Fig. 7: Transient gene manipulation in relation to strawberry varieties.

Detached fruits at different stages were infected with Agrobacterium carrying the eGFP gene driven by the 35CaMV promoter, and the fruits were incubated for 5 days at 25 °C and 100% humidity. a Fruits were detached at the MG, LG, and W stages, comparison between two strawberry varieties (Benihoppe versus Monterey) with respect to phenotypes (upper panel) and GFP fluorescence (lower panel). b qRT-PCR analysis of eGFP expression. FaACTIN was used as a normalized control gene. Values are means ± SD of six fruits. Statistically significant differences among samples were determined by Tukey’s test, and significant differences at the P < 0.05 level are indicated by different letters