Cytological, Phytohormone, and Transcriptome Analyses Provide Insights into Persimmon Fruit Shape Formation (Diospyros kaki Thunb.)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Morphological Comparison of Fruit
2.2. Phytohormone Content in Flat and Long Fruits
2.3. Transcriptome
2.4. DEGs Related to Phytohormones
2.5. DEGs Related to Cell Division and Cell Expansion
2.6. DEGs Validation by RT-qPCR
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
5. Materials and Methods
5.1. Plant Material
5.2. Paraffin Section
5.3. Phytohormone Assay
5.4. Transcriptome
5.5. Quantitative RT-PCR
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Li, H.; Suo, Y.; Li, H.; Sun, P.; Han, W.; Fu, J. Cytological, Phytohormone, and Transcriptome Analyses Provide Insights into Persimmon Fruit Shape Formation (Diospyros kaki Thunb.). Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 4812. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25094812
Li H, Suo Y, Li H, Sun P, Han W, Fu J. Cytological, Phytohormone, and Transcriptome Analyses Provide Insights into Persimmon Fruit Shape Formation (Diospyros kaki Thunb.). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024; 25(9):4812. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25094812
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Huawei, Yujing Suo, Hui Li, Peng Sun, Weijuan Han, and Jianmin Fu. 2024. "Cytological, Phytohormone, and Transcriptome Analyses Provide Insights into Persimmon Fruit Shape Formation (Diospyros kaki Thunb.)" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25, no. 9: 4812. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25094812
APA StyleLi, H., Suo, Y., Li, H., Sun, P., Han, W., & Fu, J. (2024). Cytological, Phytohormone, and Transcriptome Analyses Provide Insights into Persimmon Fruit Shape Formation (Diospyros kaki Thunb.). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(9), 4812. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25094812