“…Regarding the implication of 14-3-3 proteins in mediating stress signaling, a number of studies have demonstrated that they have an important function in plant responses to biotic stresses (Gökirmak et al, 2010). However, although the expression of 14-3-3 genes is induced by several abiotic stresses, including cold (Jarillo et al, 1994), high salt (Xu and Shi, 2006), and drought (Porcel et al, 2006), as well as phosphorous and iron deficiencies (Wang et al, 2002;Cao et al, 2007), evidence for 14-3-3-mediated abiotic stress responses is still very limited (Yan et al, 2004;Campo et al, 2012;Yang et al, 2013;Zhou et al, 2014).…”