The native Brazilian cotton Gossypium mustelinum has never been planted. It is tetraploid
and may cross with cultivated cotton. Endemic to Northeast Brazil, it was known only to grow …

Background/Objectives: The classification and phylogenetic relationships of Gossypium
hirsutum L. landraces, despite their proximity to southern Mexico, remain unresolved. This …

The domestication syndrome of many plants includes changes in their mating systems. The
evolution of the latter is shaped by ecological and genetic factors that are particular to an …

Due to a repeated number of bottlenecks, including domestication, upland cotton,
Gossypium hirsutum, has become extremely genetically impoverished. Cotton is a very …

Cotton, having a production value of $7.2 billion in 2017, is one of the most valuable crops in
the United States. While not a fiber-producing species, the wild Brazilian tetraploid …