Gene expression analysis of Ciboria carunculoides-infected Mulberry (Morus atropurpurea) fruit

Ciboria carunculoides is a major fungal pathogen that infect of mulberry fruit causing popcorn disease leading extensive damage and productivity loss. In spite of such a major impact, mulberry fruit response to C. carunculoides infection is yet to be witnessed. We carried out a transcriptomic study to get insights into the molecular mechanisms and dynamics of the mulberry fruit response to the C. carunculoides infection using RNA-seq analysis with Illumina HiSeq 2000. mRNA profiles of Ciboria carunculoides-infected Mulberry fruit were generated by deep sequencing using Illumina HiSeq 2000. At stage 1, the whole diseased fruit showed partial protrusion and single achene showed global swelling. At stage 2, the single achene turned to brown.