RNA sequence reads of Musa acuminata Colla Plantlets in Response to Stress. Musa acuminata

Salinity and drought condition have been the major problems that limit the production yield of banana. The aim of study is to reveal the molecular mechanisms of banana plantlets in response to salinity and drought stresses using the transcriptome analysis approach. We report a transcriptome dataset generated from five cDNA libraries of banana plantlet groups which were exposed to salinity and drought stress treatments. Sodium chloride at 100 mg/l was added in culture medium to induce salinity stress and polyethylene glycol (PEG-6000) was added at 2.5%, 7.5%, and 10% to induce water deficiency condition. Plantlets grown on in vitro culture medium without stress treatment were used as the control group. Plantlets of banana, Musa acuminata Colla (AAA genome; cv Barangan Merah) were in vitro regenerated from the salinity and drought tolerant shoots and utilized as the source of total RNA samples for the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). The five cDNA libraries were sequenced using both Illumina MiSeqTM 2000 and HiSeqTM 2000 platform resulting a transcriptome dataset with ten cDNA libraries.