MATERIALS AND METHODS4.1 Plant materials and growth conditions
Seeds of the Solanum lycopersicum cultivars Brigade, M82 and
Moneymaker (MM), as well as the decreased SA transgenic lineNahG, were used throughout the study. Tomato plants were grown
from seeds in soil (Green Mix; Even‐Ari, Ashdod, Israel) in a growth
chamber at 60-70% relative humidity and under a long-day photoperiod
consisting of a 16-h light followed by an 8-h dark period, at 24°C.