Fig. 6

qRT–PCR analysis of mRNA transcripts associated with randomly selected DEPs from stems (a) and leaves (b). FS: stem (F), MS: stem (M); FL: leaf (F), ML: leaf (M). The expression of each gene was calculated relative to the β-actin reference gene using the 2^−△△CT method. Three biological replicates were analyzed, error bars denote SDs, and data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, Duncan’s multiple range test)