Heat Stress in Cotton: A Review on Predicted and Unpredicted Growth-Yield Anomalies and Mitigating Breeding Strategies

The demand for cotton fibres is increasing due to growing global population while its production is facing challenges from an unpredictable rise in temperature owing to rapidly changing climatic conditions. High temperature stress is a major stumbling block relative to agricultural production around...

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Published in:Agronomy (Basel) 2021-09, Vol.11 (9), p.1825
Main Authors: Majeed, Sajid, Rana, Iqrar Ahmad, Mubarik, Muhammad Salman, Atif, Rana Muhammad, Yang, Seung-Hwan, Chung, Gyuhwa, Jia, Yinhua, Du, Xiongming, Hinze, Lori, Azhar, Muhammad Tehseen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Anomalies
breeding
Climate change
Climatic conditions
Cotton
Cotton fibers
Crops
Cultivars
Enzymes
Fibers
Flowers & plants
genetics
Genome editing
Genomes
Germination
Heat
Heat resistance
Heat stress
Heat tolerance
High temperature
Physiology
Plant breeding
Plant growth
Productivity
Seeds
Textiles
upland cotton
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Summary:The demand for cotton fibres is increasing due to growing global population while its production is facing challenges from an unpredictable rise in temperature owing to rapidly changing climatic conditions. High temperature stress is a major stumbling block relative to agricultural production around the world. Therefore, the development of thermo-stable cotton cultivars is gaining popularity. Understanding the effects of heat stress on various stages of plant growth and development and its tolerance mechanism is a prerequisite for initiating cotton breeding programs to sustain lint yield without compromising its quality under high temperature stress conditions. Thus, cotton breeders should consider all possible options, such as developing superior cultivars through traditional breeding, utilizing molecular markers and transgenic technologies, or using genome editing techniques to obtain desired features. Therefore, this review article discusses the likely effects of heat stress on cotton plants, tolerance mechanisms, and possible breeding strategies.
ISSN:2073-4395
2073-4395
DOI:10.3390/agronomy11091825