Total RNA was extracted from plant samples using a SteadPure Plant RNA Extraction Kit (Accurate Biotechnology, Hunan), according to the manufacturer’s instructions. cDNA was synthesized in 500 ng total RNA using an
Evo M-MLV reverse transcription kit (Accurate Biotechnology, Hunan). Primer design of genes was carried out using the online website
https://www.genscript.com/tools/real-time-pcr-taqman-primer-design-tool (accessed on 9 May 2023) (see
Table S6). The system and procedure of RT-PCR referred to Zhang et al. [75 (
link)]. In brief, the total RT-PCR system amounted to 10 µL, including 5 µL of 2X SYBR Green Pro Taq HS Premix*, 1 µL of cDNA, 0.8 µL each of upstream and downstream primers (10 µmol/L), and ddH
2O. The RT-PCR reaction procedure was as follows: step 1, 95 °C for 30 s; step 2, 95 °C for 5 s, 60 °C for 30 s, 72 °C for 10 min for 40 cycles, 65 °C for 5 s, 95 °C for 5 s; 3 repetitions. The relative expression of genes was calculated by the 2
−ΔΔCt method.
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