Table 2.

List of candidate key genes for the early ripening and deep red fruit traits in Ganhong.

Gene ID	Homolog in Arabidopsis thaliana	Putative Molecular Function	NHE	GH
Cs_ont_7g017960	AT4G19170	Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4 (CCD4)	8.29 ± 0.61	6.81 ± 0.39 *
Cs_ont_7g018990	AT5G23280	Transcription factor TCP7	26.71 ± 2.68	18.52 ± 1.88 *
Cs_ont_7g019400	AT1G68550	Ethylene-responsive factor ERF119	31.62 ± 1.49	14.18 ± 3.10 **
Cs_ont_7g019650	AT1G76520	Protein PIN-LIKES 3	37.55 ± 5.49	17.72 ± 3.65 *

Notes: * and ** denote significant differences at the 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels judged by Student’s t-test, respectively.