- Research in Cotton Cultivation
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Silk-based biomaterials and applications
- Transgenic Plants and Applications
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
- Light effects on plants
- Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
- Plant responses to water stress
- Skin Protection and Aging
- Fungal Biology and Applications
Cotton Research Institute
2017-2024
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2017-2024
Zhengzhou University
2021-2024
Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute
2024
Anyang Institute of Technology
2017-2023
State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology
2017-2020
Qingdao University of Science and Technology
2018
Shihezi University
2017
Tongji University
2009
As one of the cash crops, cotton is facing threat abiotic stress during its growth and development. It has been reported that melatonin involved in plant defense against salt stress, but whether can improve tolerance molecular mechanism remain unclear. We investigated role by silencing synthesis gene exogenous application upland cotton. In this study, applicating seedlings. The content endogenous was different varieties with tolerance. inhibition biosynthesis related genes resulted decrease...
Abstract Background Cotton is an important industrial crop and a pioneer for saline-alkali land restoration. However, the molecular mechanism underlying cotton response to salt not completely understood. Methods Here, we used metabolome data transcriptome analyze tolerance regulatory network of metabolic biomarkers. Results In this study, was stressed at 400 m M NaCl 0 h, 3 24 h 48 h. interfered with gene expression, altered metabolite contents affected plant growth. Metabolome analysis...
Members of the AT-HOOK MOTIF CONTAINING NUCLEAR LOCALIZED (AHL) family are involved in various plant biological processes via protein-DNA and protein-protein interaction. However, no systematic identification analysis AHL gene have been reported cotton.To investigate potential functions AHLs cotton, genome-wide identification, expressions structure were performed this study. 48, 51 99 genes identified from G.raimondii, G.arboreum G.hirsutum genome, respectively. Phylogenetic revealed that...
Serotonin N-acetyltransferase (SNAT) is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of melatonin, and plays an important role regulation melatonin synthesis. The study SNAT great significance to understand function melatonin. In this study, we analyzed structural characteristics, phylogenetic relationship, gene structure, expression pattern, evolutionary relationship stress response members family upland cotton through bioinformatics. A putative n-acetyltransferase GhSNAT3D was identified,...
The SWEET (Sugars will eventually be exported transporters) gene family plays multiple roles in plant physiological activities and development process. It participates reproductive the process of sugar transport absorption, senescence stress responses plant-pathogen interaction. However, thecomprehensive analysis genes has not been reported cotton. In this study, we identified 22, 31, 55 60 from sequenced genomes Gossypium arboreum, G. raimondii, hirsutum barbadense, respectively....
Choline kinase (CK) gene plays an important role in plants growth, development and resistance to stress. It mainly regulates the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine. This study aims explore structure-function relationship, provide a framework for functional validation biochemical characterization various CK genes. Our analysis showed that 87 genes were identified cotton 7 diploid plants, which 43 encode proteins 4 species, 13 Gossypium hirsutum. Most GhCK are affected by abiotic stress...
Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) mainly regulated the biosynthesis of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and played an important role in plant growth stress resistance. To explore potential function GAD cotton growth, genome-wide identification, structure, expression analysis genes were performed this study. There 10, 9, 5, 5 identified G. hirsutum, barbadense, arboreum, raimondii, respectively. was divided into four clades according to protein motif composition, gene phylogenetic relationship. The...
Flooding is among the most severe abiotic stresses in plant growth and development. The mechanism of submergence tolerance cotton response to stress unknown.The transcriptome results showed that a total 6,893 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were discovered under stress. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis DEGs involved various or stimulus responses. Kyoto Encyclopedia Genes Genomes (KEGG) pathway indicated related hormone signal transduction, starch sucrose metabolism, glycolysis...
Cysteine, an early sulfur-containing compound in plants, is of significant importance sulfur metabolism. CYS encodes cysteine synthetase that further catalyzes synthesis. In this investigation, genes, identified from genome-wide analysis Gossypium hirsutum bioinformatically, led to the discovery GhCYS2 as pivotal gene responsible for Cd2+ response. The silencing through virus-induced (VIGS) rendered plants highly susceptible stress. Silencing resulted diminished levels and glutathione while...
Abstract ZAT (Zinc Finger of Arabidopsis thaliana ) proteins are composed a plant-specific transcription factor family, which play an important role in plant growth, development, and stress resistance. To study the potential function family cotton, whole genome identification, expression, structure analysis gene were carried out. In this study, our revealed presence 115, 56, 59, 115 genes Gossypium hirsutum , G. raimondii arboreum barbadense respectively. According to number domains...
