Table 3.

List of genes encoding transcription factors related to thermotolerance.

TFs/Genes	Source	Function	Reference
Hsf6A/wheat	HVA1s promoter of barley	Regulation of heat shock protein genes and improve thermotolerance	[214]
EF-Tu	Ubiquitin 1 promoter of maize	Overexpression reduces the thermal aggregation of leaf proteins, photosynthetic membrane, and increases CO2 fixation	[215]
HvSUT1	Hordein B1 promoter of barley	Increase sucrose transport into grains	[216]
TaFER-5B	Ubiquitin 1 of maize	Reduces oxidative stress by scavenging ROS and improves leaf iron content	[217]
TaGASR1	Wheat variety TM107	Reduces ROS and hormonal signal transduction pathway	[218]
TaHsfC2a	Monocot-specific HsfC2 subclass	Thermotolerance development via the ABA-mediated regulatory pathway	[219]
TaHSP23.9	Chinese wheat based on proteomic analysis	Upregulation under heat stress facilitates in seed development during the grain filling phase	[220]
TaFBA1	F-box gene from wheat	Upregulation improves photosynthesis and the antioxidant enzyme activity	[221]
TaHsfA2-1	Wheat	Overexpression of heat shock proteins and chlorophyll content	[222]
SGR	Arbidopsis and rice	Binding of light harvesting complex during photosystem-II	[142,144]
NYC	Arbidopsis and rice	Responsible for the activity of chlorophyll reductase to convert chl-b into chl-a	[142,145]
PPH	Arbidopsis and rice	Responsible for the activity pheophytinase for dephytylation to phaeophytin	[142,146]