Transcriptome from dark and light-grown carrot roots (Daucus carota subsp. sativus )

Daucus carota (carrot) is one of the few plant species that synthesize and accumulate carotenoids in the storage root that grows in darkness. Contrary to other plants, light inhibits secondary root growth and carotenoid accumulation, suggesting the existence of new mechanisms repressed by light that regulate both processes. In order to identify genes induced by dark and repressed by light that regulate carotenoid synthesis and carrot root development, we performed RNA-Seq analysis from dark and light-grown carrot roots.