“…Other studies have shown increments of endochitinase protein abundance during vegetative and flowering stages under drought stress in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (Gupta et al , 2019), similar to the accumulation of diverse endochitinase-like proteins (AUR62021381-RA, AUR62002379-RA, AUR62031322-RA, AUR62031316-RA, AUR62023809-RA) found in quinoa seeds harvested from rainfed conditions (Table 2). In addition, several GH19-like chitinases from Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia L.) increased their expression under abiotic stresses (Zhou et al , 2020) and the accumulation of plant chitinases was found in roots of barley, corn, pea, soybean, and beans in response to heavy metal toxicity (Bekesiova et al , 2008). Other environmental stresses also induced the accumulation of chitinases in agronomically important species such as tomato, bromegrass, or blueberry (Ernst et al ., 1992;Chen et al , 1994;Nakamura et al , 2008;Kikuchi and Masuda, 2009).…”