Transcriptome assembly of RNA-Seq data from field samples collected during wheat blast epidemic in Bangladesh 2016

In 2016, wheat fields in Bangladesh were infected by wheat blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae) for the first time. The fungus spread quickly thoroughout the country and threatened other wheat growing areas in neighbouring countries. Islam et al (BMC Biology 2016 14:84, DOI: 10.1186/s12915-016-0309-7) collected infected wheat samples, extracted RNA, and obtained short reads by Illumina RNA-Seq technology. Here, we report assemby of these short reads using Trinity v 2.0.6.2016年，孟加拉国麦田首次暴发小麦稻瘟病菌（Magnaporthe oryzae）侵染事件。该病菌迅速在该国境内扩散，对邻国的其他小麦种植区构成严重威胁。Islam等人（发表于《BMC Biology》2016年，14:84，DOI: 10.1186/s12915-016-0309-7）采集了受侵染的小麦样本，提取RNA，并通过Illumina RNA-Seq技术获得了短读长序列（short reads）。本文报告了利用Trinity v2.0.6对上述短读长序列进行组装的研究结果。