An Overview on Fiber Improvement Transgenic Cotton Studies
As a natural fiber,cotton is the most important raw material for the textile industry and one of the most important cash crops in the world.With the pursuit of high-quality cotton fiber,increasing yield and improving cotton fiber quality are important goals of cotton breeding in China.The discovery of the key factors or related functional genes regulating the development of cotton fiber is not only helpful to understand the mechanism of cotton fiber development,but also provides new ideas for cultivating new varieties of high-quality cotton fiber.In this paper,we summarized the important role of related factors in fiber development and regulation from five aspects:fiber elongation,cytoskeletal structural proteins,plant hormones,carbohydrate metabolism and lig-nin metabolism,as well as some advances in the research of fiber-improved transgenic cotton.We hope to provide reference for further studies of the molecular mechanisms regulating cotton fiber development and related research on improving cotton fiber quality.
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