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resistance, and molecular breeding approaches. In: Disease resistance in crop plant. Springer,
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Sun J, An H, Shi W, Guo X, Li H (2012) Molecular cloning and characterization of GhWRKY11, a
gene implicated in pathogen responses from cotton. S Afr J Bot 81:113–123
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rice and its utilization in identifying key blast-resistant WRKY genes. Database 2019:baz015.
https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baz015
Suzuki K (1999) Elicitor signal transduction that leads to hypersensitive reaction in cultured
tobacco cells. Plant Biotechnol 16(5):343–351
Tao Z, Liu H, Qiu D, Zhou Y, Li X, Xu C, Wang S (2009) A pair of allelic WRKY genes play
opposite roles in rice-bacteria interactions. Plant Physiol 151(2):936–948
Turck F, Zhou A, Somssich IE (2004) Stimulus-dependent promoter-specific binding of transcription factor WRKY1 to its native promoter and the defense-related gene PcPR1-1 in parsley.
Plant Cell 16(10):2573–2585
Vo KT, Kim CY, Hoang TV, Lee SK, Shirsekar G, Seo YS, Lee SW, Wang GL, Jeon JS (2018)
OsWRKY67 plays a positive role in basal and Xa21-mediated resistance in rice. Front Plant Sci
8:2220
Voinnet O (2009) Origin biogenesis and activity of plant microRNAs. Cell 136(4):669–687
Wang Y, Dang F, Liu Z, Wang X, Eulgem T, Lai Y, Yu L, She J, Shi Y, Lin J, Chen C (2013)
CaWRKY58 encoding a group I WRKY transcription factor of Capsicum annuum, negatively
regulates resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Mol Plant Pathol 14(2):131–144
Wang X, Yan Y, Li Y, Chu X, Wu C, Guo X (2014) GhWRKY40 a multiple stress-responsive
cotton WRKY gene plays an important role in the wounding response and enhances susceptibility to Ralstonia solanacearum infection in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana. PLoS One 9
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Wang J, Tao F, Tian W, Guo Z, Chen X, Xu X, Shang H, Hu X (2017) The wheat WRKY
transcription factors TaWRKY49 and TaWRKY62 confer differential high-temperature seedling-plant resistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. PLoS One 12(7). https://doi.org/10.
1371/journal.pone.0181963
Wu XJ, Li X, Zhao PF, Li N, Wu L, He Y, Wang SC (2015) Comparative transcriptome profiling of
two maize near-isogenic lines differing in the allelic state for bacterial brown spot disease
resistance. J Integr Agric 14(4):610–621
Xie C, Zhou X, Deng X, Guo Y (2010) PKS5 a SNF1-related kinase, interacts with and
phosphorylates NPR1, and modulates expression of WRKY38 and WRKY62. J Genet
Genom 37(6):359–369
Xiong X, Sun S, Li Y, Zhang X, Sun J, Xue F (2019) The cotton WRKY transcription factor
GhWRKY70 negatively regulates the defense response against Verticillium dahliae. Crop J 7
(3):393–402
Xu X, Chen C, Fan B, Chen Z (2006) Physical, functional interactions between pathogen-induced
Arabidopsis WRKY18 WRKY40, WRKY60 transcription factors. Plant Cell 18(5):1310–1326
Yamasaki K, Kigawa T, Watanabe S, Inoue M, Yamasaki T, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Yokoyama S
(2012) Structural basis for sequence-specific DNA recognition by an Arabidopsis WRKY
transcription factor. J Biol Chem 287(10):7683–7691
Yamasaki K, KigawaT SM, Shinozaki K, Yokoyama S (2013) DNA-binding domains of plantspecific transcription factors: structure, function, and evolution. Trends Plant Sci 18(5):267–276
Yan L, Liu ZQ, Xu YH, Lu K, Wang XF, Zhang DP (2013) Auto-and cross-repression of three
Arabidopsis WRKY transcription factors WRKY18 WRKY40, WRKY60 negatively involved
in ABA signaling. J Plant Growth Regul 32(2):399–416
360
L. S. Rajput et al.
superfamily of protein transcription factor in defense response. In: Molecular aspects of plantpathogen interaction. Springer, Singapore, pp 185–202
Singh B, Mehta S, Aggarwal SK, Tiwari M, Bhuyan SI, Bhatia S, Islam MA (2019) Barley disease
resistance, and molecular breeding approaches. In: Disease resistance in crop plant. Springer,
Cham, pp 261–299
Sun J, An H, Shi W, Guo X, Li H (2012) Molecular cloning and characterization of GhWRKY11, a
gene implicated in pathogen responses from cotton. S Afr J Bot 81:113–123
Sureshkumar V, Dutta B, Kumar V, Prakash G, Mishra DC, Chaturvedi KK, Rai A, Sevanthi AM,
Solanke AU (2019) RiceMetaSysB a database of blast and bacterial blight responsive genes in
rice and its utilization in identifying key blast-resistant WRKY genes. Database 2019:baz015.
