecular assessment of cotton for drought tolerance under field conditions. Saudi J Biol Sci 2022; 29:444-452. [PMID: 35002440 PMCID: PMC8717151 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Climate change could be an existential threat to many crops. Drought and heat stress are becoming harder for cultivated crops. Cotton in Pakistan is grown under natural high temperature and low moisture, could be used as a source of heat and drought tolerance. Therefore, the study was conducted to morphological, physiological and molecular characterization of cotton genotypes under field conditions. A total of 25 cotton genotypes were selected from the gene pool of Pakistan based on tolerance to heat and drought stress. In field trail, the stress related traits like boll retention percentage, plant height, number of nodes and inter-nodal distance were recorded. In physiological assessment, traits such as photosynthesis rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, leaf temperature, relative water content and excised leaf water loss were observed. At molecular level, a set of 19 important transcription factors, controlling drought/heat stress tolerance (HSPCB, GHSP26, HSFA2, HSP101, HSP3, DREB1A, DREB2A, TPS, GhNAC2, GbMYB5, GhWRKY41, GhMKK3, GhMPK17, GhMKK1, GhMPK2, APX1, HSC70, ANNAT8, and GhPP2A1) were analyzed from all genotypes. Data analyses depicted that boll retention percentage, photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, relative water content under the stress conditions were associated with the presence of important drought & heat TF/genes which depicts high genetic potential of Pakistani cotton varieties against abiotic stress. The variety MNH-886 appeared in medium plant height, high boll retention percentage, high relative water content, photosynthesis rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate and with maximum number transcription factors under study. The variety may be used as source material for heat and drought tolerant cotton breeding. The results of this study may be useful for the cotton breeders to develop genotype adoptable to environmental stresses under climate change scenario.
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- Muhammad Anwar
- Guangdong Technology Research Center for Marine Algal Bioengineering, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.,Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-campus, Layyah, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- State Key Lab. of Crop Genetics & Germplasm, Nanjing Agriculture University, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Guangdong Technology Research Center for Marine Algal Bioengineering, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Guangdong Technology Research Center for Marine Algal Bioengineering, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource & Eco-environmental Science, Longhua Innovation Institute for Biotechnology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Ahmad M, Waraich EA, Skalicky M, Hussain S, Zulfiqar U, Anjum MZ, Habib ur Rahman M, Brestic M, Ratnasekera D, Lamilla-Tamayo L, Al-Ashkar I, EL Sabagh A. Adaptation Strategies to Improve the Resistance of Oilseed Crops to Heat Stress Under a Changing Climate: An Overview. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:767150. [PMID: 34975951 PMCID: PMC8714756 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.767150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Temperature is one of the decisive environmental factors that is projected to increase by 1. 5°C over the next two decades due to climate change that may affect various agronomic characteristics, such as biomass production, phenology and physiology, and yield-contributing traits in oilseed crops. Oilseed crops such as soybean, sunflower, canola, peanut, cottonseed, coconut, palm oil, sesame, safflower, olive etc., are widely grown. Specific importance is the vulnerability of oil synthesis in these crops against the rise in climatic temperature, threatening the stability of yield and quality. The natural defense system in these crops cannot withstand the harmful impacts of heat stress, thus causing a considerable loss in seed and oil yield. Therefore, a proper understanding of underlying mechanisms of genotype-environment interactions that could affect oil synthesis pathways is a prime requirement in developing stable cultivars. Heat stress tolerance is a complex quantitative trait controlled by many genes and is challenging to study and characterize. However, heat tolerance studies to date have pointed to several sophisticated mechanisms to deal with the stress of high temperatures, including hormonal signaling pathways for sensing heat stimuli and acquiring tolerance to heat stress, maintaining membrane integrity, production of heat shock proteins (HSPs), removal of reactive oxygen species (ROS), assembly of antioxidants, accumulation of compatible solutes, modified gene expression to enable changes, intelligent agricultural technologies, and several other agronomic techniques for thriving and surviving. Manipulation of multiple genes responsible for thermo-tolerance and exploring their high expressions greatly impacts their potential application using CRISPR/Cas genome editing and OMICS technology. This review highlights the latest outcomes on the response and tolerance to heat stress at the cellular, organelle, and whole plant levels describing numerous approaches applied to enhance thermos-tolerance in oilseed crops. We are attempting to critically analyze the scattered existing approaches to temperature tolerance used in oilseeds as a whole, work toward extending studies into the field, and provide researchers and related parties with useful information to streamline their breeding programs so that they can seek new avenues and develop guidelines that will greatly enhance ongoing efforts to establish heat stress tolerance in oilseeds.
