Regulation of cotton fiber elongation by xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase genes
, “Regulation of cotton fiber elongation by xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase genes”, vol. 10, pp. 3771-3782, 2011.
Ligon lintless mutant (li1li1) with super-short fibers (5-8 mm in length) and its wild type (Li1Li1) with normal fibers (30 mm in length) were used to study the function of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase (XTH) genes during fiber elongation in cotton. Wild-type cotton attained the fiber elongation stage earlier (5 days post-anthesis, DPA), than the Ligon lintless mutant (12 DPA) with a higher fiber elongation velocity of about 1.76 mm/day.
