Cheng, Wenhan
Gao, Siqi
He, Zhaojie
Aini, Nurimanguli
Zhao, Zengqiang
Xiong, Xianpeng
Wang, Ning
Chen, Rui
Feng, Keyun
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization and Sponsored by National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization Open Fund (CB2024A11, CB2024A11)
Biological Breeding of Early Maturing and Disease Resistant Cotton Varieties Project (2023ZD04041)
the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-15-47)
the Gansu Province Science and Technology Program (23JRRA1337, 23JRRA1337)
the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Provincial Department of Education (Q20224301)
the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology (2023AFB931)
Article History
Received: 27 December 2024
Accepted: 17 June 2025
First Online: 7 July 2025
Declarations
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: All experimental research methods in this study were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: K.F., R.C. and N.W. conceived and designed the experiments. Z.Z., X.X., and G.A. collected the plant materials and performed the VIGS assays. W.C., S.G., and Z.H., wrote the manuscript. C.E.G., K.F., R.C. and N.W. revised the manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.