miRNA sequencing of three Turkish wheat species

This is a comparison study about miRNA libraries of three Turkish wheat cultivars in different ploidy levels (Triticum aestivum cv. Yuregir-89, Triticum turgidum cv. Kiziltan-91 and Triticum monococcum). In this project, it was aimed to reveal the miRNAs that play a role in drought stress tolerance by investigating the differences in miRNA expression profiles under drought stress among one drought tolerant (Kiziltan-91), another moderately drought tolerant (Yuregir-89) and ancestral wheat species. For this purpose, total RNA isolation was performed by collecting root and leaf samples from control and stressed plants and sRNA-Seq was performed using next generation sequencing (NGS) technology.