During ripening phase, several physiological and biochemical changes take place through differential expression of various genes that are developmentally regulated.
Growth of the rice plant is divided into three phases: the vegetative (from germination to panicle initiation), reproductive (from panicle initiation to heading) and grain filling or ripening phase (from heading to maturity) (Li, 1979).
Berries with higher seed content enter the ripening phase 4 to 14 d later than berries with lower seed content.
Interim analysis of some of the clinical outcomes (e.g. caesarean section rate, admission to hospital during ripening phase for reasons other than onset of labour) will be performed by the Data Monitoring Committee after about 180 women have been recruited.
Although, like the common and CT highly modulated genes, these grouped into eight clusters, more than half of them were assigned to clusters 6 and 7, showing that most C highly modulated genes were upregulated during at least one ripening phase.
The expression profiles of VvGolS, VvLEA1 and VvHKR during ripening phase is similar between Chardonnay berries harvested from a vineyard and Cabernet Sauvignon berries subjected to a 20°C days and 15°C nights temperature regime (Table 4 and Figures 6C, 6D and 6F).
At the end of the fruit ripening phase, M2 seeds were collected from individual M1 plants and stored.
