Table 4.

List of the candidate DEGs involved in floral induction by ethephon according to RNA-seq data.

Gene identifier	Gene description	Fold change (log${}_2^{\text{Ratio}}$)		FDR
		T1-vs-Ct	T2-vs-Ct	T1-vs-Ct	T2-vs-Ct
Unigene0021445	Ethylene-responsive factor (ERF)	1.36*	0.90	0**	0**
Unigene0115271	Ethylene-responsive factor (ERF)	1.13*	0.92	2.19E-11**	1.21E-11**
Unigene0070140	Ethylene-responsive factor (ERF)	1.93*	2.54*	0.002	9.44E-05**
Unigene0063713	Ethylene receptor (ETR)	1.51*	1.75*	0.002	0.00014**
Unigene0089653	Low-temperature-induced protein (LTI)	12.74*	12.25*	3.82E-06**	0.00035**
Unigene0032387	Flowering locus T-like protein (FT-like)	NF	12.08*	NF	2.34E-06**
Unigene0077614	Vernalization protein (VRN1)	15.69*	16.55*	1.42E-14**	0**
Unigene0115509	Protein FRIGIDA-like (FRI)	−2.46*	−2.91*	4.87E-107**	1.05E-120**
Unigene0115508	Protein FRIGIDA-like (FRI)	−2.15*	−1.83*	8.03E-8**	6.40E-6**
Unigene0084723	Protein FRIGIDA-like (FRI)	−1.24*	−1.17*	4.51E-19**	2.05E-16**
Unigene0058964	AP1-like MADS box transcription factor (AP1)	NF	14.73*	NF	0**
Unigene0077607	Agamous-like MADS-box protein (AG)	3.52*	4.89*	9.75E-05**	0.00016**
Unigene0132144	Truncated transcription factor CAULIFLOWER A-like (CAL)	11.41*	11.30*	1.34E-13**	3.39E-12**

^*absolute value of log${}_2^{Ratio}$ ≥ 1,

^**FDR ≤ 0.001, NF, not found.