“…Studies on NAC TFs have reported that the NAC genes respond to at least one biotic or abiotic stress, such as saline-alkali, drought, cold, or exogenous abscisic acid (ABA), which play important roles in plant drought tolerance, saline-alkali tolerance, virus resistance, and the cold resistance response (Ju et al, 2020;Gao et al, 2018). In previous studies, most NAC TFs are closely related to salt and alkali tolerance, cold tolerance, and disease resistance of plants, whereas other NAC TFs improve plant resistance to multiple stressors at the same time (Sun et al, 2019;Puranik et al, 2012;Xia et al, 2010). The A. thaliana NAC TFs ATAF1, ANAC016, ANAC019, ANAC055, and ANAC072 (Tran et al, 2004;Wu et al, 2009); the O. sativa NAC TFs OsNAC045, OsNAC10, and OsNAC022 ; the G. max NAC TFs GmNAC085, GmNAC109, GmNAC30, GmNAC81, GmNAC003, GmNAC004, GmNAC11, and GmNAC20 (Nguyen et al, 2018;Yang et al, 2019;Hao et al, 2011); and the T. turgidum NAC TF TaRNAC1 (Hao et al, 2011;) enhance drought tolerance.…”