Table 2. Summary of strawberry varieties, tissues and experimental conditions used in this study.

Biological process	Cultivar	Culture type/Tissue	Biological stages/Time points after treatments	Experimental conditions
Ripening and senescence	Camarosa	Fruit	G, W, R, OR and SE	Fruit ripening in field	RCFa
Defense against fungal infection	Camarosa	Fruit	Red stage fruits: Mock/Infectedgrades 1, 2, 3 and 4	Red fruit naturally infected withC. acutatum in field	FCFa, e
Defense against fungal infection	Camarosa	Crown	Mock: 1, 3, 5 and 7 dpi/Infected:1, 3, 5 and 7 dpi	Growth chamber C. acutatuminfection under controlledconditions	FCCb, e
Defense against fungal infection	Camarosa	Petiole	Mock: 1, 3, 5 and 7 dpi/Infected:1, 3, 5 and 7 dpi	Growth chamber C. acutatuminfection under controlledconditions	FCPb, d, e
Defense against fungal infection	Andana	Petiole	Mock: 3, 5 and 7 dpi/Infected:1, 3, 5 and 7 dpi	Growth chamber C. acutatuminfection under controlledconditions	FAPd
Hormone response	Camarosa	Young in-vitro plant	Mock: 12, 24, 48hpt/SA (5 mM):12, 24, 48hpt/MeJA (2 mM):12, 24, 48hpt	Mock, SA and MeJA treatment	HCYc, e
Hormone response	Chandler	Cellular suspensions	Mock: 4 and 6hpt/SA (0,75 mM):4 and 6hpt/MeJA (0,1 mM):4 and 6hpt	Mock, SA and MeJA treatment	HCCc

RCF, Ripening-Camarosa-Fruit; FCF, Fungal-Camarosa-Fruit; FCC, Fungal-Camarosa-Crown; FCP, Fungal-Camarosa-Petiole; FAP, Fungal-Andana-Petiole; HCY, Hormone-Camarosa-Young-in-vitro; HCC, Hormone-Chandler-Cellular-suspensions. G1: small green, W: white, R: red, OR: over-ripened, SE: senescent.

(a) Comparison of gene expression between overripening-derived senescence and infection-derived necrosis, (b) Comparison of gene expression between cultivars under biotic stress, (c) Comparison of gene expression between cultivars under hormonal treatment, (d) Comparison of gene expression between different plant tissues, (e) Comparison of gene expression between infected and hormone treated plants.