Table 4.
Ranking order of candidate reference genes in all samples in cucumber plants.
| Method | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment 1 | geNorm | TUA | UBC | ACT | UBI | EF1 | UBQ | CACS | PP2A | PRL36Aa | CYP | PDF2 | YSL8 | F-BOX |
| Normfinder | EF1 | UBQ | UBI | ACT | CACS | UBC | CYP | TUA | PRL36Aa | PP2A | PDF2 | YSL8 | F-BOX | |
| BestKeeper | PR36Aa | UBI | ACT | UBQ | CACS | EF1 | UBC | PP2A | CYP | TUA | ||||
| Delta CT | EF1 | UBC | ACT | TUA | CACS | PP2A | PRL36Aa | UBI | CYP | UBQ | PDF2 | YSL8 | F-BOX | |
| Final ranking | EF1 | UBI | ACT | TUA | CACS | UBC | PRL36Aa | PP2A | CYP | UBQ | PDF2 | YSL8 | F-BOX | |
| Treatment 2 | geNorm | UBC | PRL36Aa | UBI | ACT | TUA | CACS | PP2A | PDF2 | EF1 | UBQ | F-BOX | CYP | YLS8 |
| Normfinder | UBI | ACT | CACS | UBC | PRL36Aa | TUA | PP2A | UBQ | PDF2 | EF1 | F-BOX | CYP | YLS8 | |
| BestKeeper | UBI | PRL36Aa | CACS | UBC | ACT | UBQ | PP2A | TUA | PDF2 | EF1 | ||||
| Delta CT | UBI | ACT | PP2A | CACS | UBC | RPL36Aa | TUA | UBQ | EF1 | PDF2 | F-BOX | CYP | YLS8 | |
| Final ranking | UBI | RPL36Aa | UBC | ACT | CACS | PP2A | UBQ | TUA | EF1 | PDF2 | F-BOX | CYP | YLS8 | |
| Treatment 3 | geNorm | UBC | PP2A | CACS | TUA | F-BOX | CYP | UBI | ACT | PRL36aA | PDF2 | UBQ | YSL8 | EF1 |
| Normfinder | CACS | UBC | PP2A | TUA | CYP | F-BOX | UBI | ACT | PRL36Aa | PDF2 | UBQ | YSL8 | EF1 | |
| BestKeeper | UBI | PRL36Aa | CYP | CACS | UBC | F-BOX | PDF2 | TUA | PP2A | ACT | ||||
| Delta CT | CACS | UBC | CYP | PP2A | TUA | UBI | F-BOX | ACT | PRL36Aa | PDF2 | UBQ | YSL8 | EF1 | |
| Final ranking | CACS | CYP | UBI | UBC | PRL36Aa | PP2A | TUA | F-BOX | ACT | PDF2 | UBQ | YSL8 | EF1 |
1-13: the ranking order from better to good to average.