Table 4. Comparison of the expression stability of 13 reference genes in Saccharum officinarum as calculated by geNorm, Normfinder and deltaCt.
Rank | 1st set | 4th set | ||||||||||
geNorm | NormFinder | deltaCt | geNorm | NormFinder | deltaCt | |||||||
gene | stability | gene | stability | gene | stability | gene | stability | gene | stability | gene | stability | |
1 | CAC | 0.343 | GAPDH | 0.053 | GAPDH | 0.940 | GAPDH | 0.333 | eIF-4α | 0.218 | CAC | 1.060 |
2 | CUL | 0.343 | eEF-1a | 0.148 | eEF-1a | 1.040 | eEF-1a | 0.333 | eEF-1a | 0.419 | eIF-4α | 1.070 |
3 | APRT | 0.464 | 18S rRNA | 0.156 | 18S rRNA | 1.070 | CUL | 0.438 | TUB ** | 0.419 | GAPDH | 1.080 |
4 | TIPS-41 | 0.657 | eIF-4α | 0.167 | eIF-4α | 1.100 | CAC | 0.453 | UBQ | 0.445 | CUL | 1.090 |
5 | GAPDH | 0.726 | APRT | 0.253 | TIPS-41 | 1.130 | APRT | 0.526 | GAPDH | 0.505 | eEF-1a | 1.100 |
6 | eEF-1a | 0.777 | 25S rRNA | 0.255 | APRT | 1.130 | eIF-4α | 0.598 | ACT * | 0.546 | UBQ | 1.110 |
7 | eIF-4α | 0.827 | CAC | 0.256 | CAC | 1.190 | PRR | 0.800 | CUL | 0.571 | APRT | 1.160 |
8 | 18S rRNA | 0.876 | TIPS-41 | 0.258 | CUL | 1.220 | 25S rRNA | 1.080 | APRT | 0.580 | 25S rRNA | 1.220 |
9 | TUB ** | 0.955 | CUL | 0.302 | 25S rRNA | 1.300 | ACT * | 1.254 | PRR | 0.616 | 18S rRNA | 1.390 |
10 | 25S rRNA | 1.023 | TUB ** | 0.315 | TUB ** | 1.300 | 18S rRNA | 1.378 | CAC | 0.668 | ACT * | 1.480 |
11 | PRR | 1.102 | ACT * | 0.335 | ACT * | 1.430 | TUB ** | 1.518 | 25S rRNA | 0.744 | PRR | 1.930 |
12 | ACT * | 1.172 | PRR | 0.417 | PRR | 1.560 | UBQ | 1.602 | 18S rRNA | 0.787 | TUB ** | 2.190 |
13 | UBQ | 1.274 | UBQ | 0.494 | UBQ | 1.810 | TIPS-41 | 1.827 | TIPS-41 | 1.092 | TIPS-41 | 2.750 |
*β-actin,
**β-tubulin.