FIGURE 7.
Characteristics of the transgenic watermelon plants at different growth stages. (A) Bud regeneration from cotyledons after 3 weeks. (B) Enlarged adventitious shoots, which were transferred to plastic cups containing vermiculite. The plastic cup on the left contains transformed plants, whereas the plastic cup on the right consists of control plants. (C) Elongated plantlets. Female and male flowers of transgenic plants are presented on the left, whereas female and male flowers of control plants are presented on the right. (D) Representative fruit from a T4 ClaPEX1 RNAi watermelon plant. (E) Representative fruit from a control “Kexi” plant.