The invention relates to a
gene for regulating and controlling boll shape and quality characters of cotton and application thereof, and relates to the technical field of
plant genetic engineering, the
nucleotide sequence of the
gene is shown as SEQ ID NO.1, and the
amino acid sequence of encoded
protein of the
gene is shown as SEQ ID NO.2. By constructing a gene editing vector and an overexpression vector and performing stable genetic transformation, the result shows that compared with
wild type cotton Y668, a cotton Y668
mutant strain of which the gene is knocked out through a
CRISPR / Cas9 technology has the advantages that the length-
width ratio of a cotton boll is remarkably increased, the
fiber length is remarkably increased, and under the background of Xinluzhong 75, the length of the cotton boll is remarkably increased. The length-
width ratio of a cotton boll of an overexpression strain of the gene is obviously reduced, the
fiber length is obviously shortened, the gene plays an important role in cotton boll shape and cotton
fiber development, and important
gene targets and
germplasm resources are provided for cotton quality
molecular breeding.