RNA-seq of etiolated 9 day old maize seedling second leaves after exposure to either blue, red or no light conditions for three hours

Characterisation of the differences in transcript abundance between maize leaves that have been exposed to blue, red, or no light: B73 maize seeds were planted and grown in the dark for 9 days. Etiolated second leaves were clamped 5 cm from the leaf tip by a Licor 6800 device equipped with a multi-phase flash fluorometer head, which administered 100 µmol m-2s-1 of either 100% red or 100% blue light. The Licor was configured with flow rate 500 µmol s?¹, 400 µmol mol?¹ CO2, leaf temperature 28°C and 60% humidity. Fluorescence and gas exchange were measured every 15 minutes for 3 hours. Leaf samples were collected between 12.30am-2pm each day.