Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigenum Raw sequence reads. Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigenum

We used gibberellin (GA), cytokinin (CK), both GA and CK (GACK), or untreated (control) to induce microtuber sprouting to figure out the role of CK and the nodal stem in GA-induced sprouting at the molecular level by screening out genes and profiles with differential expression during tuber meristem activation processes (from the breakage of dormancy to the sprout out-growth, related to Materials and Methods). This study presented the first investigation on the nodal stem (attached with MTs) supporting GA-induced sprouting at the transcriptome sequencing level. Moreover, the results of this study will provide insight into the regulatory mechanisms underlying sprouting in potatoes, and several genes identified will promote further study on controlling tuber sprouting.