A comprehensive review on Gossypium hirsutum resistance against cotton leaf curl virus

Sahar Nadeem; Syed Riaz Ahmed; Tahira Luqman; Daniel K Y Tan; Zahra Maryum; Khalid Pervaiz Akhtar; Sana Muhy Ud Din Khan; Muhammad Sayyam Tariq; Nazar Muhammad; Muhammad Kashif Riaz Khan; Yongming Liu

doi:10.3389/fgene.2024.1306469

A comprehensive review on Gossypium hirsutum resistance against cotton leaf curl virus

Front Genet. 2024 Feb 19:15:1306469. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1306469. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (NIAB-C, PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan.
² Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC), Horticulture Research Institute Khuzdar Baghbana, Khuzdar, Pakistan.
³ School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Plant Breeding Institute, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Agriculture and Cooperative Department, Quetta, Pakistan.
⁵ Plant Breeding and Genetics Division, Cotton Group, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
⁶ National Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya, China.

Abstract

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is a significant fiber crop. Being a major contributor to the textile industry requires continuous care and attention. Cotton is subjected to various biotic and abiotic constraints. Among these, biotic factors including cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV) are dominant. CLCuV is a notorious disease of cotton and is acquired, carried, and transmitted by the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci). A cotton plant affected with CLCuV may show a wide range of symptoms such as yellowing of leaves, thickening of veins, upward or downward curling, formation of enations, and stunted growth. Though there are many efforts to protect the crop from CLCuV, long-term results are not yet obtained as CLCuV strains are capable of mutating and overcoming plant resistance. However, systemic-induced resistance using a gene-based approach remained effective until new virulent strains of CLCuV (like Cotton Leaf Curl Burewala Virus and others) came into existence. Disease control by biological means and the development of CLCuV-resistant cotton varieties are in progress. In this review, we first discussed in detail the evolution of cotton and CLCuV strains, the transmission mechanism of CLCuV, the genetic architecture of CLCuV vectors, and the use of pathogen and nonpathogen-based approaches to control CLCuD. Next, we delineate the uses of cutting-edge technologies like genome editing (with a special focus on CRISPR-Cas), next-generation technologies, and their application in cotton genomics and speed breeding to develop CLCuD resistant cotton germplasm in a short time. Finally, we delve into the current obstacles related to cotton genome editing and explore forthcoming pathways for enhancing precision in genome editing through the utilization of advanced genome editing technologies. These endeavors aim to enhance cotton's resilience against CLCuD.

Keywords: CLCuD; Cotton (G. hirsutum L.); genome editing; next-generation technologies; speed breeding.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was funded by the Project of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City (SCKJ-JYRC-2023-48).