Drought stress restricts plant growth and development by altering metabolic activity and
biological functions. However, plants have evolved several cellular and molecular …

Salinity stress is one of the primary threats to agricultural crops resulting in impaired crop
growth and development. Although cotton is considered as reasonably salt tolerant, it is …

Epigenetics involves the heritable changes in patterns of gene expression determined by
developmental and abiotic stresses, ie, drought, cold, salinity, trace metals, and heat. Gene …

Functional genomics has transformed from futuristic concept to well‐established scientific
discipline during the last decade. Cotton functional genomics promise to enhance the …

In analytical chemistry, qualitative analysis is often associated with compound identification,
while chemometrics offers a wide spectrum of data-analysis methods that extend the …

Methylation of DNA cytosines affects whether transposons are silenced and genes are
expressed, and is a major epigenetic mechanism whereby plants respond to environmental …

Hybridization and polyploidization are important processes for plant evolution. However,
classification of hybrid or polyploid species has been notoriously difficult because of the …

We present an overview of Gossypium genome evolution and the implications of this
understanding for targeted breeding objectives. The cotton genus (Gossypium) contains …

DNA methylation is essential for plant and animal development. In plants, methylation
occurs at CG, CHG, and CHH (H= A, C or T) sites via distinct pathways. Cotton is an …

Wheat, which is scientifically known as Triticum aestivum L., is a very nutritious grain that
serves as a key component of the human diet. The use of mutation breeding as a tool for …