Ziziphus jujuba Transcriptome or Gene expression. Ziziphus jujuba

Jujube witches' broom (JWB), caused by a phytoplasma, devastates jujube tree (Ziziphus jujuba) growth and production in Asia. Although host responses to phytoplasmas are studied at the phenotypic, physiological, and biochemical levels, it remains unclear how a host plant responds at the molecular level during the early stages of infection.To understand the response of the jujube tree to JWB infection, leaves were sampled at different times during the phytoplasma infection, particularly at the early stages. Transcriptomic analyses at six stages were performed to reveal how phytoplasma infection affects Chinese jujube gene expression through the determination of the key DEGs, and their related pathways, especially those involved in defense regulation.