Leaf trait covariation and controls on leaf mass per area (LMA) following cotton domestication.
Zhangying LeiAndrea C WesterbandIan J WrightYang HeWangfeng ZhangXiaoyan CaiZhongli ZhouFang LiuYa-Li ZhangPublished in: Annals of botany (2022)
Taken together, cotton domestication has triggered synergistic shifts in the underlying determinants of LMA but also photosynthesis, at cell, tissue and whole-leaf levels, resulting in a marked shift in plant ecological strategy.