Table 2.

Summary of the number of WRKY proteins in diverse plant species

Species	Name	Total	Group							NG	References
			I	IIa	IIb	IIc	IId	IIe	III
Ananas comosus	AcWRKY	54	12	2	7	13	7	5	8	0	[22]
Arabidopsis thaliana	AtWRKY	72	13	4	7	18	7	9	14	0	[16]
Brachypodium distachyon	BdWRKY	86	15	3	6	21	6	10	23	2	[57]
Brassica napus	BnWRKY	300	78	11	34	55	28	30	51	13	[47]
Cucumis sative	CsWRKY	61	14	3	5	17	7	8	7	0	This study
Glycine max	GmWRKY	188	32	14	33	42	21	20	26	0	[48]
Gossypium raimondii	GrWRKY	112	20	7	16	26	16	13	14	0	[58]
Gossypium arboreum	GaWRKY	109	19	7	16	26	14	13	14	0	[58]
Hordeum vulgare	HvWRKY	45	8	4	1	11	5	3	13	0	[59]
Manihot esculenta	MeWRKY	85	17	5	14	20	8	9	12	0	[60]
Musa acuminate	MusaWRKY	153	14	7	11	15	15	13	6	72	[61]
Oryza sativa	OsWRKY	103a	15	4	8	15	7	11	36	0	[17]
Populus trichocarpa	PtrWRKY	100	22	5	9	27	13	13	10	1	[62]
Pyrus bretschneideri	PbrWRKY	103	17	6	10	24	15	16	15	0	[63]
Ricinus communis	RcWRKY	47	9	3	10	12	3	5	5	0	[64]
Sesamum indicum	SiWRKY	71	12	4	11	18	7	8	7	4	[65]
Solanum lycopersicum	SlWRKY	81	15	5	8	16	6	17	11	3	[19]
Solanum tuberosum	StWRKY	82	14	6	5	16	15	12	14	0	[66]
Triticum aestivum	TaWRKY	160	20	16	3	34	17	11	57	2	[51]
Vitis vinifera	VvWRKY	72	15	5	7	22	8	8	7	0	[67]
Zea mays	ZmWRKY	120b	15	6	8	22	13	16	30	0	[18]

a98 WRKY genes in japonica and 102 in indica rice. bother 10 ZmWRKY genes were classied in Group II. NG no group