Figure 5.

Expression analysis of group-III WRKY genes in different tissues of C. arietinum. The samples of chickpea were collected from 4-week-old plants for the root, stem, and leaf tissues. Bloomed flowers were sampled at reproductive stage while pod cover and seeds were collected at the same time points. The mRNA level expression was analysed by qRT–PCR using chickpea β-tubulin gene as internal control. The relative mRNA level was calculated with respect to the pod cover. The results presented here were obtained from three biological replicates with three technical replicates each. The error bars represent ±SD of means.