Dear Editor Verticillium wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae Kleb. is the most destructive disease in cotton-growing areas around the world. The infection significantly reduces cotton yield and fiber quality due to le...Dear Editor Verticillium wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae Kleb. is the most destructive disease in cotton-growing areas around the world. The infection significantly reduces cotton yield and fiber quality due to leaf chlorosis, necrosis or wilting, leaf or boll abscission, and even plant death. The losses may reach up to 80% of lint cotton yield （Wei et al., 2015）.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the grants from the Ministry of Agriculture of China （2008ZX08005-004 and 2011ZX08005-004-008） and the National Natural Science Foundation of China （31201182）.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We are grateful to Prof. Gary. J. Loake （Edinburgh University, UK） and Dr. Hazel McLellan （Dundee University, UK） for their critical reading of the manuscript, Prof. Huishan Guo （institute of Microbiology, CAS） for kindly providing the V. dahliae V592 isolate. No conflict of interest declared.
文摘Dear Editor Verticillium wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae Kleb. is the most destructive disease in cotton-growing areas around the world. The infection significantly reduces cotton yield and fiber quality due to leaf chlorosis, necrosis or wilting, leaf or boll abscission, and even plant death. The losses may reach up to 80% of lint cotton yield （Wei et al., 2015）.
