Table 8 Relative expression (Pe/Cg) of selected genes in apple tissue infected with P. expansum or C. gloeosporioides

Programmed cell death protein 4-like

0.025/0.112 = 0.223

Histone deacetylase hdt3-like

0.70/1.21 = 0.583

Auxin-repressed kda isoform x1

0.002/0.009 = 0.222

Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase 1

9.41/3.38 = 2.781

ap2-like ethylene-responsive transcription factor at2g41710 isoform x2

0.015/0.063 = 0.238

Chalcone synthase

16.33/24.23 = 0.670

udp-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase

0.104/0.291 = 0.357

Peroxidase 47

98.83/10.55 = 9.368

Senescence-associated carboxylesterase 101-like

0.079/0.192 = 0.411

Respiratory burst oxidase homolog protein d-like

185.14/24.15 = 7.664

1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase 1

0.034/0.064 = 0.544

Lipoxygenase

490.05/205.74 = 2.381

Anthocyanidin 3-o-glucosyltransferase 5-like

0.007/0.041 = 0.169

Indole-3-acetic acid-induced protein arg2

9.97/6.49 = 1.535

Expansin 1

0.002/0.040 = 0.067

Zinc finger an1 domain-containing stress-associated protein 12-like

17.66/17.78 = 0.993

ap2-like ethylene-responsive transcription factor at2g41710 isoform x2

0.012/0.045 = 0.282

NADPH--cytochrome p450 reductase isoform x2

8.18/4.04 = 2.022

Lysine-specific histone demethylase 1 homolog 1-like

0.075/0.192 = 0.394

Ethylene-responsive transcription factor 2-like

33.81/33.83 = 0.999

Serine threonine-protein kinase-like protein ccr4

11.12/1.83 = 6.049