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Title: Cotton fiber biosynthesis

Author
item Kim, Hee-Jin

Submitted to: Cotton Fiber: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/18/2018
Publication Date: 11/10/2018
Citation: Kim, H.J. 2018. Cotton fiber biosynthesis. Cotton Fiber: Physics, Chemistry and Biology. pp. 133-150. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00871-0_7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00871-0_7

Interpretive Summary: Cotton is the world’s most economically important natural fiber. Fully developed cotton fibers mainly consist of secondary cell wall that is almost pure cellulose. Cellulose deposition is developmentally regulated during cotton fiber development, and affects phenotypes and commercial values of cotton fibers. Limited phenotypic information of developing fibers have impeded cotton scientists from accurately interpreting transcriptomic data that were obtained from developing fibers. This review describes the recent adoptions of advanced phenotypic techniques along with the conventional fiber specific methods for bridging the gap between the genotypic and phenotypic approaches, and summarizes the recent advances of the understanding of upland cotton fiber developments.

Technical Abstract: Cotton is the world’s most economically important natural fiber. Fully developed cotton fibers mainly consist of secondary cell wall that is almost pure cellulose. Cellulose deposition is developmentally regulated during cotton fiber development, and affects phenotypes and commercial values of cotton fibers. Limited phenotypic information of developing fibers have impeded cotton scientists from accurately interpreting transcriptomic data that were obtained from developing fibers. This review describes the recent adoptions of advanced phenotypic techniques along with the conventional fiber specific methods for bridging the gap between the genotypic and phenotypic approaches, and summarizes the recent advances of the understanding of upland cotton fiber developments.