Fig. 5

Effect of ethephon treatment on the expression patterns of genes encoding three families of cell wall hydrolyzing enzymes in the three AZs. The expression pattern of all transcripts belonging to PG, cellulase and expansin gene families in the three AZs at 0 and 5 days after ethephon treatment (a), and the expression pattern of only the induced genes of PG (b), cellulase (c) and expansin (d) 5 days after the ethephon treatment, are presented