Fig. 1

Phenotypic analysis and identification of DEGs in axillary buds at different stages in G. hirsutum. a The phenotypes of Z571 and mZ571 in three stages. b The changes in ZT, GA, IAA and soluble sugar concentrations at different stages of the two axillary bud types. “HB-E” and “LB-G” represent the “high-budding phenotype, early stage” and “low-budding, growth stage”, respectively. “*” and “**” indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, by the LSD test