Claim · model-written summary
Under salt stress, ZmWRKY104-overexpressing maize had lower electrolyte leakage and malondialdehyde content than wild type.
- Treatment
- overexpressing ZmWRKY104e1
- Outcome
- electrolyte leakage (EL) and malondialdehyde (MDA) contente0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Comparator
- wild-type plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“under 100 mM NaCl stress compared to wild-type plants, including reduced leaf yellowing, increased plant height and root length, as well as decreased electrolyte leakage (EL) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content”
t0“maize”
e1“Transgenic maize overexpressing ZmWRKY104 exhibits obvious salt tolerance advantages under 100 mM NaCl stress compared to wild-type plants, including reduced leaf yellowing”
Title
Li-li Zhao Plant Signaling & Behavior 2026. doi:10.1080/15592324.2025.2611639
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation ZmWRKY104 interacts directly with ZmCCaMK in the nucleus without depending on phosphorylation.
- Intervention effect Brassinosteroid treatment upregulates ZmWRKY104 expression.
- Intervention effect ZmWRKY104 overexpression significantly increases APX and SOD antioxidant enzyme activities.
- Intervention effect Co-expression of ZmWRKY104 and ZmCCaMK synergistically promotes antioxidant defense in maize.
- Intervention effect Under 100 mM NaCl, ZmWRKY104-overexpressing maize had less leaf yellowing than wild type.
- Intervention effect Under salt stress, ZmWRKY104-overexpressing maize had greater plant height and root length than wild type.
- Mechanism Authors identify a non-phosphorylation-dependent WRKY-CCaMK module that enhances brassinosteroid-induced salt tolerance through antioxidant defense.
- Recommendation Authors propose ZmWRKY104 as a candidate for salt-tolerant maize breeding in northern China.