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Phytochrome RNAi enhances major fibre quality and agronomic traits of the cotton Gossypium hirsutum L.
Nature communications - 1 Jan 2014
Abdurakhmonov Ibrokhim Y, Buriev Zabardast T, Saha Sukumar, Jenkins Johnie N, Abdukarimov Abdusattor, Pepper Alan E
Abstract excerpt
Simultaneous improvement of fibre quality, early-flowering, early-maturity and productivity in Upland cotton (G. hirsutum) is a challenging task for conventional breeding. The influence of red/far-red light ratio on the fibre length prompted us to examine the phenotypic effects of RNA interference (RNAi) of the cotton PHYA1 gene. Here we show a suppression of up to ~70% for the PHYA1 transcript, and compensatory...
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