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Table 4 Comprehensive ranking of the ten candidate reference genes using geNorm and NormFinder algorithms

From: Validation of endogenous reference genes in Buglossoides arvensis for normalizing RT-qPCR-based gene expression data

Experimental sample sets

Gene expression stability

Most stable Least stable

Leaves

GAPDH, CAC, UBQ, α-tub, PP2a, RUBISCO, α-actin, EF-1a, 18S rRNA, β-actin

Stems

CAC, RUBISCO, α-tub, β-actin, UBQ, α-actin, PP2a, EF-1a, GAPDH, 18S rRNA

Leaves + PGPR

α-tub, GAPDH, EF-1a, PP2a, CAC, UBQ, 18S rRNA, β-actin, RUBISCO, α-actin

Seeds / Flowers

α-tub, CAC, UBQ, GAPDH, α-actin, PP2a, RUBISCO, β-actin, 18S rRNA, EF-1a

Temperature

α-tub, GAPDH, CAC, UBQ, PP2a, α-actin, 18S rRNA, β-actin, EF-1a, RUBISCO

Total Samples

CAC, α-tub, UBQ, PP2a, GAPDH, β-actin, RUBISCO, 18S rRNA, EF-1a, α-actin