Total RNA was extracted from soybean using the plant total RNA isolation kit (TIANGEN, Beijing, China), and the cDNAs were synthesized using the TransScript All-in-One First-Strand cDNA synthesis SuperMix for qPCR kit (TransGen Biotech, Beijing, China). qRT-PCR assays were performed using UtraSYBR Mixture (low ROX) and ABI 7500 sequencer. The GmGADPH was used as internal control (Huis, Hawkins & Neutelings, 2010 (link)). The SOD genes and GmGADPH primers are listed in supplementary Table S1. The three biological replicates were obtained and expression levels were calculated using 2−ΔΔCt method and Student’s t-test (Livak & Schmittgen, 2001 (link)).
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