Transcriptome Analysis of Suli Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia white pear group) Bud Dormancy by RNA-Seq

Bud dormancy is a critical developmental process that allows deciduous fruit trees to survive under unfavorable environmental conditions. Pear is one of the most important deciduous fruit trees in the world. However, little is known about the mechanisms for bud dormancy in this species. Genomic information for pear is currently unavailable, and, therefore, transcriptome and digital gene expression data for this species are needed as an important resource to better understand the molecular and biological mechanisms of bud dormancy in pear.In this study, we performed de novo transcriptome assembly and digtal gene expression analysis using the latest developed Illumina RNA-seq system for ‘Suli’ pear (Pyrus pyrifolia white pear group).