Abstract Background Flavonols play important roles in antioxidation and anticancer activities, longevity, cardiovascular protection. Flavonol synthase ( FLS ) is a key enzyme for flavonol synthesis. Result Phenotypic, transcriptional metabolic data were analyzed, which showed that there was close relationship between salt stress flavonoids, flavonols significantly upregulated under stress. Nine, seven, four, four genes identified Gossypium hirsutum , barbadense arboreum raimondii,...
Abstract Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) is a key regulatory enzyme for the irreversible degradation of plant hormone cytokinin (CK), which important in growth and development response to abiotic stresses cotton. In this study, 27, 28, 14 CKXs were screened by FAD structural domain binding Gossypium hirsutum , barbadense arboreum raimondii respectively. Their phylogenetic relationships expression patterns analyzed, most GhCKXs found be tissue-specific responsive various such as cold,...
Anthocyanins belong to flavonoid secondary metabolites that act as plant pigments give flowers and fruits different colors "scavengers" of reactive oxygen species (ROS) protect plants from abiotic biotic stresses. Few studies linked anthocyanins alkaline resistance so far. In this study, anthocyanin synthesis-related gene leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (LDOX) was screened a candidate explore its relationship with alkali stress. The results found pYL156: GhLDOX3 lines treated 50 mM Na2CO3 (pH...
Abstract Background Cytokinin signal transduction is mediated by a two-component system (TCS). Two-component systems are utilized in plant responses to hormones as well biotic and abiotic environmental stimuli. In plants, response regulatory genes ( RRs ) one of the main members Method From aspects gene structure, evolution mode, expression type, network function, process role RR cotton genome were analyzed. Result A total 284 four species identified. Including 1049 orthologous/paralogous...
Glycosyltransferases mainly catalyse the glycosylation reaction in living organisms and widely exists plants. UGTs have been identified from G. raimondii, arboreum hirsutum. However, Genome-wide systematic analysis of superfamily not studied barbadense. 752 were four cotton species grouped into 18 clades, which R was newly discovered clades. Most clustered at both ends chromosome showed a heterogeneous distribution. UGT proteins distributed cells, with highest distribution chloroplasts. same...
Cytoplasmic linker-associated proteins (CLASPs) are microtubule associated (MAPs) involved in regulation of dynamics microtubules (MTs) that play an important role plant growth and development. In this study, we identified cotton CLASP genes investigated the function GhCLASP2. GhCLASP2 was mainly expressed stem developing fibers, especially fibers secondary cell wall deposition stage. Ectopic expression Arabidopsis increased branching number leaf trichomes rescued defective phenotypes...
The internal NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (NDA) gene family was a member of the (ND) family, mainly involved in non-phosphorylated respiratory pathways mitochondria and played crucial roles response to abiotic stress.The whole genome identification, structure analysis expression pattern NDA were conducted analyze family.There 51, 52, 26, 24 genes identified G. hirsutum, barbadense, arboreum raimondii, respectively. According structural characteristics traits phylogenetic tree, we divided into 8...
Identification, evolution, and expression patterns of BSK (BR signaling kinase) family genes revealed that BSKs participated in the response cotton to abiotic stress maintained growth extreme environment. The steroidal hormone brassinosteroids (BR) play important roles different plant biological processes. This study focused on which were downstream regulatory element BR, order help decipher functions from development responses stresses lean evolutionary relationship BSKs. are a class...
Abstract As an important member of the two‐component system (TCS), histidine kinases (HKs) play roles in various plant developmental processes and signal transduction response to a wide range biotic abiotic stresses. So far, HK gene family has not been investigated Gossypium . In this study, total 177 members were identified cotton. They further divided into seven groups, protein characteristics, genetic relationship, structure, chromosome location, collinearity, cis ‐elements identification...
Salinity is an extensive and adverse environmental stress to crop plants across the globe, a major abiotic constraint responsible for limited production threatening security. Soil salinization widespread problem food impairs plant growth development via reduction in osmotic potential, cytotoxicity due excessive uptake of ions such as sodium (Na+) chloride (Cl-), nutritional imbalance. Cotton, being most cultivated on saline-alkaline soils, it great importance elucidate mechanisms involved...