Ul-allah, Sami https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1619-9432
Sugumar, Tharanya
Jahin, Sopnil Ahmed
Bhandari, Balram
Zhang, Hong
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Education Foundation of Pakistan (as a visiting scholar to US)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2024-67013-42581)
CH Foundation (CH 21 No. T24G937-B53638-200)
Article History
Received: 1 September 2025
Accepted: 23 March 2026
First Online: 20 May 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Author Zhang H is a member of the Editorial Board for Journal of Cotton Research. Author Zhang H was not involved in the journal’s review of, or decision related to this manuscript.