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From: The targeted overexpression of SlCDF4 in the fruit enhances tomato size and yield involving gibberellin signalling

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Phenotypic characterization of the MM tomato lines overexpressing the SlCDF4 gene under the control of the fruit specific PPC2 promoter. (a) Transcript levels of SlCDF4 in 17 DAA fruits (red bars) and mature leaves (grey bars) of two homozygotic lines for the gene (lines L2 and L6) analyzed by qRT-PCR. Transcript levels were normalized to the values of MM fruit. Representative examples of (b) 2-months old plants, (c) leaves (4th leaf from the top of a 5-months-old plant at the reproductive stage) and (d) red stage tomatoes. Bars = 4 cm. Vegetative biomass (e), yield (f), total biomass (g) and harvest index (h) of the PPC2::SlCDF4 plants at the end of the experiment. Equatorial diameter (i) and weight (j) in mature red fruits. Dry matter (k) and water contents (l) in the ripe fruits (% of control). Non-transformed Moneymaker plants (MM) were used as controls. Different letters indicate significant differences (LSD test; P < 0.05). NS not significant.

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