Previously, comparative transcriptome analysis revealed that, for ramie, drought stress and root lesion nematode infection regulated 24 TF genes (containing three NACs, two MYBs, and one EFR) and 40 TFs genes (containing 10 bHLHs, five MYBs, two NACs, and one ERF), respectively [20, 27]. Here, ERF is linked to Nematoda infectious disease.