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.