Fig. 4: Effect of temperature on transient gene manipulation.

Detached LG fruits were infected with Agrobacterium carrying the eGFP reporter gene driven by the 35CaMV promoter. After infection, fruits were incubated at different temperatures at 100% humidity. eGFP image assays were conducted on the 5th day after Agrobacterium infection. a eGFP images. b qRT-PCR analysis of eGFP gene expression. FaACTIN was used as a normalized control gene. Values are means ± SD of six fruits. Statistically significant differences among samples were tested by Tukey’s test, and significant differences at the P < 0.05 level are indicated by different letters