“…Additionally, WRKYs function in biotic stress tolerance to numerous pathogens (Zheng et al, 2006;Pandey and Somssich, 2009;Ishihama and Yoshioka, 2012;Chen et al, 2013). WRKYs also have been found to be degraded by the 26S proteasome, divulging the role of proteolysis in regulating WRKY TF functions (Matsushita et al, 2012;Yu et al, 2013). The role of WRKYs in plant development, such as trichome and root hair formation, seed coat color, seed size, plant senescence, and male gametogenesis, is also well documented (Johnson et al, 2002;Robatzek and Somssich, 2002;Luo et al, 2005;Guan et al, 2014).…”