Fig. 5

Expression analysis of GhirGDSL genes in G. hirsutum under drought stress. A RT-qPCR analysis of the selected GhirGDSL genes under drought stress conditions, imposed by adding 16% of PEG-6000. B The RNA-Seq expression profiles of selected fifteen GhirGDSL genes of G. hirsutum under drought stress. Levels of gene expression were depicted in different colors on the scale. Red color represents high expression and blue color represents low expression. The red box indicates the key candidate gene. CK represents “control check”, and TR represents “treatment”. Three biological replications and three technical replications for the RT-qPCR experiment were taken