Australian Cotton Science

Coating seeds with cotton fibers for controlling bird predation of newly-planted corn The early stages of direct-seeded crops are crucial for optimizing yield and profitable investment returns. Among biotic factors, seed and seedling predation by birds is a frequent and serious issu...

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Exploring an Australian Cotton and Grains Agricultural Traineeship Model
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🧪 Assessing the impact of climate change on verticillium wilt and the implications for cotton production in Australia
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🧪Carbon dioxide, methane & nitrous oxide emissions from furrows & hills in a cotton-wheat-fallow rotation, Narrabri, Australia
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🧪 Importance of cottonseed oil and improvement of its quality and quantity through different breeding strategies
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Fig. 1 Accurate modification of OsALS gene via prime editing (PE) with paired epegRNA-HFs.

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🧪Foliar nitrogen application improved cotton yield from allometric root-shoot relationship and delayed senescence
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Transcriptome and metabolome insights into closely related upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) genotypes during differing responses to progressive soil drying - BMC Plant Biology BMC Plant Biology - Cotton is an important crop worldwide for producing natural fibres for textile, among other uses. Water input for cotton production is tightly linked to yield and ongoing...

🧪 Transcriptome and metabolome insights into closely related upland cottongenotypes during differing responses to progressive soil drying
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🧪 Drip-Fed CO2 Acidifies the Rhizosphere to Liberate Nutrients and Boost Cotton Yield
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🧪 High-throughput Verticillium wilt detection in cotton: A comparative study of faster R-CNN and YOLOv11
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Deciphering the transcriptional landscape of NLR genes responding to Verticillium dahliae infection in cotton (Gossypium hirsutm L.) Nucleotide-binding domain and Leucine-rich Repeat (NLR) proteins play crucial roles in activating the innate immune system by recognizing pathogen eff…

🧪 Deciphering the transcriptional landscape of NLR genes responding to Verticillium dahliae infection in cotton
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🧪 International Cotton Genomics Initiative (ICGI) 2026 Conference is at the Shine Dome, Canberra, Australia, March 30 - April 2, 2026
Abstract submission has been extended till January 18
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Investigation and characterization of the GhPPO gene family and its expression in response to fibre cell growth and biotic stress in Gossypium hirsutum L https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41423625/

Cotton strands in boll

Boll

Cotton plant

Cotton leaves just barely starting to turn.

Yep! This is one I saw in Pima Canyon in November, with close-ups of the bolls. Gossypium thurberi.

Genome-Wide Identification and Abiotic Stress-Responsive Expression Analysis of the SOS1 Gene Family in Gossypium hirsutum L https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41465782/

Frontiers | Multiomic analyses reveal transcription factors involved in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway under cold stress in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) IntroductionChromatin accessibility is broadly implicated in plant abiotic stress responses; nevertheless, its role under cold stress in upland cotton (Gossy...

Multiomic analyses reveal transcription factors involved in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway under cold stress in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
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🧪 Resistance to Black Root Rot- how close is the horizon?
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We are optimistic that we may be able to achieve elite varieties with black root resistance in 6-8 years
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🧪 Progress on breeding for cotton host plant disease resistance in Australia
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This article aims to shed some light on what it takes to breed for resistance, what’s been achieved, and some current work cottongrower.com.au
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Nitrogen uptake preference of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Low molecular weight (LMW) soil organic nitrogen (N) can be a significant source of N in commercial cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) systems, potentially comprising a meaningful portion of N uptake in A...

🧪Nitrogen uptake preference of cotton
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Tri-trophic consequences of plant-to-plant volatile signalling and its contingency on plant relatedness in wild cotton AbstractBackground and Aims. Plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs) induced by herbivory boost defences in neighbouring plants. These effects have been sh

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Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot. Via @guardian #Agriculture 🧑‍🌾 #Farming 🚜 #Botany

🧪 Engineering seed-specific gossypol-free cotton for human-safe consumption by harnessing the dominant-negative effect of the Gl2e mutation
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Genome-wide characterization and expression divergence of voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in response to abiotic stresses https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41098923/

Integrating physiology and transcriptomics reveals the mechanisms underlying the differences in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) growth and development under different photoperiods https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.21.689390v1

Characterization of the spectrum of insecticidal activity of Cry1B.3, Cry1Da_7, and Vip3Cb1 proteins produced by lepidopteran-protected MON 89151 cotton Scientific Reports - Characterization of the spectrum of insecticidal activity of Cry1B.3, Cry1Da_7, and Vip3Cb1 proteins produced by lepidopteran-protected MON 89151 cotton

🧪 Characterization of the spectrum of insecticidal activity of Cry1B.3, Cry1Da_7, and Vip3Cb1 proteins produced by lepidopteranprotected MON 89151 cotton
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🧪 Cotton facilitates long-distance seed dispersal through bird nests: a mutualistic relationship?
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🧪 Establishment of a rapid split-root assay in hydroponic conditions for eight upland cotton varieties
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🧪 Partial root-zone drying restricts root ABA accumulation thereby restoring fiber strength via synergistic regulation of cellulose biosynthesis and crystallinity
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Induction by caterpillars of stored and emitted volatiles among populations of wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.17.589906v1 Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) plants constitutively store volatile terpenes in their leaves, wh

Induction by caterpillars of stored and emitted volatiles among populations of wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.17.589906v1

Fig. 1.Comparative phenotype, genome ploidy, and Rubisco genomic and protein sequence information of the cotton species examined in this study. (A) Representative leaf canopy phenotypes of the greenhouse-grown cotton species at 86 d post-sowing (scale bar=30cm) and (B) a comparison of their genome ploidy and Rubisco subunit sequences. See Supplementary Table S4 for sequence accessions and Supplementary Fig. S2 for sequence alignment. Boxed residues are those that differ or show less diversity relative to the six mesophyll G. hirsutum RbcS subunits (yellow) in the αA and αB helices and C-terminus (SCT) and at the end of the RbcL C-terminus (LCT, blue).

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Gossypium herbaceum Rubisco carboxylation efficiency was greater than that of G. hirsutum and was modelled to improve photosynthetic carbon above 25 °C. However, Sargent et al. observed no differences in gas exchange parameters.

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