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Expression studies of stress responsive genes in cotton Gossypium hirsutum L.

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Background

Cotton is the world’s richest source of natural fiber. Meanwhile cotton plant is top ranked stress sensitive plant thereby affecting its yield and fiber quality. But, in climate change scenario, fiber yield and quality are being affected due to environmental stresses, especially heat, drought and salinity. Present study is aimed to identify cotton genotype harboring prominently expressed stress responsive genes.

Methods

Four cotton genotypes (IUB-13, IUB-222, IUB-09 and MM-58) were evaluated under drought and salinity stress for yield traits and expression of different stress responsive genes (GhWRKY3, GhDREB2 and GhRDR6).

Results

Pronounced expression of GhWRKY3, GhDREB2and GhRDR6 was observed in cotton variety IUB-13 in stress condition (drought and salinity) as compared to control followed by IUB-222 which revealed that these genotypes might possess substantial potential to cope with environmental hazards encountered in growing season

Conclusion

Utilization of cotton genotypes i.e., IUB-13 and IUB-222 in cotton breeding program can be very much fruitful for developing cotton genotypes adoptable to climate change.

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Funding

This research work is partially funded by the NRPU Research Project funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Project No. 6931/Punjab/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2017.

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  1. Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

    Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Iqbal & Javeria Ashraf

  2. College of Agriculture, Bahadur Sub Campus Layyah, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

    Sami Ul-Allah

  3. Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Hassan Javed Chaudhary

  4. Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

    Wajad Nazeer

  5. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas, Turkey

    Faheem Shahzad Baloch

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MN: Experiment Planning, methodology, data collection and writing; MI and SUA: Data Curation, analysis, review and editing; HJC, WN, JA and FSB: Review and editing.

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Naeem, M., Iqbal, M., Ul-Allah, S. et al. Expression studies of stress responsive genes in cotton Gossypium hirsutum L.. Mol Biol Rep 48, 7077–7085 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06696-0

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