Table 3. Analysis of the relative transcript accumulation of 8 ERF genes of Hevea brasiliensis from group IX by real-time RT-PCR in the bark of the control (C) and plants subjected to seven different treatments: (W) wounding; (MeJA) methyl jasmonate; (ET) ethylene, either individually or in a combination of treatments (T).

Gene	Treatments
	W		MeJA		ET		W x MeJA		W x ET		MeJA x ET		W x MeJA x ET
	ratio	p-value	ratio	p-value	ratio	p-value	ratio	p-value	ratio	p-value	ratio	p-value	ratio	p-value
	T/C		T/C		T/C		T/C		T/C		T/C		T/C
HbERF-IXa3	2.60	0.13	1.63	0.20	0.65	0.37	2.35	0.14	9.88	0.06	7.68	0.06	124.96	0.05
HbERF-IXb1	0.40	0.14	2.53	0.37	8.84	0.01	0.41	0.14	0.32	0.11	4.09	0.03	30.35	0.01
HbERF-IXb2	0.73	0.27	0.62	0.24	5.26	0.01	0.36	0.02	0.42	0.03	1.95	0.14	12.40	0.05
HbERF-IXb3	0.06	0.16	0.69	0.80	0.21	0.57	0.28	0.63	0.08	0.22	1.18	0.78	0.14	0.37
HbERF-IXc1	0.35	0.49	2.85	0.64	0.15	0.89	1.08	0.25	3.03	0.16	0.93	0.33	32.76	0.25
HbERF-IXc4	38.81	0.01	53.90	0.00	306.20	0.003	38.82	0.01	396.07	0.001	1754.05	0.000	3143.14	0.003
HbERF-IXc5	5.38	0.03	2.95	0.04	38.53	0.002	4.36	0.02	224.85	0.001	120.67	0.004	502.54	0.02
HbERF-IXc6	17.09	0.01	29.52	0.01	57.90	0.003	4.28	0.08	124.79	0.002	257.63	0.002	588.72	0.01

It was considered as an up-regulation when the ratio was >1.0, and a down-regulation when the ratio was <1.0.