JAZ proteins interact with various functional types of proteins, such as transcription factors, regulators, bacterial/fungal effectors, and subsequently regulate the accumulation of anthocyanin and initiation of trichomes [24, 25], cotton fiber development [26], stamen development [27], flowering time [28, 29], tolerance to pathogen infections [22, 30, 31], insect herbivory [32] and abiotic stresses [33, 34]. This evidence concerns the gene ZNF346 and infection.