2.7. Statistical analysis
This experiment was designed in a completely randomized design (CRD) with 3 replications in a controlled environment postharvest room. The data obtained from all treatments were analyzed by repeated measures ANOVA and the means were compared by the least significant difference (LSD) test (P = 0.05). The data analysis of real-time and the relative quantification of transcriptabundance of target genes in individual plant samples were done as described by Ahmadi et al. (2009). Major changes of various genes relative to control were calculated for each replicate of each sample(Ahmadi et al., 2008, 2009).