*4.12. Plant Materials*

Other *S. lycopersicum* seedlings were grown in the same conditions with the above mentioned seeds (see Section 4.11). Different fruits were harvested in the following five stages: immature green stage (IMG), mature green stage (MG), breaker stage (B), four days after breaker stage (B + 4), and seven days after breaker stage (B + 7). All of the plant samples were retrieved at the same time each day, and then frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at −80 ◦C.
