Figure 3.

Silencing of different anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in Del/Ros1 tomatoes by VIGS showed different effects on fruit storage time. A, Total antioxidant capacity of water and acetone extracts from wild-type (WT) and different VIGS fruit. Fruit were harvested at 14 d post breaker. Error bars show se (n = 3). Different letters indicate significantly different values at P < 0.05 (one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s posthoc test) using the same extraction method. FW, Fresh weight. B, Times of storage needed to see overripening symptoms in different VIGS fruit. Fruit were harvested 2 weeks after breaker, and the time to show overripening symptoms (visual rotting and collapse of fruit) was recorded. Error bars show se (n = 10). Different letters indicate significantly different values at P < 0.05 (multiple pairwise comparison using χ² test).