Table 1.

Primers for gene and promoter cloning, qRT-PCR and VIGS.

Name	Forward primer (5′ → 3′)	Reverse primer (5′ → 3′)	PCR product size (bp)
GhNAC79	AGACTGGCATGAATAAACAAG	AGCTTCTCCATCTACACATCA	759
qRT-PCR-GhNAC79	AATCACATTAATCGGTTTACT	CTAAAGATTCCAAAACCCATC	117
VIGS-GhNAC79	CTACACCTCCTATCCTAAGAC	AGCTTCTCCATCTACACAT	272
PGhNAC79	GTGATGTGTAAAACAGTCTAT	TTCTTCAGTAGGATAGAACCG	1031

The GhNAC79 primer was used for gene cloning; the qRT-PCR-GhNAC79 primer was used for fluorescent qRT-PCR; the VIGS-GhNAC79 primer was used for VIGS; and the PGhNAC79 primer was used for promoter cloning.