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    Identification and characterization of circular RNAs involved in the fertility stability of cotton CMS-D2 restorer line under heat stress

    As a vital type of noncoding RNAs, circular RNAs (circRNAs) play important roles in plant growth and development and stress response. However, little is known about the biological roles of circRNAs in regulati...

    Ruijie Wang, Meng Zhang, Hui Wang, Liangliang Chen, Xuexian Zhang in BMC Plant Biology (2024)

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    Heat-responsive microRNAs participate in regulating the pollen fertility stability of CMS-D2 restorer line under high-temperature stress

    Anther development and pollen fertility of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) conditioned by Gossypium harknessii cytoplasm (CMS-D2) restorer lines are susceptible to continuous high-temperature (HT) stress in sum...

    Meng Zhang, Xuexian Zhang, Ruijie Wang, Rong Zang, Li** Guo in Biological Research (2023)

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    Dose effects of restorer gene modulate pollen fertility in cotton CMS-D2 restorer lines via auxin signaling and flavonoid biosynthesis

    Dose effects of Rf1 gene regulated retrieval mechanism of pollen fertility for CMS-D2 cotton.

    Rong Zang, Kashif Shahzad, Xuexian Zhang, Li** Guo, Tingxiang Qi in Plant Cell Reports (2023)

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    Progress and perspective on cotton breeding in Pakistan

    Cotton is the prime natural fiber with economic significance globally. Cotton farming and breeding have a long history in Pakistan. The development of high yielding upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) varieties gr...

    Kashif Shahzad, Iqra Mubeen, Meng Zhang, Xuexian Zhang in Journal of Cotton Research (2022)

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    Comparative performance of hybrid generations reveals the potential application of F2 hybrids in upland cotton

    The utilization of heterosis has greatly improved the productivity of cotton worldwide. However, a major constraint for the large-scale promotion of F1 hybrid cotton is artificial emasculation and pollination. Th...

    Liangliang CHEN, Huini TANG, Xuexian ZHANG, Tingxiang QI in Journal of Cotton Research (2022)

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    Comparative transcriptome analysis between inbred and hybrids reveals molecular insights into yield heterosis of upland cotton

    Utilization of heterosis has greatly improved the productivity of many crops worldwide. Understanding the potential molecular mechanism about how hybridization produces superior yield in upland cotton is criti...

    Kashif Shahzad, Xuexian Zhang, Li** Guo, Tingxiang Qi, Lisheng Bao in BMC Plant Biology (2020)

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    Genetic analysis of yield and fiber quality traits in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivated in different ecological regions of China

    Cotton is an important fiber crop worldwide. The yield potential of current genotypes of cotton can be exploited through hybridization. However, to develop superior hybrids with high yield and fiber quality tr...

    Kashif SHAHZAD, Xue LI, Tingxiang QI, Li** GUO, Huini TANG in Journal of Cotton Research (2019)

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    Correction to: Genome-wide analysis of Rf-PPR-like (RFL) genes and a new InDel marker development for Rf1 gene in cytoplasmic male sterile CMS-D2 Upland cotton

    In the original publication of this article (Zhang et al. 2018) the first name and surname of the eighth author are in reverse order. The correct name of the eighth author should be SHAHZAD Kashif. In ‘Authors...

    Bingbing ZHANG, Xuexian ZHANG, Li** GUO, Tingxiang QI in Journal of Cotton Research (2018)

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    Genome-wide analysis of Rf-PPR-like (RFL) genes and a new InDel marker development for Rf1 gene in cytoplasmic male sterile CMS-D2 Upland cotton

    Cytoplasmic male sterility in flowering plants is a convenient way to use heterosis via hybrid breeding and may be restored by nuclear restorer-of-fertility (Rf) genes. In most cases, Rf genes encoded pentatricop...

    Bingbing ZHANG, Xuexian ZHANG, Li** GUO, Tingxiang QI in Journal of Cotton Research (2018)

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    A combined small RNA and transcriptome sequencing analysis reveal regulatory roles of miRNAs during anther development of Upland cotton carrying cytoplasmic male sterile Gossypium harknessii (D2) cytoplasm

    Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in flowering plants is usually caused by incompatibility between mitochondrial and nuclear genomes, and can be restored by nuclear genes known as restorer-of-fertility (Rf). Altho...

    Bingbing Zhang, Xuexian Zhang, Guoyuan Liu, Li** Guo, Tingxiang Qi in BMC Plant Biology (2018)

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    Transcriptome, cytological and biochemical analysis of cytoplasmic male sterility and maintainer line in CMS-D8 cotton

    Key message This research based on RNA-seq, biochemical, and cytological analyses sheds that ROS may serve as important signaling molecules of cytoplasmic male sterility in CMS-D8 cotton.

    Li Yang, Yuanlong Wu, Meng Zhang, **fa Zhang, James McD Stewart in Plant Molecular Biology (2018)

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    Development of InDel markers for the restorer gene Rf1 and assessment of their utility for marker-assisted selection in cotton

    The cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system is ideal for exploiting heterosis in crops such as cotton. However, CMS-D2, which is based on Gossypium harknessii cytoplasm, is still not widely used for cotton produc...

    Jianyong Wu, Meng Zhang, Xuexian Zhang, Li** Guo, Tingxiang Qi, Hailin Wang in Euphytica (2017)

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    Development of a candidate gene marker for Rf 1 based on a PPR gene in cytoplasmic male sterile CMS-D2 Upland cotton

    The cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system is convenient and efficient for hybrid seed production in Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). However, it has not been widely used because of limited restorer lines ...

    Jianyong Wu, **uxia Cao, Li** Guo, Tingxiang Qi, Hailing Wang in Molecular Breeding (2014)

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    Molecular characterization of cytoplasmic male sterility conditioned by Gossypium harknessii cytoplasm (CMS-D2) in upland cotton

    Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a maternally inherited trait that fails to produce functional pollen grains. The CMS system is widely employed to facilitate the utilization of heterosis in major crops. How...

    Jianyong Wu, Yangcang Gong, Minghui Cui, Tingxiang Qi, Li** Guo, **fa Zhang in Euphytica (2011)

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    Low-temperature stratification strategies and growth regulators for rapid induction of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis seed germination

    The seeds of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis are deeply dormant, and they remain dormant for 18 months or longer in their natural environment. Periodic exposure of the seeds to a low-temperature of 4 °C broke t...

    Ligang Zhou, Jianyong Wu, Shilin Wang in Plant Growth Regulation (2003)