Transcriptome sequencing and expression analysis of green sulcus and yellow culm in Phyllostachys violascens cv. Viridisulcata

In this study, we performed transcriptomics across P. violascens to identify the main pigments contributing to colorful culm and try to reveal a plausible transcriptional regulatory mechanism. The green sulci and yellow culms were collected from the middle of three bamboo's longest internodes and the chosen bamboos were approximately in the same size which were both 3 meters high, in April 24, 2019. A total of 1,163,327,390 clean reads representing a total of 174.49 Gb nucleotides were generated, with an average GC content of 48.03%. A total 421 differentially expressed genes were identified in the pool. Overall design: RNAs were collected from green sulcus and yellow culm, each have three replications.