Fig. 2.

Physiological, morphological, and metabolic characterization of the wild-type (WT) and transgenic fruit. (A) Representative red fruit of WT and transgenic plants in the T₂ generation. (B) Changes in the AOX protein (~33kDa) levels during fruit ripening in WT and transgenic fruit. (C) Average fruit size and fresh weight of the WT and transgenic fruit at the MG (mature green) stage were measured, respectively. Soluble sugar and lycopene content of the WT and transgenic fruit at the R (red) stage were measured, respectively. Data are the means ±SD of three independent experiments. The asterisks indicate statistically significant differences between the WT and transgenic fruit (P < 0.05).