Fig. 3.

Semi-quantitative expression of six dormancy-associated MADS genes from peach in response to transfer from LD (16/8 h light/dark) to SD (8/16 h light/dark) conditions in a controlled environment. Photoperiod was reduced immediately following plant sampling at Week 0. Expression levels were calculated relative to a peach tubulin-α reference as in Fig. 2. Each symbol represents the average of a sample from three individual trees, error bars are standard deviations. DAM1, 2, and 4 are on a different y-axis scale to DAM3, 5, and 6 to improve the visualization of the expression dynamics.