Lr34res constitutively induces transcripts reminiscent of an abscisic acid (ABA)‐regulated multiple stress response in rice. (a) Number of genes of the ‘Lr34res‐responsive core gene set’ that were responsive to pathogens and/or drought according to the gene expression database Genevestigator (Hruz et al., 2008). (b) Number of genes of the ‘Lr34res‐responsive core gene set’ that were responsive to ABA, salicylic acid (SA), and jasmonic acid (JA; Garg et al., 2012). (c) Comparison of gene numbers in the ‘Lr34res‐responsive core gene set’ (observed) to a randomly generated gene list. For the random data set, 159 rice genes (same number as ‘Lr34res‐responsive core gene set’) were randomly selected from the 18 990 rice genes detected in our transcriptomics study and their hormone responsiveness determined according to Garg et al. (2012). * denotes a statistical significance (P < 0.0001) based on a chi‐square test between the observed and the mean of 10 random data sets. Genes that were responsive to multiple hormones according to Garg et al. (2012) were not considered. Error bars represent ± SE. ACC, 1‐aminocyclopropane‐1‐carboxylic acid; BAP, benzylaminopurine; IAA, indole‐3‐acetic acid.