Figure 8

The lignin synthesis metabolism of ‘Chili’ pear with different bagging treatments. (a) The fruit lenticel size and number of unbagged, PE-bagged and non-woven fabric-bagged fruit on harvest day. (b) The phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway (http://www.kegg.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?map00940). Lignin synthesis gene expression patterns are indicated by RPKM values. (c) Gene expression level inferred by q-PCR. Error bars on each column indicate s.e. from three replicates. The expression pattern of each DEG is shown by three grids: the left one represents the RPKM value of the unbagged fruit (x), the middle one represents the RPKM value of the PE-bagged fruit (y), and the right one represents the RPKM value of the non-woven fabric-bagged fruit (z). The grids with different colors from green to red show the absolute expression magnitude with the RPKM values 0–41.04. DAA means days after anthesis.