Transcriptomic data from Malus domestica young leaves response to Acibenzolar-S-Methyl (ASM) treatment and nitrogen limitation or resupply.

Plant resistance inducers (PRIs) and nitrogen (N) nutrition are both factors known to act on plant defence but their interaction has been little studied and needs further research. The objective of the study was to further characterize this interaction on apple (Malus domestica) plantlets at the molecular level. The produced dataset allows the investigation of the molecular mechanisms underlying: i) the biotic resistance induced by ASM treatments on apple seedlings, ii) their response to different nitrogen (N) status (N limitation or subsequent N resupply), iii) the combination of both N status and ASM treatment. Apple plantlets were grown under contrasted N conditions in order to create 3 different N status (High N reference, N-limited or N-resupplied for 24h after limitation). Plants were then treated with ASM or water (control). Gene expression profiling by RNAseq was performed on young leaf samples collected 2 days after treatments from 30 plants each. Data were obtained from 3 biological replicates for each of the 6 modalities for a total of 18 samples.