Methylome and transcriptome data of nitrogen- or phosphorus-deficient maize root samples

The understanding of the interaction of DNA methylation with environmental stresses, especially nutrient stresses and whether these can be inherited, is still in its infancy. Therefore, the influences of nitrogen- and phosphorus-deficiency on the Zea mays root transcriptomes and methylomes were studied in the maize inbred line B73. We hypothesized that the methylome of maize roots is well correlated with gene expression changes upon specific nutrient deficiencies.