Funding for this research was provided by:
National Transgenic Program (2016ZX08005-004)
Key R D program in Jiangsu Province (BE2015360)
Six talent peaks project in Jiangsu province (2015-NY-002)
JCIC-MCP project (No.10)
the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (KYYJ201701)
Article History
Received: 24 August 2017
Accepted: 14 January 2018
First Online: 23 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Diploid wild cotton species G. davidsonii was used in the study. All necessary permits for collecting the G. davidsonii seeds and seedlings were obtained from Nanjing Agricultural University, China.
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