Fig. 2.

Differentially expressed genes (DEG) identified by RNA-seq analysis in the peel of bag-removed (R), unbagged (U), and bagged (B) fruits at varying developmental stages. a Number of DEGs between samples in each treatment groups at 0, 4, and 10 days after bag removal (DABR) (b) Number of DEGs between U vs. R, U vs. B, and B vs. R groups at 0, 4, and 10 DABR (c) Venn diagram representation of DEGs from pairwise comparisons. d Venn diagram representation of total genes from 0 to 10 DABR in R, U, and B groups. FDR < 0.05 and |log₂FC| > 1 were used as cut-off criteria for significance. 0-, 0 DABR; − 4, 4 DABR; and − 10, 10 DABR