Upon assembling the first Gossypium herbaceum (A1) genome and substantially improving
the existing Gossypium arboreum (A2) and Gossypium hirsutum ((AD) 1) genomes, we …

Over the last 470 Ma, plant evolution has seen major evolutionary transitions, such as the
move from water to land and the origins of vascular tissues, seeds, and flowers [1]. These …

Abstract The Green Non-Coding Database (GreeNC) is one of the reference databases for
the study of plant long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). Here we present our most recent …

Magnesium (Mg) is an element involved in various key cellular processes in plants. Mg
transporter (MGT) genes play an important role in magnesium distribution and ionic balance …

Plant fibers find wide application in various fields that demand specific parameters of fiber
quality. To develop approaches for the improvement of yield and quality of bast fibers, the …

During billions of years of evolution, creatures in nature have possessed nearly perfect
structures and functions for survival. Multiscale structures in biological materials over several …

Cultivated jute, which comprises the two species Corchorus capsularis and C. olitorius, is
the second most important natural fibre source after cotton. Here we describe chromosome …

Kenaf is an annual crop that is widely cultivated as a source of bast (phloem) fibres, the
phytoremediation of heavy metal‐contaminated farmlands and textile‐relevant compounds …

Malvaceae comprise some 4,225 species in 243 genera and nine subfamilies and include
economically important species, such as cacao, cotton, durian, and jute, with cotton an …

Juglans mandshurica has strong freezing resistance, surviving temperatures as low as− 40°
C, making it an important freeze tolerant germplasm resource of the genus Juglans …