Table 1.

List of miRNAs involved in plant growth and developments.

miRNA	Species	Targeted Genes	Function	References
miR172a	Soybean	SSAC1	Salt tolerance	[52]
miR528	Maize	ZmLAC3, ZmLAC5	Lignin biosynthesis	[53]
miR319	Arabidopsis	TCP4	Leaf development and hormone biosynthesis and signaling	[54]
miR171c	Arabidopsis	SCL6-II, SCL6-III, SCL6-IV	Shoot and branching	[55]
miR319	Rice	TCP21, JA biosynthesis and signaling-related genes (PLDα1, LOX5, LOX11, CORI1b and CORI2)	Rice ragged stunt virus resistance	[56]
miR528	Rice	OsSPL9	Rice stripe virus resistance	[57]
miR528	Rice	OsRFI2	Flowering time	[58]
miR156	Brassica	BrpSPL9-2	Control heading time	[59]
miR157b		SPL	Control of various developmental process	[60]
miR159	Arabidopsis	AtMYB	Involved in GA signaling pathway and control programmed cell death and flowering	[61]
miR393	Rice	OsAFB2, OsTIR1	Early flowering, salt and drought stress tolerance	[62]
miR169	Arabidopsis	NY-YA2	Promote flowering and stress tolerance	[63]
miR171	Arabidopsis	SPL	Control plant growth and flowering time	[64]
miR159	Rice	OsGAMYBLs	Regulate heading	[65]
miR172	Maize	ZmTOE1	Regulate flowering time	[66]
miR169	Arabidopsis	PH2	Abiotic stress response	[67]
miR159	Tobacco	GAMYB	Pathogen defense response	[68]