Desiccation-driven senescence in the resurrection plant Xerophyta schlechteri

RNA-Seq data from the resurrection plant Xerophyta schlechteri during desiccation in three tissues: non-senescent, senescent and pre-senescent during dehydration and rehydration. Overall design: Leaf blades were sampled from the plant at full turgor, 75%, 55%, 35%, <10% RWC and 48h after rehydration. RNA from the non-senescent, senescent and pre-senescent was extracted using a modified Trizol/RNEasy kit method. Library preparation was performed using the Illumina RNA-Seq kit as per manufacturer instructions, and sequencing was conducted on the Illumina MiSeq500 (San Diego, California) platform at Queensland University of Technology's Central Analytical Research Facility. The Tuxedo suite (Trapnell et al., 2014) was used for annotation and mapping to the reference genome for this species (Costa et al., 2017).