Table 3 Expression stability values of eight candidate reference genes calculated by BestKeeper.

From: Selection of the reference genes for quantitative gene expression by RT-qPCR in the desert plant Stipagrostis pennata

Rank

Rhizosheath development

Drought

Tissues

All samples

1

HIS-3

GADPH

ARP6

ARP6

R value

0.803

0.984

0.973

0.944

CV ± SD

2.92 ± 0.73

6.43 ± 1.01

9.73 ± 2.78

6.65 ± 1.76

2

elF

ALDH

elF

PP2A

R value

0.777

0.968

0.958

0.937

CV ± SD

2.11 ± 0.46

7.55 ± 1.29

12.92 ± 3.23

9.62 ± 2.00

3

GADPH

elF

PP2A

elF

R value

0.655

0.924

0.958

0.933

CV ± SD

4.36 ± 0.71

3.86 ± 0.83

12.08 ± 3.13

8.14 ± 1.86

4

TIP411

ARP6

GADPH

ALDH

Rvalue

0.48

0.918

0.918

0.931

CV ± SD

2.83 ± 0.63

4.05 ± 1.03

17.53 ± 3.54

11.17 ± 2.00

5

α-TUB

TIP411

ALDH

GADPH

R value

0.325

0.914

0.907

0.929

CV ± SD

13.25 ± 4.25

4.06 ± 0.93

10.57 ± 2.15

12.16 ± 2.12

6

PP2A

α-TUB

TIP411

TIP411

R value

− 0.293

0.811

0.858

0.905

CV ± SD

2.88 ± 0.63

2.69 ± 0.92

7.86 ± 2.00

6.37 ± 1.51

7

ALDH

PP2A

HIS-3

HIS-3

R value

− 0.336

0.591

0.791

0.858

CV ± SD

4.74 ± 0.75

3.82 ± 0.83

9.48 ± 3.03

12.38 ± 3.46

8

ARP6

HIS-3

α-TUB

α-TUB

R value

− 0.734

− 0.238

− 0.382

0.411

CV ± SD

2.54 ± 0.64

5.62 ± 1.48

14.11 ± 5.82

12.03 ± 4.34