Fig. 1

Berry developmental stages and sampling time points. The E-L system follows that of Coombe [2]. F1-F9 and K1-K11 represent the sampling time points for MT and WT, respectively. Because WT and MT had different ripening dates, the corresponding dates for reaching their E-L system stages, as indicated in the brackets after F or K, were different. For example, F4 and K5 both represented the samples taken at the E-L system stage 33, but K5 was sampled later (6/21) than F4 (6/17). This is because ‘Fengzao’ reached the E-L system stage 33 about 5 days earlier than ‘Kyoho’