RNA-sequencing of Glycine soja accessions infected by soybean cyst nematode

Soybean cyst nematode is an obligate parasite of soybean and causes significant yield losses in soybean. Few reports have used Glycine soja for gene expression profiles in response to SCN infection. In this study, root transcriptomes of resistant and susceptible G. soja expressions were profiled at 9, 15 and 20 days-post inoculation (DPI) by sequencing RNA. A total of 1,594 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) occurred in roots infected by SCN compared to non-infected roots. In the resistant accession, there were 619, 65, and 8 DEGs detected at 9, 15, and 20 DPI, respectively. In the susceptible accession, there were 327, 460 and 115 DEGs detected at 9, 15, and 20 DPI, respectively.