Table 1.

Primers used in semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR (end point) analysis

Target gene	Forward primer (5′–3′)	Reverse primer (5′–3′)
25S rRNA	GCAGCCAAGCGTTCATAGC	CCTATTGGTGGGTGAACAATCC
Soluble acid invertase (SAI)	GCAGCGCACGGGATTCCACT	GCCAGGTGTTGTCCGACGGG
Cell wall invertase (CWI)	CTCAAGAACAGCCTCGACCT	AGGTTTGGGTTCAGAGACGA
Neutral invertase (NI)	TGTGAACAATGGATCAAAA	GCTGGGTAGCATATCTTGAG
Sucrose synthase (SuSy)	CAGCATAGCTTGTTTAAGTAATAC	CTGGTGATGATGAAATCAGTGTG
Phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase (PEPC)	ATCAAGGAGAAACTGGATG	TCAGGAAAGAACTAGACTGC
Sucrose transporter (SUT 1)	GTGCTCATCTGCATTGCTGT	CTTGTGCCAATTGTTTGTGG