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From: Temporal and spatial expression of polygalacturonase gene family members reveals divergent regulation during fleshy fruit ripening and abscission in the monocot species oil palm

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(A) Experimental system used for ethylene-induced fruit shedding experiments. (B) Dose response of ripening fruit (150 days after pollination, DAP) treated with a selected concentration range of ethylene for 12 h. (C) Ethylene time course treatment of oil palm fruit spikelets at contrasting stages of development (DAP 30, 120, and 180). To test for separation, fruits were subjected to light pressure and separation in the primary zone was recorded. For 30 DAP samples, n = > 200, for 120 DAP samples n = > 90 and for 180 DAP samples n = > 80 per time point/treatment respectively. Experiments were performed twice during 2010 and once during 2011 for three biological repetitions with comparable results. The data from one representative experiment are shown.

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