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ReviewFrontiers in genetics2025

Cotton under heat stress: a comprehensive review of molecular breeding, genomics, and multi-omics strategies.

Tahira Luqman, Manzoor Hussain, Syed Riaz Ahmed, Iram Ijaz, Zahra Maryum, Sahar Nadeem, Zafran Khan, Sana Muhy Ud Din Khan, Mohammad Aslam, Yongming Liu and 1 more

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Review in Frontiers in genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Speed breeding in upland cotton (Frontiers in plant science · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Tahira Luqman *Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology-Constituent College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Manzoor HussainNuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology-Constituent College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Syed Riaz Ahmed *Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology-Constituent College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Iram IjazDepartment of Botany, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Zahra MaryumNuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology-Constituent College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Sahar NadeemNuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology-Constituent College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Zafran KhanDepartment Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Sana Muhy Ud Din KhanNuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology-Constituent College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Mohammad AslamHorticulture Research Institute, Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC), Khuzdar, Pakistan.
Yongming LiuNational Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya, China.
Muhammad Kashif Riaz KhanNuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology-Constituent College (NIAB-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cotton is a vital fiber crop for the global textile industry, but rising temperatures due to climate change threaten its growth, fiber quality and yields. Heat stress disrupts key physiological and biochemical processes, affecting carbohydrate metabolism, hormone signaling, calcium and gene regulation and expression. This review article explores cotton's defense mechanism against heat stress, including epigenetic regulations and transgenic approaches, with a focus on genome editing tools. Given the limitations of traditional breeding, advanced omics technologies such as GWAS, transcriptomics, proteomics, ionomics, metabolomics, phenomics and CRISPR-Cas9 offer promising solutions for developing heat-resistant cotton varieties. This review highlights the need for innovative strategies to ensure sustainable cotton production under climate change.

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cottongenome editingheat stressmolecular breedingmulti-omics

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PMID40171219
PMCPMC11959566

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