Figure 6

Expression of floral meristem identity genes FD and AP1 in shoot apices of plants grown in long days. Northern blotting (a) and real-time RT-PCR (b) analyses were performed with RNAs isolated from shoot apices of plants at the indicated times. Data shown in (b) are mean values ± standard deviation bars of results from three independent experiments each with three repeats and five plants per repeat. Different letters in bar graphs indicate significant differences by analysis of variance and least significant difference test (P < 0.01).