TABLE 1.

The identified genes and QTLs related to cotton plant architecture.

Gene	Description	Functions	References
GhFT1	FT ortholog	Flowering, lateral shoots	Guo et al., 2015
GhSFT	SFT ortholog	Flowering and determinate growth	McGarry et al., 2016
GhTFL1	TFL1 ortholog	Delay flowering	Prewitt et al., 2018
GhSP	SP ortholog	Branching pattern	McGarry et al., 2016; Si et al., 2018
GbSP	SP ortholog	Nulliplex fruit branch	Si et al., 2018
GhNB	TFL1 ortholog	Nulliplex-branch	Chen et al., 2019
GoCEN-Dt	CEN ortholog	Cluster fruiting and early maturity	Liu et al., 2018
GhFD1/2	FD orthologs	Flowering	Liu et al., 2021
GhGRF14, GhGRF3/6/9/15	General regulatory factor	Flowering	Sang et al., 2021
GhBRC1	TEOSINTE BRANCHED1	Secondary shoot formation	Sun et al., 2021
GhTIE1	TCP interactor containing EAR motif protein 1	Shoot branching	Diao et al., 2019
GhDREB1B	a dehydration-responsive element-binding transcription factor	Plant height and branch length, and reduced branch angle	Ji et al., 2021
GbDWARF14	An unconventional Strigolactones receptor	Branch development	Wang et al., 2019
GhNCED1	Nine-cis epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase	Plant height	Pei et al., 2021
GhPAS1	PAGODA1 SUPPRESSOR 1	Plant height	Wu et al., 2021
Gh_D03G0922	MADS-box	QTL for plant height	Su et al., 2018
Ghir_D02G017510, Ghir_D02G017600		Candidate gene influencing plant height and fruit spur branch number (FSBN). qD02-FSBN-1,	Wen et al., 2019
Ghir_A12G026570	Pectin lyase-like superfamily	qA12-FSBN-2	Wen et al., 2019