Background Crops are constantly attacked by various pathogens. These pathogenic
microorganisms, such as fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes, threaten …

Highlights•Salicylic acid is a central hormone in plant immunity.•NPR1 is a master regulator
of salicylic acid-mediated responses.•NPR3 and NPR4 are the bona fide salicylic acid …

Salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) are plant hormones that typically act
antagonistically in dicotyledonous plants and SA and JA signaling is often manipulated by …

Plant hormones are small molecules that play versatile roles in regulating plant growth,
development, and responses to the environment. Classic methodologies, including genetics …

What makes a protein a good immune regulator? We can make some intuitive guesses
based on the characteristics of an immune response. Because immunity is not only …

Cullin3-based RING E3 ubiquitin ligases (CRL3), composed of Cullin3 (CUL3), RBX1, and
BTB proteins, are involved in plant immunity, but the function of CUL3 in the process is …

Plant immunity inducers represent a new and rapidly developing field in plant-protection
research. In this paper, we discuss recent research on plant immunity inducers and their …

Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and WRKY transcription factors (TFs) are documented to exert
vital defensive functions. Research concerning WRKY TFs together with MeJA-primed …

Salicylic acid (SA) is responsible for certain plant defence responses and N ON
EXPRESSER OF P ATHOGENESIS R ELATED 1 (NPR1) is the master regulator of SA …

Benzothiadiazole (BTH) is a functional analog of salicylic acid (SA), and has been applied to
delay postharvest decay in several fruit. However, the efficacy of BTH on delaying …