Fig. 6

Materials chose for transcriptome sequencing and qRT-PCR analyses. A. The petal developmental stages of pink-flowered strawberry cultivar Sijihong. a, Young bud stage (L). b, Beginning coloration stage (Z). c, Big bud stage (D). d, Half opening stage (B). e, Full opening stage (S). The samples of ‘L’, ‘Z’ and ‘D’ were used for transcriptome sequencing with three biological replicates. B. Materials chose for qRT-PCR with different flower colors of hybrids from the cross of Pink Princess × Pretty Beauty. R. Red, DP. Dark pink, P. Pink, LP. Light pink, and W. White. C. a* value measured by a Chroma Meter (CR-400 Koniea Minolta, Japan) used to differentiate flower colors