Vicia faba Transcriptome or Gene expression

Two faba bean genotypes (29H and Vf136) were used for de novo transcriptome assembly. Line 29H has been described as resistant to A. fabae in several studies (Tivoli et al. 1988; Maurin and Tivoli 1992; Bond et al. 1994; Sillero et al. 2001) and Vf136 belongs to the germplasm collection of the IFAPA centro Alameda del Obispo in Córdoba (Spain), and has been described previously as susceptible to ascochyta blight (Roman et al. 2003). Both genotypes are also parents of one faba bean recombinant inbred (RIL) population used to dissect QTLs controlling resistance to this fungal pathogen (Roman et al. 2003; Avila et al. 2004).