Fig. 1.

Treatment with 5-azacytidine (5-azaC) affects budbreak in kiwifruit. (A). Forced budbreak of single-node cuttings was performed at room temperature under long-day conditions after application of 5-azaC. The box plots represent days to budbreak after treatment with 5-azaC or water control. The whiskers represent the minimum and maximum, the bottom and top of the box are the 25th and 75th percentiles, the line inside the box is the 50th percentile (median) and the cross represents the mean. A minimum of 15 cuttings per line was used in a forced budbreak assay. The samples are described in the table below. Student’s t-test was used to determine statistical significance, with P < 0.01 considered significant. (B). Representative cuttings collected on 17 June 2020, photographed 24 days after 5-azaC treatment. (C). Representative cuttings collected on 25 August 2020, photographed 10 days after 5’-azaC treatment.