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Table 5 Ranking order of the genes as determined by the outcomes from the three tools

From: Characterizing reference genes for high-fidelity gene expression analysis under different abiotic stresses and elicitor treatments in fenugreek leaves

Treatments

Rank

EEF-1α

Rank

GAPDH

Rank

β-tubulin

BestKeeper

GeNorm

NormFinder

BestKeeper

GeNorm

NormFinder

BestKeeper

GeNorm

NormFinde

Control

1

1

1

2

2

3

3

3

2

Melatonin + Cold stress

1

1

2

3

4

3

2

3

1

Melatonin + High-temperature stress

1

1

1

3

4

2

2

3

3

Melatonin + Salinity stress

1

2

1

4

3

2

2

4

3

EBR + Cold stress

1

1

2

2

4

1

3

3

3

EBR + High-temperature stress

1

1

1

4

4

2

2

3

3

EBR + Salinity stress

1

1

3

2

2

4

4

6

1

TiO2 NPs + Cold stress

1

1

1

3

6

3

2

2

2

TiO2NPs + High-temperature

1

1

1

4

6

3

2

3

2

TiO2 NPs + Salinity stress

1

1

2

3

6

3

2

3

1

Cold plasma + Cold stress

1

3

2

2

1

1

3

2

4

Cold plasma + High-temperature stress

1

2

2

3

4

4

2

1

1

Cold plasma + Salinity stress

2

2

1

3

4

3

1

1

3

Treatments

BestKeeper

GeNorm

NormFinder

BestKeeper

GeNorm

NormFinder

BestKeeper

GeNorm

NormFinde

Rank

eIF4A

Rank

UBE2D2

Rank

18 S rRNA

Control

4

4

8

5

5

10

6

7

6

Melatonin + Cold stress

4

2

8

5

6

10

9

9

6

Melatonin + High-temperature stress

4

2

4

5

8

6

8

9

10

Melatonin + Salinity stress

3

1

4

5

6

10

6

8

5

EBR + Cold stress

4

2

8

5

5

10

10

10

5

EBR + High-temperature stress

3

2

4

6

7

8

9

9

10

EBR + Salinity stress

3

3

2

8

9

9

7

10

6

TiO2 NPs + Cold stress

5

9

5

4

3

7

10

10

8

TiO2 NPs + High-temperature

5

10

5

3

2

4

8

9

8

TiO2 NPs + Salinity stress

7

10

4

3

2

5

10

9

6

Cold plasma + Cold stress

4

4

3

5

5

5

8

10

7

Cold plasma + High-temperature stress

5

9

5

4

3

3

10

10

8

Cold plasma + Salinity stress

4

3

2

5

5

7

8

10

6

Treatments

Rank

Actin 11

Rank

HSP 70

Rank

25 S rRNA

BestKeeper

GeNorm

NormFinder

BestKeeper

GeNorm

NormFinder

BestKeeper

GeNorm

NormFinde

Control

7

8

4

8

6

7

9

10

9

Melatonin + Cold stress

6

5

4

7

10

7

8

7

9

Melatonin + High-temperature stress

6

5

9

7

6

8

10

7

7

Melatonin + Salinity stress

8

9

6

7

10

9

10

7

7

EBR + Cold stress

6

7

6

7

8

4

8

6

7

EBR + High-temperature stress

7

8

6

5

6

5

8

5

7

EBR + Salinity stress

7

8

7

5

5

5

9

7

8

TiO2 NPs + Cold stress

8

4

4

6

5

9

7

8

10

TiO2 NPs + High-temperature

6

4

10

7

5

7

10

8

9

TiO2 NPs + Salinity stress

5

4

8

6

5

7

9

8

10

Cold plasma + Cold stress

6

6

8

7

7

6

10

9

10

Cold plasma + High-temperature stress

7

5

6

6

6

7

8

8

9

Cold plasma + Salinity stress

7

6

5

6

7

8

9

9

10

Treatments

Rank

UbcH10

BestKeeper

GeNorm

NormFinder

Control

10

9

9

Melatonin + Cold stress

10

8

5

Melatonin + High-temperature stress

9

10

9

Melatonin + Salinity stress

9

5

8

EBR + Cold stress

9

9

9

EBR + High-temperature stress

10

10

9

EBR + Salinity stress

6

4

10

TiO2 NPs + Cold stress

9

8

6

TiO2 NPs + High-temperature

9

7

6

TiO2NPs + Salinity stress

8

7

9

Cold plasma + Cold stress

9

8

9

Cold plasma + High-temperature stress

9

7

10

Cold plasma + Salinity stress

10

8

9