Patterns of domestication in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum): a perspective from multielement stoichiometry.

ABSTRACT: Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is one of the most important cash crops in the world, but few studies have investigated its chemical and physiological changes during domestication, especially changes in chemical element stoichiometry. We investigated the concentrations of 15 chemical elements (carbon, nitrogen, calcium, potassium, sulfur, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, silicon, manganese, boron, zinc, nickel, copper, and molybdenum) in the leaves of 41 genotypes of semiwild and domesticated upland cotton. Principal component analysis, network analysis and domestication effect analysis were used to explore the changes in multielement stoichiometry during the domestication of upland cotton. Analysis of the multielement network indicated that calcium became a more important element after dom

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12362979 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature