The WRKY transcription factor WRKY8 promotes resistance to pathogen infection and mediates drought and salt stress tolerance in Solanum lycopersicum

• Published in: Physiologia plantarum Vol. 168; no. 1; pp. 98 - 117
• Main Authors: Gao, Yong‐Feng, Liu, Ji‐Kai, Yang, Feng‐Ming, Zhang, Guo‐Yan, Wang, Dan, Zhang, Lin, Ou, Yong‐Bin, Yao, Yin‐An
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Abiotic stress; abscisic acid; antioxidant enzymes; Antioxidants; biotic stress; Chlorosis; cold stress; crops; Disease Resistance; Drought; Droughts; Enzymatic activity; enzyme activity; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genes; Humans; Hydrogen peroxide; immunity; Infections; leaves; Lycopersicon esculentum - genetics; Lycopersicon esculentum - microbiology; Malondialdehyde; messenger RNA; Moisture content; Pathogens; phenotype; Phenotypes; Plant Diseases - genetics; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant Immunity; Plant Proteins - genetics; plant response; Plants, Genetically Modified; Proline; Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato; Resistance factors; salicylic acid; Salinity; Salinity tolerance; salt stress; Salts; Solanum lycopersicum; Stomata; stomatal movement; stress tolerance; Stress, Physiological; Stresses; Tomatoes; transcription (genetics); Transcription activation; Transcription factors; Transcription Factors - genetics; transcriptional activation; Transgenic plants; Water content; water stress; Wilting; Yeast; yeasts

WRKY transcription factors play a key role in the tolerance of biotic and abiotic stresses across various crop species, but the function of some WRKY genes, particularly in tomato, remains unexplored. Here, we characterize the roles of a previously unstudied WRKY gene, SlWRKY8, in the resistance to...