Transcriptome analysis of response to drought in poplar interspecific hybrids

Elena Barghini; Rosa Maria Cossu; Andrea Cavallini; Tommaso Giordani

doi:10.1016/j.gdata.2015.01.004

Transcriptome analysis of response to drought in poplar interspecific hybrids

Genom Data. 2015 Jan 20:3:143-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gdata.2015.01.004. eCollection 2015 Mar.

Authors

Elena Barghini¹, Rosa Maria Cossu¹, Andrea Cavallini¹, Tommaso Giordani¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.

Abstract

To investigate the response of poplar hybrids to drought, leaves were collected from plants to which water was suspended for 8 and 13 days. After measuring the respective relative water content, RNAs were isolated from leaves of moderately and severely droughted plants and from control plants, and Illumina RNA sequencing was performed to analyze RNA synthesis in these tissues. Our data provide a resource (available at Gene Expression Omnibus database under GSE64044) to be employed for comparative analyses of drought response in different poplar species, with the long-term aim of developing strategies to improve plant productivity under drought.

Keywords: Drought; Gene expression; Illumina; Poplar; RNAseq.