Table 2. Gene expression stability ranked by geNorm, NormFinder, and BestKeeper.

Group	Rank	geNorm		NormFinder		BestKeeper
		Gene	Stability	Gene	Stability	Gene	SD [±Cq]	CV [%Cq]
Developmental stages	1	CseIF-4α	0.19	CsTBP	0.01	CsACT7	0.42	1.84
	2	CsEF-1α	0.19	CsTIP41	0.04	CsTIP41	0.45	1.81
	3	CsTBP	0.22	CseIF-4α	0.05	CsGAPDH	0.57	2.63
	4	CsSAND	0.28	CsPP2A	0.06	CseIF-4α	0.58	2.36
	5	CsPP2A	0.31	CsSAND	0.09	CsEF-1α	0.61	3.00
	6	CsTIP41	0.36	CsEF-1α	0.12	CsTBP	0.66	2.58
	7	CsACT7	0.46	CsACT7	0.16	CsSAND	0.75	2.91
	8	CsGAPDH	0.63	CsTUB	0.17	CsPP2A	0.82	3.06
	9	CsTUB	0.90	CsGAPDH	0.27	CsTUB	1.89	7.94
Hormone stimuli	1	CsPP2A	0.19	CsEF-1α	0.07	CseIF-4α	0.32	1.29
	2	CsTBP	0.19	CsTBP	0.07	CsEF-1α	0.34	1.69
	3	CsSAND	0.23	CseIF-4α	0.07	CsGAPDH	0.39	1.84
	4	CseIF-4α	0.28	CsPP2A	0.08	CsTIP41	0.39	1.54
	5	CsEF-1α	0.29	CsSAND	0.09	CsTBP	0.41	1.62
	6	CsTUB	0.33	CsTIP41	0.09	CsACT7	0.45	1.94
	7	CsTIP41	0.37	CsACT7	0.09	CsPP2A	0.47	1.77
	8	CsACT7	0.41	CsTUB	0.13	CsTUB	0.51	2.22
	9	CsGAPDH	0.47	CsGAPDH	0.23	CsSAND	0.52	1.99
Total	1	CsEF-1α	0.20	CsTBP	0.06	CseIF-4α	0.45	1.82
	2	CseIF-4α	0.20	CseIF-4α	0.06	CsTIP41	0.45	1.77
	3	CsTBP	0.26	CsTIP41	0.07	CsEF-1α	0.48	2.34
	4	CsPP2A	0.31	CsPP2A	0.08	CsACT7	0.50	2.16
	5	CsSAND	0.33	CsSAND	0.10	CsTBP	0.51	2.01
	6	CsTIP41	0.37	CsEF-1α	0.10	CsGAPDH	0.52	2.41
	7	CsACT7	0.46	CsACT7	0.14	CsPP2A	0.63	2.34
	8	CsGAPDH	0.59	CsTUB	0.15	CsSAND	0.67	2.57
	9	CsTUB	0.78	CsGAPDH	0.26	CsTUB	1.14	4.89

SD [±Cq]: standard deviation of the Cq; CV [%Cq]: coefficient of variance expressed as a percentage of the Cq level.