Fig. 3.

Steady-state transcript levels of Ps-ACS1, Ps-ACS3, Ps-ACS4, and Ps-ACS5 assessed by real-time quantitative PCR during flower and early fruit development of the ‘EG’ cultivar. The fertilized flower stage is marked with an asterisk. The experiments were carried out in triplicate. The x-axis represents the developmental stages indicated by number of days after bloom (DAB). ΔΔCt on the y-axis of each figure refers to the fold difference in gene expression relative to fruits 47 DAB for Ps-ACS3 and fruits 52 DAB for Ps-ACS1, -4, and -5.