Characterization and gene expression analysis reveal universal stress proteins respond to abiotic stress in Gossypium hirsutum.

"data availability the rna-seq data used in this study were retrieved from the ncbi sequence read archive (sra) database ( https://www ncbi nlm nih gov/sra ) under the accession code prjna490626"

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateIn this study, the cotton varieties were obtained from Zhengzhou University. These plant materials do not include any wild species at risk of extinction. No specific permits were required for sample collection in this study. We complied with relevant institutional, national, and international guidelines and legislation for plant study. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This research was supported by the Starting Fund for Doctoral Research of Lishui University (QDZK112023013; QDZK112022010), Research and Development Program of Hebei Province (21326314D), and National Cotton Industry Technology System (CARS-15-28)."