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- Muhammad Ahmad
- Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Horticultural Sciences Department, Tropical Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Homestead, FL, United States
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- Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Forestry and Range Management, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
- Crop Science Group, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czechia
- Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia
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- Department of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkey
- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Shaikh, Egypt
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Naeem M, Iqbal M, Ul-Allah S, Chaudhary HJ, Nazeer W, Ashraf J, Baloch FS. Expression studies of stress responsive genes in cotton Gossypium hirsutum L. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:7077-7085. [PMID: 34535835 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06696-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cotton is the world's richest source of natural fiber. Meanwhile cotton plant is top ranked stress sensitive plant thereby affecting its yield and fiber quality. But, in climate change scenario, fiber yield and quality are being affected due to environmental stresses, especially heat, drought and salinity. Present study is aimed to identify cotton genotype harboring prominently expressed stress responsive genes. METHODS Four cotton genotypes (IUB-13, IUB-222, IUB-09 and MM-58) were evaluated under drought and salinity stress for yield traits and expression of different stress responsive genes (GhWRKY3, GhDREB2 and GhRDR6). RESULTS Pronounced expression of GhWRKY3, GhDREB2and GhRDR6 was observed in cotton variety IUB-13 in stress condition (drought and salinity) as compared to control followed by IUB-222 which revealed that these genotypes might possess substantial potential to cope with environmental hazards encountered in growing season CONCLUSION: Utilization of cotton genotypes i.e., IUB-13 and IUB-222 in cotton breeding program can be very much fruitful for developing cotton genotypes adoptable to climate change.
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- Muhammad Naeem
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- College of Agriculture, Bahadur Sub Campus Layyah, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas, Turkey.
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Yue L, Li G, Dai Y, Sun X, Li F, Zhang S, Zhang H, Sun R, Zhang S. Gene co-expression network analysis of the heat-responsive core transcriptome identifies hub genes in Brassica rapa. PLANTA 2021; 253:111. [PMID: 33905008 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03630-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Gene co-expression network analysis of the heat-responsive core transcriptome in two contrasting Brassica rapa accessions reveals the main metabolic pathways, key modules and hub genes, are involved in long-term heat stress. Brassica rapa is a widely cultivated and economically important vegetable in Asia. High temperature is a common stress that severely impacts leaf head formation in B. rapa, resulting in reduced quality and production. The purpose of this study was thus to identify candidate heat tolerance genes by comparative transcriptome analysis of two contrasting B. rapa accessions in response to long-term heat stress. Two B. rapa accessions, '268' and '334', which showed significant differences in heat tolerance, were used for RNA sequencing analysis. We identified a total of 11,055 and 8921 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in '268' and '334', respectively. Functional enrichment analyses of all of the identified DEGs, together with the genes identified from weighted gene co-expression network analyses (WGCNA), revealed that the autophagy pathway, glutathione metabolism, and ribosome biogenesis in eukaryotes were significantly up-regulated, whereas photosynthesis was down-regulated, in the heat resistance of B. rapa '268'. Furthermore, when B. rapa '334' was subjected to long-term high-temperature stress, heat stress caused significant changes in the expression of certain functional genes linked to protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum and plant hormone signal transduction pathways. Autophagy-related genes might have been induced by persistent heat stress and remained high during recovery. Several hub genes like HSP17.6, HSP17.6B, HSP70-8, CLPB1, PAP1, PYR1, ADC2, and GSTF11 were discussed in this study, which may be potential candidates for further analyses of the response to long-term heat stress. These results should help elucidate the molecular mechanisms of heat stress adaptation in B. rapa.
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- Lixin Yue
- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China.
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Zafar MM, Jia X, Shakeel A, Sarfraz Z, Manan A, Imran A, Mo H, Ali A, Youlu Y, Razzaq A, Iqbal MS, Ren M. Unraveling Heat Tolerance in Upland Cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) Using Univariate and Multivariate Analysis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:727835. [PMID: 35095940 PMCID: PMC8792985 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.727835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The ever-changing global environment currently includes an increasing ambient temperature that can be a devastating stress for organisms. Plants, being sessile, are adversely affected by heat stress in their physiology, development, growth, and ultimately yield. Since little is known about the response of biochemical traits to high-temperature ambiance, we evaluated eight parental lines (five lines and three testers) and their 15 F1 hybrids under normal and high-temperature stress to assess the impact of these conditions over 2 consecutive years. The research was performed under a triplicate randomized complete block design including a split-plot arrangement. Data were recorded for agronomic, biochemical, and fiber quality traits. Mean values of agronomic traits were significantly reduced under heat stress conditions, while hydrogen peroxide, peroxidase, total soluble protein, superoxide dismutase, catalase (CAT), carotenoids, and fiber strength displayed higher mean values under heat stress conditions. Under both conditions, high genetic advance and high heritability were observed for seed cotton yield (SCY), CAT, micronaire value, plant height, and chlorophyll-a and b content, indicating that an additive type of gene action controls these traits under both the conditions. For more insights into variation, Pearson correlation analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) were performed. Significant positive associations were observed among agronomic, biochemical, and fiber quality-related traits. The multivariate analyses involving hierarchical clustering and PCA classified the 23 experimental genotypes into four groups under normal and high-temperature stress conditions. Under both conditions, the F1 hybrid genotype FB-SHAHEEN × JSQ WHITE GOLD followed by Ghuari-1, CCRI-24, Eagle-2 × FB-Falcon, Ghuari-1 × JSQ White Gold, and Eagle-2 exhibited better performance in response to high-temperature stress regarding the agronomic and fiber quality-related traits. The mentioned genotypes could be utilized in future cotton breeding programs to enhance heat tolerance and improve cotton yield and productivity through resistance to environmental stressors.
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- Muhammad Mubashar Zafar
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- FB Genetics, Four Brothers Group, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
- *Correspondence: Abdul Razzaq,
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
- Cotton Research Station, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Muhammad Shahid Iqbal,
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
- Maozhi Ren,
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