Identification of heat-responsive genes in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) by RNA-seq.

ABSTRACT: Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) is an important flower crop, having substantial commercial value as a cut-flower due to the long vase-life and wide array of flower colors and forms. Standard carnation varieties perform well under cool climates but are very susceptible to high temperatures which adversely affect the yield and the quality of the cut-flowers. Despite several studies of carnation contributing to the number of expressed sequence tags (ESTs), transcriptomic information of this species remains very limited, particularly regarding abiotic stress-related genes. Here, transcriptome analysis was performed to generate expression profiles of heat stress (HS)-responsive genes in carnation. We sequenced a cDNA library constructed with mixed RNA from carnation leaves subjected to 42°

SUBMITTER: Wan XL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4500917 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature