Table 1.

Primers used in this study.

Primer	Purpose/Vector	Sequence (5′–3′)
MdATG8i–F	Clone/pMD19T–simple	F: ATGGGGAAGATCCAATCTTTCAAG
MdATG8i–R		R: TTAGCCAAAGGTTTTCTCGCTGCT
BK–MdATG8i–EcoR I –F	Yeast two–hybrid/pGBKT7	F: CCGGAATTCATGGGGAAGATCCAATC
BK–MdATG8i–BamH I –R		R: CGCGGATCCTTAGCCAAAGGTTTTC
AD–MdATG7a–EcoR I –F	Yeast two–hybrid/pGADT7	F: CCGGAATTCATGGAGGGAGGC
AD–MdATG7a–Cla I –R		R: CCATCGATTCAAACTTCAACCAAATCATC
AD–MdATG7b–EcoR I –F		F: CCGGAATTCATGGAGCGAGGC
AD–MdATG7b–Cla I –R		R: CCATCGATTCAAACCTCAACCAAATCATC
pro–MdATG8i–F	Promoter clone/pMD19T–simple	F: GAACAACAAACAATGATTATTTGACA
pro–MdATG8i–R		R: GATTGGATCTTCCCCATAAAGC
OE–MdATG8i–F	Plant overexpression and Subcellular localization /pGWB406–GFP	F: AAAAAAGCAGGCTTCATGGGGAAGATCCAATC
OE–MdATG8i–R		R: CAAGAAAGCTGGGTTTTAGCCAAAGGTTTTCTC
q MdATG8i–F	qRT–PCR	F: GCAGCAGGCTTCACTTGACTCC
q MdATG8i–R		R: GGAATCCATGCGACTGGCTGTT
AtUBQ10–F		F: TTCACTTGGTCCTGCGTCTTC
AtUBQ10–R		R: CATCAGGGATTATACAAGGCCCC
attB1	Adapter primer for gateway vector	F: GGGGACAAGTTTGTACAAAAAAGCAGGCT
attB2		R: GGGGACCACTTTGTACAAGAAAGCTGGGT

Restriction sites and adapters are underlined.