Microarray analysis of NAD-treated and water-treated Pineapple sweet orange

The goal of the microarray experiment was to identify genes that were differentially expressed in NAD-treated and water-treated sweet orange leaf tissues. Results indicated that, compared with the water treatment, the NAD tretament triggered profound transcriptome changes in the citrus leaves, with about 1,200 genes being up-regulated or down-regulated by twofold or more. Three biological replicates with leaf discs from 8-12 plants were collected at 4 hours after NAD and water treatments. After extraction, RNA concentration was determined on a NanoDrop Spectrophotometer (Thermofisher Scientific, Waltham, MA) and sample quality was assessed using the 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA). Equal amount of RNA from the 3 biological replicates were used for microarray analysis.