The RNA-seq in Amaranthus tricolor L.

Amaranthus tricolor L., containing abundant phytochemicals, especially betalain, flavonoids, alkaloid, and so on, is consumed as a major leafy vegetable in some tropical countries. We conducted a large-scale transcriptome analysis—based on Illumina HiSeq sequencing of cDNA libraries generated from the red sector and green sector of a same leaf of Ama. tricolour.