Beyond Overexpression: A Critical Appraisal of RNAi, VIGS and CRISPR/Cas Approaches for Abiotic-Stress Resilience in Upland Cotton
Drought, salinity and temperature extremes constrain the productivity of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), and four molecular toolkits are now used to address them: gain-of-function overexpression, stable RNA interference, virus-induced gene silencing and CRISPR/Cas genome editing. This review re-examines what eac...