1) Cold-sensitive Cavendish Banana; 2) Cold-tolerant Dajiao Plantain Transcriptome or Gene expression

In this study, Dajiao (Musa spp. Dajiao; ABB Group) collected from subtropical region of China with high cold-tolerance was used to investigate responses to cold stress at transcriptional level. A cold-sensitive Cavendish (Musa spp. Cavendish; AAA Group) was also examined as a control. A well-established whole genome transcriptome analysis method, based on RNA-Seq was utilized to reveal the different cold tolerance between Cavendish and Dajiao. Our study provides a broad picture of the Cavendish and Dajiao cold-responsive transcriptomes, and cold-tolerance molecular mechanisms of Dajiao under cold stress.

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