Table 4.

Expression stability ranking of the 11 candidate reference genes.

Method	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
(A) RANKING ORDER UNDER BIOTIC STRESS (BETTER-GOOD-AVERAGE)
NormFinder	RAN	ACT7	EF1α	DnaJ	UBQ	UBI	18S rRNA	TUBβ	UBC	TUBα	ACT
geNorm	ACT7/RAN		DnaJ	UBQ	EF1α	UBI	18S rRNA	UBC	TUBβ	TUBα	ACT
BestKeeper	18S rRNA	UBI	ACT7	DnaJ	RAN	UBQ	EF1α	ACT	UBC	TUBα	TUBβ
Comprehensive ranking	RAN	ACT7	DnaJ	18S rRNA	UBI	EF1α	UBQ	UBC	TUBβ	ACT	TUBα
(B) RANKING ORDER UNDER DIFFERENT TISSUES (BETTER-GOOD-AVERAGE)
NormFinder	TUBβ	EF1α	RAN	UBI	ACT7	DnaJ	UBQ	UBC	TUBα	18S rRNA	ACT
geNorm	TUBβ/UBI		EF1α	RAN	ACT7	UBQ	DnaJ	UBC	TUBα	18S rRNA	ACT
BestKeeper	UBI	TUBβ	DnaJ	RAN	UBQ	UBC	TUBα	EF1α	18S rRNA	ACT7	ACT
Comprehensive ranking	TUBβ	UBI	EF1α	RAN	DnaJ	UBQ	ACT7	UBC	TUBα	18S rRNA	ACT
(C) RANKING ORDER UNDER NACL STRESS (BETTER-GOOD-AVERAGE)
NormFinder	ACT7	RAN	UBQ	EF1α	TUBα	UBC	DnaJ	TUBβ	UBI	18S rRNA	ACT
geNorm	EF1α/RAN		ACT7	DnaJ	UBC	UBI	UBQ	TUBα	TUBβ	18S rRNA	ACT
BestKeeper	TUBα	UBC	UBI	RAN	UBQ	EF1α	TUBβ	DnaJ	ACT7	18S rRNA	ACT
Comprehensive ranking	RAN	ACT7	EF1α	TUBα	UBC	UBQ	UBI	DnaJ	TUBβ	18S rRNA	ACT
(D) RANKING ORDER UNDER PEG STRESS (BETTER-GOOD-AVERAGE)
NormFinder	RAN	ACT7	DnaJ	UBC	EF1α	UBI	TUBβ	UBQ	TUBα	18S rRNA	ACT
geNorm	EF1α/UBC		UBI	RAN	DnaJ	ACT7	TUBβ	UBQ	TUBα	18S rRNA	ACT
BestKeeper	TUBα	DnaJ	UBC	UBI	18S rRNA	TUBβ	UBQ	ACT	RAN	ACT7	EF1α
Comprehensive ranking	UBC	DnaJ	RAN	UBI	EF1α	TUBα	ACT7	TUBβ	UBQ	18S rRNA	ACT
(E) RANKING ORDER UNDER TOTAL SAMPLES (BETTER-GOOD-AVERAGE)
NormFinder	RAN	ACT7	EF1α	DnaJ	UBQ	UBI	TUBβ	UBC	TUBα	18S rRNA	ACT
geNorm	ACT7/RAN		DnaJ	UBQ	EF1α	UBI	UBC	TUBβ	18S rRNA	TUBα	ACT
BestKeeper	UBI	18S rRNA	DnaJ	ACT7	EF1α	TUBβ	UBC	ACT	RAN	UBQ	TUBα
Comprehensive ranking	ACT7	RAN	DnaJ	UBI	EF1α	UBQ	18S rRNA	TUBβ	UBC	ACT	TUBα