“…BES1 and BZR1 possess a conserved BES1-type domain in their N termini and belong to the plant-specific BES1/BZR1 transcription factor family, which consists of eight members in Arabidopsis ( Arabidopsis thaliana L.), 11 in maize ( Zea mays L.), 16 in soybean ( Glycine max L.), 22 in apple ( Malus domestica L.), and nine in tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) ( Wang et al., 2012 ; Lachowiec et al., 2018 ; Li et al., 2018 ; Li et al., 2019b ; Li Y. et al, 2018 ; Cao et al., 2020 ; Feng et al., 2021 ; Su et al., 2021 ; Sun et al., 2022 ). The functions of the eight BES1/BZR1 family members in the model species Arabidopsis (BES1, BZR1, BEH1, BEH2, BEH3, BEH4, BMY2, and BMY4) have been well studied ( Yin et al., 2005 ; Guo et al., 2009 ; Reinhold et al., 2011 ; Anwar et al., 2018 ; Lachowiec et al., 2018 ; Chen et al., 2019b ; Otani et al., 2020 ).…”