Fig. 4. Expression of MaC2H2-1/2 in banana fruit pulp with three different ripening characteristics caused by natural, ethylene-induced, and 1-MCP-delayed ripening
treatments. The expression levels of each gene are expressed as a ratio relative to 0 d, which was set at 1. Each value represents the mean
SE of three replicates. The broken
arrow and full arrow represented the time point of ethylene production beginning to increase and its peak for each treatment, respectively. The physiology data related with
fruit ripening and softening, including changes in fruit
firmness and ethylene production in banana fruit with these three different ripening characteristics has been described