https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baz015
Suzuki K (1999) Elicitor signal transduction that leads to hypersensitive reaction in cultured
tobacco cells. Plant Biotechnol 16(5):343–351
Tao Z, Liu H, Qiu D, Zhou Y, Li X, Xu C, Wang S (2009) A pair of allelic WRKY genes play
opposite roles in rice-bacteria interactions. Plant Physiol 151(2):936–948
Turck F, Zhou A, Somssich IE (2004) Stimulus-dependent promoter-specific binding of transcription factor WRKY1 to its native promoter and the defense-related gene PcPR1-1 in parsley.
Plant Cell 16(10):2573–2585
Vo KT, Kim CY, Hoang TV, Lee SK, Shirsekar G, Seo YS, Lee SW, Wang GL, Jeon JS (2018)
OsWRKY67 plays a positive role in basal and Xa21-mediated resistance in rice. Front Plant Sci
8:2220
Voinnet O (2009) Origin biogenesis and activity of plant microRNAs. Cell 136(4):669–687
Wang Y, Dang F, Liu Z, Wang X, Eulgem T, Lai Y, Yu L, She J, Shi Y, Lin J, Chen C (2013)
CaWRKY58 encoding a group I WRKY transcription factor of Capsicum annuum, negatively
regulates resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Mol Plant Pathol 14(2):131–144
Wang X, Yan Y, Li Y, Chu X, Wu C, Guo X (2014) GhWRKY40 a multiple stress-responsive
cotton WRKY gene plays an important role in the wounding response and enhances susceptibility to Ralstonia solanacearum infection in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana. PLoS One 9
(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093577
Wang J, Tao F, Tian W, Guo Z, Chen X, Xu X, Shang H, Hu X (2017) The wheat WRKY
transcription factors TaWRKY49 and TaWRKY62 confer differential high-temperature seedling-plant resistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. PLoS One 12(7). https://doi.org/10.
1371/journal.pone.0181963
Wu XJ, Li X, Zhao PF, Li N, Wu L, He Y, Wang SC (2015) Comparative transcriptome profiling of
two maize near-isogenic lines differing in the allelic state for bacterial brown spot disease
resistance. J Integr Agric 14(4):610–621
Xie C, Zhou X, Deng X, Guo Y (2010) PKS5 a SNF1-related kinase, interacts with and
phosphorylates NPR1, and modulates expression of WRKY38 and WRKY62. J Genet
Genom 37(6):359–369
Xiong X, Sun S, Li Y, Zhang X, Sun J, Xue F (2019) The cotton WRKY transcription factor
GhWRKY70 negatively regulates the defense response against Verticillium dahliae. Crop J 7
(3):393–402
Xu X, Chen C, Fan B, Chen Z (2006) Physical, functional interactions between pathogen-induced
Arabidopsis WRKY18 WRKY40, WRKY60 transcription factors. Plant Cell 18(5):1310–1326
Yamasaki K, Kigawa T, Watanabe S, Inoue M, Yamasaki T, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Yokoyama S
(2012) Structural basis for sequence-specific DNA recognition by an Arabidopsis WRKY
transcription factor. J Biol Chem 287(10):7683–7691
Yamasaki K, KigawaT SM, Shinozaki K, Yokoyama S (2013) DNA-binding domains of plantspecific transcription factors: structure, function, and evolution. Trends Plant Sci 18(5):267–276
Yan L, Liu ZQ, Xu YH, Lu K, Wang XF, Zhang DP (2013) Auto-and cross-repression of three
Arabidopsis WRKY transcription factors WRKY18 WRKY40, WRKY60 negatively involved
in ABA signaling. J Plant Growth Regul 32(2):399–416
360
L. S. Rajput et al.