Transcriptome of invasive weed Sphagneticola trilobata and comparative functional analysis by infecting widespread pathogen Rhizoctonia solani

As an important clonal invasive weed, Sphagneticola trilobata dominates and affects both land and water. Understanding the molecular association between invasive plant defense and invasiveness are vital important, because many non-native organisms outperform in new ranges than natives. We used Illumina sequencing technology to analyze the leaf transcriptome of Sphagneticola trilobata inoculated with a generalist necrotroph Rhizoctonia solani.This is the first study describing the transcriptome analysis of Sphagneticola trilobata against a widespread pathogen and could be the valuable resource for further molecular and functional analysis. This report may also enable to investigate the molecular basis of invasive plant-natural enemy or pathogen interactions in association with plant invasion.