supplemented with 100, 200 and 300 mM of NaCl and observations were taken after 30-days. (A) Phenotype, (B) Growth inhibition of wild-type and transgenic plants. Each bar value represents the mean 6 sd (n = 6) of triplicate experiments (student’s t test; * P,0.05 versus wild-type). (TIF) Figure S7 MV-induced short-term oxidative stress re- sponse of EcNAC1 transgenic tobacco plants. 15-day-old T1 seedlings selected on hygromycin were inter-planted with wild- type seedlings on MS medium amended with 5 mM MV and the observations were taken after seven days. (A) Phenotype, (B) Fresh weights and, (C) Root elongation of transgenic tobacco plants. Each bar value represents the mean 6 sd (n = 12) of triplicate experiments (student’s t test; *P,0.05 versus wild-type). (TIF) Figure S8 Expression pattern of known NAC target genes in wild-type and S4 transgenic tobacco plants. Transcript levels of various target genes of SNAC1 were determined by RT-PCR analysis. 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