Transcriptional Regulation and WGCNA Studies of Leaf Abscission in Cotton Cultivars FU75 and 518-48 Under Chemical Defoliant Treatment.

ABSTRACT: Leaf abscission is a cell separation process that occurs throughout the entire plant life cycle, leading to the detachment of tissues or organs. The application of chemical defoliants to induce cotton leaf abscission not only saves the energy required for maintaining life processes but also facilitates mechanical harvesting. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying cotton leaf abscission remain poorly understood. In this study, multiple comparative analyses of gene expression differences were conducted between two cotton cultivars with different sensitivities to chemical defoliant Thidiazuron (TDZ) after TDZ application, resulting in 1,505,720,260 clean reads together with the average 92.77% of Q30 base percentage and 43.13% of GC content. A total of 35,739 differentially expressed gen

SUBMITTER: Yang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12785033 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature