“…Jasmonic acid (JA) and its derivative jasmonates are important plant hormones involved in plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, root growth, sex determination, leaf senescence, and fruit ripening ( He et al , 2002 ; Wang et al , 2002 ; Song et al , 2013 , 2014 ; Ye et al , 2013 ; Guo et al , 2014 ; Riemann et al , 2015 ; Yuan and Zhang, 2015 ; Jia et al , 2016 ; Liu et al , 2016 ). In addition, jasmonates play important roles in regulating floret development, filament elongation, and lodicule swelling and withering ( Cheng et al , 2009 ; Cai et al , 2014 ; Xiao et al , 2014 ).…”