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From: Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) SlIPT4, encoding an isopentenyltransferase, is involved in leaf senescence and lycopene biosynthesis during fruit ripening

Fig. 3

SlIPT4 downregulation in tomato resulted in orange fruits and decreased lycopene accumulation. a and b Phenotypes of fruits at about 7 days after break stage (a), and after holding on plants until plant died (0 day) and a storage of 30 days at room temperature (b). c, d, e and f A moderate reduction of total carotenoids (c) measured using spectrophotometer, and dramatic decrease of lycopene (d), β-carotene (e), and lutein (f) quantified via HPLC in SlIPT4-RNAi orange fruits. FW = fresh weight. The biological replicates (3–5 fruits per sample) were performed in triplicate, and the data are shown as mean ± SE. Asterisks represent significant differences between SlIPT4-RNAi line and wild-type control (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, Student’s t test)

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