Figure 7.

Expression profiles of genes involved in carotenoid metabolism in kiwifruit seedlings exposed to drought at 9 days. Expression pattern obtained by RNA-seq and qRT-PCR. Different treatments (x-axis) and gene expression (y-axis) by FPKM (right) and relative expression level (left). Gray columns in all plots indicate the relative expression level obtained by qRT-PCR in 9 days; the black lines indicate the FPKM value obtained by RNA-seq. Bars represent the standard error (n = 3). Different letters indicate significant differences according to LSD tests (p < 0.05) for qRT-PCR.